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The Guild of Music Supervisors held its star-studded 14th annual award ceremony on March 3 evening at Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre, celebrating outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision in film, television, documentaries, advertising, trailers, and video games.
Oscar-nominated songwriters, Grammy-winning producers, award-winning directors, and iconic composers joined the Guild of Music to honor these Music Supervisor tastemakers who were recognized for their stellar accomplishments in 2023.
George Drakoulias took home a double-win for his work on Barbie for Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million and Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film with the Oscar-nominated original song “What Was I Made For?”, performed by Billie Eilish and written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell.
Fellow winners, Billie & Finneas took to the stage to accept their award for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for A Film with gratitude and thanking the music supervisors who have helped shape their careers. Frankie Pine took home two trophies for her work on Daisy Jones & The Six. Alex Hackford also won two Guild of Music Supervisors Awards for his incredible work on Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game, and Toko Nagata won twice for her work on Totally Killer and Joy Ride.
Robbie Robertson was posthumously awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. He was given a tribute performance of his music by Margo Price, Rocco DeLuca and Johnny Sheppard. Allan Mason was awarded the Legacy Award for his impact within the industry over the course of his career.
Keeping music at the forefront, audience members were treated to a performance from Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning songwriter Dan Wilson with his song “It Never Went Away,” from the Netflix film American Symphony, that he co-wrote with Jon Batiste, and the Guild of Music Supervisors Award-nominated song “I Found You” performed by India Carney from the Showtime series The L Word: Generation Q, plus the RIAA Multi-Platinum certified hit “Romantic Homicide” by Spotlight Performer d4vd.
The complete winners list for the 14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is listed below.
FILM:
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million:
George Drakoulias “Barbie”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million And Under
Toko Nagata “Joy Ride”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million And Under
Lindsay Wolfington “Theater Camp”
Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film:
Tie:
Angela Asistio – “Chang Can Dunk”
Toko Nagata – “Totally Killer”
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film:
“What Was I Made For?” from “Barbie”
Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias
Performer: Billie Eilish
Songwriters: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
TELEVISION:
Best Music Supervision – Television Drama
Gabe Hilfer : “The White Lotus” Season 2
Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical
Frankie Pine : “Daisy Jones & The Six” Season 1
Best Music Supervision – Reality Television
Carrie Hughes: “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” Season 5
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television
“Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)” from “Daisy Jones & The Six”
Music Supervisor: Frankie Pine
Performer: Daisy Jones & The Six
Songwriters: Jason Boesel, Blake Mills, Marcus Mumford, Johnathan Rice, Stephony Smith
DOCUMENTARIES:
Best Music Supervision for a Documentary
Jonathan Finegold: “Little Richard: I Am Everything”
Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries:
Andrea von Foerster: “Welcome to Wrexham” Season 2
ADVERTISING:
Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)
Scott McDaniel: Run This Town – The Road to Halftime Starts on Rihanna Drive
Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)
Nicole Palko, Jonathan Wellbelove : iPhone 15 Plus – Miss You
TRAILERS:
Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film:
Angel Mendoza: “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Official Teaser Trailer
Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Series:
Rochelle Holguin Cappello, Katie Pool: “Yellowjackets” Season 2 – Official Trailer
Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Video Game & Interactive:
Rebecca Bergman, Brian Murphy: Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – Official Justice League Trailer – No More Heroes
VIDEO GAMES
Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)
Alex Hackford: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original Music)
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2: Music Supervisors: Alex Hackford, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary
Composer: John Paesano
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