Ep. 20: Interview with music supervisor Laura Webb
This week on SyncRiffs, Charles interviews music supervisor Laura Webb.
A veteran music supervisor of television and film, a proud member of the Guild of Music Supervisors, and a three Times GMS Award Winner, Laura Webb is known for her work on hit projects like: The Hills, Kung Fu, XO Kitty, To All The Boys, I Still Love You, Teen Wolf, The Purge, Resident Alien and others. Laura peels back the curtain on the art of being a music supervisor and selecting and clearing music for various media.
Topics
0:00 Introduction
1:49 How Laura first broke into the business
2:51 Laura’s first gig- an agent trainee
4:15 Working for The Firm
5:40 UTA job list and landing a job
6:37 Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting
8:29 Landing her first gig and working with Laura Wasserman
9:25. Shark Tale, XXX and feature films
9:53 Working at MTV’s The Hills
10:23 Re-score for The Hills
11:16 Working on Unscripted Shows
11:23 Parental Control- Reality Show
12:11 The collaborative side of music supervision
12:42 Teen Wolf and scripted shows
13:10 Working with Lindsay Wolfington
14:50 To All The Boys Franchise
15:50 Monster High Sequel
17:15 Kung Fu and using authentic music
19:49 Favorite projects
20:52 Love At First Sight (Netflix Production)
22:45 Bad Bad Hats & To All The Boys
24:38 The use of music libraries
26:17 Listening to new music
27:10 Curating playlists & briefs
28:30 Receiving music from clients
30:01 Working with showrunners & the creative process
32:38 Working with a trusted agent
33:01 The scope of a music supervisor’s job
35:06 Music supervisors & forming a union
43:51 Support for music supervisors
46:41 Advice for artists looking to get into the sync space
50:34 The traditional TV season
51:53 What’s on Laura’s Spotify playlist
Laura Webb’s website: https://www.webbworldwidemusic.com/about
Follow Laura on IG: https://www.instagram.com/webb.worldw...
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