Full Sail的毕业生埃里克·梅迪纳(Eric Medina)一直对音乐和电视的交集感兴趣.

“而不仅仅是听歌，与歌词和氛围产生共鸣, 我总是把它们和角色或电视剧联系在一起，甚至从小就开始, I used to annoy my mom when commercials would come on, and I would say, ‘What's the name of that song? I like that song.“或者我在五六岁的时候听到收音机里的歌，然后说, ‘Hey, Mom, this song would go good in a Toyota commercial,’” he laughs.

如今，埃里克将音乐与电视节目和电影结合在一起，达到了专业水平. He’s done music supervision for shows like Sweet Life: Lost Angeles, Queens, Godfather of Harlem, The Horror of Dolores Roach, and the upcoming Hotel Cocaine. 他目前是radio的音乐监督高级总监.

埃里克并没有意识到为电影和电视节目寻找音乐是一项真正的工作，直到 he studied audio production and music business at Full Sail. 他在音乐监督课上亲身体验了这个过程.

“我记得我们在音乐监督课程上有一个项目，我们拍了一部没有音乐的电影, 然后我们不得不从《og体育》的音乐库中添加音乐. I remember I told the other kids in my group, ‘Hey, if you guys don't want to do that much on this project, it's totally okay because this is one I really, really want to do.’ I just kind of fell in love with it,” Eric remembers.

After Eric graduated, 他花了几年时间从实习生晋升为创意同步和音乐监督的全职角色. He finally landed in his current role at Raedio, 这是一家由女演员伊萨·雷创立并领导的独立音乐制作公司.

音乐监制监督电影和电视节目中音乐的各个方面. They creatively assess where a piece of music should go, manage budgets, work with composers, communicate with a project’s producers and directors, 与唱片公司和出版商合作，获得歌曲的版权. 埃里克参与了一个节目或电影的整个制作过程.

“When we start [working on] a show, 我们必须阅读剧本并评估所有音乐时刻可能发生的地方. [For example, 剧本可能会说，角色们走进一家餐厅，背景音乐正在演奏. So we coordinate with the producers and talk about, if there's a live band, do you know what kind of music they’re going to be playing? 我们必须事先获得音乐的授权，并清除他们将要拍摄的所有音乐,” Eric explains.

“And that's just one scenario. 有时在剧本中，他们会说有一个蒙太奇时刻的场景发生, and they might want a song there. Sometimes they want original music, so they want us to create original songs for a show,” he continues.

为一个项目选择音乐比选择一首令人愉快的歌曲要复杂得多——音乐主管必须选择符合项目创意愿景的歌曲.

“We can't be biased and add a song just because we like it. 更重要的是深入了解导演和制作人的想法，并试图找出他们在创意上要追求的东西. 这首歌会引领这部剧的创作方向吗? Do these songs apply to specific characters lyrically?... We pitch the direction that we're thinking, and then the producers tell us what they're thinking, 然后我们就想好节目的声音是什么. The network and the studio also get involved; everyone has a say of what they want creatively. 因此，作为音乐总监，我们必须为每一个人提供服务。.

除了管理项目中不同人的需求之外, Eric juggles multiple projects at once. 目前，他正在制作三部纪录片、一部电影和两部剧本剧. On a typical day, 他可能正在为一个项目阅读剧本和突出音乐时刻, 准备为第二个项目准备一场出镜音乐表演, and clearing songs for an episode of a TV show.

Eric’s balancing his responsibilities well: In 2022, 他获得了音乐监制协会奖最佳音乐监制-真人秀电视第一季 Sweet Life: Los Angeles. He’s also excited about his work on the upcoming series Hotel Cocaine, a 1970s thriller from the creator of Narcos with a soundtrack that’s “wall-to-wall disco and Latin music.他对有前途的音乐主管的建议是尽早开始.

“(参与音乐监督)的最好方法是在你上大学的时候尽早开始实习……音乐主管总是会保留一份潜在实习生和潜在协调员的名单。. 不要羞于伸出手来，谈谈你自己，分享你的兴趣. Go to as many sync events as you can. 到处都有关于音乐监管的同步事件，让你置身于同步/授权或音乐监管的世界中, 你会结识所有你需要认识的合适的人，帮助你找到第一份实习或工作.”