As the music supervisor for #Grey's Anatomy, #The O.C., and #Gossip Girl, Alexandra Patsavas helped orchestrate the sound of prime-time television in the early 21st century. In doing so, she provided a launching pad for a number of artists, several of whom she also signed to her own label, Chop House Records.

Patsavas was raised in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, and spent her college years booking shows at the University of Illinois. She moved to L.A. in 1990 to work for a talent agency; before long, she had also aligned herself with director Roger Corman, who enlisted her help in coordinating music for nearly 50 films. Patsavas soon went to work for herself, forming Chop Shop Music Supervision in 1998 and working on such projects as the science fiction television series #Roswell (whose soundtrack featured music from unknown artists like Coldplay, Dido, Travis, and the Doves). As those bands began to dominate the airwaves in later years, Patsavas developed a reputation for pinpointing talented, ready-to-break artists.

Her partnership with TV producer Josh Schwartz, who hired her to provide music for #The O.C.'s four-season run, began in 2003. The show spawned six soundtracks and routinely integrated rock bands into the episodes' plot lines, which helped boost the careers of Death Cab for Cutie and Rooney. Patsavas also compiled soundtracks for #Grey's Anatomy, one of which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album. Two singles featured in that Grammy-nominated soundtrack -- the Fray's How to Save a Life and Snow Patrol's Chasing Cars -- rose to blockbuster status as a result of the show's support.

As the decade progressed, so did Patsavas' work. 2007 found her working on three television shows -- Josh Schwartz's #Gossip Girl, AMC's #Mad Men, and the NBC vehicle #Chuck -- while also launching her own label. An imprint of Atlantic Records, Chop House Records extended Patsavas' reach by providing a home for the unsigned artists featured on her shows, such as the Republic Tigers and Anya Marina. She also delved into film again, working with writer Catherine Hardwicke to provide the soundtrack for 2008's #Twilight. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi