. Summit. “The Academy was using good common sense,’ Golubic adds. “Music supervisors have more experience listening to, judging and helping to develop score than any other profession outside of composers. [We] have the expertise — and the objectivity — to help bring the best work to light” at the Emmys.
“It’s great to see the progression of the role of music supervisor — and how it’s viewed — finally given the stature and the visibility through awards that were deserved for a long time,” says Kier Lehman, music supervisor for “,” whose responsibilities for Season 4 included finding a telegenic mariachi band to learn and perform a song penned by the show’s writers that first needed to be translated into Spanish. Or: just another day at the office.
Not only are music supervisors denied access to the music branch, but there is no Oscar category to recognize the best of their work. Granted, they are allowed to get voted in as “members at large” but that type of membership doesn’t have any privileges. “We’re not allowed to vote on musical achievements and we’re not recognized for our own contribution to the success of a story told in a film,” says Ramos.