Dave Curtin has been appointed manager, TV Commercials & Trailers Synchronization for the Disney Music Group (DMG), it was announced by Dominic Griffin, VP, Synchronization & Licensing at DMG. Curtin will be responsible for licensing DMG’s vast music catalog for television commercials and trailers.
Curtin has been part of the music and sound business for well over a decade, generating music for television and film, as well as for brands and consumer goods. During his career, Curtin has aligned high profile music acts and brands, including LL Cool J with Gatorade, Kaskade with Budweiser, Diplo with Turkcell, and Donvan Frankenreiter with Hilton Hotels. Besides strategically developing partnerships with brands and ad agencies such as Toyota, JCPenney, Nokia, Bacardi, EA Sports, Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Wieden+Kennedy, and TBWA/Chiat/Day, Curtin has spearheaded projects with Hewlett-Packard, Coors Light and Mini Cooper.
Said Curtin, “The depth of catalog of Disney Classics combined with contemporary scores, songs, artists, writers and producers is a licensor’s dream. I look forward to this new chapter in my career, and the opportunity to grow the iconic Disney Music brand further.”
Prior to joining Disney, Curtin served as executive music producer for Yessian Music, Hum Music & Sound Design, and Warner Music Group’s Rhino Records. He also was co-founder of DeepMix, acting as executive producer and managing director, where he ran music production, new business development, sales and marketing.
Curtin has produced several award-winning pieces, and has garnered various accolades, including a Gold Addy for Best Use of Sound Design for EA Sports SSX 2012 In-Game opening trailer.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More