#673 Film & T.V. Music Supervisor Susan Jacobs, Opinions on Prince & Sam Phillips
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4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2018
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with Emmy-winning music supervisor Susan Jacobs. Over her 30 year career, she's worked with directors like Spike Lee, David O. Russell and Robert Altman on placing music within movies. Most recently, she made the jump to television with HBO's Sharp Objects and Big Little Lies. Jim and Greg talk to Susan about the effects of great music on screen and how she convinced Led Zeppelin to let her expertly use the band's music in Sharp Objects. They'll also review new albums from Prince and singer-songwriter Sam Phillips.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello Chicago! From W be easy Chicago and PRX, this is sound opinions. I'm Jim Deregadis and I'm Greg Kot. |
| 0:24.0 | This week we talk with Susan Jacobs, the music supervisor for |
| 0:28.0 | HBO's sharp objects. |
| 0:30.0 | It's her job to pick songs that elevate the visuals to another level. |
| 0:34.0 | It's always about what's conveying the emotion that the director wants to convey. |
| 0:39.0 | You know, I always tell people music is a point of view. |
| 0:42.0 | Our job is supervisors. You know, I always tell people music is a point of view. |
| 0:42.9 | Our job is supervisors is to make sure |
| 0:46.8 | that everybody's understanding the different |
| 0:49.3 | points of view that are possible. |
| 0:51.9 | Plus, we'll review new albums from Prince and singer-songwriter Sam Phillips. |
| 0:57.0 | That's all coming up on sound opinions. |
| 0:59.0 | You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show Jim we're going to talk with |
| 1:04.8 | Susan Jacobs. She's an Emmy-winning music supervisor. That means she's the person that |
| 1:10.4 | picks the songs of here in shows like sharp objects and big little |
| 1:13.6 | lies. She's also been the music supervisor for a number of movies working with |
| 1:17.7 | people like Spike Lee, David O Russell, on and on. She'll talk with us about how she decides what's the perfect |
| 1:24.4 | song for every scene and how she got Led Zeppelin of all people to agree to |
| 1:29.0 | their music being used. That's coming up later in the show Greg, but first we've got some new music. |
| 1:34.0 | Never meant to cause you in the sorrow. |
| 1:40.0 | Never meant to cause you pain. |
| 1:44.0 | Oh, one or one time see you like pain, |
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