Joe Rudge is an established music supervisor based in Brooklyn, NY. An experienced licensing professional and music fanatic, he works with film, TV, commercial, and multimedia directors to enhance the moving image with sound.

Joe started as production assistant at MTV & VH1, but soon found himself music supervising for The Disney Channel. 2006 was a breakthrough year for Joe, when he music-supervised the cult hit Brick, directed by Rian Johnson, for Focus Features.

Recent music supervision highlights include Blue Valentine (directed by Derek Cianfrance), Terri (directed by Aza Jacobs), Margin Call (directed by J.C Chandor), and the Martin Scorsese documentaries Public Speaking and George Harrison: Living In The Material World.

Upcoming is the much buzzed about Sundance award winner Beasts of the Southern Wild (directed by Benh Zeitlin), released by Fox Searchlight.

Michael Gross has been an Integrated Broadcast Producer and Music Supervisor for TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles for the past 5 years, working with brands such as Pepsi, Gatorade, Nissan, Visa, and the Grammys.

As Music Supervisor, Michael has licensed music for scores of campaigns across a wide range of budgets. He has also produced original music and worked with top music talent to write for special projects. He particularly enjoyed working with David Banner on the “Evolve” campaign for Gatorade, which became an iTunes hit after the song broke on TV.

Michael curates and event-produces Chiat’s annual music & arts festival, 5353 Fest, which features the best up & coming musical talent. Artists who have played 5353 include: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Dengue Fever, Fitz & the Tantrums, Local Natives, and Class Actress.

As Producer, Michael recently worked with the Recording Academy on their 2012 TV campaign for the Grammys, featuring Bon Iver, Foo Fighters, Skrillex, and Adele. He’s shot film, documentary, commercial, and viral content projects on 4 different continents.

Michael lives in his native town of Venice Beach, CA. His favorite song of 2012 is “Only For You” by the Heartless Bastards. Michael bleeds Laker purple & gold and has absolutely zero patience for boogieboarders.

Music Supervisor Profile is a recurring feature on Rollo & Grady where we interview the top supervisors in the business to learn their secrets and get valuable advice on how to break into world of music supervision. Some of our previous interviews have been with such heavyweights as Thomas Golubic, Liza Richardson, Andrea von Foerster, Scott Vener, Michelle Kuznetsky, and Gary Calamar.

This month we interviewed Chris Mollere, one of the rising stars in the music supervision business. Mollere runs the Los Angeles based firm, Fusion Music Supervision, which fulfills musical visions for Film, Television, Documentaries, and Video Games. When sourcing music, he draws from a lifetime of influences, including childhood travel around the world and his days as an undergraduate in Austin, Texas. Honing not only is tastes but also his business acumen, Chris has served in managerial, production, and promotional capacities throughout the music industry and since he moved to Los Angeles, has combined his interests in music with a passion for film. Over the past six years Mollere has supervised many television projects including The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Greek, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Kyle XY. His films include The Box, The Haunting of Molly Hartley, and I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell. Chris also put together the soundtracks for Season One of The Vampire Diaries and Season One of Pretty Little Liars.

He does an excellent job of using Twitter a tool to promote artists on the shows he is supervising. You can follow him at @cmollere.

Music Supervisor Profile is a recurring feature on Rollo & Grady where we interview the top supervisors in the business to learn their secrets and get valuable advice on how to break into world of music supervision. Some of our previous interviews have been with such heavyweights as Thomas Golubic, Andrea Von Foerster, Liza Richardson, Scott Vener, and Gary Calamar.

We recently interviewed the extremely talented Michelle Kuznetsky. Over the past fifteen years, Michelle has handled music supervision responsibilities for both television and film. She was the supervisor for Prison Break, and is currently working on JJ Abrams’ new sci-fi thriller, Alcatraz, and co-supervises the critically acclaimed FX series Sons of Anarchy with Bob Thiele Jr. Her feature film credits include The Station Agent, Happy Gilmore, Cop Land, Clay Pigeons, Kill Bill:Vol. 1, to name a few.

Image edited by Ben Kramer

Yesterday we posted our annual feature in which our favorite artists list their top albums of 2011. Today we’ve enlisted some of our favorite music bloggers, music supervisors, comedians, DJs, journalists, and various industry music professionals to list their top albums of 2011.