The 13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisor Awards Nominees Announced

The Guild of Music Supervisors announced today the nominees for the 13th GMS Awards that will be held on March 5, 2023, at the Wilthern Theater in Los Angeles. The annual awards ceremony recognizes the highest achievement of music use in video games, advertising, trailers, documentaries, film, and television.

The guild established an Awards Production Committee and anonymous subcommittees known as Craft Committees to determine each award's final set of nominees. The general guild members will review the list of nominees and vote for the winners.

Lady Gaga, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift lead this year's nominees, all being cited for the best song category.

See the rest of the nominees for 13th Annual Guild of Music Supervisor Awards below.

FILM

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million

• Joel C. High – "A Jazzman's Blues"
• Dave Jordan – "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"
• Anton Monsted – “Elvis”
• Julie Glaze Houlihan – "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"
• Tom Wolfe, Manish Raval – "The Greatest Beer Run Ever"
• Maureen Crowe, Becky Bentham – "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"
• Rachel Levy, Mike Knobloch – "Minions: The Rise of Gru"
• Mike Knobloch, Natalie Hayden, Lucy Bright – "Tár"
• Tom MacDougall – "Turning Red"

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million And Under

• Joe Rudge – "Armageddon Time"
• Robin Urdang – "Bones And All"
• Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert – "Everything Everywhere All At Once"
• Dushiyan Piruthivirajah – "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris"
• Natalie Hayden, Garrett McElver – "Spoiler Alert"

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million And Under

• Jonathan McHugh – "Butter"
• Willa Yudell – “Call Jane”
• Rob Lowry – "Cha Cha Real Smooth"
• Guillaume Baurez – “Corsage”
• Rupert Hollier – "Living"
• Rob Lowry – "On the Count of Three"
• Leah Harrison, Season Kent – "Press Play"
• Graham Kurzner, Orian Williams – “sam & kate”
• Joe Rudge – "X"

Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film

• Jane Abernethy, Jessica Berndt – "Along For The Ride"
• Joel C. High, Sami Posner – "Blue's Big City Adventure"
• Rob Lowry – "Do Revenge"
• Gabe Hilfer, Henry van Roden – “Fresh”
• Raven Davenport, Shannon Murphy – "Love in the Villa"
• Becky Bentham – "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical"
• Lauren Denemark, Julian Drucker, Andrew Weaver – “Purple Beatz”
• Linda Cohen – "Spirited"
• Rob Lowry – "Wendell and Wild"
• Howard Paar – "The Valet"

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

"Paper Airplanes" – "A Jazzman's Blues"

• Songwriters: Ruth Berhe, Terence Blanchard
• Performer: Ruth B
• Music Supervisor: Joel C. High

"Lift Me Up" – "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever"

• Songwriters: Robyn Fenty PKA Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Temilade Openiyi PKA Tems
• Performer: Rihanna
• Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan

"Honey To The Bee" – "Catherine Called Birdy"

• Songwriters: James Marr, Wendy Page
• Performer: Misty Miller
• Music Supervisors: Jen Malone, Nicole Weisberg

"Vegas" – "Elvis"

• Songwriters: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Amala Dlamini, David Sprecher, Rogét Chahayed
• Performer: Doja Cat
• Music Supervisor: Anton Monsted

"This Is A Life" – "Everything Everywhere All At Once"

• Songwriters: Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski Miyawaki
• Performers: David Byrne, Mitski, Son Lux
• Music Supervisors: Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert

"Turn Up the Sunshine" – "Minions: The Rise of Gru"

• Songwriters: Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew, Patrik Berger, Kevin Parker
• Performers: Diana Ross, Tame Impala
• Music Supervisors: Mike Knobloch, Rachel Levy

"Ready As I'll Never Be" – "The Return of Tanya Tucker"

• Songwriters: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile
• Performers: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile
• Music Supervisors: Jill Meyers, Drew Bayers

"Hold My Hand" – "Top Gun: Maverick"

• Songwriters: Lady Gaga, BloodPop
• Performer: Lady Gaga
• Music Supervisor: Randy Spendlove

"Carolina" – "Where the Crawdads Sing"

• Songwriter: Taylor Swift
• Performer: Taylor Swift
• Music Supervisor: Spring Aspers

"A Song In My Heart" – "The Valet"

• Songwriters: Gaby Moreno, Heitor Pereira
• Performer: Gaby Moreno
• Music Supervisor: Howard Paar

DOCUMENTARIES

Best Music Supervision for a Documentary

• Dawn Sutter Madell – "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed"
• Justin Feldman – "Louis Armstrong's Black And Blues"
• Jonathan Zalben – "Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes"
• Allison Wood – "Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off"

Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries

• Amanda Krieg Thomas – "The Andy Warhol Diaries"
• Ross Sellwood – "My Life as a Rolling Stone"
• Dan Wilcox – "Street Food USA"
• Barry Cole – "They Call Me Magic"
• Andrea von Foerster – "Welcome To Wrexham"

VIDEO GAMES

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)

• Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II"
• Alex Hackford, Duncan Smith – "Gran Turismo 7"
• Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – "Need For Speed Unbound"
• Dylan Bostick, Josh Kessler – "Saint's Row V"

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original)

• Simon Landry, Rossen Yankov – "Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök"
• Composer: Stephanie Economou
• Steve Schnur – "Battlefield 2042 DLC" – Season 1 – Zero Hour | Season 2 – Master of Arms | Season 3 – Escalation
• Composers: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater
• Brandon Young – "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II"
• Composer: Sarah Schachner
• Richard Beddow – "Total War: Warhammer III"
• Composers: Jamie Christopherson, Jim Fowler, Ian Livingstone, Simon Ravn, Tim Wynn

TRAILERS

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film

• Evelin Garcia – "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" – Teaser "Leaders"
• Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “Elvis” (trailer 2)
• Anny Colvin – "Avatar: The Way Of The Water"
• Gregory Sweeney – "Men" Official Trailer
• Matthew Bailey, Shawn Stevens – "Empire Of Light," Trailer "Home"
• Sanaz Lavaedian, Marina Polites – Marvel Studios' "Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania"
• Scenery Samundra, Gregory Sweeney – "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" Official Teaser Trailer
• Bobby Gumm – "Three Thousand Years of Longing"
• Maggie Baron – "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On"
• Cynthia Blondelle, Heather Kreamer – "Guardians Of the Galaxy Volume 3" Official Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Series

• Will Quiney – "Atlanta" Season 3 'Visitors'
• Bobby Gumm – "Stranger Things 4"
• Scenery Sumandra, Gregory Sweeney – "The Idol" – Official Teaser #3
• Brian Sotelo – "Black Bird"
• Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “The White Lotus”- Season 2
• Dylan Bostick, Chris Restivo – "Atlanta" "Shillin'"
• Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “The Boys” Season 3 (full trailer)
• Kelsey Mitchell – "Perry Mason" Season 2 Teaser (HBO)
• Evelin Garcia – "Andor" – Teaser "Reckoning"
• Emma Allaway, Eduardo Fontes Williams – "The Crown" Season 5

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Video Game & Interactive

• Glenn Herweijer, Simon Landry, Ben Sumner, Jack Thompson – "Assassins Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök" – Cinematic World Premiere
• Naaman Snell – "Destiny 2: The Witch Queen" – Launch Trailer
• Raphaella Lima, Michael Sherwood – "Wild Hearts" Reveal Trailer
• Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – "Warzone 2.0" Launch Trailer/"Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0"
• Ryan Tomlin; Brandon Young – "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" – World Gameplay Reveal Trailer

TELEVISION

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television

"Walking On Sunshine" – "Acapulco" – Season 1 Ep. 10 – "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"

• Songwriter: Kimberley Rew
• Performers: Rodrigo Urquidi, Rossana de León
• Music Supervisors: Javier Nuño, Joe Rodriguez

"Maybe Monica" – "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" – Season 4 Ep. 5 – "How to Chew Quietly and Influence People"

• Songwriters: Tom Mizer, Curtis Moore
• Performer: Josh A. Dawson
• Music Supervisor: Robin Urdang

"Perfect Day" – "Better Call Saul" – Season 6 Ep. 9 – "Fun and Games"

• Songwriter: Harry Nilsson
• Performers: Dresage, Slow Shiver
• Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić

"Two Shots" – "The Afterparty" – Season 1 Ep. 3 – "Yasper"

• Songwriters: Jack Dolgen, Jonathan Lajoie
• Performers: Ben Schwartz, Sam Richardson, Jamie Demetriou
• Music Supervisor: Kier Lehman

"Trouble" – "Mood" – Season 1 Ep. 6 – "F* the Fake Sh"

• Songwriters: Nicôle Lecky, Camille Angelina Purcell 'Kamille', Kwame Kwei-Armah Jr' KZ'
• Performer: Lecky
• Music Supervisors: Ed Bailie, Abi Leland

"Let's Live For Today" – "Pachinko" – Season 1 Ep. 8 – "Chapter Eight"

• Songwriters: Michael Julien, Guilio Rapetti Mogol, Norman David Shapiro
• Performer: Leenalchi
• Music Supervisor: Michael Hill

"Seduce & Scheme" – "Rap Sh!t" – Season 1 Ep. 3 – "Something for the Hood", Ep. 4 – "Something for the Clubs", Ep. 5 – "Something for the Weekend", Ep. 6 – "Something for the Gram", Ep. 7 – "Something for the DJ", Ep. 8 – "Something for the Road"

• Songwriters: Larry Dwayne Batiste, Isaac Earl Bynum, Khia Chambers, Brittany Dickinson, Aida Goitom, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Clayton Richardson, Seandrea Sledge, Bill Summers. Kevin Toney, Michael J. Williams
• Performers: Shawna & Mia
• Music Supervisors: Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Philippe Pierre

"Get It On The Floor" – "P-Valley" – Season 2 Ep. 6 – "Savage," Ep. 9 – "Snow"

• Songwriters: Julian Mason, Antwon D. Moore, Megan Pete, Kelton Lanier Scott II
• Performers: J. Alphonse Nicholson, Megan Thee Stallion
• Music Supervisors: Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Katori Hall

Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical

• Kier Lehman – "The Afterparty" Season 1
• Kier Lehman – I" nsecure" Season 5
• Nora Felder, Janine Scalise – "Better Things" Season 5
• Ed Bailie, Abi Leland – "Mood" Season 1
• Adam Anders, Amanda Krieg Thomas – "Monarch" Season 1
• Robin Urdang – "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" Season 4
• Thomas Patterson – "The Resort" Season 1
• Amanda Krieg Thomas – "Pam & Tommy" Season 1

Best Music Supervision – Television Drama

• Ciara Elwis – "Bad Sisters" Season 1
• Thomas Golubić – "Better Call Saul" Season 6
• Justin Kamps – "Bridgerton" Season 2
• Jen Malone, Adam Leber – "Euphoria" Season 2
• Ollie White – "Industry" Season 2
• Dave Jordan, Shannon Murphy – "Ms. Marvel" Season 1
• Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Sarah Bromberg, Katori Hall – “P-Valley” Season 2
• Nora Felder – "Stranger Things" Season 4

Best Music Supervision – Reality Television

• Peter Davis – "The Challenge: All Stars" Season 3
• Sarah Bromberg, Gary Lubansky, Eric Medina – "Sweet Life: Los Angeles" Season 2
• Brandon Boucher – "The Real World Homecoming" Season 3
• Greg Danylyshyn, Ben Hochstein – "The Kardashians" Season 1
• Jon Ernst – "Siesta Key" Season 4
• Adam Brodsky, Rivka Rose – "The Come Up" Season 1

ADVERTISING

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)

• Buzzy Cohen, Quinn Donnell – Airbnb – Strangers
• Mike Ladman, Brad Nayman, Brandy Ricker – New York Times – Independent Journalism/ The New York Times/Jordan
• Abbey Hendrix, Jonathan Wellbelove – Apple – The Greatest
• Josh Marcy, Nicole Palko – Apple – iPad – Election
• Anton Trailer – Johnnie Walker – Anthem
• Jessie Kalikow, Scott McDaniel, Nargis Sheerazie – Apple – Chocolate
• Daciay Quenah – Zillow – Nightswimming
• Frederic Schindler – Amazon Fashion – Amazon Fashion Holiday 2022

Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)

• Josh Marcy, Nicole Palko – Apple – Start Up – Apple October Opener
• Sunny Kapoor, Mike Ladman, Brad Nayman, Brandy Ricker – Meta – Good Ideas Deserve to be Found: A (Slightly) Life-Changing Story
• Aron Helfet, Josh Marcy, Nicole Palko – Apple – Apple September Event Opener
• Mike Ladman, Brad Nayman, Brandy Ricker – Hennessy – HENNESSY X NBA: GAME NEVER STOPS
• Will Eichler, Chip Herter – Taco Bell – The Grande Escape