EP/14: SOUNDTRACKS

Behind the Scenes of a Soundtrack with Music Supervisor Alison Moses

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In this episode Alison Moses joins us from Los Angeles. Alison is a music supervisor at Aperture - a company that specializes in curating soundtracks for TV and movies. She oversees the music in projects including High Fidelity (Hulu), Good Girls (NBC), Fresh Off the Boat (ABC), Girls (HBO), and films including The Craft, Game Night, Neighbors, and Trainwreck. She knows how  to pick amazing tunes in part because she has DJed all over Los Angeles and she’s hosted DJ shows on KChung Radio and Resonance Extra.

A good soundtrack has always been critical for setting the vibe on a TV show or movie. We sit down with Alison to better understand how she approaches her craft. What it was like to pick songs for a TV sequel to the cult movie - High Fidelity. We also discuss how the sound track business has been impacted by the rise of video and audio streaming platforms - like why Dawson’s Creek on Netflix can’t use the original theme song, Paula Cole’s “I Don’t Want to Wait”

Follow Alison on Instagram at: @alison.wav and on Spotify at: @alison.wav. Check out Aperture Music at: aperturemusic.com

About ALISON MOSES

A music supervisor for film and TV, Alison thrives in the realm of the eclectic and up-and-coming. Throughout her 9 years in the field, Alison has placed songs by dozens of indie acts in TV shows including High Fidelity, Good Girls, Fresh Off the Boat, and HBO’s Girls, and films including The Craft: Legacy, Test Pattern, Trainwreck, and Neighbors. Alison has hosted monthly DJ shows on KChung Radio and Resonance Extra, and in the before-times, frequently DJed all over Los Angeles, serving as a support act for Jessie Ware, Cherry Glazerr, Dent May, Khruangbin, and Jerry Paper, among others. During the pandemic, Alison co-produced eight episodes of John Moses’ Message Machine for KCRW.