Sounds Seen - a music supervision podcast Rachitha Seneviratne

This episode is about the Oscar-nominated film Perfect Days from director Wim Wenders. The film follows the simple, quiet and daily routine of Hirayama, a man in Tokyo who cleans unique toilets designed by architects, dotted throughout the city. The music in this film is central to the film, giving us a glimpse into the unexpressed sides of Hirayama; the person he is, and maybe even the young man he once was.

This episode’s guest is Milena Fessman, a veteran music supervisor and radio DJ based in Berlin. She currently hosts her own weekly show for Radio Eins/RBB called ‘Free Falling’ and in 1989 she founded Cinesong. Milena Fessmann teaches music supervision and copyright clearing at DFFB Berlin, KHM and Filmuni Babelsberg and is advisory board member of the World Soundtrack Academy.

This episode is about the music in the Golden Globe-nominated, Palme D’or-winning film ‘Anatomy of a Fall’, from director Justine Triet.


With Thibault Deboaisne, music supervisor and founder of boutique agency Sound Division.


We explore the absence of a composed score in the film, the circumstantial decision to use a steel drum cover of 50 Cent's PIMP as the film's central motif, and the importance of the piano in Justine Triet’s films.



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Episode #006 was originally heard on cultural hub and community radio station ‘Know Wave’ @know_wave on Instagram - head to their Instagram to listen to the full episode.

In this episode we discuss the soundtrack for ‘The Worst Person In The World’, the Oscar-nominated film from Joachim Trier.

We speak with Goran Obad, head of music supervision at Ohlogy, about how the diverse soundtrack is used to great effect in this beautiful and nuanced film.

Instagram: @ohlogy @goranobad85

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For Episode #005 of Sounds Seen, our guest is music supervisor Josh Rabinowitz.

Josh is a music supervisor and producer based in New York with a storied career in the world of advertising. Working for almost 15 years at the global advertising firm Grey Group, Josh headed up their music division - his fingerprints have touched more than 10,000 tracks over his career, working with brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, Volvo and the NFL.

Josh has now launched a music and sound consultancy called The Brooklyn Music Experience and he also offers 1-on-1 coaching for budding music industry professionals and artists.

We chart the evolution of music’s role in advertising, how music supervision process in advertising actually works, and the notion of artists ‘selling out’.

Josh is also an Adjunct Professor at the New School, has presented at Cannes Lions and SXSW, and, to top it off - he’s also an accomplished trombonist.

You can find Josh on:

Twitter - @josh1rabinowitz

Instagram - @joshrabinowitz

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This is an edit of the first Sounds Seen show for Know Wave [ know-wave.com ]

For this episode we look at the music in the BAFTA-winning film Rocks by Sarah Gavron with music supervisor Connie Farr, of ThinkSync Music. You can listen to the full episode here which I thoroughly recommend as we also play the songs from the film - including KOKOROKO, Skepta, JGrrey, and more: 

https://www.mixcloud.com/know_wave/sounds-seen-connie-farr-and-the-sarah-gavron-film-rocks-17th-may-2021/

Sounds Seen looks for the transcendent moments we experience when we connect the music we hear with the visuals we see. The marriage of music with film brings two great art forms together to create a whole new emotional valence.

You can watch Rocks on Netflix UK

Find out more about Connie Farr and ThinkSync Music's music supervision work at thinksyncmusic.com and reach them on Instagram at @thinksyncmusic

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For Episode #003 of Sounds Seen, our guest is music supervisor Meghan Currier.

Meghan is a music supervisor for film, television and advertising based in New York. She worked closely with renowned music supervisor Randall Poster at his company Search Party Music. Together they’ve worked on a number of Wes Anderson films including The Grand Budapest Hotel and The French Dispatch (coming out later this year), and other pop culture phenomena including The Joker, Boyhood, Skyfall and Wolf of Wall Street.

Meghan has also supervised the likes of Tiger King and the forthcoming feature film Swansong starring Mahershala Ali.

On the podcast, Meghan and I discuss the music in the beautiful film WAVES by Trey Edward Shults - including what it takes to clear 5-6 Frank Ocean songs for one film, and how a final product differs depending on when music supervisors are brought onto a project. We also discuss her work alongside Randall Poster and Wes Anderson.

You can watch WAVES here: bit.ly/Waves_WatchNow

Find out more about Meghan at searchparty-music.com and reach her on Instagram at @meghan.currier

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