'True Blood' Music Supervisor Gary Calamar; Making 'Monsters'

Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows like

True Blood, Dexter, House and

Six Feet Under, gives us the art and business of choosing the right songs to convey a mood and brand a show. Then British filmmaker Gareth Edwards, the director-writer-cinematographer-visual effects creator of the new low-budget movie,

Monsters. By working guerrilla-style and doing his own effects he made this sci-fi thriller on the cheap.

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Six Feet Under (music supervision by Gary Calamar and Thomas Golubic)

Monsters, opens October 29

Banner image of Gary Calamar: Lisa Vidoli