Richard Glasser's Take on Direction, Revenue, & Budgeting

I stumbled upon an interview online this week through Indie Supervisor. For those interested in the career of a Music Supervisor, I advise you to check it out. It's written and created by Music Supervisors, provides interviews and blogs, and even allows you to ask the professionals questions about the business or about music licensing.

This interview was with Richard Glasser and his experiences as a Music Supervisor and Music Executive on several films & television. His past work has included movies such as The King's Speech, Our Idiot Brother, The Illusionist, and The JFK Conspiracy. He is also a past motown recording artist, and a current composer and songwriter on the side. He has accomplished a lot in his career and has worked on some well-noted films. He currently works for The Weinstein Company located in New York City. 

The Music Supervisor

Lately I have been learning more about leadership and project & team management. I began to think about who the leader of the audio post-production world would be. It didn’t take long for me to come up with the answer.

If you've stayed long enough through the credits at the end of your favorite movie, you may have noticed the position of Music Supervisor scrolling up the screen. Depending on the type of film, whether it be independent, documentaries, blockbusters, etc., the tasks this person takes on varies greatly. However, the consistent duty this person has is to obtain the rights and licensing permission to legally use certain songs in the projects or films they are working on.