Spring Aspers
- Music Department
- Executive
Grammy-nominated executive Spring Aspers is President of Sony Pictures Music Group where she is responsible for all music initiatives including development, production and promotion.
In her position, Spring works with filmmakers to select songs, artists and composers for Sony Pictures' films. This year, the soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters has become a worldwide sensation, continuing to dominate charts around the world. Debuting at #8 on Billboard Top 200 and reaching a peak of #2, the soundtrack for the film is the highest charting soundtrack of 2025 having topped Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music U.S. charts, with over 4 billion global streams. The soundtrack also becomes the fifth soundtrack in history with four Hot 100 top 10s at all, and the first since Waiting To Exhale spun off a record five in 1995-96. 9 songs from the film have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 with lead single "Golden" claiming #1 on Billboard Global 200 chart, #1 on Billboard US Hot 100, #1 UK Singles and continues to break music records.
Spring worked on Anyone But You, which features the nearly 20-year-old cult song, "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield, which hit Spotify's 200 chart and increased 156% in streams. Spring enlisted Metro Boomin to executive produce the acclaimed soundtrack for the Academy Award-nominated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which received a Billboard Music Award nomination for Top Soundtrack.
For the Academy Award-winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, she hired Post Malone and Swae Lee to write and record the song "Sunflower." Since release, "Sunflower" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, was nominated for Grammy's Record of the Year and became the first-ever recording to be certified 2x Diamond. Spring worked with Taylor Swift on the soundtrack for It Ends With Us and Where the Crawdads Sing, which included Swift's original song "Carolina" that received Golden Globe and Grammy nominations. For the Academy Award winning film Little Women, she worked with director Greta Gerwig and composer Alexandre Desplat on the film's Academy Award nominated score. For Venom, Spring hired Eminem to contribute the title track, which was certified 4x Platinum with over 2 billion streams. Spring was instrumental in hiring Mariah Carey to write the Golden Globe-nominated song "The Star" from the Sony Animated film The Star. She worked with Angelique Kidjo to incorporate "Keep Rising" into The Woman King, which received a Grammy nomination.
Spring is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. She joined Sony Pictures in 2009 as Executive Vice President shepherding Diane Warren's Golden Globe-winning song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesqueand John Legend's Grammy-nominated song "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" from Think Like a Man. Previously, Spring was Senior Vice President at Island/Def Jam Recordings. At Island/Def Jam, she produced the soundtrack for the 2002 film Spider-Man, including the Grammy-nominated worldwide hit "Hero." Prior to her time at Island/Def Jam, Spring ran her own independent music supervision company. Originally from New York, she is a UCLA alumnus and serves on Sony Pictures' Action Council and Female Leadership Initiative.
In her position, Spring works with filmmakers to select songs, artists and composers for Sony Pictures' films. This year, the soundtrack for KPop Demon Hunters has become a worldwide sensation, continuing to dominate charts around the world. Debuting at #8 on Billboard Top 200 and reaching a peak of #2, the soundtrack for the film is the highest charting soundtrack of 2025 having topped Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music U.S. charts, with over 4 billion global streams. The soundtrack also becomes the fifth soundtrack in history with four Hot 100 top 10s at all, and the first since Waiting To Exhale spun off a record five in 1995-96. 9 songs from the film have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 with lead single "Golden" claiming #1 on Billboard Global 200 chart, #1 on Billboard US Hot 100, #1 UK Singles and continues to break music records.
Spring worked on Anyone But You, which features the nearly 20-year-old cult song, "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield, which hit Spotify's 200 chart and increased 156% in streams. Spring enlisted Metro Boomin to executive produce the acclaimed soundtrack for the Academy Award-nominated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which received a Billboard Music Award nomination for Top Soundtrack.
For the Academy Award-winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, she hired Post Malone and Swae Lee to write and record the song "Sunflower." Since release, "Sunflower" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, was nominated for Grammy's Record of the Year and became the first-ever recording to be certified 2x Diamond. Spring worked with Taylor Swift on the soundtrack for It Ends With Us and Where the Crawdads Sing, which included Swift's original song "Carolina" that received Golden Globe and Grammy nominations. For the Academy Award winning film Little Women, she worked with director Greta Gerwig and composer Alexandre Desplat on the film's Academy Award nominated score. For Venom, Spring hired Eminem to contribute the title track, which was certified 4x Platinum with over 2 billion streams. Spring was instrumental in hiring Mariah Carey to write the Golden Globe-nominated song "The Star" from the Sony Animated film The Star. She worked with Angelique Kidjo to incorporate "Keep Rising" into The Woman King, which received a Grammy nomination.
Spring is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. She joined Sony Pictures in 2009 as Executive Vice President shepherding Diane Warren's Golden Globe-winning song "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" from Burlesqueand John Legend's Grammy-nominated song "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" from Think Like a Man. Previously, Spring was Senior Vice President at Island/Def Jam Recordings. At Island/Def Jam, she produced the soundtrack for the 2002 film Spider-Man, including the Grammy-nominated worldwide hit "Hero." Prior to her time at Island/Def Jam, Spring ran her own independent music supervision company. Originally from New York, she is a UCLA alumnus and serves on Sony Pictures' Action Council and Female Leadership Initiative.
