Musikvergnuegen, Sherman Oaks, Calif., scored the spot "Motorcycle," via Grey Advertising, New York, promoting Canon’s Rebel camera and featuring tennis great Andre Agassi. Walter Werzowa and John Luker composed the jazzy, orchestral music to accompany Agassi competing in a game called "fireball" on a motorcycle. George Jecel of bicoastal The End directed the spot….A contingent of composers from Hank Smith Music, San Francisco—Blaise Smith, Mark Harrison, Michael Lande, Terbo Ted, Piero Ornelas, John Tejada and Sean Heskett—has wrapped an 11-spot Polaroid package directed by Peter Care of bicoastal/international Satellite for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco. The spots showcase Polaroid’s new I-Zone and Joy Cam cameras and sticky film in a variety of fun scenarios, including foosball games and motor scooter rides…. Monster Tracks, a division of Baker Sound Studios, Philadelphia, has produced music out of CCP, Wayne, Pa., for short promotional films touting a new line of Mattel trucks and the Mattel Car Wash….Kim Carnes sang two theme songs for the Cleveland Browns this summer: "Dawg Fever" and "Somebody Let the Dawgs Out." Both were played during local NFL broadcasts on WKYC-TV, Cleveland, and at the stadium during its home games. The tunes were written by company president Randy Wachtler and songwriter Greg Barnhill via 615 Music Productions, Nashville. Micki Barnes of WKYC-TV was the creative services director on that project….The music for food.com’s 16 spots out of Blazing Paradigm, San Francisco, was recorded, edited and mixed at One Union Recording Studios, San Francisco. The simple vignette spots for the online food delivery service feature music sound designed by Andy Newell out of Earwax, San Francisco. Melissa Bolton of bicoastal Shelter Films directed the spots….Brad Music Detroit/ Chicago’s Brad Fairman and Tommy Coster composed the music for the spot "Use Your Head" for client Shower Shine via Foote, Cone & Belding, Chicago; director was Tom Kwilosz of There TV, Chicago….Brad Music’s John Nixon and Colton Park Weatherston scored a five-spot package—"Cadillac Eldorado," "Lesson Seville," "Learning Curve DeVille," "Accelerated Program Catera" and "Don’t Let Anything Stop Your Escalade"—for Cadillac Motor Car Division out of DMB&B, Detroit….Hollywood-based Megatrax Production Music has acquired the rights to "The Unlimited Classics Collection," comprised of 105 CDs of music by composers including Mozart, Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. The collection was acquired from Mazur Media in Wedemark, Germany. The deal allows the company to exclusively license the collection for use in film, TV, advertising, audiovisual and multimedia projects throughout the U.S., Mexico, and Central and South America….
Oscar Nominees Delve Into The Art Of Editing At ACE Session
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles. While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion. Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation. Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More