Barry Cole
Selected Work

Film, Television & Documentary

Three decades of music supervision across recognizable stories and complex rights. Longevity, range and cultural context — the work speaks in titles.

Film

American Psycho theatrical poster
American PsychoFeature Film · Music Supervisor · 2000One of the most quoted music-and-picture pairings in modern film.
Brown Sugar theatrical poster
Brown SugarFeature Film · Music Supervisor · 2002A love letter to hip-hop with one of the defining soundtracks of its era.
Notorious theatrical poster
NotoriousFeature Film · Music Supervisor · 2009The Christopher Wallace story, built on catalog, estate and archival rights at the center of hip-hop history.
Sling Blade theatrical poster
Sling BladeFeature Film · Music Supervisor · 1996Billy Bob Thornton’s landmark debut.
Rustin film poster
RustinFeature Film · Music Supervisor · 2023Period music, on-camera playback and pre-production clearance strategy for the story of civil rights architect Bayard Rustin.
Roll Bounce theatrical poster
Roll BounceFeature Film · Music Supervisor · 2005A love letter to 1970s Chicago roller-rink culture, powered by soul, funk and disco.

Television

The Chi key art
The ChiSeries · Music Supervisor · ShowtimeContemporary Chicago told through music that lives in the neighborhood, season over season.
Random Acts of Flyness key art
Random Acts of FlynessSeries · Music Supervisor · HBOTerence Nance’s genre-defying late-night series.
Living With Yourself key art
Living With YourselfSeries · Music Supervisor · NetflixA darkly comic meditation on identity, duplication and the life we imagine for ourselves.

Documentary & Nonfiction

The 1619 Project docuseries key art
The 1619 ProjectDocuseries · Music Supervisor · HuluThe docuseries from The New York Times.
Alive Inside documentary poster
Alive InsideDocumentary · Music Supervisor · 2014Sundance 2014 Audience Award winner on music and memory.
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV documentary poster
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVDocumentary · Music Supervisor · 2023Amanda Kim’s portrait of the pioneer of video art.
STAND documentary key art
STANDDocumentary · Music Supervisor · ShowtimeA Showtime Original documentary.
Shaun White: The Last Run docuseries key art
Shaun White: The Last RunDocuseries · Music Supervisor · MaxFour-part documentary on the defining career in snowboarding.
They Call Me Magic docuseries key art
They Call Me MagicDocuseries · Music Supervisor · Apple TV+An intimate four-part portrait of Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s life, legacy and cultural impact.
Field Generals: History of the Black Quarterback
Documentary · Music Supervisor
Era-defining catalog work, reuse strategy and score solutions across five decades of American music.

Music & Cultural Projects

The Art of Dying Young
Mixed Reality · Music
Music for emerging formats at the edge of story and technology.
Blue Mountain Music
Catalog Stewardship
Publishing and catalog stewardship for one of reggae’s defining songbooks.

Full filmography available on IMDb.

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