“Insecure,” “The Young Pope,” and Music Supervision as Character Development

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“Insecure,” “The Young Pope,” and Music Supervision as Character Development (via @pitchfork):https://t.co/KdyMwXPAy1 pic.twitter.com/xAI9OKDAGj
- Primavera Pro (@PrimaveraPro) July 26, 2017

◘ For the first time ever in Emmy history, the academy is recognizing music supervisors.
Nominees in this category include: Master of None, Girls, Better

Comments

[mammary_glands]

yesssssss, that young pope scene with the flume track 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 insecure and the young pope being left out are unforgivable snubs. the young pope has some of my favorite use of music in a television series, period.

and shit, i'd be remiss not to mention halt and catch fire. another underrated show whose use of music is vital to the storytelling.

[scriptedending]

The music in Big Little Lies is outstanding, I listen to that soundtrack all the time on Spotify. I'm especially thankful that they included Leon Bridges because 'River' is not my typical type of song but I love it so very much, and have listened to the rest of his album because of it.

[zazie_toujours]

This is such a cool job. I read an interview with someone who worked on, I think it was Skins, who talked about this one scene which was a 1st lesbian kiss which was soundtracked by The Fear by Lily Allen, and for the DVD they used I Kissed A Girl instead because of rights issues and it just totally ruined it.

[mammary_glands]

skins suffered a lot thanks to music licensing issues. a lot of the songs were so perfect for the scenes too, so kudos to the person you spoke with. was it fat segal?

[zazie_toujours]

*read an interview
:)

[mammary_glands]

how the hell did i misread that lmao

[artemislives]

On the reverse side, I thought the song choices in The Handmaid's Tale were generally awful - too heavy-handed and on the nose for the most part.

[vanouria]

completely agree

[mammary_glands]

agreed, which kinda proves just how critical music supervising is. it didn't bother me too much but it was noticeable.

[infidelkast]

Yep they'd usually take me out of the mood/scene

[helders]

i love both the big little lies + insecure soundtracks.