Butter Music and Sound has tapped Dan Zank as executive creative director out of the studio’s New York location. A composer, arranger, jazz piano player, and Yessian Music alum of over two decades, he has scored a plethora of commercial and television projects since 2001. His compositions have been recorded or performed by The Budapest Film Orchestra, Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Seattle Music Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and St. Louis Symphony orchestras, and he has worked in some of the most famed studios throughout the world, including recently with Abbey Road Studios in London and George Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch in Northern California.
Zank’s film and musical entertainment experiences will inform his creative direction alongside Butter’s team of composers, supervisors and producers, partnering with longtime clients including Supercell, Taco Bell, One Love, Tillamook, Spotify, Rolex, Mercedes-Benz, and many more. Zank’s work as a composer and arranger has garnered awards including Clios, AICP Awards, New York Festival Awards, Addys, London International Awards, Tellys, AMP Awards and D Show Awards.
Launching his career as a jazz piano player, Zank toured the world with a host of artists ranging from Maynard Ferguson to Blood Sweat & Tears. Life on the road led him to an occupation as a full-time composer by the turn of the 21st century, scoring music for television–including show themes–events and commercials for global brands. He has also worked extensively in the themed entertainment and experiential industries, scoring attractions in multiple cities throughout the United States, The UAE, China, Singapore, Indonesia, and Europe.
SCHROM x Yacht Club and Be Electric Studios Launch Electric XR for Virtual Production
SCHROM x Yacht Club, a full-service live-action, tabletop, and postproduction company, has teamed with Be Electric Studios, a soundstage, equipment rental, and virtual production company, to launch Electric XR, a virtual production collective.
Industry veteran Thomas Rossano will lead the new venture, which provides advanced virtual production solutions across multiple facilities. He brings over 25 years of experience in live-action, tabletop, postproduction and talent curation to enhance Electric XR’s offerings as a resource for brands and agencies, as well as other production companies in need of virtual production solutions. Additionally Rossano continues to serve as EP at XR New York (XR-NY), a role he’s held since December 2022. SCHROM x Yacht Club originally established XR-NY to help provide XR services for third-party rentals. While XR-NY will continue to function independently for SCHROM X Yacht Club, it now operates under the Electric XR umbrella.
Rossano’s expertise spans producing live-action commercials, branded content, interactive and experiential content. In addition to leading Electric XR, he holds responsibilities at SCHROM x Yacht Club which include driving business development, collaborating with sales reps and expanding the company’s creative talent network. Rossano’s career includes serving as an exec producer at Hungry Man for about 11 years, right from that company’s inception. He then went on to become a partner at Station Film where he also had a lengthy tenure. Later he was a partner at PRISM. Then after the pandemic hit, he became a freelance EP for nearly two years, looking into opportunities in virtual production, which led him to XR NY and now Electric XR. Over the years, he has produced high-profile... Read More