What a Music Supervisor Brings to Your Project

The most visible part of music supervision is also the most nuanced. Selecting the right song for the right moment requires an encyclopedic knowledge of music across every genre, era, and culture, combined with a deep understanding of the story being told.

Chris works closely with directors, showrunners, and producers from the earliest stages of a project to develop a musical identity, a sonic language that becomes inseparable from the narrative itself. This isn't about picking popular songs. It's about finding the music that makes a scene feel inevitable.

• Music search and discovery across all genres and eras
• Temp score creation and music spotting sessions
• Creative consultation from development through delivery
• Artist discovery and emerging talent identification
• Sonic identity development for series and franchises
• Score and song integration

Every song used in a film, TV show, advertisement, or trailer requires two separate licenses: a synchronization license from the music publisher and a master license from the record label. Navigating this takes deep relationships, expert negotiation, and an understanding of rights across multiple territories and media formats.

Chris handles every aspect of music clearance, ensuring your project is fully licensed and protected, on time and within budget. That includes negotiating fees, managing rights across territories, and anticipating clearance problems before they become production problems.

• Sync and master license negotiation
• Multi-territory rights clearance
• Music budget management and cost control
• Festival, limited, and all-media rights
• Pre-clearance for music used in production
• Alternate song identification when clearances fail

Sync licensing & music clearance in detail

Chris Mollere is a music supervisor, not an attorney. This information is general and is not legal advice. For legal questions about a specific agreement, consult a qualified entertainment attorney.

Music supervision doesn't begin in post-production. It begins the moment a project is greenlit. On-set music coordination ensures that everything from playback music to live performance scenes is handled correctly, protecting the production legally and creatively.

Whether it's coordinating a scene where actors perform to a specific track, advising on the musical direction of a key sequence, or making sure the right music is playing on set for an emotionally critical moment, Fusion is there throughout production.

• On-set playback music coordination
• Live performance and music scene supervision
• Music spotting and creative consultation
• Scoring session attendance and oversight
• Collaboration with composers and music editors

Post-production is where music supervision becomes most technical. Every cue must be documented, every license confirmed, and every piece of music delivered to the right specifications for broadcast, streaming, theatrical, or digital release.

Fusion handles the full post-production music pipeline, from music editorial to cue sheet preparation, so your project is delivered correctly to networks, studios, and distributors without legal exposure.

• Music editorial supervision
• Cue sheet preparation and delivery
• Final music mix oversight
• Network and streamer delivery compliance
• Music & effects (M&E) track coordination
• Soundtrack album coordination

Advertising and trailer music supervision is a specialized discipline that demands everything film and TV supervision requires, compressed into 15, 30, or 60 seconds. The music must work instantly, cut through, and leave a lasting impression.

Chris brings the same creative rigor and licensing expertise to advertising campaigns, theatrical trailers, and branded content that he brings to feature films and prestige television.

• Theatrical and teaser trailer music supervision
• Advertising campaign music selection and clearance
• Branded content and digital campaign music
• Custom music and original composition coordination
• Fast-turnaround clearance for time-sensitive campaigns

Advertising & trailer music supervision

After more than two decades in the industry, Chris has built deep relationships with labels, publishers, managers, artists, and agents across every corner of the music world. These relationships translate directly into better music for your project: faster access, better rates, and the ability to secure music that others can't.

When you work with Fusion Music Supervision, you're accessing a network built over 20 years of active placements across 900+ television episodes, 50+ feature films, advertising campaigns, and major film trailers.

• Direct relationships with major and independent labels
• Publisher and licensing company relationships
• Artist and management connections across all genres
• Access to unreleased and exclusive music
• Emerging artist discovery and early access