[Kate Bushs recent resurgence due to her placement in the latest
season of Stranger Things is just one example of what a music
supervisor brings to a production.]
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TV AND MOVIE MUSIC SUPERVISORS ARE LOOKING TO UNIONIZE  
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Andrew Limbong
June 6, 2022
NPR
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_ Kate Bush's recent resurgence due to her placement in the latest
season of Stranger Things is just one example of what a music
supervisor brings to a production. _

Kate Bush's recent resurgence due to her placement in the latest
season of Stranger Things is just one example of what a music
supervisor brings to a production., Courtesy of Netflix/Courtesy of
Netflix

 

For an example of what a music supervisor can achieve, just look
at the moment Kate Bush is having right now
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After her song "Running Up That Hill" was played on the most recent
season of the Netflix hit _Stranger Things_, the song found new life
on the charts, and has elicited a rare response from Bush herself
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None of that could have happened without a music supervisor (Nora
Felder, in this case).

Now music supervisors are looking to unionize with the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, or IATSE. According to IATSE
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75% of film and television music supervisors have signed authorization
cards to join the union. The union says music supervisors want to
standardize pay rates in order to tackle discrimination and
disparities; gain access to healthcare and retirement plans; and
negotiate with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers, which has not voluntarily recognized the union.

Music supervisors handle a number of different production aspects.
They advise on what music best fits a scene (or find someone to write
it), deal with licensing logistics, and work with other departments to
figure out how exactly the music will be used.

"They work with the creative heads to craft an overall soundscape and
help tell the story using music," said music supervisor Joel C. High.
He is the president of the Guild of Music Supervisors
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the craft of music supervisors, but is not a union.

Like many workers across many industries, from video game developers
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and make up artists
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music supervisors started talking seriously about unionizing at the
onset of the pandemic.

"Nobody knew what was going to happen" said High. "We didn't have any
protections, and so there was a lot of fear in our membership that we
were just left out in the cold, and nobody was going to be looking out
for us."

NPR has reached out to the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers for comment.

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