music supervisor

Film song selector

A music supervisor selects and licenses songs for film, television, video games, and other media productions.

The role bridges creative and legal work—finding tracks that fit a scene's mood while negotiating rights and budgets.

The music supervisor pulled together a playlist of obscure 1970s soul tracks for the period drama.

Opposites
creative role

music supervisorfilm composer

Writer of movie music

composer · songwriter · orchestrator · music producer · recording artist

production hierarchy

music supervisorproduction assistant

Junior crew member

music vs. other production elements

music supervisorcinematographer

Person capturing screen visuals

art director · sound designer

Family

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Top 500,000
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