When euphoria First airing, the show’s stunning visuals and immersive soundtrack left big footprints for its second season. Music supervisor Jen Malone rose to the challenge and gave it her all. Malone’s job is a lot more complicated than it might sound. It includes timing and placing songs in just the right spot, working through licensing issues, organizing vocal arrangements, and more. euphoria The premiere episode of the second season alone contains more than 30 songs. This is how Malone works with her magic.
“Euphoria” Season 2 Episode 1 contains over 30 songs
euphoria Season 2 returned in all of its glittering glory. The premiere episode featured songs like Bo Diddley’s “Look At Grandma,” appropriately placed over the flashback scene of Fezco’s grandma teaching him about drug dealing. Rue, Fezco and Ashtray sing along to 2Pac’s “Hit Em Up” while driving in the car, and The Notorious BIG’s “Hypnotize” kicks off the episode’s New Year’s Eve party.
These are just a few of the dozens of songs included in the Season 2 premiere. Jen Malone began her career as a music executive in a somewhat atypical way. She was originally a publicist for rock bands in Boston, Vanity Fair revealed. Things changed when Malone had an epiphany after seeing the film iron man.
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Malone decided to move to LA for a career change and sought out Dave Jordan, the music supervisor for iron man himself. Now Malone has worked on TV shows like Yellow jackets, euphoriaand Atlanta.
This is how music supervisor Jen Malone unfolds her magic
Malone’s work in euphoria Season 2 involved a lot more meticulous work than the average viewer might imagine. While speaking to Vanity Fair, the music editor broke down her process of creating each episode.
“We get the scripts, we do what’s called a music breakdown, we see what’s in it: if someone dances, [if] there is a party, there is a pre-recording, there are people singing along. then [we contact] the clearance people at the labels and publishers and independent licensors. Every day I send them about 15 offers and they are all urgent.”
“We delete the music at the same time that we receive the one-liner that represents the schedule of our daily filming. And what has been difficult this season is COVID. So it was very intense, even during production. But we just have to get through this.”
Labrinth composed the music for Euphoria Season 2
British musician Labrinth made his name by composing the score for euphoria. “euphoria was a massive creative shift for me in terms of what I want to do as an artist,” he told People. “Even from that score to my new album I’m releasing later in the year and all the things I want to do from now on, it has inspired my journey into what I want to do.”
Labrinth’s work was featured in euphoria Season 2 too, but Malone made sure the final season didn’t feel too similar to the first. “I think the main thing is that we just didn’t want to repeat ourselves from last year. Even with the costumes and Donnie’s makeup, it feels very different,” she told Vanity Fair. “It still is Euphoria, but it’s exciting not to be able to repeat yourself, not to do the same thing.”
All episodes of euphoria stream on HBO MAX.
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