On March 21 with the spring season just underway, family, friends and colleagues of industry vet Michael J. “Mike” Morrissey will celebrate his life–some 10 months after his passing–during a reception in New York City.
Morrissey last worked for the School of Visual Arts Theater in N.Y. as its technical director but is best known as co-founder (with David Satin) of SMA Realtime, Inc., a New York-based production/post facility which was a spawning ground for talent, technical innovation and high-profile projects spanning multiple disciplines.
After SMA Realtime, Morrissey founded and ran Virtual Productions LLC which provided production and post services for TV, commercials, movies and Internet clientele.
The celebration of Morrissey’s life, with remembrances and reminiscing, is scheduled for 6:30 pm on March 21 (Morrison’s birthday; he would have been 55 this year). For further info, contact Julie@STATScustom.com. RSVP deadline is March 19 at 5 pm.
“A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” “Sing Sing,” “Baby Reindeer” Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown,” “I Saw the TV Glow” and “Sing Sing.” Among the TV category winners were “Baby Reindeer,” “English Teacher” and “Agatha All Along.”
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.” Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing,” which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt,” and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - “Wicked”
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - “A... Read More