Guild of Music Supervisors Award for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television
The Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television award is annually given by the Guild of Music Supervisors to honor the recording of a song, created directly for a television production. It was first given at their sixth annual awards function, and has continued to be ever since.
Winners and Nominees[]
2010s[]
Year | Show | Song | Composers | Recording Artists | Music Supervisor | Ref |
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2015 | Empire (1x08 - "The Lyon's Roar") |
"You’re So Beautiful" | Jim Beanz, Jussie Smollett, Justin Bostwick | Jussie Smollett | Jen Ross, Dave Jordan | [1] |
Bessie | "Long Old Road" | Bessie Smith | Queen Latifah | |||
Girls (4x10 - "Home Birth") |
"Riverside" | Michael Penn | Allison Williams | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy | ||
Nashville (3x17 - "This Just Ain’t a Good Day for Leavin'") |
"Longer" | Andrea Davidson | Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio | Frankie Pine | ||
Texas Rising (1x05 - "The Rise of the Republic") |
"Take Me to Texas" | Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally | George Strait | Greg Cahn | ||
2016 | The Get Down (1x05 - "You Have Wings, Learn to Fly") |
"Set Me Free" | Louie Rubio, Alex Shultz, Raja Kumari, Baz Luhrmann | Herizen F. Guardiola, featuring Nile Rodgers and The Americanos | N/A | [2] |
Empire (2x10 - "Et Tu, Brute") |
"Powerful" | Jussie Smollett, J.R. Rotem, Talay Riley | Jussie Smollett and Alicia Keys | Jen Ross, Dave Jordan | ||
Girls (5x05 - "Queen for Two Days") |
"Life on Mars" | David Bowie | AURORA | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy | ||
Rosewood (1x19 - "Sudden Deaths & Shapes Deep") |
"Does She Love" | Gabriel Mann, Rebecca Kneubuhl, Jeannie Lurie | Gabrielle Dennis | N/A | ||
The Royals (2x10 - "The Serpent That Did Sting Thy Father’s Life") |
"Half Light" | Dan Smith, Justin Parker | BANNΞRS | N/A | ||
2017 | Insecure (2x08 - "Hella Perspective") |
"Quicksand" | SZA, D.J. Dahi, Mickey de Grand IV | SZA | Kier Lehman | [3] |
Girls (6x09 - "Goodbye Tour") |
"How Do We Get Back to Love" | Julia Michaels, Jack Antonoff | Julia Michaels | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy | ||
Nashville (5x05 - "I'll Fly Away") |
"Sanctuary" | Jill Andrews, Gary Nicholson, Sarah Siskind | Charles Esten, Lennon Stella, Maisy Stella | Frankie Pine, Mandi Collier | ||
Stitchers (3x09 - "Kill It Forward") |
"Until You Find Me" | Dani Buncher, Scott Simons | Allison Scagliotti | Heather Guibert | ||
This Is Us (1x16 - "Memphis") |
"We Can Always Come Back to This" | Chris Pierce, Siddhartha Kholsa | Brian Tyree Henry, Hannah Miller | Jennifer Pyken | ||
2018 | Black-ish (5x01 - "Juneteenth") |
"Juneteenth" | Aloe Blacc, Peter Saji Derek Watkins, Faune Watkins, Hilton Wright | Cast of Black-ish | Gabe Hilfer | [4] |
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2x04 - "House by the Lake") |
"Drive" | Ric Ocasek | Aimee Mann | Amanda Krieg Thomas | ||
Empire (4x09- "Slave to Memory") |
"Trapped" | Timothy Clayton, James David Washington | Bryshere Y. Gray, Jussie Smollett | Jen Ross | ||
Insecure (3x08 - "Ghost-Like") |
"The Glow" | Willie Hutch | Victoria Monét | Kier Lehman | ||
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser | "Sunflower" | Lindsey Beer, Bram Inscore, Leland, Troye Sivan, Allie X | Shannon Purser | Jonathan Watkins | ||
2019 | Better Call Saul (4x07 - "Something Stupid") |
"Somethin' Stupid" | C. Carson Parks | Lola Marsh | Thomas Golubic | [5] |
A Million Little Things (1x01 - "Pilot") |
"All These Things That I've Done" | Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr | Gabriel Mann | Kevin Edelman | ||
Black Mirror (5x03 - "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too") |
"On a Roll" | Trent Reznor | Miley Cyrus as Ashley O | Amelia Hartley | ||
Game of Thrones (8x02 - "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms") |
"Jenny of Oldstones" | David Benioff, Ramin Djawadi, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss | Florence + the Machine | Evyen Koran | ||
This Is Us (3x07 - "Sometimes") |
"Invisible Ink" | Taylor Goldsmith, Siddhartha Kholsa | Mandy Moore | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe |
2020s[]
Year | Show | Song | Composers | Recording Artists | Music Supervisor | Network | Ref |
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2020 | Watchmen (1x06 - "This Extraordinary Being") |
"The Way It Used to Be" | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | Liza Richardson | HBO | [6] | |
The Affair (5x11 - "Episode 5.11") |
"The Whole of the Moon" | Mike Scott | Fiona Apple | Michael Hill | Showtime | ||
Little Fires Everywhere (1x08 - "Find a Way") |
"Build It Up" | Ingrid Michaelson | Mary Ramos | Hulu | |||
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (3x01 - "Strike Up the Band") |
"One Less Angel" | Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore | Darius de Haas | Robin Urdang | Prime Video | ||
This Is Us (4x01 - "Strangers") |
"Memorized" | Taylor Goldsmith, Siddhartha Khosla | Blake Stadnik | Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe | NBC | ||
2021 | Homeroom | "Look At Us" | Mike Aaberg, Joseph Epperson, Lauren Evans, Mounir Ghantous, Tony Ghantous, Goapele K. Mohlbane, Faraji Wright | Goapele (feat. Rexx Life Raj) | Julie Glaze Houlihan | Hulu | [7] |
Sex Education (302 and 307) |
"F*** The Pain Away" | Merrill Nisker (aka Peaches) | The Moordale Singers and Oli Julian | Matt Biffa | Netflix | ||
To All the Boys: Always and Forever | "Beginning Middle End" | Leah Nobel, Quinn Redmond | Leah Nobel | Laura Webb, Lindsay Wolfington | |||
We the People (1x01 - "Active Citizenship") |
"Change" | , Jeff Gitelman, David Harris, , Gabriella Wilson | H.E.R. | Jen Ross | |||
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2x09 - "Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery") |
"Anyone" | , , Demi Lovato, , , Samuel Elliot Roman | Cast of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Skylar Astin) | NBC |
References[]
- ^ Newman, Melinda (February 11, 2016). "Snubbed by Oscars, 'See You Again,' 'Straight Outta Compton' Win at Music Supervisor Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Newman, Melinda (February 16, 2017). "Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Walters, Michael (February 9, 2018). "Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "2019 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. February 13, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Guild of Music Supervisors Awards: 'Once Upon a Time,' 'Queen & Slim' Among Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. February 7, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Hilary (February 25, 2021). "Music Supervisors Guild Awards: 'Jingle Jangle,' 'High Note' Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
- ^ "Music Supervisors Guild Awards: 'King Richard,' 'Encanto,' 'The Harder They Fall' Among Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. February 10, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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- Songwriting awards