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.
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 | — | [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 | — | ||
The Royals (2x10 - "The Serpent That Did Sting Thy Father’s Life") | "Half Light" | Dan Smith, Justin Parker | BANNΞRS | — | ||
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 |
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 | Sex Education (302 and 307) | "F*** The Pain Away" | Merrill Nisker (aka Peaches) | The Moordale Singers and Oli Julian | Matt Biffa | Netflix | [7] |
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 | ||
To All the Boys: Always and Forever | "Beginning Middle End" | Leah Nobel, Quinn Redmond | Leah Nobel | Laura Webb, Lindsay Wolfington | Netflix | ||
We the People (1x01 - "Active Citizenship") | "Change" | Ronald Colson, Jeff Gitelman, David Harris, Maxx Moore, Gabriella Wilson | H.E.R. | Jen Ross | |||
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2x09 - "Zoey's Extraordinary Mystery") | "Anyone" | Badriia Ines Bourelly, Dayyon Alexander Drinkard, Demi Lovato, Eyelar Mirzazadeh, Jay Mooncie, Samuel Elliot Roman | Cast of Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (Skylar Astin) | NBC | |||
2021 | Better Call Saul (6x09 - "Fun and Games") | "Perfect Day" | Harry Nilsson | Dresage, Slow Shiver | Thomas Golubić | AMC | [8] |
Acapulco (1x10 – "You Should Hear How She Talks About You") | "Walking on Sunshine" | Kimberley Rew | Rodrigo Urquidi, Rossana de León | Javier Nuño, Joe Rodriguez | Apple TV+ | ||
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – (4x05 - "How to Chew Quietly and Influence People") | "Maybe Monica" | Tom Mizer, Curtis Moore | Josh A. Dawson | Robin Urdang | Prime Video | ||
The Afterparty (1x03 – "Yasper") | "Two Shots" | Jack Dolgen, Jonathan Lajoie | Ben Schwartz, Sam Richardson, Jamie Demetriou | Kier Lehman | Apple TV+ | ||
MOOD (1x06 - "F* the Fake Sh") | "Trouble" | Nicôle Lecky, Camille Purcell, Kwame Kwei-Armah Jr | Lecky | Ed Bailie, Abi Leland | BBC America | ||
Pachinko (1x08 – "Chapter Eight") | "Let's Live for Today" | Michael Julien, Guilio Rapetti Mogol, Norman David Shapiro | Leenalchi | Michael Hill | |||
Rap Sh!t (1x03– "Something for the Hood", 1x04 – "Something for the Clubs", 1x05 – "Something for the Weekend", 1x06 – "Something for the Gram", 1x07 – “Something for the DJ", 1x08 – "Something for the Road") | "Seduce & Scheme" | Larry Dwayne Batiste, Isaac Earl Bynum, Khia Chambers, Brittany Dickinson, Aida Goitom, Floyd Nathaniel Hills, Clayton Richardson, Seandrea Sledge, Bill Summers. Kevin Toney, Michael J. Williams | Shawna & Mia | Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Philippe Pierre | HBO Max | ||
P-Valley (2x06 – "Savage", 2x09 – "Snow") | "Get It on the Floor" | Julian Mason, Antwon D. Moore, Megan Pete, Kelton Lanier Scott II | J. Alphonse Nicholson, Megan Thee Stallion | Sarah Bromberg, Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Katori Hall | Starz |
The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards recognize music supervisors in 14 categories, representing movies, television, games and trailers. Compton, Carol and Furious 7 were among the winners of the 2016 ceremony, while La La Land of the 2017 ceremony. The seventh annual ceremony took place at The Theatre at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles.
The Best Song Written and/or Record for a Film award is annually given by the Guild of Music Supervisors to honor the song records directly created for feature films. It was first given at their sixth annual awards function, and has continued to be ever since.
The Society of Composers & Lyricists is an organization founded in 1983 to represent composers and lyricists working in visual media, such as television and film. It sought union status in 1984 after the dissolution of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America, but the National Labor Relations Board denied the bid on the basis that songwriters were independent contractors. Another attempt to become a union in the 1990s was also unsuccessful. Members of the organization also include orchestrators, arrangers, music supervisors, music agents, music attorneys, music editors, copyists, and audio engineers.