ALIBI Music has promoted Paul Ortiz to music director, a role more befitting the roles and responsibilities he has gradually assumed during his tenure with the production music company. Ortiz, who joined ALIBI as music coordinator just over two years ago, has been instrumental in facilitating music searches for clients, tagging the ALIBI library with metadata and assisting with album production.
“During his time with us, he has ingrained himself as an integral part of the operation by improving and streamlining our initial data processing, which is one of the most essential components of our business,” said ALIBI Music founder and executive producer Jonathan Parks. “Paul has become known and respected among our clients for his creative choices, working with our head of production, Sam Wale, in the album release process, with essential input on what to produce based on the requests we receive, as well as new and classic trends.”
Before joining ALIBI, Ortiz was doing sound design, creating video tutorials for producers and actually writing for ALIBI as a freelance composer, where he earned the library a Production Music Award in the Rap category for his track, “Tom Cruiser.” The relationship continued to strengthen, and Ortiz eventually took the opportunity to become part of the company’s full-time staff in early 2019.
Ortiz, who grew up in a musical family, began his career as a multi-instrument-playing solo artist who performed all throughout Europe under the moniker Chimp Spanner. During a coast-to-coast tour of the United States, he was billed as one of the “founders” of a new wave of British progressive metal.
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More