Audio mixing/music/sound design shop Tonic has extended its New York reach, adding to its midtown and West Side locations with the opening of Tonic Downtown, housed in the Full Circle Post facility. The Tonic talent roster includes composers Peter Fish and A.J. “Andy” Gundell, sound designer Jun Mizumachi, and mixers Bill Cavanaugh, Doug Johnson, Anthony Erice and Juan Aceves…..Feature film composer Stewart Copeland, who’s handled for spots via Groove Addicts, Los Angeles, has wrapped the score for Mitsubishi’s “King of the Hill,” which was directed by Gerard de Thame of bicoastal HSI Productions for BBDO West, Los Angeles. The stirring percussion imparts an air of warrior-readiness to advance the storyline of two vehicles about to do battle. A dusty black truck waits atop a commanding hill for a red Mitsubishi truck that navigates rough terrain. Both trucks rev their engines. As the Mitsubishi snarls, the generic black truck lets out a whimper and leaks from its undercarriage, scared into submission. Copeland’s Groove Addicts support team included creative director Dain Blair and engineer Gerhard Joost. Tom Jucarone of Sound Lounge, New York, was the audio post mixer…..Finger Music, Santa Monica, has wrapped a Dodge Charger spot, “Unleashed,” for agency GlobalHue, Southfield, Mich. Finger’s Dave Hodge served as creative director/arranger/composer/sound designer on the visual effects-driven project. He collaborated with Kool Keith on the rap score; Hodge composed the music track, for which rapper Keith–whose credits include assorted albums and singles–wrote original lyrics. Jenny Warren executive produced for Finger. Audio post mixer was Jay Scott of GTN, Oak Park, Mich. Post/effects house was The Syndicate, Santa Monica….Dave Wittman of bicoastal Elias Arts composed the score for Jordan Brand’s “B More,” directed by Antoine Fuqua of bicoastal Anonymous Content for Wieden+Kennedy, New York. The spot juxtaposes a pre-game Carmelo Anthony, a professional basketball player, with scenes of him walking through the early life experiences that brought him to his current star status. To build more tension over the course of the ad, Wittman complemented a looped vocal track with modern hip-hop production, strings, and, finally, a choir. Sound designer/audio post mixer was Marc Healy of Mackenzie Cutler, New York……
House Calls Via TV and Streamers: A Rundown of The Season’s Doctor Dramas
No matter your ailment, there are plenty of TV doctors waiting to treat you right now on a selection of channels and streamers.
Whether it's Noah Wyle putting on his stethoscope for the first time since "ER," Morris Chestnut graduating to head doctor, Molly Parker making her debut in scrubs or Joshua Jackson trading death for life on a luxury cruise, new American hospital dramas have something for everyone.
There's also an outsider trying to make a difference in "Berlin ER," as Haley Louise Jones plays the new boss of a struggling German hospital's emergency department. The show's doors slide open to patients Wednesday on Apple TV+.
These shows all contain the DNA of classic hospital dramas โ and this guide will help you get the TV treatment you need.
"Berlin ER"
Dr. Suzanna "Zanna" Parker has been sent to run the Krank, which is only just being held together by hardened โ and authority-resistant โ medical staff and supplies from a sex shop. The result is an unflinching drama set in an underfunded, underappreciated and understaffed emergency department, where the staff is as traumatized as the patients, but hide it much better.
From former real-life ER doc Samuel Jefferson and also starring Slavko Popadiฤ, ลafak ลengรผl, Aram Tafreshian and Samirah Breuer, the German-language show is not for the faint of heart.
Jones says she eventually got used to the blood and gore on the set.
"It's gruesome in the beginning, highly unnerving. And then at some point, it's just the most normal thing in the world," she explains. "That's flesh. That's the rest of someone's leg, you know, let's just move on and have coffee or whatever."
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