Number | Title | Music / Sound | Audio Post | Agency | Production |
1 | ESPN “Believe” | Endless Noise, Santa Monica Jeff Elmassian, creative director/composer; Andy Rehfeldt, composer; Shari Christensen, executive producer | Downstream, Portland, Ore. Lance Limbocker, mixer | Wieden + Kennedy, New York | LAIKA/house, Portland, Ore.; Mark Gustafson, director |
2 | Adidas,
“What’s Inside” | Elias Art, bicoastal Jonathan Elias, composer | Crescendo! Studios, San Francisco; Craig Helmholz , mixer | 180/TBWA & TBWA/Chiat/Day, San Francisco | Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles; Noam Murro, director |
3 | Longhorn Steakhouse, “Girlfriend” | Fluid, New York Judson Crane, composer/sound designer; David Shapiro, executive producer; Brad Stratton producer | Sound Lounge, New York; Tom Jucarone, mixer | McKinney, Durham, N.C. | Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles; Mike Bigelow, director |
4 | Expedia.com, “Anthem” | Asche & Spencer Music, Minneapolis Thad Spencer and Richard Werbowenko, composers; Janell Schmitt, producer | Lime Studios, Santa Monica; Loren Silber, mixer | Deutsch, Los Angeles | Moxie Pictures, bicoastal/international Errol Morris, director |
5 | Siemens,
“Building Blocks” | Siblings Music, New York Mario Grigorov, composer; Michelle Barbieri, producer | Bionic Media, New York; Jody Nazzarro, mixer | Publicis, New York | Mass Market TV, New York; Chris Staves and Marco Spier, directors |
6 | Toyota RAV4, “Boxes” | Mutato Muzika, Los Angeles; Mark Mothersbaugh, composer; Robert Miltenberg, producer; John Enroth, engineer Machine Head, Venice, Calif. Stephen Dewey, sound designer; Vicki Ordeshook, head of production/producer | Ravenswork, Venice, Calif.; Eric Ryan and Robert Feist, mixers; Katherine Morgan, managing director | Saatchi & Saatchi LA, Torrance, Calif. | Villains, bicoastal; Phillipe Andre, director |
7 | Nike,
“Awake” | Lost Planet, bicoastal; Hank Corwin, editor/sound designer; AC/DC’s “Rock and Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution” | Eleven, Santa Monica; Jeff Payne. Mixer; DJ Fox-Engstrom, executive producer | Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore. | RSA USA, bicoastal; Jake Scott, director |
8 | America Express, “Open Minded” | Big Foote Music, New York Darren Solomon, composer; Ray Foote, executive producer | audioEngine, New York; Tom Goldblatt, mixer | Ogilvy & Mather, New York; Sara Matarazzo, music producer | Form, Los Angeles; Jesse Dylan, director |
9 | Reebok,
“Hockey Centric” | Tonefarmer, New York; Jimmy Harned and Raymond Loewy, composers; Tiffany Senft, executive producer | Final Cut, New York; Roland Alley, mixer/sound designer | mcgarrybowen, New York | Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles; Steve Rogers, director |
10 | Sony PlayStation Portable, “Pass” | Elias Arts, bioastal; Ben Kahle, composer | Ravenswork, Venice, Calif.; Eric Ryan, mixer | TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles | Believe Media, bicoastal Vogel.Villar-Rios, directors |
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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