EP09: Jen Malone (Black & White Music) - From Reality TV To Emmy Nominee, It's Always About The Director's Vision.

The Europe In Synch Podcast

Welcome to episode nine of the Europe In Synch podcast.
This time we are talking with Jen Malone, founder of Black & White Music, an all-female, full-service music supervision company based in Los Angeles.
We hear about Jen's remarkable journey from a burnt-out publicist in Boston to becoming a top-tier music supervisor in Los Angeles. We discover how her strategic networking and hands-on experience in reality TV laid the foundation for her breakthrough in scripted television with shows like "Baskets" and "Atlanta."
Jen reveals the relentless drive and collaborative spirit that have propelled her career, offering a fascinating glimpse into the mechanics behind mega-hit series like "Euphoria" and "Wednesday."
We explore the evolving role of music supervision, how technology has made music more accessible, and the importance of educating filmmakers and producers on music costs and budgets.
From balancing creativity with administrative tasks to the emotional highs of Emmy recognition, Jen’s story is one of gratitude and teamwork, with an unswerving aim to bring directors' visions to life with passion and creativity.
We recorded this conversation at the Hamburger Ding in during Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg on 18.09.2024.
We hope you enjoy the episode and thank you for listening!
Find out more about our guest:

• Homepage: Black & White Music

Selected Projects mentioned in the episode:

• Euphoria
• Atlanta
• Wednesday
• Baskets
• The Offer
• Reasonable Doubt
• John Wick: Chapter 4

If you have comments about this episode - or have questions, ideas, requests, recommendations, or general feedback, feel free to contact us at [email protected].

Europe In Synch is created, managed, promoted, and driven by several European organizations and companies and is a truly cross-border collaboration.
The goals are to bring together professionals from the music sector with decision-makers from film & advertising to provide a real-life, hands-on, learning experience, and to promote European music in the complex field of synchronization, through communication, knowledge-building and networking via focused mentoring and peer training sessions.

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Intro/Outro music is an instrumental edit of "Gimme" by Daffodils.
They're on Soundcloud.
Europe In Synch is co-funded by the European Union.
This is a SuperSwell production for Europe In Synch...

Chapters

1. EP09: Jen Malone (Black & White Music) - From Reality TV To Emmy Nominee, It's Always About The Director's Vision. (00:00:00)

2. Introduction to Jen Malone & the start of herJourney (00:00:24)

3. Becoming Hot Property (00:05:41)

4. What being a Music Supervisor entails (00:08:59)

5. Europhoria as a game changer (00:11:51)

6. Supporting supervisors and partners around the world (00:14:30)

7. Educating Producers about the value of music (00:16:49)

8. Hunting for hidden gems (00:20:01)

9. Difficulties clearing tracks (00:23:19)

10. Tips for starting out in music supervision (00:24:48)

11. The impact of streamers, strikes, and AI (00:27:48)

12. Moments of satisfaction (00:31:20)

13. Recognition within the industry & the pressures of success (00:32:51)

14. The fun of working on John Wick: Chapter 4 (00:36:06)