Disney Music Supervisor, Brian Vickers, on Placing Music for Trailers

In honor of Black History Month, we’re re-airing one of our favorite NMB episodes with Brian Vickers. He is a music supervisor at Disney. He works in the in-house trailer department where he developed a number of trailers including The Avengers, Star Wars: The Last Jedi & The Rise of Skywalker, Black Panther, Soul, Hamilton, Frozen II, Black is King, and many, many more. Ari and Brian dig into all things sync licensing. They spend a significant amount of time on how to become a music supervisor. And they touch on how independent artists can get their music synced in trailers. 3:11 - Working as a music supervisor for Disney since COVID-19 hit and quarantine started 12:38 - "Custom spots" and what the conversations look like between music supervisors and musicians 17:41 - How to find reputable trailer music production companies 20:13 - Do these trailer houses have in-house composers or producers that they work with? 23:10 - Clearing tracks / staying away from samples and making supervisors' jobs easier 25:35 - Placing a song because it is perfect and then it doesn't work out when it 'goes up the chain' 28:39 - Breaking down the song placement process 33:59 - Brian's musical background 42:28 - Music supervisor and sync licensing community 45:40 - How to reach out to music supervisors 50:30 - How to become a music supervisor 58:00 - What it means to make it in the new music business Connect with Ari’s Take: Website: https://aristake.com Academy: https://aristakeacademy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aristake_/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aris.take Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArisTake YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/aristake1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aristake/ Connect with Ari Herstand: Website: https://ariherstand.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/ariherstand Twitter: https://twitter.com/ariherstand YouTube: https://youtube.com/ariherstand Facebook: https://facebook.com/ariherstand Connect with Brian Vickers: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianvickers318/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChadTheCoolcat IMDb: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianvickers318/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.