The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference is slated for Nov. 19-20 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. The two-day event offers industry speakers, panel discussions and a forum for the exchange of ideas among film/TV and music professionals. Included in that mix will be artisans from the spotmaking world, as SHOOT is presenting two panels on the afternoon of Nov. 20.
One of the SHOOT sessions is "Music for Commercials," in which ad agency music producers and commercial music production executives and artists will discuss the major issues of the day in music for spots.
The second is "Top of the Spot Charts," in which talent from SHOOT’s quarterly Top 10 Spot Tracks will provide insights into some of the year’s highly ranked commercials.
Panelists for the SHOOT sessions will be announced shortly. Among those already confirmed for the "Music for Commercials" session are Josh Rabinowitz, associate partner/music producer at Young & Rubicam, New York; and Dain Blair, owner/executive creative director of Groove Addicts, Los Angeles.
The overall conference agenda is star studded. Among the highlights are: an opening session with filmmaker Clint Eastwood; a look into the relationship between a director and composer featuring motion picture helmer Gore Verbinski (whose roots are in commercialmaking) and composer Hans Zimmer; the independent filmmakers’ perspective on overcoming tight budgets to achieve musical goals; and TV/record label tie-ins that jointly promote new music and TV projects.
Also scheduled is an "Anatomy of a Film" session, which will explore the use of music in The Matrix Reloaded, with insights from the film’s music supervisor Jason Bentley, composer Don Davis and editor Zach Staenberg. In fact, Davis recently made his debut in the ad discipline, scoring three Honda spots via Groove Addicts for Rubin Postaer and Associates, Santa Monica. The commercials—"Inanimate Objects," "Avoid Imitators" and "Foot"—were directed by Rocky Morton of bicoastal/international Morton Jankel Zander.
