A cinematic racing car film for TAG Heuer sped to the top of our quarterly Music Chart followed by a stirring tribute to a chess Grand Master presented by Hennessy.
Also in the Top Ten Tracks Chart mix are the latest entry in the "got milk?" campaign for MilkPEP, a tongue-firmly-in-cheek look from Miller Lite at a beleagured cable-cutting football fan trying to view games on super sketchy illegal streaming sites, and an exploration of a new ocean species–environment destroying-plastic waste–presented in a nature documentary-style short from the United Nations.
So have a look and a listen to the stellar work in our latest quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart.
1: Top Spot of the Week: Daniel Wolfe Directs “The Longest Night” For TAG Heuer, DDB Paris
Client TAG Heuer Agency DDB Paris Alexander Kalchev, executive creative director; Benoit Oulhen, copywriter; Mickael Jacquemin, art director; Quentin Moenne Loccoz, producer; Jerome Deplatiere, post producer; Sebastian Genty, Claude Henri Galbois, strategic planning. Production Company Standard Films, Paris Daniel Wolfe, director; Benoit Debie, DP; Julie Mathieu, producer. Editorial The Quarry Paul Watts, editor. Cosmic Talents Maxime Pozzi Garcia, editor. Music/Sound Barking Owl, West Los Angeles Atticus Ross, composer; Morgan Johnson, sound designer; Kelly Bayett, creative director; Ashley Benton, producer. Audio Post Barking Owl, West Los Angeles Mike Franklin, mixer. VFX Mikros Nicolas Huguet, visual effects
2: Hennessy, Droga5, Director Daniel Wolfe Delve Into The Mind Of A Black Chess Grandmaster
Client Moet Hennessy North America Agency Droga5 NY David Droga, creative chairman; Tim Gordon, Felix Richter, co-chief creative officer; Alexander Nowak, global head of art; Thom Glover, creative director; Ted Meyer, sr. copywriter; Kamal Collins, art director; Emily Berger, copywriter; Jason Gold, sr. art director; Ruben Mercadal, associate director of film production; Connor Hagan, associate producer, film; Mike Ladman, music supervisor; Jonny Bauer, global chief strategy officer. Production Somesuch, London and Venice, Calif. Daniel Wolfe, director; Diego Garcia, DP; Nicky Barnes, exec producer; Adriana Cebada Mora, producer. Production Services The Lift Jose Barrera, partner/producer; Fuad Abed Dalton, line producer; Helena Media, production manager. Editorial Cut+Run/The Quarry Paul Watts, editor; Beau Dickson, assistant editor; Ellese Shell, Tor Adams, exec producers; Lauren Hertzberg, managing director. Color Framestore Simon Bourne, colorist; Chris Anthony, sr. producer. 35mm Film Print Dejonghe NV VFX The Mill New York Andrew Sommerville, director of production; Heino Henning, production supervisor; Mandy Harris, sr. producer; Nathan Niamehr, associate producer; Roshni Kakad, Shivangi Mehta, production support; Dan Williams, VFX shoot supervisor, creative director; Ruben Vandebroek, shoot supervisor; Gavin Wellsman, creative director; Keith Sullivan, 2D lead artist; Yong Chan Kim, 3D lead artist; Fionna Lanning, art director; Michael Almodovar, Anton Anderson, Lucia Hill Barroso, James Cudahy, Ting Jung-Hsu, Nasser Mandavi, Dhruv Shankar, Prajeesh Chaliyam, Clive Donal Narcies, Naga Praveen Kumar Y, Neeraj Rajput, Nishith Thallasseri, Rahul Bhardwaj, Subodh Kumar, 2D artists; Pablo Estrella You, Song Eun Hwang, Aldo Martinez Calzadilla, Ciaran Moloney, Alek Vacura, Yimo Xu, Murali Krishna Reddy, Showber Shadik, Verru Ramesh, Bharat Ediga, Manoj Ravi, Netaji Paila, 3D artists; Dom Han, designer; Michael Davin, animation. (Toolbox: Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Flame, After Effects) Music & Sound Design Q Department, New York Audio Post Wave Studios, New York Aaron Reynolds, mixer; Vicky Ferraro, exec producer; Eleni Giannopoulos, producer. Voiceover Nas, artist/main VO; David Callahan, secondary VO. Chess Consultant Maurice Ashley
3: W+K NY, Director David Shane, Beacon Street Celebrate Return Of Sports In Bud Light’s “Take Me Out”
Client Bud Light Agency Wieden+Kennedy New York Karl Lieberman, executive creative director; Gerard Caputo, creative director; Grace Martin, art director; Garrick Sheldon, Marin Baker, copywriters; Nick Setounski, head of integrated production; Jessica Griffeth, executive producer; Dave Lambert, sr. producer; Stephanie Missier, group strategy director; Matt Hisamoto, sr. brand strategist; Leah Greene, brand strategist; Connor Corr, social strategist. Production O Positive David Shane, director; Ralph Laucella, exec producer; Marc Grill, exec producer/line producer; Gulya Pados, DP. Editorial Arcade Edit Dave Anderson, editor; Andrew Cravotta, exec producer; Chris Angelidakis, editorial assistant. VFX The Mill Clairellen Wallin, exec producer; Claudia Gaspar, producer; Nathan Kane, creative director; Antoine Douadi, shoot supervisor, 2D lead; Kshitij Khanna, John McIntosh, Keith Sullivan, 2D leads; Anton Anderson, Taner Besen, Alexis Jo, Nasser Mandavi, Vi Nguyen, Burtis Scott, Dhruv Shankar, 2D artists; James Mulholland, 3D lead; Inchoel Jeong, Jeffrey Lopez, Aldo Martinez Calzadilla, Ciaran Moloney, 3D artists. Telecine Company 3 Tim Masick, colorist; Kevin Breheny, producer. Music Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, Danny Dunlap, composers; Lindsey Lerman, producer. “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Sound Design & Mix Sound Lounge, New York Tom Jucarone, sound designer/mixer; Becca Falborn, exec producer; Lauren Mullen, producer.
4: SHINDIG Scores TikTok Challenge For MilkPEP In New “got milk?” Spot From Weber Shandwick
Client MilkPEP Agency Weber Shandwick, Chicago Jim Paul, executive creative director; Jeff Immel, group creative director; Kate Sullivan, Jeff Barry, creative directors; Daniel Rucci, executive producer; Erica Ashe, associate creative director; Abbey Eagles, sr. editor; Nick Drew, Anna Jacobs, copywriters; Abby Robers, Tim Rocklage, Paddy O’Connell, art directors. Music/Sound SHINDIG Music + Sound, Playa del Rey, Calif. Scott Glenn, creative director; Debbi Landon, executive producer; Caroline Hudson, head of production; Austin Shupe, associate creative director/composer. Audio Post Envy Advertising, London Arge, mixer. Production user-generated content, sourced by Catch&Release Editorial/Postproduction ThatLot Steph Carter, producer; Ciara O’Grady, postproduction supervisor; Ben Forder, head of video; David Schneider, executive creative director; Laura Tannenbaum, managing director; Jess Knights, Liam O’Neill, Dominic Coddington, Byron Davies, editors; Klein Borrill, Tom McMahon, design.
5: Miller Lite, DDB, SMUGGLER Director Tony Yacenda Install “Cantenna” For Streaming Football Games
Client Miller Lite Agency DDB Chicago Ari Weiss, chief creative officer, worldwide; Britt Nolan, chief creative officer, North America; Ben Wolan, executive creative director; Myra Nussbaum, group creative director; Nathaniel Lawler, creative director; Alejandro Juli, VP, creative director; Paul Carpenter Guiga Cunha, associate creative directors; Katie Samulson, copywriter; Drew Butler, art director; Diane Jackson, chief production officer, Chicago; Matt Blitz, SVP, executive producer; Adam Battista, sr. producer; Jonathan Palmer, strategy director; Biz Anderson, strategist; Mike Norgard, digital director. Production SMUGGLER, bicoastal Tony Yacenda, director; Patrick Milling-Smith, Brian Carmody, Sue Yeon Ahn, executive producers; Cat Restrepo, producer. Editorial Union Editorial Patrick Tuck, editor; Otto Mertins, assistant editor; Dani DuHadway, producer. Music Butter Music + Sound, bicoastal Andrew Sherman, chief creative officer; Ian Jeffreys, managing director/exec producer; Aaron Kotler, executive creative director & composer; Renee Masse, producer. Sound Design/Audio Post Mr. Bronx, New York Dave Wolfe, sound designer/mixer; Geoff Strasser, engineer; Lauren Flack, exec producer. Color a52 Gregory Reese, colorist; Jenny Bright, producer; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer. VFX Parliament
6: Goodby Silverstein & Partners, Google, United Nations, Tribeca Dive Into “Life Below Water”
Client United Nations Frances Simpson-Allen, partnerships lead, sustainable development goals. Google Danielle Landress, Olivia Jovais, product marketing managers; Paul Eyers, Jeff Blankstein, Paula Castro, creative partnerships lead. Tribeca Nina Chaudry, VP production. Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco Jeff Goodby, Rich Silverstein, co-chairmen; Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer; Hanna Wittmark, Kate Baynham, associate creative directors; Eleanor Rask, art director; Trevor Joplin, copywriter; Ryan Self, design director; Benny Gold, designer; Bonnie Wan, partner, head of brand strategy; Christine Chen, partner, head of communication strategy; Jacob Sperla, sr. communications strategist; Darien Ahn, brand strategist; Leila Gage, head of broadcast production; Tod Puckett, director of film and music curation. Production Spacestation, New York Brian Schulz, director; Chris Bryan, DP; Melanie Paul, Matthew Mills, exec producers; Ellie Cano, production manager; Marni Ellis, postproduction supervisor; Sharika Ajaikumar, editor; Chang Wang, assistant editor. On Location Team Robbie Gonzalez, diving services director; Giovanni Gonzalez, diving services coordinator; Daniel Alamilla, Felipe Ancona, Chuck, safety divers. Editorial Elevel, San Francisco Graham Willcox, editor; Liz Norris, assistant editor; Michael Damiani, director of Elevel; Allison Lambert, post producer. Music Elias Music, bicoastal Jonathan Elias, composer. Sound Design & Mix Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Joel Waters, sound designer/mixer; Collin Thomas, assistant mixer. VFX Elevel Mike Landry, creative director; Nathan Shipley, technical director; Luke Davisson, motion artist. VFX a52 Jesse Monsour, Pat Murphy, VFX supervisors; Kevin Stokes, John Valle, Flame artists; Andrew Romatz, CG supervisor; Aemilia Widodo, Ariana Ziae-Mohseni, Joe Paniagua, Michael Bettinardi, Josh Dyer, CG artists; Drew Rissman, VFX producer; Kimi Christensen, Patrick Nugent, exec producers; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director. Color a52 Color Gregory Reese, colorist; Jenny Bright, sr. color producer; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director.
7: 72andSunny, Director Antoine Bardou-Jacquet Take Us On A “Fantastic Voyage” For Photoshop
Client Adobe Photoshop Agency 72andSunny Los Angeles Kristian Grove, Lauren C. Smith, creative directors; Bartolome Graziana, sr. art director; Scott Ready, associate creative director; David Lynch, sr. film producer. Production Partizan, Los Angeles Antoine Bardou-Jacquet, director; David Stewart, producer.VFX Mathematic, Paris Rebecca Rice, executive creative producer; Alan Portillo Moro, VFX producer; Jehan Bouazza, VFX supervisor; Francois-Xavier Pourre, VFX on-set supervisor; Fred Brandon, Clement Germain, lead Flame artists; Thomas Van Maele, lead VFX artist; Yann Aldabe, Emeric Samier, lead 2D artists; Sonia Ferreira, Laila Sonsino, Mathieu Malard, lead compositors; Stephane Rogeon, Philippe Gonzalez, Guillaume Kerfriden, Sandro Bertchi, Cyril Cassaigne, lead 3D artists; Mathieu Caplanne, colorist; Kervin Brisseaux, Gerhard Human, Virginie Krypriotis, Mau Lencinas, Leo Natsume, Oleg Shcherba, illustrators.(Toolbox: Photoshop, Nuke, After Effects, Flame, Houdini, Maya, Cinema 4D, Substance) Music Song: “She’s a Rainbow” by The Rolling Stones. Sound Design/Mix Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Michael Anastasi, sound designer; Matt Miller, mixer; Susie Boyajan, executive producer. Editorial Work Editorial
8: Bang Music Scores “The Charli” For Dunkin’, BBDO NY
Client Dunkin’ Agency BBDO New York David Lubars, worldwide chief creative officer; Doug Fallon, Steven Fogel, executive creative directors; Matt Low, Kristin Clark, associate creative directors; Georgia Murphy, jr. copywriter; Sabrina Ghantous, jr. art director; Andrew Nam Chul Osborne, sr. producer; Jessica Nugent, SVP, production services director. Production user-generated content Saugatuck Strategic Thomas Burns, exec producer; Christian Guiton, DP; Mimi Curttrell, wardobe stylist; Kelsey Deenihan, makeup; Laura Polko, hair. Music/Sound Bang Music, New York Brian D. Jones, composer, Beady Jay, Neysa Malone, singers; Alec Setten, executive producer
9: Colle McVoy, Yessian “Get On Board” For Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation
Client Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation Agency Colle McVoy, Minneapolis Dustin Black, group creative director; Puja Shah, creative director; Lydia Choi, art director; Ann Parrin, copywriter; John Borchardt, executive producer. Production Colle McVoy, Minneapolis (in-house) Dustin Black, director. Editorial David Henegar Editorial, Minneapolis David Henegar, editor. Music Yessian Music, Detroit Kevin Simon, composer; Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Michael Yessian, head of production. Audio Post Grey Ghost, Minneapolis, Greg Geitzenauer, mixer.
10: McCann NY, Hornet Director Yves Geleyn “All Aboard” In Animated Film For NY Lottery
Client New York Lottery Agency McCann New York Eric Silver, North American chief creative officer; Sean Bryan, Tom Murphy, chief creative officers, NY; Mat Bisher, EVP, executive creative director; Jason Ashlock, Dominick Baccollo, SVPs, group creative directors; Emily Salas, Tyler Gonerka, creative directors; Noah Benezra, sr. writer; Antony Rush, sr. art director; Nathy Aviram, chief production officer; Andrea Kaye, SVP executive integrated producer; Mackenzie Reif, producer; Eric Johnson, SVP, executive music producer; Laura Frank, SVP, group strategy director; Emily Brown, VP, strategy director; Grace Freeman, sr. social strategist; Jordana Judson, community manager. Ticket Artist Mister Vi Production Hornet, New York Yves Geleyn, director, storyboard artist; Hana Shimizu, managing director, exec producer; Greg Bedard, head of production; Kristin Labriola, head of creative development; Dez Stavracos, sr. producer; Anita Chao, editor; Olivia Sack, Noah Rauchwerk, assistant editors; Annalee Walton, associate producer; Nico Benenati, production coordinator; Natalie Labarre, art director, storyboard artist, character designer; Tavet Gillson, art director, environment designer, 2D animator, compositor, motion design; Vi Luong, Song Kang, environment designers; Nicola Coin, environment designer & compositor; Fred Gardner, train layout design; Aga Kubish, additional design; Maxime Jouniot, Hyo Bin Kang, Dahui Wang, Sami Healy, Adam Bohorquez, Janelle Feng, 2D animators; Jordan Scott, motion design, compositor; Seongjin Yoon, motion design, compositor; Bil Thomson, compositor; Richard Lampasone, additional compositing; Winnie Feng, CG pre-viz; Maxime Jouniot, CG train. Music Human, bicoastal Andrew Bloch, creative lead; Morgan Visconti, creative lead & arrangement; James Dean Wells, exec producer; Maya Solovey, singer, English & Spanish; new rendition of "Autumn in New York" Audio Sonic Union, New York Steve Rosen, mixer; Miriam Hyman, VO artist, English; Joel Perez, AVO artist, English; Nicole Betancourt, VO artist, Spanish; Gabriel Gutierrez, AVO artist, Spanish; Paul Weiss, GSTV mix engineer.