The Soundtrack Surgeon

The Soundtrack Surgeon

Welcome to The Soundtrack Surgeon: a new podcast about soundtracks and music supervision, hosted by aspiring music supervisor, Riley. The main idea of this podcast is to talk to music supervisors about their work and creative process, as well as to hear some of the stories about how specific projects came together. Other episodes will feature people adjacent to the job in the music and film industries, along with some family and friends along the way. Let's dissect some soundtracks! Stay updated by following @soundtracksurgeon on Instagram!

Episodes

August 13, 2025 54 mins

On this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Maureen Crowe. Maureen is a trailblazing music supervisor whose work has shaped some of the most iconic soundtracks in film history, including The Bodyguard, Wayne’s World, Chicago, and The Perfect Storm and, most recently, I Want To Dance With Somebody. As the Founding President of the Guild of Music Supervisors, she has been a driving force in elevating the role of music supervisio...

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Today's episode is a pretty special one for me because I got to talk to Marc Medwin, who just so happens to be one of my all time favorite people to have a conversation with. Medwin is a professor of music at American University, and I took "History of Rock" and "American Music and Politics of Protest" with him. We talked about his relationship with music as a blind man, how sound is used in film and televi...

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March 19, 2025 52 mins

On today's episode, I talked to Billy Gottlieb. Billy is an LA-based music supervisor from the Baltimore area. We discussed what led him to the job, his work as a music coordinator on the movies Pulp Fiction and Clueless with Karyn Rachtman, a number of both his past and upcoming projects, and some of the differences between supervising for film vs. television.

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December 31, 2024 44 mins

Welcome back to The Soundtrack Surgeon! I recently had a conversation with the wonderful Tiffany Anders. Tiffany is a talented music supervisor from Los Angeles, California. Some of her most notable projects are Reservation Dogs, Beef, PEN15, and Like Crazy. We talked about her upbringing in LA with her indie filmmaker mom, her background as a musician, and her job as a music supervisor.

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Welcome to the very first episode of The Soundtrack Surgeon! Today I chatted with Brian Weitz, otherwise known as Geologist from the band Animal Collective. We talked about our shared experience of growing up in the Baltimore area, the significant role that The Shining played in his musical journey, some of the projects that Animal Collective has licensed their music to, and more. 

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