From the vaults: a message from maureen crowe of the guild of music supervisors
When Thomas Golubic (Breaking Bad) brought Megatrax forward as a sponsor of the Guild we were delighted. The goals of the Guild of Music Supervisors is to promote the craft of music supervision and the marriage of quality music to help tell the story in media. We rely on quality music provided by Megatrax to fulfill that mission and know that they care as much as the supervisors that the creative, legal and financial needs are all addressed. We are both passionate companies that want to make the world of media a better place for music. Megatrax’s participation helps the Guild finance our awards and advertising, which we hope sends [...]
A Q&A with our Guest Music Supervisor, Amanda Krieg of Format Entertainment
Amanda Krieg began her career in the music department at Lionsgate, working on films such as The Winning Season and Warrior, and television projects that included Blue Mountain State (Spike), Running Wilde (Fox), Weeds (Showtime), Mad Men (AMC) and several pilots. This year, Amanda joined leading music supervision, production and soundtrack company Format Entertainment, as Music Coordinator for Julia Michels, on films that have included Pitch Perfect (Gold Circle Films/Universal), Parental Guidance (Fox) and the upcoming romantic comedy, Baggage Claim (Fox Searchlight). In addition to her roles at Lionsgate, Shine America and now Format, Amanda has also music supervised the films Moonshine Inc. and The Back-Up Bride and operates the [...]
Why The Soundtrack Isn’t Dead…Just Getting More Interesting
This guest post originally appeared on TadpoleAudio.com and was republished with permission from Amanda Krieg. The opinions expressed in it are all Amanda’s, and we’re so grateful she shared this post with our readers! Many industry professionals believe that the soundtrack is a dying (if not dead) art form. Just read this piece from 2009 in The Wrap, where author Dominic Patten cites example after example demonstrating that basically, consumers just don’t care anymore. He’s not wrong. The trend of digital singles might have been the most detrimental to the soundtrack, a product designed to be a complete listening experience, capturing in song the journey a viewer went on while watching [...]
How PIPA Can Be Effective at Combating Internet Piracy
Note: This article originally appeared in the April 2012 edition of Los Angeles Lawyer and was republished with the authors’ permission. Bold print has been added for ease of reading on this blog. EARLIER THIS YEAR, TWO BILLS designed to combat foreign online piracy were defeated in the wake of massive online protests by Google, Wikipedia, and other Web sites. The Senate version of the defeated antipiracy legislation was known as the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA). PIPA would have authorized the U.S. Department of Justice to seek court orders in rem against foreign Web sites directed at the United States that have “no significant use other than engaging in, enabling, [...]
when to license, and when to create: a guest post by rossanna wright, co-founder of catahoola
The question of whether to license an existing piece of music or to have a custom piece created for a project comes up in almost every song search for a music supervisor. This question comes up a lot at my company, Catahoola, when we do searches for advertising clients. Here are a few reasons why we might consider hiring a composer to create something new for us, or why we might choose a catalog piece instead. Catalog: Brands look for catalog music for two main reasons, and they both have to do with endorsement. A brand will look to a well-known song or artist to complement their advertising message when [...]
