Music Supervisors Seek Unionization With IATSE
thewrap.comMusic supervisors are responsible for negotiating the licensing rights for pre-recorded music for use in a film or TV project, often having a major hand in shaping a project’s soundtrack.
Whether it is the famous use of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” in “Shaun of the Dead” or the various classic rock songs used in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” films, it is the music supervisor’s work that makes their use in those films possible.
This past week, a worker-run Twitter page titled “Music Needs Supervision” launched, calling on the music community to rally behind their unionization efforts as the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood studios, “refused our ask to grant equal rights.” The Twitter page and other music supervisors have begun a social media movement to raise awareness On Monday, IATSE in its own release on its website said that the AMPTP “indicated they will not voluntarily recognize” the music supervisors union.
AMPTP did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s requests for comment. Some of the demands listed by IATSE for its potentially newest local echo those that were demanded by other IATSE locals in recent talks with AMPTP, most notably higher and standardized wages.
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