Sharal Churchill started in concert production in Los Angeles with Nederlander (Greek
Theatre & Pantages Theatre) and then moved into Artist management
working with Jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Ron
Carter; Oscar-winner Ryuichi Sakamoto (The
Last Emperor); and film composer Cliff Martinez (sex, lies, and videotape, King
of the Hill, The Limey).
Churchill moved into Music Consultation in 1989 working on the soundtrack
to David Lynch’sWild
at Heart and as a result of management with Cliff Martinez
put together the soundtrack deal with Virgin Records for sex,
lies, and videotape.
Her music supervision/music
consultation career has included films such as Blue
Sky, Untamed Heart, Benny and Joon, Of
Mice and Men, Little Women, Swimming With Sharks, and 45
other films spanning a timeline of 12 years. She was Head of Music
for MGM during 1993 to 1995 with her partner, and from 1997 to 1998
she taught the Music Supervision course at UCLA. She has recently
produced commercials, music videos and independent features, as well
as continuing to provide Music Supervision services.
SELECTED
CREDITS - STUDIO FILMS
THE
TROJAN WAR (Warner Bros.) — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Will Friedle,
Marley Shelton
Director:
George Huang
Composer:
George S. Clinton
THE
ARRIVAL (Live / Orion) — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Charlie Sheen
Director:
David Twohy
Composer:
Arthur Kempel
Soundtrack:
Silva Screen Records
THE
SUBSTITUTE (Live / Orion) — Music
Supervisor
Starring:
Tom Berenger, Diane Venora, Ernie
Hudson
Director:
Bob Mandel
Composer:
Gary Chang
Soundtrack:
Priority Records
BLUE
SKY (Orion) — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones
Director:
Tony Richardson
Composer:
Jack Nitzche
LITTLE
WOMEN (Columbia TriStar) —
Music Consultant
Starring:
Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon,
Gabriel Byrne, Eric Stoltz,
Claire Danes
Director:
Gillian Armstrong
Composer:
Thomas Newman
UNTAMED
HEART (MGM) — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Christian Slater, Marisa Tomei,
Rosie Perez
Director:
Tony Bill
Composer:
Cliff Eidelman
Soundtrack:
Varese Sarabande
BENNY
AND JOON (MGM) — Music Consultant
Starring:
Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson,
Aidan Quinn
Director:
Jeremiah Chechik
Composer:
Rachel Portman
Soundtrack:
Milan Records
SIX
DEGREES OF SEPARATION (MGM) — Music Consultant
Starring:
Donald Sutherland, Will Smith,
Stockard Channing
Director:
Fred Schepisi
Composer:
Jerry Glodsmith
PHAT
BEACH (Live / Orion) — Music
Supervisor
Starring:
Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins,
Coolio
Director:
Doug Ellin
Composer:
Joseph Williams
Soundtrack:
TVT Records
SON
OF THE PINK PANTHER (MGM)— Music Consultant
Starring:
Roberto Begnini
Director:
Blake Edwards
OF
MICE AND MEN (MGM) — Music Supervisor
Starring:
John Malkovich, Gary Sinise
Director:
Gary Sinise
Composer:
Mark Isham
Soundtrack:
Varese Sarabande
RICH
IN LOVE (MGM) — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Albert Finney, Jill Clayburgh,
Kyle McLachlan, Ethan Hawke
Director:
Bruce Beresford
Composer:
Georges Delerue
Soundtrack:
Varese Sarabande
MAN
TROUBLE — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Jack Nicholson, Ellen Barkin
Director:
Bob Rafelson
Composer:
Varese Sarabande
WILD
AT HEART (PFE / Samuel Goldwyn) —
Music Consultant
Starring:
Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane
Ladd, Willem Dafoe
Director:
David Lynch
Composer:
Angelo Badalamenti
Soundtrack:
Polygram
SELECTED
CREDITS - INDEPENDENT FILMS
RAVE — Music Supervisor
Starring:
Douglas Spain, Steven Bauer, Aimee
Graham
Director:
Ron Krauss
Composer:
Jeff Gund
SWIMMING
WITH SHARKS (Trimark) — Music
Supervisor
Starring:
Kevin Spacey, Frank Whaley, Michelle
Forbes
Director:
George Huang
Composer:
Tom Hiel
Soundtrack:
Unity Records
I
LOVE YOU (DON'T TOUCH ME!) (MGM)— Music Supervisor
Starring:
Marla Schaffel, Mitchell Whifield,
Meredith Scott Lynn
Director:
Julie Davis
Composer:
Jane Ford
Soundtrack:
TBA
KISS
AND TELL (A&E / Phaedra) —
Music Supervisor
Starring:
Heather Graham, Peter Greene,
Justine Bateman
Director:
Jordan Alan
Composer:
Hal Lindes
AN
OCCASIONAL HELL (Greenlight) —
Music Supervisor
