Jemma Burns, the music supervisor of a popular show, shares her journey from a music-free childhood to curating the soundtrack of a series filled with popular songs.
In some ways, Jemma Burns is the least likely person to be appointed musical gatekeeper of a show that does everything it can to tap the zeitgeist of Australia’s youth.
Some of the key cast of season 2 : Chika Ikogwe as Jojo, Ayesha Madon as Amerie, Gemma Chua-Tran as Sasha, Sherry-Lee Watson as Missy, Brodie Townsend as Ant, Bryn Chapman Parish as Spider, Angus Sampson as Voss.Burns is inundated with offerings from musicians, labels, producers hoping to get onto the show. “I probably receive about 50 albums in my inbox every day,” she says. “It’s not humanly possible . But I’m very good at just listening to snippets and understanding immediately.
This time around, the playlist includes some up-and-comers and some household names (Kylie Minogue, The Cranberries, Tina Turner, whose. “We thought, ‘why don’t we just give it a shot, who knows?’ We never in our wildest dreams expected we would be able to use Enya, so that was just brilliant.” “We always give a description of what’s going on, just a couple of sentences, and if they want to know more they can ask us,” Burns says, just a little coyly. “We’re very good at explaining what’s going on in the most truthful but innocuous way.”Burns has been in the game since 2005, and has worked on more than 100 titles, including TV series such asA music supervisor’s job isn’t simply about picking which songs to use, and where.
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