Katy McIlvaine served as music supervisor on Sam and Max Eggers’ directorial debut, The Front Room, a new horror film based on Susan Hill's short story of the same name.The movie finds expectant mother Belinda (Brandy) dealing with her husband's pushy, religious, racist stepmother Solange (Kathryn Hunter), who moves into their home after losing her husband. Belinda, an academic who doesn't have much patience for these extreme beliefs, obviously clashes with the woman from the start. With the film's focus on Solange's old-fashioned thinking, the soundtrack skews toward traditional songs, gospel featuring heavily. It was McIlvaine's job to find music that worked, and also to make sure they were cleared to use it in the release. We hopped on Zoom to chat with her about her work on the movie, the challenges of music clearance, and what her best advice to indie filmmakers is. - YouTube www.youtube.com Editor's note: The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.No Film School: I want to start with a primer for our readers on what your position is, and how it's collaborative with the director and the whole team.Katy McIlvaine: The position of music supervision can be anything that's music-related. We have to be ready to step in on anything music-related that's needed. So whether it's finding musicians for on camera, trying to help find composers, or working with preexisting music and working to clear the copyrights, which was a lot of what I did on this project.There were "needle drops," as...
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