The #1 and #2 entries in our quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart–respectively, the comedy of Jif's "Bunker" and the serious social issue of bullying in Monica Lewinsky's "The Epidemic"–exhibit the wide range of tone and emotion that music and sound can convey.
This is evident throughout the Chart with inspired work spanning such clients as Samsung, Squarespace, The North Face, the Ghost Recon game, and even Porsche's first all-electric vehicle.
So have a listen to the best work that this quarter has to offer.
1: Top Spot of the Week: Director Wayne McClammy, Publicis NY Team On Jif’s “Bunker”
Client The J.M. Smucker Company/Jif Agency Publicis New York Andy Bird, chief creative officer; Erica Roberts, executive creative director; Alan Wilson, associate creative director, copy; Peter Defries, associate creative director, art; Jenny Read, EVP, director of integrated production; Lauren Schneidmuller, executive producer; Jordan Valdes, sr. producer; Zachary Collopy, designer. Production Hungry Man Wayne McClammy, director. Editorial Union Editorial Christjan Jordan, editor; Dani DuHadway, producer. Audio Post Harbor Picture Company, Santa Monica, Calif. Steve Perski, audio mixer. Music/Sound Design Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers; Leslie DiLullo, exec producer; Rommel Molina, sound designer.
2: Top Spot of the Week: BBDO NY, Director Cole Webley Create “Epidemic” For Lewinsky’s Anti-Bullying Campaign
Client Monica Lewinsky Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, chief creative officer, worldwide; Greg Hahn, chief creative officer, NY; Bianca Guimaraes, VP, creative director; Roberto Danino, creative director; Gary du Toit, Lance Vining, VPs, creative directors; Jim Connolly, associate creative director; David Rolfe, director of integrated production; Jessica Coccaro, executive producer; James Young, executive producer, digital; Alex Massicott, Nick Russo, developers; Jimmy McGee, digital resource manager; Dexter Blumenthal, sr. brand strategist; Crystal Lin, marketing science project lead. Production Sanctuary Cole Webley, director; Paul Meyers, DP; Preston Lee, Kristen Bedard-Johnson, exec producers; Noah Thomason, line producer. Editorial Arcade Edit Paul Martinez, editor; Chris Angel, Jeff Lopus, assistant editors; Sila Soyer, exec producer; Fanny Cruz, producer. Telecine Company 3 Tom Poole, sr. colorist; Ashley McKim, exec producer; Alexandra Lubrano, producer. Conform/Finish Arcade Edit Tristian Wake, Mark Popham, Flame artists; Riccardo Sinti, After Effects artist. Music Human Sloan Alexander, composer/creative director; James Dean Wells, exec producer. Audio Post Post Human Sloan Alexander, chief engineer.
3: Director Patrick Daughters, Q Department, MPC Drive Into “Garage” For Squarespace
Client Squarespace Agency In-House Creative: Squarespace David Lee, chief creative officer; Ben Hughes, director of brand creative; Mathieu Zarbatany, creative/sr. art director; Clare Anderson, creative/sr. copywriter; Matt King, creative/designer; Sandra Nam, director of creative production; Laura Ferguson, creative producer. Production Anonymous Content Patrick Daughters, director; Franz Lustig, DP; Robert Pearson, production designer; Lori Stonebraker, exec producer; Bettina Schneider, producer. Editorial Cut+Run Ben Campbell, editor; James Donahue, Chris Hutchings, assistant editors; Sophie Hogg, Ellese Shell, exec producers; Eytan Gutman, sr. producer. Finishing/VFX MPC Rob Walker, Tim Kafka, VFX supervisors; Michael Gregory, Alvin Cruz, creative directors. Color Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Alexandra Lubrano, color producer. Music/Sound Design Q Department Audio Post One Thousand Birds, bicoastal Torin Geller, mixer; Kira MacKnight, exec producer; Alex Berner-Coe, producer.
4: Squeak E Clean, LSD Combine On A “Made To Defy” Soundtrack For The North Face
Client The North Face Agency Sid Lee, New York Production Gloria, Los Angeles Rodrigo Valdes, director. Music/Sound Squeak E. Clean Studios, Los Angeles Track title: "Breathwork" Lindsay marcus, composer; Rob Barbato, creative director; Amanda Patterson, sr. producer. Sound Design LSD, Santa Monica, Calif. Michael Anastasi, sound designer. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica Zac Fisher, mixer
5: David Leitch Directs Short For Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, Argonaut
Client Ubisoft/Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Agency Argonaut, San Francisco Hunter Hindman, chief creative officer/founder; Alan Stout, Brian Olsen, co-heads of strategy; Jeremy Arth, executive producer; Matt Kelsen, Ali Esterly, creative directors. Production Minted Content, Santa Monica, Calif. David Leitch, director; Lance O’Connor, managing director/founder; John McGarty, exec producer; Edina Sallay, head of production; Jonathan Sela, DP. Production Services Circle Productions, Vancouver Tom Murray, exec producer; Blake Bowell, bidding producer. Editorial 1606 Studio Brian Lagerhausen, editor; Cameron Maidenberg, assistant editor; Vickie Sornsilp, head of production; Jon Ettinger, exec producer. Music/Sound Barking Owl, West Los Angeles Morgan Johnson, sound design; Houston Fry, music editing (of licensed work from Lil Wayne and libraries); Kelly Bayett, creative director. Audio Post Barking Owl, West L.A. Matt Keith, mixer. Visual Effects/Animation Eight VFX, Santa Monica, Calif. Shira Boardman, Baptiste Andrieux, exec producers; Ryan Dahlman, producer; Aryel Melek-Shalom, VFX supervisor; Joe Chiao, Flame lead (Toolbox: Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Flame)
6: Yessian, Staub Audio Team On Electric Score For Porsche, Agency Grabarz & Partner
Client Porsche Taycan Agency Grabarz & Partner, Hamburg, Germany Ralf Heuel, chief creative officer; Ralf Nolting, Frederik Wetzel, creative directors. Production BWGTBLD GmbH, Berlin Per-Hampus Stalhandske, director; Oliver Miller, DP. Editorial BWGTBLD GmbH, Berlin Chris Zimmerman, editor. Postproduction/Compositing/3D Storz & Escherich, Berlin Nicke Jacobsson, colorist. Music/Sound Design Yessian Music, Hamburg & New York Dan Zank, composer; Ingmar Rehberg, exec producer; Lukas Lehmann, Helena Schmiitz, producers; Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Michael Yessian, head of production; Robin Grosskopf, sound designer. Sound Design Staub Audio, Düsseldorf sound design Audio Post Staub Audio, Düsseldorf
7: Director Tim Godsall, SOUTH Music Craft “Routine” Spot For Blue Moon, DDB Chicago
Client Blue Moon/MillerCoors Agency DDB Chicago Ari Weiss, worldwide chief creative officer; Eric Zuncic, chief strategy officer, DDB North America; John Maxham, chief creative officer, Chicago; Myra Nussbaum, SVP, group creative director; Angela Paris, creative director/art director; Adam Cook, creative director/copywriter; Diane Jackson, chief production officer; Keith Jamerson, executive producer; Alec Stern, director of music; Zoe Grubbe, production manager; Tricia Russo, chief strategy officer. Production Anonymous Content Tim Godsall, director; Tim Hudson, DP; SueEllenClair, exec producer; Paul Ure, line producer. Postproduction The Mill New York Andrew Sommerville, exec producer; Luis Martin, sr. producer; Anne Trotman, 2D lead; Rune Mansson, 3D lead; Fergus McCall, colorist. Editorial Work Editorial Bill Smedley, editor Julian Laing, Trevor Myers, assistant editors; Erica Thompson, exec producer; Chris Delarenal, producer. Music/Sound SOUTH Music & Sound, Santa Monica, Calif. Matt Drenik, Jon Darling, creative directors; Mike Semple, songwriter; Ann Haugen, exec producer; Laura Phillips, vocalist. Sound Design Sonic Union, New York Steve Rosen, sound designer. Audio Post Sonic Union, New York Steve Rosen, Julienne Guffain, sound engineers; Pat Sullivan, producer.
8: Abteen Bagheri Directs “More of Us” For Samsung, Wieden+Kennedy
Client Samsung Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Jason Bagley, Eric Baldwin, executive creative directors; Hal Curtis, creative director; Becca Wadlinger, nate Nowinowski, Brad Trost, copywriters/art directors; Matt Hunnicutt, head of production; Robert Saxon, executive producer; Shelley Eisner, sr. producer; Tum Suharto, AJ Blumental, Meron Medhanie, brad strategy team; Annie Sanditen, design operations manager/design producer; Greg Jacobson, studio designer; Jeff Ackley, motion lead. Production Somesuch Abteen Bagheri, director; Autumn Durald, DP; Molly Grifin, Nicky Barnes, exec producers; Kathy Rhodes, producer; Will Vudmaska, production supervisor; Jackie Stahl, assistant production supervisor. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Adam Pertofsky, editor; Derrick Monks, assistant editor; Shada Shariatzadeh, post exec producer; Janae Abramham, post producer. VFX a52 Pat Murphy, VFX supervisor; Steve Wolf, lead Flame; Dan Ellis, Chris DeCristo, Rod Basham, Michaeol Vaglienty, James Buongiorno, Flame artists; Kim Christensen, Patrick Nugent, exec producers; Jillian Lynes, producer; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director. Music Walker Music Sara Matarazzo, owner/producer; Stephanie Pigott, producer. Audio Post Eleven Jeff Payne, mixer; Andrew Smith, assistant mixer; Melissa Elston, producer. Color a52 Greg Reece, colorist; Thatcher Peterson, color exec producer; Jenny Bright, color producer. Titles Elastic, Hazel Baird, Benjamin Woodlock, creative directors; Henry DeLeon, Jehee Lee, designers; Wes Yang, Curry Tian, Tnaya Witmer, designers; Lucky Kim, Steven Do, animators; Paul Makowski, sr. producer; Mitchell Fraser, production coordinator; Luke Colson, exec producer; Kate Berry, head of production; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director.
9: MJZ’s Nicolai Fuglsig Directs “Alpaca” For Samsung, BBH NY
Client Samsung Pio Schunker, EVP, head of global brand marketing, mobile communications business Agency BBH NY Gerard Caputo, chief creative officer; Jonathan Mackler, executive creative director, head of creative; Lucas Bongioanni, creative director/copywriter; Jackie Anzaldi, creative director/art director; Liz Loudy, associate creative director/copywriter; Brooke Kaylor, head of production; John Harrison, group strategy director, managing partner. Production MJZ Nicolai Fuglsig, director; Emma Wilcockson, exec producer; Alicia Richards, line producer; Joost van Gelder, DP; Dan Betteridge, production designer. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Adam Pertofsky, editor; Eve Kornblum, exec producer; Lisa Barnables, Julianne Cort, post producers; Ayssa Oh, David Bryen, Christian Oreste, assistant editors. VFX The Mill Andrew Somerville, exec producer; Mandy Harris, Colin Blaney, sr. producers; Sue Yee Hubbard, producer; Will Jellicorse, project coordinator; Roberto Herrera, production coordinator; Nathan Kane, creative director; Ruben Vandebroek, CG shoot supervisor; Chris Mortimer, 2D shoot supervisor; Jeff Robins, 2D lead artist; Taner Besen , James Cudahy, Lucia Hill Barroso, Andrew Emmerson, Sungeun Moon, Andre Vidal, Fabien Coupez, Matthew DeFranco, Ari Reisner, Roger Cerqua, Aravind Mani, Gangadharam Raja, Maheshwaran Chandrasekaran, Mangesh Borkar, Nehal Desai, Samarendra Lenka, 2D artists; Jhoshidh T, Madhana Gopala, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, Rahul Bhardwaj, Yogesh Sarwa, Paint artists; Pabitra Kumar Sahoo, Verru Ramesh, Yalamarthy Ganga Raju, Ayush Bajoria, Gokul Navaneethan, Karthik Viswanathan, Manoj Ravi, Murali, Krishna Reddy, Raj Kumar M, Sathyaraj A, tracking artists; Charles Lee, matte painting; Laura Nash, Dom Han, design. Telecine The Mill Adam Scott, colorist. Audio Sound Lounge Tom Jucarone, mixer; Alicia Rodgers, exec producer. Music “Apache,” Incredible Bongo Band/Grandmaster Flash remix
10: WATTS, Preacher, New Math Do “Grape Thing” For Fanta
Client The Coca-Cola Company/Fanta Agency Preacher, Austin, Texas Rob Baird, chief creative officer; Marcus Brown, creative director; J.J. Kraft, Riley Shine, sr. art directors; Cory McCollum, copywriter; Nate James designer; Stacey Higgins, executive producer; Shane Smith, sr. producer; Ellen Nelson, associate producer. Production London Alley, Culver City, Calif., and London WATTS, director; Mario Krause, DP; Luga Podesta, founder/exec producer; Jordana Freydberg, exec producer; Matthew Kauth, head of production; Gabe Reiter, line producer; Alex Delgado, production designer. Editorial Cabin Scott Butzer, Taylor Tracy Walsh, editors; Carr Schilling, managing partner; Michelle Dorsch, producer. Music/Sound New Math, Los Angeles Dan Sammartano, composer/sound designer; Kala Sherman, exec producer; Jake Falby, producer. Audio Post TBD Post, Austin, Texas Dusty Albertz, sound engineer; Joel Pettit, producer.