Film & TV Music confab runs the gamut

November 13, 2008 Day 1 of The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference on Thursday covered a wide range of topics including composition and breaking into the industry. For adults, creating and scoring a realistic television show about teenagers isn't easy. [...] Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, co-executive producers of "Gossip Girl," already had been successful at milking pubescent drama with their initial hit, "The O.C." Now, with "Gossip," the pair have pulled the show's musical backdrop from Chop Shop president and music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas and the Transcenders, a trio of skilled musicians with a surprising history.

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