Riley Granek

The Soundtrack Surgeon

Arts EN ↓ 7 episodes

Welcome to The Soundtrack Surgeon: a new podcast about soundtracks and music supervision, hosted by aspiring music supervisor, Riley. The main idea of this podcast is to talk to music supervisors about their work and creative process, as well as to hear some of the stories about how specific projects came together. Other episodes will feature people adjacent to the job in the music and film industries, along with some family and friends along the way. Let's dissect some soundtracks! Stay updated by following @soundtracksurgeon on Instagram!

Author

Riley Granek

Category

Arts

Podcast website

www.buzzsprout.com

Latest episode

Mar 28, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 7: Tim Smith 28.03.2026

This episode is part of a special little series here at The Soundtrack Surgeon. I am currently working on an independent study on the intersection of music and comedy; specifically focused on the art of timing. Aside from creative people of course, timing is the connector of these two worlds more than anything else. What I am aiming to do with this project is to get into the minds of musicians and...

Episode 6: Joe Zimmerman 23.03.2026

This episode is part of a special little series here at The Soundtrack Surgeon. I am currently working on an independent study on the intersection of music and comedy; specifically focused on the art of timing. Aside from creative people of course, timing is the connector of these two worlds more than anything else. What I am aiming to do with this project is to get into the minds of musicians and...

Episode 5: Maureen Crowe 13.08.2025

On this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Maureen Crowe. Maureen is a trailblazing music supervisor whose work has shaped some of the most iconic soundtracks in film history, including The Bodyguard , Wayne’s World , Chicago , and The Perfect Storm and, most recently, I Want To Dance With Somebody . As the Founding President of the Guild of Music Supervisors, she has been a driving force in...

Episode 4: Marc Medwin 04.08.2025

Today's episode is a pretty special one for me because I got to talk to Marc Medwin, who just so happens to be one of my all time favorite people to have a conversation with. Medwin is a professor of music at American University, and I took "History of Rock" and "American Music and Politics of Protest" with him. We talked about his relationship with music as a blind man, h...

Episode 3: Billy Gottlieb 20.03.2025

On today's episode, I talked to Billy Gottlieb. Billy is an LA-based music supervisor from the Baltimore area. We discussed what led him to the job, his work as a music coordinator on the movies Pulp Fiction and Clueless with Karyn Rachtman, a number of both his past and upcoming projects, and some of the differences between supervising for film vs. television.

Episode 2: Tiffany Anders 31.12.2024

Welcome back to The Soundtrack Surgeon! I recently had a conversation with the wonderful Tiffany Anders. Tiffany is a talented music supervisor from Los Angeles, California. Some of her most notable projects are Reservation Dogs, Beef, PEN15, and Like Crazy. We talked about her upbringing in LA with her indie filmmaker mom, her background as a musician, and her job as a music supervisor.

Episode 1: Brian Weitz (Animal Collective) 11.07.2024

Welcome to the very first episode of The Soundtrack Surgeon! Today I chatted with Brian Weitz, otherwise known as Geologist from the band Animal Collective. We talked about our shared experience of growing up in the Baltimore area, the significant role that The Shining played in his musical journey, some of the projects that Animal Collective has licensed their music to, and more. 

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