Recently we had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Teen Wolf's Music Supervisor, Laura Webb. Now that Teen Wolf's first season has wrapped up we wanted to pick her brain about a few music related things
ST: In your opinion, what constitutes a “great” song for television?
LW: Oh so many things, does the song make me take notice amongst all the music I listen to all day. If it’s a good song then I’ll put in the music library in my head and try to find a placement for it. Then the next ingredient is will the song fit with what the scene needs. And then hopefully it helps the scene comes to life
ST: When you’re looking for music to place in Teen Wolf, are you looking for a specific type of music?
LW: We definitely use a lot of indie rock and electronica. But of course it all depends with what’s in the script and what the scene calls for when it comes to what I’m searching for. Sometimes you need a good make out song and sometimes you need a badass song for a werewolf fight scene
ST: Describe the feeling that you get when you have the opportunity of placing an emerging independent artist in your show? Are they ecstatic when they hear their music on the show? Can you give a specific example?
LW: I always love to share new bands with viewers, especially with the ones that I am a fan of personally. We have used Graffiti6 in the first few episodes. They performed at our TEEN WOLF premiere party and now the Cast & Crew is now officially obsessed with them. I got to meet the boys at the party and they were really excited about the upcoming placements and getting to be a part of TEEN WOLF. It was a great example of what makes my job so rewarding.
