Janine brings to the table an extensive educational background encompassing degrees in advertising and video arts, complemented by comprehensive training in the legal intricacies of the music industry, including music publishing and supervision. She now unveils her multifaceted talents to the world, stepping into the freelance arena under the banner of Moxie Music.
In 2019 Janine Scalise launched Moxie Music Supervision as a one-stop shop for all elements of music supervision, music licensing, procuring original songs from artists, and related consulting; offering her expertise in both the art and business of joining music with visual entertainment mediums. She recently completed work on the TV series “Twisted Metal” for Peacock and “L Word: Generation Q”- Season 2 for Showtime and is currently working on a feature film titled “The 4:30 Movie, written and directed by Kevin Smith.
Before Moxie Music, Janine worked at Starz Networks for 14 years as the sole music executive. Having long held hybrid positions that straddled the creative and business sides of music supervision, Janine is uniquely placed to navigate strategic music licensing negotiations, procurement of original songs, curation, label and publishing relations, budgeting and more. Janine did it all at Starz, including single-handedly creating a music department and spearheading the formation of the network’s music publishing arm. Both right- and left-brained, she simultaneously sourced/assessed creative direction and provided business affairs function while leading diverse projects across multiple forms of media.
Unusually, Janine handled the music needs for both Starz’ marketing team and its TV shows, serving as lead creative music executive for Starz Original series and marketing campaigns including “Power,” “VIDA,” “Ash vs. Evil Dead,” and image/brand OTT spots. She has worked on hundreds of promos and trailers, for all of which she both sourced the music and cleared the songs.
From her earliest days as a teenage radio station intern, Janine has had a passion for the visual aspects of music. “My very first film production project in high school was cutting Desert Storm footage to Rage Against the Machine,” she said. “Putting together music with images just sent shivers down my spine. It was crystal clear to me that I was making sense of the visual aspects of music.”
Janine’s worked with top talent (composers, artists, directors, actors and producers) while successfully sourcing potential music concepts for production. This included commissioning original songs from the likes of 50 Cent (“Power”), Nick Cave (“Black Sails”) and Karen O (“Flesh & Bone”). Janine has worked with lauded composers including Bear McCreary, Daniele Luppi, Dave Porter, Kris Bowers, and Ludwig Goransson.