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Spring Aspers is an American film and music executive. She currently serves as Head of Worldwide Music Creative for Sony Pictures Entertainment supervising all aspects of film music – including creative, licensing & publishing, production and promotion. In 2018, Aspers recruited artist Eminem to create a new song and music video for the film Venom, capturing more than 14 million views in less than 24 hours. She assembled a roster of artists including Swae Lee, Post Malone, Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne to write new music for the Academy Award-winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The lead single “Sunflower” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and the soundtrack peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart. For a new chapter in the Charlie’s Angels franchise, Aspers tapped Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Lana Del Rey for the lead single. In 2017, she partnered with Mariah Carey on the Golden Globe-nominated song “The Star.” Aspers also worked with director Edgar Wright on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack for Baby Driver and composer Thomas Newman on the Academy Award-nominated score for Passengers. Prior to being appointed Head of Worldwide Music, Aspers served as Executive Vice President at Sony Pictures supervising soundtracks for hit films like Think Like A Man and Burlesque. Previously, she was Senior Vice President of Film & TV at the record company Island Def Jam Recordings working on hundreds of film and TV soundtracks with artists like The Killers, Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Fall Out Boy and Jay-Z. She began her career as an independent music supervisor. Aspers, a native New Yorker, is an alumnus of Santa Monica College and UCLA. She is a Board Member for the Santa Monica College Foundation, a member of the Recording Academy and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences as well as a mentor for aspiring female professionals in The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program (a joint venture with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles that pairs juniors and seniors with Hollywood’s top female executives).