How Music Supervisors Crafted the Season 2 Soundtrack for 'Nobody Wants This'
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Summary
Music supervisors Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, and Jonathan Leahy of Aperture Music discuss their approach to curating the soundtrack for Season 2 of the Netflix comedy series "Nobody Wants This." After a brief Zoom meeting with creator Erin Foster, they set out to create a full soundtrack album alongside the season's music. The article details their holistic music supervision process, how they select songs to amplify comedic moments, and the collaborative effort between music supervisors, the showrunner, and artists to build a cohesive musical identity for the series.
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· 3 pulledIt was like all of four minutes over Zoom that started with us saying, 'We loved the music on Season 1, did you like it?' Erin said, 'Yeah.' So, we just said, 'Let's do it again for Season 2, but maybe we can give you a little steroid boost: Let's make a soundtrack!'
We wanted to take a more holistic approach to the music of 'Nobody Wants This.'
The creative brief couldn't have been more succinct.
Music supervisors Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe and Jonathan Leahy tell IndieWire about taking a more holistic approach to the music of "Nobody Wants This."
