Director Eric King, formerly of the recently shuttered Headquarters, has come aboard the roster of Tate USA, Santa Monica…. David Lowery (front man for Cracker & Camper Van Beethoven) and Kristin O’ Connor (founder of sound design/recording shop Rainmaker Studios, and president of editorial house Greybox, both based in Richmond, Va.) have launched ShockoeNoise, a Richmond-headquartered original music production and licensing house. Additionally, the new venture has teamed with BWNoise/Minneapolis and Los Angeles to form The Noises, a collective that extends the affiliated houses’ original, custom and licensed music resources….Producer Dave Skaff has been promoted to executive producer at Radium, which maintains shops in San Francisco and Santa Monica. Radium was founded in 1996 by creative director/visual effects directors Jonathan Keeton and Simon Mowbray….Mary O’Gara has joined Filmworkers Club, Chicago, as executive producer. Prior to coming aboard the telecine/visual effects/CG/editorial finishing shop, she served as director of telecine and visual effects at Company 3, Santa Monica….
“A Complete Unknown,” “Wicked,” “Sing Sing,” “Baby Reindeer” Among Guild of Music Supervisors Award Winners
The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 15th annual awards ceremony on Sunday night (2/23) at the Wiltern Theatre in L.A., honoring the best achievements in music supervision and songwriting with feature category winners including “Wicked,” “A Complete Unknown,” “I Saw the TV Glow” and “Sing Sing.” Among the TV category winners were “Baby Reindeer,” “English Teacher” and “Agatha All Along.”
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. Schwartz performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.” Music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg took to the stage to accept the Legacy Award for her outstanding career in music supervision. Music supervisor and executive at EA Games Steve Schnur won the most awards for the evening with two wins for his work on video games EA Sports FC 25 and Dragon Age: The Veilguard.
Keeping their promise of live performances from Best Song nominees, Oscar-nominees Abraham Alexander & Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing,” which took the prize for Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film. Danielle Ponder performed her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt,” and the artist Role Model gave a rousing performance of their song “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” as the Spotlight artist of the evening.
The complete winners list for the 15th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is as follows.
FILM
Best Music Supervision in Major Budget Films
Maggie Rodford - “Wicked”
Best Music Supervision in Mid-Level Budget Films
Steven Gizicki - “A... Read More