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Yahoo
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Wicked' & ‘A Complete Unknown' Win Top Film Prizes At Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards: Full List
Wicked and A Complete Unknown were the top film winners at the 15th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which were handed out Sunday night at the Wiltern in Los Angeles. Sing Sing, I Saw the TV Glow, Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary and The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat took the other movie prizes. See the full winners list below. Honoring the year's best achievements in music supervision and songwriting, the guild handed its TV hardware went to Baby Reindeer, Agatha All Along, English Teacher, Love Island USA and Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza. More from Deadline 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Tonys, Guilds & More The 2025 Oscars: Everything We Know So Far About The Nominations, Ceremony, Date & Host Timothée Chalamet Lays His Cards On The Table Following 'A Complete Unknown' SAG Award Win: "I Want To Be One Of The Greats" Here are the winners of the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: FILM Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films Maggie Rodford – 'Wicked' Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films Steven Gizicki – 'A Complete Unknown' Best Music Supervision in Low Budget Films Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson – 'I Saw the TV Glow' Best Music Supervision in a Non-Theatrically Released Film Robin Urdang – 'The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat' Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film 'Like a Bird' – 'Sing Sing' Songwriters: Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada Performers: Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada Music Supervisor: Dan Wilcox TELEVISION Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama Catherine Grieves – 'Baby Reindeer' Season 1 Best Music Supervision in a Television Comedy Jen Ross – 'English Teacher' Season 1 Best Music Supervision in Reality Television Meryl Ginsberg, Sara Torres, Jordan Young – 'Love Island USA' Season 6 Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television 'The Ballad of the Witches' Road (Sacred Chant Version)' – 'Agatha All Along' Songwriters: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez \Performers: Agatha All Along Cast (Ali Ahn, Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp, Sasheer Zamata) Music Supervisors: Dave Jordan, Justine von Winterfeldt DOCUMENTARIES Best Music Supervision in a Documentary Film Aminé Ramer – 'Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary' Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries Sam Carlin, Drew Kramer – 'Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza' Season 1 ADVERTISING Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch) Peymon Maskan, Gemma Schladow, Alec Stern, Jenna Wilson – 'Power of She' Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music) Patrick Lawrence Zappia – 'Give Your Gift.' Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Long-Form) Al Risi – 'An American Love Story' TRAILERS Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Film) Maggie Baron – 'Anora' – Official Redband Trailer Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Series) Deric Berberabe, Hudson Saxe, Jordan Silverberg – 'Severance: Season 2' – Official Trailer Best Music Supervision in a Trailer (Video Game & Interactive) Jonny Altepeter, Jackie Palazzolo, Vitaly Shenderovsky – 'VALORANT' – Clove Agent Trailer – 2 WORLDS VIDEO GAMES Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch) Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – 'EA SPORTS FC 25' Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original Music) Steve Schnur – 'Dragon Age: The Veilguard' Composers: Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer Best of Deadline Who Is The Mysterious Caller In 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Episode 2? 'The White Lotus' Season 3 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Arrive On Max? 'The White Lotus' Season 3: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More
Khaleej Times
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Oscars 2025: A flight to glory for Adrian Quesada and 'Like a Bird'?
As a child, Adrian Quesada dreamed of success at the MTV Video Music Awards, but now, he is on an even bigger stage — with an Oscar nomination. The American musician with Mexican roots hopes the presence at the Academy Awards of someone from the Texas border town of Laredo will serve as an inspiration for other people from minority communities. "Representation, I think, in the arts, is a big thing," Quesada said in Los Angeles as he promoted his powerful track Like a Bird from the prison drama Sing Sing — a nominee for the best original song prize. "If I'm a young kid watching MTV or watching movies or watching TV, when you actually see people that look like you out there, people that you know come from your culture, it inspires the next generation." The Black Pumas guitarist co-wrote and performed Like a Bird, which closes the film, with singer Abraham Alexander. The nomination is one of three for Sing Sing, which tells the true story of Divine G (Colman Domingo), a wrongfully convicted inmate who finds an outlet in a prison theatre group. Former prisoners who participated in the real-life drama programme performed in the film, which was directed by Greg Kwedar. Domingo is nominated for best actor, and the script is vying for best adapted screenplay honors. Quesada and Alexander did not have their sights set on Hollywood's glitzy awards season when they signed up for the film, and Quesada admits that it has been "surreal" to be caught up in Tinseltown's annual jamboree. "It's still something that is hard to process," he said. "I still sometimes wake up and can't believe that." Quesada is no stranger to plaudits, earning multiple Grammy nominations during his long career and winning one golden gramophone for his work with Austin-based Latin funk outfit Grupo Fantasma. But he admits a nod from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is something special. "The Academy Awards just seemed like such a different world," he said. True story Like a Bird will face some stiff competition at the Oscars on March 2. Other nominees are El Mal and Mi Camino from the narco musical Emilia Perez; Never Too Late from the documentary Elton John: Never Too Late; and The Journey from The Six Triple Eight by veteran composer Diane Warren, who has never won in the category despite being nominated 15 previous times. For Quesada, who says he firmly believes in second chances and rehabilitation through the arts, taking part in the project was an invitation he found impossible to refuse. The importance of seeing prisoners as more than their crimes has been highlighted by their role in helping to quell the huge wildfires that tore through Los Angeles last month, with inmate crews working alongside firefighters. "You have prisoners... fighting fires for people and then having to go back to prison... fighting these fires for homes that they can't even afford," said Quesada. "I think this film really brings to light a lot of humanity." Taking part in Sing Sing was not without obstacles, especially when it came to finding time when both he and Alexander were available. "It was like we were never even in the same room to do it," he laughed. "He came into my studio, but I was out of town, and then he left, and I came back." Winning an Oscar would be "a great honour," admits the guitarist. "We believe in our song, but I think we're part of a big picture here, which is the film's message," he said.
