View the spots and learn more about the companies and people behind the great range of music, sound design and audio post represented in the selections for this Winter’s SHOOT Top 10 Spot Tracks Chart.
SHOOT Top 10 Winter 2008 Spot Tracks Chart
Title | Music/Sound | Audio Post | Agency | Production | |
1 | stimmung, Santa Monica Robert Miller, arranger; Kelly Fuller, music executive producer; Gus Koven, sound designer. | Color, New York Kevin Halpin, mixer | Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore. | MJZ Nicolai Fuglsig, director | |
2 | Cherry-Tate Music Productions, New York Rebecca Cherry, Terressa Tate, composers/arrangers Terressa Tate, sound designer | Sound Lounge, New York Tom Jucarone, mixer | BBDO New York Loren Parkins, executive music producer. | Nicolai Fuglsig, director | |
3 | Endless Noise, Santa Monica Jeff Elmassian, creative director/composer; Danya Turcotte, executive producer; Mary Catherine Finney, associate producer. | Erik Schuiten, mixer | Nitro London | Greatguns, London Paul Shearer, director | |
4 | David Yazbek, lyricist/composer | Soundtrack, Boston Mike Secher, mixer | Arnold Worldwide, Boston, and Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Miami |
Tom Kuntz, director | |
5 | Groove Addicts, Los Angeles Thomas Newman, composer; Dain Blair, creative director | Sound Lounge, New York Tom Jucarone, mixer | BBDO New York Loren Parkins, executive music producer | RSA, bicoastal/international Sam Mendes, director | |
6 | Primal Scream, West Los Angeles Klaus Badelt, composer; Nicole Dionne, executive music producer; Randy Kerber, pianist; Scott Burton, producer. | charlieuniformtango, Dallas Russell Smith, mixer | The Richards Group, Dallas | RSA, bicoastal/international Sam Mendes, director | |
7 | Agoraphone, New York Xavier Mosley, composer Soundsquare, Prague Viktor Erkt, composer Grand Central, London Raja Seghal, sound designer | Grand Central Raja Seghal, mixer | 180 Amsterdam (180/TBWA Alliance) | Stink London Martin Krejci, director | |
8 | HUM, Santa Monica Jeff Koz, Alex Kemp, creative directors; Tricia Halloran, director of A&R. Track is “Going Whichever Way The Wind Blows” composed by Pete Droge & Elaine Summers. | Lime Studios, Santa Monica Rohan Young, mixer | Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif. Production | Park Pictures, New York Lance Acord, director | |
9 | David Horowitz Music Associates (DHMA), New York David Horowitz, composer Buzz, New York Rob McIver, sound designer | Mike Marinelli, audio mixer | BBDO New York Melissa Chester, executive music producer | Traktor, directors | |
10 | Bill Chesley, sound designer | Keith Reynaud, mixer | Wieden + Kennedy, New York | Smuggler, New York Jon Watts, director |
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