Navigating a soundscape for a deaf hockey player is the inherent challenge deftly met in the #1 entry of SHOOT's quarterly Top Ten Tracks to close 2020. This first episode, titled "On Silent Ice," of the animated Google docuseries Being Human Is brings us into this rink world where other senses compensate for a lack of hearing.
Also in the Chart mix are: a whimsical modern-day take on "Singin' in the Rain" for Burberry; a tongue-in-cheek homage to the cardboard cutout fan–a sports stadium creature of the pandemic–for Bud Light; the sounds of an "Invisible" world for Mercedes-Benz; and a heartwarming Xmas "Mailbox" ad for Toyota.
So have a listen to the best music and sound fare that the 4th quarter has to offer.
1: Where the Buffalo Roam Produces Animated Docuseries “Being Human Is” For Google
Client Google Marketing Agency Where the Buffalo Roam, Oakland, Calif. Tim Pries, executive producer; Taraneh Golozar, producer. Production Where the Buffalo Roam, Oakland, Calif. Nico Carbonaro (represented by Nonfiction Unlimited), Tuesday McGowan, directors; Tim Pries, exec producer; Taraneh Golozar, producer; Eden Cooney, coordinator; Von Diaz, Elisheba Ittoop, story producer. Editorial Where the Buffalo Roam, Oakland, Calif. James Boger, editor. Animation Oddfellows, Portland, Ore. Erica Kelly, exec producer; Chris Kelly, executive creative director; Fabian Molina, creative director; Jan Szeto, producer; Oddfellows, illustration. (Toolbox Adobe Animate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects; Maxon Cinema 4D; Flame, Maya, Sidefx Houdini. Music & Sound Design Space Lute JR Narrows, composer, audio director/sound supervisor, sound designer. Audio Post Machine, New York T. Terressa Tate, sound mixer; Alek Rost, sr. producer; Amanda Fuentes, sound assistant; Kyra Hendricks, audio producer.
2: Megaforce, Riff Raff, MPC Get “Festive” With Contemporary Take On “Singin’ in the Rain” For Burberry
Client Burberry Ricardo Tisci, chief creative officer; Rod Manley, chief marketing officer; Rachel Crowther, VP, creative; Al Watts, Sean Bell, art directors; Rose Percy, director of production; Asha Joneja, sr. producer; Cara Gillies, producer; Rebecca Haddaway, production coordinator; Luke Stazaker, sr. manager, postproduction; Susie Miller, styling editor; Fran Dyke, jr. styling editor; Jake Clements, assistant stylist. Agency & Production Riff Raff Films Megaforce, creative & direction; Matthew Fone, exec producer/owner; Nick Goldsmith, producer; Hannah Fowles-Pazdro, Georgia Mills, production, managers; (La)Horde, choreographer; Ben Gill, first assistant director; Katelin Arizmendi, DP; Ib Kamara, stylist; Marco Puig, production designer; Lucy Fewell, stylist; Paul Mann, Neil Gawthrop, SFX. Editorial Final Cut Joe guest, editor. Postproduction/VFX Moving Picture Company (MPC), London Ryan Hancocks, VFX producer; Alex Lovejoy, creative director and 2D lead; Fabian Frank, Rob Richardson, 3D leads; Matthieu Toullet, colorist. (Toolbox: Nuke, Flame, Houdini, Maya, Arnold, Ftrack, Baselight) Sound Design/Audio Post 750MPH, London Sam Ashwell, sound designer/mixer. Song/Music “Singin’ in the Rain,” written by Herb Brown, Arthur Freed; published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd; vocals by Dreya Mac; produced and arranged by Lank and Tank for Twenty Below Music; Emily Pritchard, music producer at Twenty Below Music Cast Zhane Samuels, Kevin Bago, Robinson Cassarino, Chantel Foo.
3: Goodby Silverstein, Director Emma Westenberg Introduce “Madam President” For HP
Client HP Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners Rich Silverstein, co-chairman & co-founder; Matt Edwards, Wes Phelan, creative directors; Kate Cullen, copywriter; Malike Reid, art director; Leila Gage, director of broadcast production; Stephanie DeNatale, executive producer; Rachel Saxon, broadcast producer; Bonnie Wan, head of brand strategy; Kelly Evans-Pfeifer, group brand strategy director; Kevin DeStefan, brand strategy director. Production Epoch Films Emma Westenberg, director; Melissa Culligan, executive managing producer; Megan Murphree, exec producer/head of production; Francesca Lentini, producer; Douwe Hennink, DP; Ntombi Moyo, stylist. Production Services Company Unit+Fofa Martin Sobotka, Fady Salameh, exec producers; Jan Hlavsa, producer. Editorial Cabin Emma Backman, editor; Edward Khoma, assistant editor; Carr Schilling, managing partner; Adam Becht, exec producer; Liz Lydecker, Patrick Lewis, producers. Telecine Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Alexandra Lubrano, color producer. VFX KEVIN Tim Davies, executive creative director/partner; Sue Troyan, sr. exec producer/partner; Mike Dalzell, head of CG; Jami Schakel, sr. VFX producer; Andrew Cowderoy, VFX producer; Steve Gibbons, 2D lead; Robert Murdock, Rob Winfield, Susanne Scharping, Chris Payne, Tim Bird, 2D; Carl Harders, Matt Longwell, Kerry Graham, Ryan Taylor, Greg Gutkin, CG; Miguel Delcan, design. Music Supervision Songs for Film & T.V. David Fisher, chief creative director. Music, Sound Design & Mix Squeak E. Clean Studios Justin Hori, Rob Barbato, creative directors; Drew Fischer, sound design & final mix; Squeak E. Clean Studios, score; Elliot Glasser, Katarina Gleicher, composers; Amanda Patterson, exec producer; May Taylor, sr. producer.
4: Director David Shane, W+K NY Bring A Human Dimension To The Cardboard Fan
Client Bud Light Agency Wieden+Kennedy NY Karl Lieberman, executive creative director; Gerard Caputo, creative director; Nathan Wigglesworth, art director; Matt Herman, Reuben Hower, copywriters; Nick Setounski, head of integrated production; Jessica Griffeth, executive producer; Skyler Courter, 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; Marc Grill, exec producer/line producer; Ralph Laucella, exec producer; Stuart Dryburgh, DP. Editorial Arcade Edit Geoff Hounsell, editor; Andrew Cravotta, post producer; Sila Soyer, exec producer; Jeff Lopus, editorial assistant. VFX The Mill Clairellen Wallin, exec producer; Luis Martin, sr. producer; Ija Ochoa, producer; Nathan Kane, creative director, shoot supervisor; Kshitij Khanna, 2D lead; Hailey Akashian, Adam Deutsch, Lucia Hill Barroso. Jeeeun Lee, Vi Nguyen, 2D assists; James Mullholland, Eva Kuehlmann, 3D leads; Naotaka Minami, Incheol Jeong, Navdeep Singh, Pablo Estrella You, Gordana Fersini, Arman Matin, John Wilson, 3D artists. Telecine Company 3 Tom Poole, colorist; Kevin Breheny, producer. Music Human Worldwide, bicoastal James Dean Wells, exec producer; Sloan Alexander, creative lead; Jonathan Hubbell, composer. Audio Post/Sound Design Human Worldwide, bicoastal Sloan Alexander, sound designer/mixer; Craig Caniglia, sr. producer; Rob Suchecki, assistant engineer.
5: The Monkeys, Collider, Barking Owl Go Xmas Window Shopping For David Jones
Client David Jones Agency The Monkeys, Sydney & Melbourne, Australia Ant Keogh, chief creative officer; Barbara Humphries, Brianna Ho, creative directors; Scott Zuliani, copywriter; Connor Beaver, art director; Romanca Mundrea, national head of production; Katie Wellbelove, producer; Jaimee Kerr, group content director; Vicky Mockler, content director; Jessie Roper, content manager. Production Collider, Melbourne & Sydney John Hillcoat, director; Olivia Hantken, exec producer. Music/Sound Barking Owl, West Los Angeles Kelly Bayett, creative director; Hannah Alter, producer; Morgan Johnson, sound designer. Barking Owl, original music. Audio Post Sonar, Moore Park, Australia Editorial Exile Kirk Baxter, editor. VFX/Post Fin Design + Effects Justin Bromley, Stuart White, VFX supervisors; Alastair Stephen, VFX producer. Isabelle Howarth, producer.
6: Badger & Winters, Director Christelle De Castro, Yessian Music Take It To The “Max” For Olay
Client Olay Agency Badger & Winters, New York Madonna Badger, founder/chief creative officer; Kristen Murphy, associate creative director, art; Matthew Scott, associate creative director, copy; Celeste Holt-Walters, head of production; Celia Ettinger, producer. Production Lola Production, bicoastal Christelle De Castro, director. Editorial Sunset Edit Cami Starkman, editor. Music/Sound Yessian Music New York Mike Dragovic, creative director, co-composer; Naren Rauch, co-composer; Marlene Bartos, exec producer; Evelyn Brown, Angelina Powers, sr. producer; Brian Yessian, chief creative officer; Michael Yessian, head of production. Sound Design/Mix Heard City, New York Evan Mangiamele, sound designer/mixer.
7: Merkley + Partners, The-Artery, Mercedes-Benz Share Vision For “Invisible Car”
Client Mercedes-Benz USA Agency Merkley + Partners, New York Andy Hirsch, executive creative director/partner; Max Godsil, group creative director; Gabi Hastings, creative director; Gary Grossman, director of broadcast production; Chris Coccaro, sr. producer. Production The-Artery, New York Vico Sharabani, director; Deborah Sullivan, exec producer; Emily Branham, producer. Editorial The-Artery, New York Michael Elliot, editor. VFX/Color The-Artery, New York Music Butter Music and Sound, New York Andrew Sherman, chief creative officer; Ian Jeffreys, managing director/EP; Aaron Kotler, executive creative diector; Renee Masse, producer. Sound Design/Audio Post Heard City, New York Phillip Loeb, Eric Warzecha, sound designers & mixers
8: Saatchi & Saatchi, Director Ted Melfi Open Xmas “Mailbox” For Toyota
Client Toyota Motor North America, U.S.A., Inc. Agency Saatchi & Saatchi Jason Schragger, chief creative officer; Leo Circo, group creative director; Sandra Luciano, creative director; Randy Quan, Jerry Underwood, Dan Sorgen, Andrew Reizuch, associate creative directors; Henry Kook, jr. copywriter; Sara Seibert, group director of content production; Jennifer Vogtmann, Marina Korzon, sr. broadcast producers; Kristen Hosack, sr. music supervisor; Mark Turner, chief strategy officer; Don Longfellow, managing director, connection & insight strategy; Tyler Beck, sr. director, strategy; Shareen Hill, sr. strategic planner. Production Company brother Ted Melfi, director; Rodrigo Prieto, DP; Rich Carter, exec producer; Tracy Mochizuki, head of production; Angela Jones, producer. Editorial Exile Kirk Baxter, editor; CL Kumpata, exec producer; Daniel Won, producer; Mitch Goldberg, assistant editor; Jennifer Locke, head of production. Telecine Company 3 Jill Bogdanowicz, sr. color artist; Matt Moran, sr. color producer; Ashley McKim, exec producer. Finish/VFX Framestore Pete King, exec producer; Georgina Poushkine, sr. VFX producer; Elad Offer, VFX supervisor & lead. Music SOUTH Music and Sound, Santa Monica, Calif. Original Cover of “Come Home” by Amatroski; Eric Plust, Matt Drenik, composers/arrangers; Jon Darling, Dan Pritikin, creative directors; Ann Haugen, executive producer; Ignacio Zas, producer. Music Supervision Little Ears, co-music supervision. Sound Design/Audio Post Lime Studios, Joel Waters, sound designer/mixer.
9: Top Spot of the Week: Goodby, Director Craig Gillespie, Steve Carell Give “The Greatest Gift” For Xfinity
Client Comcast/Xfinity Agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jeff Goodby, Rich Silverstein, co-chairmen; Margaret Johnson, chief creative officer; Jim Elliott, executive creative director; Jon Wolanske, Jon Wyville, creative directors; Justin Ralph, associate creative director; Hans Schenck, Stevan Chavez, art directors; Mike Gallucci, copywriter; Ryan Self, design director; Benny Gold, Pedro Zuccolini, designers; Bonnie Wan, head of brand strategy; Kelly Evans-Pfeifer, Katie Coane, group strategy directors; James Horner, executive producer; Kateri McLucas, producer. Social team: Bob Cohen, creative director; Ross Fischer, associate creative director; Shareina Chandler, copywriter; Katy Wells, art director; Gemma Edward, executive producer. Production Company MJZ Craig Gillespie, director/DP; David Zander, president/exec producer; Emma Wilcockson, exec producer; Martha Davis, producer; Adam Arkapaw, DP; Jamie Vickers, production designer. Editorial Rock Paper Scissors Haines Hall, editor; Kevin Goolsby, assistant editor; Shada Shariatzadeh, exec producer; Kevin Gottlieb, post producer. Sound Design LSD, Santa Monica, Calif. Michael Anastasi, sound designer, Kai Paquin, sound design assistant. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Adam Primack, mixer; Ian Connie, audio assistant; Susie Boyajan, exec producer. VFX a52, Santa Monica, Calif. Patrick Murphy, VFX supervisor; Andrew Romatz, CG supervisor; Andy McKenna, Urs Furrer, Stefan Gaillot, Matt Sousa, Richard Hirst, Adam Flynn, Michael Vaglienty, Kevin Stokes, Chris Riley, 2D VFX artists; Ariana Ziae Mohseni, lead CG lighter; Dustin Mellum, Aemilia Widodo, Josh Dyer, Jun Kim, Weiyo Sha, Miguel Salek, Derek Friesenborg, Mike DiNocco, Jaemin Lee, Quinton Woodson, Joe Paniagua, Jose Limon, Bryan Cox, Jade Smrz, Joe Chiechi, Michael Bettinardi, Joey Bettinardi, 3D artists; Nick Hiatt, Jie Zhou, matte painters; Chris Riley, John Valle, online editors; Everett Cross, Andrew Rosenberger, producers; Patrick Nugent, Kim Christensen, exec producers; Stacy Kessler Aungst, head of production; Michael Steinmann, head of CG production; Jennifer Sofio Hall, managing director; Daniel de Vue, colorist; Dylan Bursick, Corey Martinez, color assistants; Jenny Bright, color producer; Thatcher Peterson, exec producer. Design Studio Elastic Nadia Tzuo, art director; Trix Taylor, Lucy Kim, Chad Danieley, animators; Mitchell Fraser, coordinator; Zach Wakefield, deputy head of production; Luke Colson, exec producer; Kate Berry, head of production; Luke Colson, exec producer; Kate Gerry, head of production. (Toolbox: Flame, Maya, Vray, Houdini, Ornatrix, Marvelous Designer, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop, Nuke) Music Company Songs for Film & T.V. David Fisher, music supervisor; “Dreamer” performed by Roger Hodgson and written by Roger Hodgson, Richard Davies; Eric Kinny, Bruce Driscoll, composers.
10: Wieden+Kennedy, Psyop Give The Log Its Day In The Sun With “No More CLASHMAS!”
Client Clash Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Eric Baldwin, executive creative director; Jarrod Higgins, Lawrence Melilli, creative directors; Katie Willis, art director; Ryan Snyder, copywriter; Jane Monaghan, creative manager; Heather Smith Harvey, Robert Saxon, executive producers; Ricara Stokes, producer; Britton Taylor, Indiane Matine, Katie Dyer, strategy; Mike Weihs, Scott Meisse, studio design. VFX/Production Psyop Trevor Conrad, director; Amanda Miller, exec producer; Jacob Markson, sr. producer; Hanna Stolarski, sr. assistant producer; Chancelor Griffin, assistant producer; Cem Alpay, Michael Deweese, Misha Opiev, Tobias Trebelijahr, Ana Bernaus, designers; Brady Doyle, 2D lead TD; Dylan Broan, Krystal Chinn, Michael Dobbs, Kevin Jones, Tingting Li, Katja Wimmer, compositors; Isaac Irvin, 3D lead TD; Marina Czarnecki, Dennys Herman, Ryan Kirkwood, Logan Pittman, Sean Rivet, Ieva Sauciunaite, Amanda Sparso, lighters; Alan Yang, asset lead TD; Ellie Stalie, Marina Czarnecki, Bryan Eck, Greg Gutkin, Mia Pray, Shreeya Shetye, Dennys Herman, Brian Kim, model & texture; Jean-Dominique Fievet, Jason Taylor, George Schermer, animation directors; Roman Korbryn, Renato Sena, Scott McWhinnie, Matt Walker, Adrian Villarino Tomasi, Eric Johnson, Paulo Lombardi, Todd Wilbur, Andrzej Ellert, Laura Lempert, 3D animators; George Schermer, Roman Kobryn, Laura Lempert, Thomas Price, Todd Wilbur, previs; Dan Bodenstein, FX lead artist; James Atkinson, Levin Gillen, Liam Griffin, Jinny Ko, FX artists; John Bloch, Nelio Naut, rigging and tech animation TDs. Sean Kealey, Zed Bennett, Stephen Mann, Josh Sobel, Andrew Conroy, Thomas Price, George Schermer, rigging & tech animation. Paul Cohen, Michael Deweese, storyboard aratists; Andrew Park, matte painter; Andrew Malvasio, Alex Sysota, Cory Daniels, Flame artists. Music Walker Music, bicoastal Sara Matarazzo, Stephanie Pigott, exec producers; Danielle Soury, producer. Sound Design/Audio Post JOINT, Portland, Ore. Noah Woodburn, sound design/mixer; Natalie Huizenga, SFX editor; Leslie Carthy, exec producer. Editorial JOINT Kelly Lyon, editor; Ian DeVore, assistant editor; Leslie Carthy, exec producer.