‘Euphoria’ Music Supervisor Jen Malone Got “Coolest Text” From Tupac Estate, Says “He Would Have Been A Fan Of Zendaya” – Sound & Screen
deadline.comTunes are very important to Euphoria creator Sam Levinson, but it’s sometimes a challenge to give him exactly what he wants, the HBO/HBO Max series’ music supervisor Jen Malone says.“Obviously you can have the most perfect song in the entire world.
But if you can’t clear it, you can’t use it,” Malone said during a panel discussion at Deadline’s Sound & Screen event. “When Sam really wants a song I will do anything and everything to try to get it.”Sometimes, her cup runneth over: the pilot episode of the show featured 37 songs.
But that doesn’t always mean everyone is clamoring to have their tunes in Euphoria. “I’ve come across some denials. We use a lot of catalog music.
We are dealing with estates that are not necessarily comfortable with the content [of the show].”Malone says her job entails having to transform into a veritable detective when trying to track down the rights to songs.
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