‘True Blood’ Music Supervisor Reveals Stories Behind Show’s Killer Collabos
FUSE TV - ‘True Blood’ Music Supervisor Reveals Stories Behind Show’s Killer Collabos
HBO’s blockbuster series True Blood recently released its fourth soundtrack, an eclectic collection including an awesome Iggy Pop/Best Coast collabo, a moody duet between former Animals frontman Eric Burdon and Jenny Lewis on “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” and a previously unreleased Alabama Shakes track.
With the show’s sixth season kicking off in just two weeks, Fuse chatted with music supervisor Gary Calamar—a veteran of Six Feet Under and Entourage—to find out the stories behind the show's unexpected collaborations. We learned how a song he wrote on the fly got into Iggy’s hands, what new bands he’s excited about and what exactly a music supervisor does on a daily basis.
So last season featured a collaboration between Iggy Pop and Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino called "Let's Boot and Rally." How did that come about?
Every show is named after one of the songs in the episode. We had a relatively new writer and she had put in a song called "Let's Boot and Rally" and as it turned out, the song wasn't really appropriate for the show; it wasn't working as well as we'd hoped. So we thought of various alternatives: Either change the title of the show—which we'd done in the past—or have somebody write a song called “Boot and Rally.” I said that not really realizing it would be me—I'm a weekend songwriter. But I went back to the office, picked up the guitar, banged it around a little bit and called up my friend James Combs and we worked on it and came up with a song we were very happy with.
True Dating Stories
20m
Marchin Music’s Major League
Shine True
45m
New Blood
44m
Blood Brothers
21m
Blood Tribe
23m
Music
22m
Behind The Snow
44m
Bad Blood: Hawkins vs. Jett
41m
Facing the Music
21m
Gnawa Music Festival
21m
Ganesh Music Festival
24m
A Soldiers Story
1h 3m
Embarassing Sex Stories
1h 21m
Trevor Noah: You Laugh But It's True
40m
Our Transgender Love Story
41m
Love Story, Lost Glory
20m
A Sex Toy Story
3614s
Scarface: The Al Capone Story
1h 22m
Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story
2m
Cam Kirk Talks Photography, Trap Music & Atlanta
1h 20m
All Man: The International Male Story
1h 37m
2 in the Bush: A Love Story
The Hollywood Puppet Show
41m
The Dolly Parton Story: From Rags to Rhinestones
20m
The Show Must Go On
41m
Women of Combate Preview Show
2m
CNCO Shows Us Their Spiciest DMS
21m
Giovanni’s Pizza Commercial
21m
3's A Blast
41m
Diddy: Monster’s Fall
21m
Too Many BBL’s
20m
It’s Soul Food
20m
Rogelio’s Hollywood Moment
20m
OMG, It’s Beyonce!
8m
Alex Aiono Does ASMR with Foil, Talks Upcoming Music & Polynesian Roots
10m
Kiiara Does ASMR with Gold Glitter, Talks "So Sick" & Music Process
10m
Jade Novah Does ASMR with Foam Beads, Talks Beyoncé Impersonations & New Music
20m
They Done Gave Us a TV Show
1m
The Hollywood Puppet Show S2: First Look
14m
Blac Chyna Does ASMR with Orbeez, Talks Beginning Music, Reality TV & More
20m
Diva’s Day In Court
10m
Louis The Child Do ASMR with Stress Balls, Talk Music Production & "Self Care"
5m
DDG Does ASMR While Unboxing Fortnite Skins, Talks YouTube And Music Career
8m
Bankrol Hayden Takes A Lie Detector Test: Does He Write All His Music?
2m
Yungblud Recalls His Chaotic First Sold Out Show
22m
In Your B.A.S.E.
21m
P.S.A – Phallus Service Announcement
20m
Big Freedia’s Twerk of Art
3m
Todrick Hall Reveals First Big Paycheck and Why Unfollowing Beyonce is Blasphemous
4m
Boosie Badazz & Mo3 Take A Lie Detector Test: Did Boosie Reveal It All ?
2m
Greyson Chance Shows Us His DM's & Talks His 'Redemptive' Album
23m
AIM, Action Park, Rejuvenique Electric Facial Mask, The Jerry Springer Show
20m
Anjelah Johnson and Damon Wayan’s Jr. Sh!tshow
8m
Chef Matty Matheson Does ASMR with Pistachios, Talks Developing A Cooking Show
3m
Jessenia Does A Self Cleansing ASMR, Talks Life After Tyra Banks Show & New EP
16m
Jessenia Does A Self Cleansing ASMR, Talks Life After Tyra Banks Show & New EP
21m
I Need A Plane
41m
Inside the MMA: Unfightable
59m
Dolly Parton: Queen of Country
1h 18m
Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy
42m
Britney Spears: Breaking Free
52m
Taylor Swift: Wild Dreams
22m
Feat. Carlos Alazraqui
5m
Nick Cannon Mixes Up A Mai Tai
21m
Where Did People Get All These Milk Crates?
53m
Whitney Houston: As I Am
46m
Outta Control Osmin
1h 42m
Sam and Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
21m
One Busy Queen
20m
Out With The Old, In With The New
44m
Red Hot Pin-Up
1h 36m
Acid Test
20m
Strong Like Kuki
20m
American Obsessions Pt.1
12m
Abuela on the Dance Floor
21m
Rio de Janeiro, Medellín, Santiago
42m
Camila Cabello: Just Jump
56m
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
57m
Killing John Lennon
20m
Miguel
57m
Elton John: Becoming Rocketman
41m
Infamous Crime Scenes: OJ
Somos Novelas
20m
Somos Loco
9m
Nickodemus
Fuse's Excellent Adventure
20m
Shake, Wiggle, Work
20m
Trippie Redd
1h 37m
Juneteenth Honors 2023
21m
Enter the Metaverse
20m
You're Cut
22m
Che and HSM3 Premieres
10m
Bilal
23m
The Great Director
21m
Shake Out
20m
The Hustle
21m
Bounce Texas Style
20m
Right To Twerk
59m
