Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual GMS Awards. This award is for films released both theatrically and non-theatrically in the US during the 2024 calendar year and for which you received an on-screen Music Supervisor credit. The questionnaire will be used to assist the Film Craft Committee in evaluating submissions for final nominations. Your careful submission helps support the integrity of the Guild and reinforces that this process is about the quality and achievement among us. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY DATES: for films released theatrically and non-theatrically (depending on the category) in the US during the calendar year of 2024
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December 2024 and do not have necessary materials may email film@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
- ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify for a Guild of Music Supervisors Award in the film category, submissions must adhere to nomination guidelines outlined in the Spirit Awards & Academy Awards. See links below:
Academy Awards (link)
Spirit Awards (link)
For the Non-Theatrically Released Film category, films must be commercially available to watch.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS have a separate submission form - please do not submit documentary films here. The documentary form can be found at https://guildofmusicsupervisors.submittable.com/submit
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email film@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out one questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards. This award is for songs/recordings (original or imaginative covers) created for film projects (including documentaries) released both theatrically and non-theatrically in the US during 2024. The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committee in evaluating submissions to determine the final set of nominated songs/recordings. GMS members will evaluate the final nominations as used in the films and vote in early 2025.
The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive a link to download/stream or a file upload of your song/recording in addition to a globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY DATES: for film projects (including documentaries) released theatrically and non-theatrically in the US during the calendar year of 2024.
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email film@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
*To qualify for a Guild of Music Supervisors Award in the film category, submissions must adhere to nomination guidelines outlined in the Spirit Awards & Academy Awards. See links below:
Academy Awards (link)
Spirit Awards (link)
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email film@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual GMS Awards. The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committees in evaluating submissions and determine the final set of nominees that will be reviewed and voted on by the guild membership in early 2025. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
The information that you provide is vital in helping to assure that all submissions are considered thoroughly. Your investment in providing details and context for your work is crucial to giving the Committee the full scope and depth of your contribution. The Guild of Music Supervisors understands and defends that the quality of a Music Supervisor is not solely measured by the amount of songs in a project, but by a host of music services provided that together impact a program and its audience. We appreciate that you draft your submissions with the merits and specificity of each individual project in mind and that you provide us with all of the tools to thoroughly review your work.
The Guild's definition of the role of the Music Supervisor can be found at the following link: https://www.guildofmusicsupervisors.com/what-is-a-music-supervisor.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY TIMELINE: All submissions must have had over 50% of the nominated season air within the established eligibility period: November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2024.
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category (Comedy, Drama, Reality).
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For any awards or submission related questions, please email tv@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each song/recording nomination submission for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisor Awards. This award category is for original songs and/or recordings (including imaginative covers) CREATED SPECIFICALLY for the qualifying television series/project. The questionnaire will be used to assist the committee in evaluating submissions to determine the final set of nominated songs/recordings. Guild members will evaluate the final nominations and vote in early 2025. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
The information that you provide is vital in helping to assure that all submissions are considered thoroughly. Your investment in providing details and context for your work is crucial to giving the Committee the full scope and depth of your contribution. The Guild of Music Supervisors understands and defends that the quality of a Music Supervisor is not solely measured by the amount of songs in a project, but by a host of music services provided that together impact a program and its audience. We appreciate that you draft your submissions with the merits and specificity of each individual project in mind and that you provide us with all of the tools to thoroughly review your work.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive a link to download/stream or a file upload of your song/recording in addition to a globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY DATES: All submissions must have had over 50% of the nominated season air within the established eligibility period: November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2024. **If submitting a song/recording from a documentary series, the project must be eligible for the current Awards season per the eligibility term and guidelines of the Documentary category (eligible documentary projects must have had an initial commercial release in the United States within the 2024 calendar year).
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email tv@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For any awards or submission related questions, please email tv@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards. This form is for feature length documentary films released during the 2024 calendar year as a public/commercial release for which you received an on screen Music Supervisor credit. (Please note: if the project is released in one part, it is considered a documentary. If it is two or more sections, it is considered a docuseries and should only be submitted in that category). The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committee in evaluating submissions to determine the final set of nominees which will be voted on by the GMS members in early 2025. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY PERIOD: feature length documentary films released between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024 as a public/commercial release
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email documentaries@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
All music must be cleared with a final cue sheet readily available and proof of fully executed licenses available if the committee requests to see documentation. Please note that independent postings on Vimeo and YouTube do not qualify.
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email documentaries@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual Guild Of Music Supervisors Awards. This form is for docuseries for which you received an on screen Music Supervisor credit. If the project is released in one part, it is a documentary. If it is two or more sections, it is considered a docuseries. The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committee in evaluating submissions to determine the final set of nominees which will be voted on by GMS members in early 2025. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY TIMELINE: All submissions must have had over 50% of the nominated season air within the established eligibility period of the 2024 calendar year.
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email documentaries@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email documentaries@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual GMS Awards. The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committees in evaluating submissions and determine the final set of nominees that will be reviewed and voted on by the guild membership in early 2025. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
Your participation in this year’s nomination process ensures that all submissions are considered thoroughly, vetted fairly, and presented to committee members in a way that will help them to better understand your scope of work.
Entries will be accepted within three (3) advertising categories, shown below:
Best Music Supervision in Advertising - (Synch)
Awarded for innovation in the creative use of licensed, existing music in the context of an advertisement or other branded visual media. Entries submitted within this category should be no longer than :90 in length.
Best Music Supervision in Advertising - (Original Music)
Awarded for excellence in the creation of original music within an advertisement. Submissions can include covers of existing compositions or original material. Entries submitted within this category should be no longer than 1:30 in length.
Best Music Supervision in Advertising - (Long Form)
Awarded for excellence in the creation of original or synced music within an advertisement. Submissions can include existing music as well as covers of existing compositions or original material. Work must be above 1:30 and under 8 minutes to qualify. Should work fall outside of that range it will not qualify.
Nominations should ONLY go to the music supervisor(s) responsible for the creative placement and oversight of the sync or composition.
All advertising categories include ads for entertainment products (such as a Nintendo or other video game system) but EXCLUDE trailers, promos, and marketing media for individual entertainment properties (such as a specific video game). These type of projects should be submitted under the "TRAILER" category).
You are not required to be a member of the Guild in order to submit an entry.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY TIMELINE: All submissions must be released within the 2024 calendar year.
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Music Supervisors, Music Departments, or Music Houses/Companies are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email ads@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email ads@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual GMS Awards. The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committees in evaluating submissions for the final nominations. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held February 23, 2025. To be awarded for achievement in Music Supervision for Advertising in Film, TV or Video Games, the trailer must meet the minimum duration for its category, as described below, and must have been publicly broadcast in theaters, major television platforms, and/or online during the 2024 calendar year.
- Best Music Supervision For A Trailer - Film (over 45 seconds)
- Best Music Supervision For A Trailer - Series (over 15 sec, includes TV promos)
- Best Music Supervision For A Trailer - Video Game & Interactive (over 45 seconds)
Your participation in this year’s nomination process ensures that all submissions are considered thoroughly, vetted fairly, and presented to committee members in a way that will help them to better understand your scope of work. Thank you for your consideration and participation!
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY TIMELINE: Trailer must have been publicly broadcast in theaters, major television platforms and/or online during the 2024 calendar year.
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Music Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category that reflect their creative contributions.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email trailers@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email trailers@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
Please fill out this questionnaire to accompany each nomination submission for the 15th Annual GMS Awards. This is for video games released during the 2024 calendar year and for those who received a Music Supervisor or Audio Director credit for that video game. The questionnaire will be used to assist the nomination committee in evaluating submissions for the final nominations. Your careful submission helps support the integrity of the Guild and reinforces that this process is about the quality and achievement among us. The 15th Annual GMS Awards will be held on February 23, 2025.
- CRITICAL MATERIALS NEEDED: It is vital that we receive the requested globally accessible video link to download/stream the project to ensure that all submissions are considered thoroughly and to help the committee understand the scope of your hard work. Links should remain active through date of the GMS Awards ceremony for voting purposes. Submissions WILL NOT be considered without them.
- ELIGIBILITY TIMELINE: for video games released during the 2024 calendar year.
- SUBMISSION LIMIT: Supervisors are allowed up to three (3) submissions per award category.
- DEADLINE: Submissions are free before 11/30. Projects submitted after 11/30 are $50 per submission. Submissions are no longer accepted after 12/11 at 6pm PT.
- Submissions for projects that are released in December and do not have necessary materials may email videogames@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com
PLEASE NOTE:
- No more than three (3) awards will be presented with each category, additional awards will be available for purchase.
- A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field.
- For technical issues, please email support@submittable.com.
- For general information regarding the nomination process and awards, please visit: https://www.gmsawards.com.
- For awards or submission related questions, please email videogames@guildofmusicsupervisors.com and CC admin@guildofmusicsupervisors.com