Music Supervision in Media

• Format and The Math Club are music production libraries, while Music and Marketing Solutions provides music supervision for media.
• Format focuses on soundtracks, which have become bestsellers.
• The Format team is small.

Interviewees

• Dave Jordan has worked as a music supervisor for almost 27 years.
• Jordan began music supervising for Marvel in 2008 with Iron Man.
• Jordan's projects include hundreds for Marvel as well as When In Rome, Empire, PAW Patrol, and Cheaper By The Dozen.
• Justine von Winterfeldt has been a music supervisor for almost 10 years, after working as a coordinator.
• Von Winterfeldt frequently collaborates with Mike Flanagan, including on The Fall of the House of Usher.
• Von Winterfeldt works with Dave Jordan on Marvel films; she also takes on supervision projects (TV & Film) independently, e.g., Call Me Kat, The Recruit.

Job Description

• Advisory roles cover music-related initiatives, sonic strategy, exploring opportunities for music assets, and connecting with music talent representation.
• The role involves awareness of industry trends, deals, rights acquisitions, publishing administration, and studio services for original music production, as well as marketing and creative agency services.
• Project services include budgeting, management, music clearance, licensing, compiling distributor’s rights packages, conceptualization, and script analysis.
• It also covers selecting and placing songs for visual media, hiring composers and music editors, supervising on-camera or live performances, original music production, catalogue resources, and soundtrack services, including production, marketing, and distribution.

Marvel

• There are 35 films in the MCU (4 phases).
• All credit scenes should be watched for hidden content.

Composers

• Film composers include Patrick Doyle (Thor, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Cinderella), Henry Jackman (Kick-Ass, Kong: Skull Island, Captain America: The Winter Soldier).
• Also Mark Mothersbaugh (Thor: Ragnarok, The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic), Tyler Bates (God of War video game, Deadpool 2), Brian Reitzell (The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation), and Kathryn Bostic (Dear White People, Norbit).

Movies with Good Soundtracks

• Sofia Coppola's films, such as The Virgin Suicides ("The Air That I Breath" by The Hollies, "Hello It's Me" by Todd Rundgren), The Bling Ring ("Crown On The Ground" by Sleigh Bells, "Super Rich Kids" by Frank Ocean), and Priscilla ("Going Home" by Alice Coltrane, "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons").
• Jordan Peele - Monkey Man ("151 Rum" by JID, "Redlight" by Swedish House Mafia).
• Licorice Pizza ("Let Me Roll It" by Paul McCartney, "If You Could Read My Mind" by Gordon Lightfoot).
• Baby Driver ("Bellbottoms" by The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, "Hocus Pocus" by Focus).
• Guardians of the Galaxy Volumes 1 - 3.

Guardians of the Galaxy

• The first film uses music to remind the main character of his lost home and connect with him.
• "I’m Not In Love" by 10cc is used in the hospital waiting room scene on Earth to represent a man hiding his emotions about his mother’s music.
• "Come and Get Your Love" in the opening scene shows the character without dialogue and sets the tone.
• The music is diegetic, from a sound system in the ship and a cassette player, and reflects the character's experience of being taken from Earth in 1988.
• "Fooled Around and Fell In Love" parallels the relationship between Starlord and Gimora.
• The second film opens with "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO.
• "The Chain" by Fleetwood Mac reflects the fractured relationship between Rocket and Starlord, mirroring the band's breakup.
• Guardians of the Galaxy explores paternal relationships.

Syncs

• Projects include Agatha All Along, WandaVision, Horrible Bosses 2, She-Hulk, Deadpool & Wolverine, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, and Ultraman: Rising.

• The Math Club was worked with on clearances and licenses.

Personal Music Taste

• Rock & Roll: ELO, 10cc, The Talking Heads, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Wonder.
• R&B: Thundercat, D4vd ("Romantic Homicide"), Doechii, GloRilla, Rihanna.
• Jazz: Miles Davis, Otis Redding, Charles Bradley.
• Miscellaneous: The Last Dinner Party, Remi Wolf, Suki Waterhouse, The Cranberries.

Experience

• Skills include organization, script breakdowns, and drafting clearance requests.
• Projects were done with Joel and MasterClass
• Software used includes Disco, Google Drive.