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Diego Ramos Bechara editor Hi, Barbie! Great news: Greta Gerwig‘s film based on the iconic Mattel doll leads the 14th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards nominations with three nods – including best song for both Billie Eilish’s “What Was I Made For?” and Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken.” “Barbie’s” third nomination was in best music supervision for a film budgeted over $25 million. The category recognized the work of music supervisor George Drakoulias, songwriters Eilish and Finneas and Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt who penned “I’m Just Ken.” Other film contenders are the music supervisors from “Maestro,” “Saltburn,” “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” “Past Lives,” “Wonka,” “Air” among others.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicThe Guild of Music Supervisors held its 12th annual awards ceremony virtually on March 20.Recognizing those who excel at the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, games, advertising and trailers, the night’s big winners included HBO’s “The White Lotus,” supervised by Janet Lopez, who gave an impassioned acceptance speech, thanking the music makers of Hawaii for taking her call, and Liza Richardson for “Lovecraft Country” season 1. The Netflix film “Tick, Tick… Boom!,” supervised by Steven Gizicki, took home the prize for film budgeted over $25 million.

FILM CATEGORIESBest Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million: Steven Gizicki, “tick, tick… Boom!”Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $25 Million: Julianne Jordan, Justine von Winterfeldt, “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”                                                                        Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $10 Million: Mandi Collier, Frankie Pine, “Sylvie’s Love”Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $5 Million: Mandi Collier, Jen Malone, Nicole Weisberg, “Zola”                                                                    Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film: “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda                                                                                                      Performer: Sebastián Yatra                                                                                                   Music Supervisor: Tom MacDougall   TELEVISION CATEGORIESBest Music Supervision – Television Drama: Liza Richardson, “Lovecraft Country” – Season 1Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical: Janet Lopez, “The White Lotus” – Season 1                                                                                                                              Best Music Supervision – Reality Television: Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Eric Medina, “Sweet Life: Los Angeles” – Season 1                     Best Music Supervision – Television Movie: Laura Webb, Lindsay Wolfington, “To All the Boys: Always and Forever”                                       Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television: “F*** The Pain Away” from “Sex Education,” episodes 302 and