The Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million award is annually given by the Guild of Music Supervisors at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards to honor the best music supervision in a film with a budget over $25 million. It was first given at their 3rd Annual Awards function, and has continued since then. In 2014, the Award was re-titled Best Music Supervision for Films Over $35 million, but reverted to its original name the following year.
Winners and nominees 2010s YearFilmMusic Supervisor(s)Budget 2012 Django Unchained Mary Ramos $100 Million American Reunion Jojo Villanueva $50 Million Argo Linda Cohen $44.5 Million Hope Springs Julia Michels $30 Million Rock of Ages Matthew Rush Sullivan $75 Million Step Up Revolution Buck Damon $50 Million This Is 40 Jonathan Karp $35 Million 21 Jump Street Karen Glauber $42 Million The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Alexandra Patsavas $136.2 Million 2013 American Hustle Susan Jacobs $40 Million The Great Gatsby Anton Monsted $105 Million The Internship Dave Jordan & Jojo Villanueva $58 Million The Secret Life of Walter Mitty George Drakoulias $90 Million The Wolf of Wall Street Randall Poster $75 Million 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Dave Jordan $232.3 Million Annie Matthew Rush Sullivan and Wende Crowley $65 Million The Book of Life John Houlihan $50 Million Get on Up Budd Carr & Margaret Yen $30 Million Into the Woods Paul Gemignani & Michael Higham $50 Million 2015 Straight Outta Compton Jojo Villanueva $50 Million Creed Gabe Hilfer $35 Million Fifty Shades of Grey Dana Sano $40 Million Kingsman: The Secret Service Ian Neil $81 Million Pitch Perfect 2 Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan $29 Million 2016 La La Land Steven Gizicki $30 Million Deadpool John Houlihan $58 Million Sing Jojo Villanueva $75 Million Sing Street Becky Bentham $4 Million Trolls Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan $125 Million 2017 Pitch Perfect 3 Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan$45 Million Beauty and the Beast Matt Sullivan $160 Million Coco Tom MacDougall $175 Million The Greatest Showman Benj Pasek and Justin Paul $84 Million Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Dave Jordan $200 Million 2018 A Star is Born Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan$36 Million Black Panther Dave Jordan $200 Million Bohemian Rhapsody Becky Bentham $52 Million Mary Poppins Returns Michael Higham and Paul Gemignani $130 Million Peter Rabbit Wende Crowley $50 Million 2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Mary Ramos$90 Million Frozen 2 Tom MacDougall $150 Million Aladdin Matt Sullivan $183 Million Ford v Ferrari Ted Caplan $97.6 Million The Irishman Randall Poster $159–250 million
2020s YearFilmMusic Supervisor(s)Budget 2020 Soul Tom MacDougall$150 Million Bill & Ted Face the Music Jonathan Leahy $25 Million Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Becky Bentham $35 Million Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Julia Michels >$25 Million Trolls World Tour Angela Leus $90–110 million 2021 Tick, Tick... Boom! Steven Gizicki$55 million Being the Ricardos Mary Ramos $25 million Encanto Tom MacDougall $120–150 million The Harder They Fall Michelle Silverman $90 million The Tender Bar Linda Cohen $25 million 2022 Elvis Anton Monsted$85 million A Jazzman's Blues Joel C. High $25 million Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Dave Jordan $200–250 million Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Julie Glaze Houlihan $40 million The Greatest Beer Run Ever Tom Wolfe and Manish Raval $40 million I Wanna Dance with Somebody Maureen Crowe and Becky Bentham $45 million Minions: The Rise of Gru Rachel Levy and Mike Knobloch $80–100 million Spirited Linda Cohen $75 million Tár Mike Knobloch, Natalie Hayden and Lucy Bright $25 million Turning Red Tom MacDougall $175 million 2023 Barbie George Drakoulias$128–145 million Air Andrea von Foerster $70–90 million Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Frankie Pine $30 million The Holdovers Matt Aberle $13–31 million Maestro Steven Gizicki $80 million My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Deva Anderson and Rachel Lautzenheiser $18–36 million Saltburn Kirsten Lane $75 million Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Kier Lehman $100–150 million They Cloned Tyrone Stephanie Diaz-Matos and Philippe Pierre $45 million Wonka James A. Taylor $125 million
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