Mitchell Froom, producer of Daniel Powter’s hit “Bad Day” (which recently earned the number one slot on the Billboard U.S. music charts), has signed with Visual Music, Woodland Hills, Calif., for representation in film, TV, film trailers and commercials. Additionally, Froom’s experimental “sound paintings” on his “Monkey Tree” EP are being repped exclusively by Visual Music…..Audio mixer Dona Richardson has come aboard Union Editorial, Santa Monica. She formerly was a mixer at AudioBanks, Santa Monica. Already at her new roost, Richardson has worked on jobs for Chevrolet, Kia, Bell South and the NFL Network….Venice, Calif.-based audio post house RavensWork has promoted Scott Burns to mixer. He had been an assistant mixer with the shop since 1997, working with RavensWork founder/mixer Robert Feist. Burns will operate out of a new, state-of-the-art mixing studio, RavensWork’s third…..Composer David Horowitz of David Horowitz Music Associates (DHMA), New York, and audio engineer Michael Marinelli, a partner in Buzz, New York, recently wrapped Texaco’s “Car Whisperer” and “Souvenir” directed by Joe Pytka of PYTKA, Venice, Calif., for Young & Rubicam, New York…..Perfectly synchronized automobile convertible tops match music cues on Mitsubishi Eclipse’s “Song,” with scoring by Tony Phillips of Groove Addicts, Los Angeles. The sound-driven :30–directed by The Cronenweths of Untitled, Los Angeles, for BBDO West, San Francisco–features the new Eclipse models adjusting in precision to the music, emulating the graphic representation on a recording console. As the music softens, the super “speed sensitive sound system” appears as the cars change pace to demonstrate the effect. The spot was recorded in a live player session featuring Matt Laug (Alanis Morrisette, Slash, Rod Stewart) on drums, Lance Morrison (Simple Minds, Don Henley) on bass and Bruce Watson on guitars and vocals–..The Alan Ett Music Group (AEMG), Studio City, Calif., is wrapping a spot for the Blue Man Group’s line of toy musical instruments. AEMG’s VP Scott Liggett composed the music for the ToyQuest commercial directed by Leo Zahn of Picture Palace, Los Angeles–.
Karla SofÃa Gascón Could Make Trans History For Role In “Emilia Pérez”
Karla SofÃa Gascón's performance in "Emilia Pérez" as a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirmation surgery to become a woman has brought her global acclaim and set Gascón on a path that may make her the first openly transgender actor ever nominated for an Oscar. But on this morning, she's feeling contemplative. "I woke up with such a philosophical streak," Gascón says, smiling. "In life, everything can be good or bad. We are a mix of so many things. There are things that make you happy and instead they make you sad, or the other way around." The dichotomies of life are a fitting subject for Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez," a film that puts just about every genre — musical, crime thriller, melodrama — into a grandiose mixer, and, by sheer nerve, manages to coalesce into one of the year's most memorable movie experiences. "Emilia Pérez," which began streaming Wednesday on Netflix, is widely expected to be a best picture nominee. At the center of the "Emilia Pérez" phenomenon – which began with a barn-storming premiere at the Cannes Film Festival — is Gascón who plays both the menacing cartel kingpin Manitas and the woman who emerges after Manitas fakes his own death, Emilia Pérez. Years later, Emilia contacts the lawyer who facilitated her transition (Zoe Saldaña) to her reunite with her wife (Selena Gomez) and their children. The wild swings of "Emilia Pérez" – a movie that has earned comparisons to both "Sicario" and "Mrs. Doubtfire" – wouldn't be possible without Gascón. In Cannes, she and her co-stars shared in the best actress prize, which Gascón accepted. "We've been insulted, denigrated, subjected to a lot of violence without even knowing why," Gascón said that evening. "I think this is award is so much more... Read More