We're in the fascinating business of weaving together stories and sound. As music supervisor and head of department, drawing on skills and networks fostered from over a decade of working in the music industry, we navigate the complexity of researching and selecting songs, licensing soundtracks and developing filmscores. Through conscious collaboration with a truly diverse roster of artists, composers, producers and songwriters, we aim to add a bold new level of authenticity.
all the bells and whistles.
the beginning
Conceptualisation, planning, budgeting, financing
Music spotting sessions
Music research (e.g. period productions)
Artists & Repertoire (musician casting and song briefing)
Composer selection & hiring
Music Clearance
the middle
Live Music Scenes
Original music production
Score supervision
Music Licensing
Musician/actor instruction
the end
Marketing
Trailer music
Cuesheets
End credits
Distributor’s Rights package
the team.
Spice girls, Sugababes, The Go-go’s, Destiny's Child. And then there is this all-female team, Bell Music Supervision! We may not be the best-selling girl band of all time, but we are mighty supes, taking on the music, one film at a time. Musicologists, licensing specialists, creative producers, budget bosses and detectives. Experts in music and film in a whole lotta different ways, working together to make it happen for all those incredibly brilliant directors and producers out there!
founder / senior music supervisor laura bell
Laura Bell is an Australian music supervisor for film and series, based in Europe.
Having performed as a soloist and in bands, orchestras, and ensembles, she graduated with first-class honours from the Sydney Conservatorium and studied at The Hague Royal Conservatoire. Additionally, she holds a Master of Management from the Australian Institute of Music, completed in the Sydney Opera House boardroom.
In Australia, she worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as Executive Producer and Manager of ABC Classics and Jazz, where she recorded ARIA award-winning soloists, orchestras, and choirs in partnership with Universal Music. After leaving Australia, she became Head of Sync for BMG Talpa Music in the Netherlands and later Managing Director for BMG Production Music in Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Her long-standing love for film and series eventually led her to establish her own music supervision company, Bell Music Supervision.
As a seasoned music industry executive, Laura is now a passionate advocate for the craft of music supervision, shaping numerous soundtracks over the past five years for Dutch and international films, documentaries, and series. Her credits include Steve McQueen’s Occupied City, Netflix’s Stromboli and Happy Ending, Amazon’s series Modern Love Amsterdam, the Cannes-nominated drama series Childhood Dreams, Dana Nechushtan’s Piece of My Heart, Aaron Rookus’ Goodbye Stranger, and Sacha Polak’s Silver Haze.
Laura has been a finalist twice for the Music + Sound Awards (2023 and 2024) for Best Placement of a Song in a Feature Film and was named one of four finalists in the Rising Star category in 2024.
music supervisor / cognitive musicologist chayenne van den hazel
Chayenne van den Hazel has been immersed in music from a young age, singing, playing the piano, and performing in bands throughout her youth. Her passion for music extends to her love for attending live concerts, which continues to inspire her.
Music has always been the lifeline, but in school her strengths were in administrative classes like accounting and management. She fell in love with the study of Cognitive Musicology at the University of Amsterdam where she broadened her knowledge of music: theoretically, historically and culturally. But what she was especially interested in was the cognitive side of music: how is music processed in the brain, what happens when we listen to music and what can we use that for? She completed her study with a thesis on the function of music in TV commercials.
After she got her Bachelors degree in Musicology she decided not to do a Master study straight away, but take some time to really get into the music business and gain some practical experience first. She did two consecutive internships: one at Tribe Management and the second at CTM Publishing as Sync & Creative intern, whilst simultaneously expanding her knowledge of the music business by taking a specialized course at SAE Amsterdam. The second internship opened a whole new world for her: the world of music in film and series. A world that she, without even realising it, has always been interested in.
Since working at Bell Music Supervision, Chayenne has assisted Laura on many films and series like Steve McQueen’s OCCUPIED CITY and Johan Nijenhuis’ VERLIEFD OP BALI, and has taken on the role as primary music supervisor for the likes of MTV’s EX ON THE BEACH: DOUBLE DUTCH, Barbara Visser’s ALREADYMADE and Sarada Sarita’s Q5: THE QUINTESSENTIALS.
music supervisor charlotte stricker
It started at a young age with playing piano, dancing, and later on trying out the drums, but Charlotte knew very well that playing instruments should be left to the professionals (important note, she does still dance!). Charlotte has worked in various sectors of the music industry, with a detour through book publishing, but has always kept an interest in media music and music rights. Working as Rights Manager at CNR Music & Overamstel Publishers, she moved onto Sync Manager and then Head of Sync at CTM Publishing. There she was responsible for the exploitation of their commercial and production music catalogue throughout advertising campaigns, games, films and series. It was all about pitching music for diverse projects and negotiating the best licenses for their writers & composers.
During her time at CTM, Charlotte already dipped her toes in music supervision, with her last project being the Amazon feature film HARDCORE NEVER DIES directed by Jim Taihuttu.
assistant music supervisor / media musicologist nikki huitink
Nikki Huitink is a MA Applied Musicology student at the University of Utrecht. There are tons of videos of her from a young age performing songs, shouting along with her favourite show tunes and girl group songs. With Music&Media as her major in the BA degree for Musicology, Nikki has fallen in love with music and film altogether, and wanted to work for film ever since. On one of her many dates with herself in the movie theatres, she stumbled upon Bell Music Supervision through the soundtrack of Kiddo. Applying for an internship was the next logical step to take.
As a musicologist, Nikki researches the relation between music and various media, specifically film and theatre. Music often takes the backseat in people’s mind when it comes film, while it is such a huge player for creating an immersive world. So, “Take off those earmuffs!”, as Aaron Copland would say, and listen to the world of cinema. Be it about why we think of the sound of the oboe as feminine, or why low tones make us uncomfortable during a horror movie, Nikki is interested in all of it.
From musical theatre to folk revival to post-punk, Nikki is mostly interested in the techniques of the singing voice and how they can convey emotions in music. She still sings every day, with her band or with her other music-enthusiastic friends. Here at Bell Music Supervision, Nikki applies her knowledge of what music can mean for the cinematic immersion, and learns what it means to work between the world of film and music. The best of both worlds, you could say. Music is the key to happiness in her life, as a singer and as an academic. For now, she wants to explore the world of movie through the sound of music.