VideoHelper, a Manhattan-based production music company known for its highly-targeted, promo-centric music/sound design libraries, launches COLOSSICAL, a concept-driven library of classical music uniquely formatted for ads, promos and movie trailers.nn”We think that’s the best part,” said company President and co-founder Joseph Saba. “What? Oh – wait. I’m a couple of paragraphs too early. Dammit.”nnBreaking from the traditional arrangements of the classic masterpieces, COLOSSICAL immediately highlights the iconic melodies and themes that make them instantly recognizable. Consistent with VideoHelper‘s signature attention to editability, every cut is designed to offer loopable sections, modular hit points, multiple climaxes and paste-able endings to allow a high level of customization.nnColossical is split into two collections:nn1. ORCHESTRAL INTENSIFICATIONS presents each piece as a cinematic, over-the-top, larger-than-life, hyper-dynamic orchestral movie trailer, with performances from members of the Czech Republic’s Capellan Orchestra. To offer more storytelling options, each track also offers multiple melodic variations as well as variations in mood and tonality.nn2. HYBRIDIZED REIMAGININGS remixes the orchestral versions and reinterprets them. From a horror-movie version of Dance of the Hours, to a 70’s Blaxploitation themed Chopin’s Funeral March, every piece explores radically different genres and emotional directions that range from dark, to humorous, to bat-shit crazy.nn
nClick here to view video Colossical video on YouTube.nnMirroring the modular nature of VideoHelper‘s libraries, both the Orchestral and Hybridized versions of each piece share the same key and tempo, allowing both to be used interchangeably.nn”There’s no shortage of well-recorded Classical production music out there,” continued Saba. “But we wanted to give users a palette to creatively edit their own interpretations of these works, allowing them to create something recognizably unrecognizable.”nnThis initial release of four discs, two per collection, will be followed by new releases in the future.nnColossical is available for auditions and downloading at SearchVH.com.nn”To be honest, the idea of taking these beautiful, treasured pieces of art and beating the listener into submission with them appeals to me.” Saba later commented, entirely too late to be included in the publicity release’s main body.nnCredits: Stew Winter; Joe Sabe; Aaron Sapp; Matt Haick; Brian Randazzo; Will WerwathnnVideoHelper is a New York-based company, specializing in production music. Founded in 1995 by Joseph Saba and Stewart Winter, the company creates and licenses exclusive, original music for hundreds of major television and cable networks, TV affiliates, trailer houses, video game developers, advertising agencies, and audio post production facilities worldwide. For more information, please call (212) 633-7009, email info@videohelper.com or visit www.videohelper.com. Contact:
VideoHelper Brendan Hayes Contact Brendan via email Stew Winter Contact Stew via email Joe Saba Contact Joe via email
“Ǝvolution” Comes Full Circle At The Chelsea Film Festival
The Chelsea Film Festival, running from October 16th through October 20th, 2024, at Regal Cinemas here in Union Square, is set to host the East Coast premiere of Ǝvolution, a thought-provoking experimental micro-short film that proves big ideas can come in small packages and in perfect circles.
In just 1 minute 16 seconds, this cinematic gem by Award-Winning Director Romina Schwedler, with original music by Argentine Composer Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, explores a cycle as old as time: life leads to progress, progress leads to destruction, and destruction, well, leads back to life. But is this vicious circle unbreakable? Ǝvolution suggests the answer is yes, unless we decide to open our eyes.
Inspired by the overwhelming number of recent events that threaten human existence, Ǝvolution, possibly the shortest film in this 12th edition of the festival, plays out entirely through the symbolism of circles, cleverly illustrating —in the blink of an eye— the repeating patterns of history, and confronting viewers with the uncomfortable truth that our so-called “progress” may, in fact, be guiding us to our own ruin.Premiering at the Regal 14 Union Square, New York City, on October 18, 2024, at 11 a.m., Romina Schwedler's micro-short, featuring Leah Young with cinematography by Alan J. Carmona, will be sure to spark conversations longer than the film itself! Forcing viewers to reconsider the true meaning of evolution, not just as a biological process, but as a reflection of our collective journey as humans.
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