By that last episode Friday Night Lights had cycled through some 600 songs, almost all of them hand-picked by a woman named Liza Richardson. She’s a DJ for our friends at KCRW, as well as the person behind the soundtracks for movies like The Kids Are Alright and Y Tu Mama Tambien.

As part of our new feature — where we talk with those behind the camera about what goes in to choosing the music for our favorite movies and TV shows — we spoke to Richardson about classic Texas music, DJing the Oscars, and why you’re not getting the whole experience when you watch the show on DVD.

How does being a music supervisor work?

Basically, at the top of the season and throughout the season I would continually feed production and editorial with general songs that I feel are right for the show. Certain editors are really great with music, and certain editors don’t want to worry about it so much. So some of the editors would lean on me more to work on specific scenes — they’d send me Quicktime versions of the scene without music, and ask for ideas.

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