Here's our latest quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart with music and sound driving a mix of work ranging from commercials to public service, short film and fashion video fare.
1: Against Malaria Foundation’s “Nightmare: Malaria”
Music/Sound Q Department, New York (Music & sound design) Audio Post Q Department, New York
Color, New York Josh Abbey, voiceover mixer. Agency Establishment for the Greater Good (EGG), New York Production Psyop, New York. Marie Hyon, Marco Spier, directors
2: Burger King’s “Big Chicken”
Music/Sound Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif. Adrea Lavezzoli, exec producer. Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau, composers. Mike Franklin, sound designer. Audio Post Beacon Street Studios, Venice, Calif.
Mike Franklin, mixer; Dewey Thomas, assistant mixer; Kate Vadnais, producer. Agency David, Sao Paulo, Brazil Production Hungry Man, bicoastal/international Bryan Buckley, director.
3: Nike’s “Risk Everything”
Music/Sound Machine Head, Los Angeles Johnnie Burn, Stephen Dewey, sound designers. Squeak E. Clean, Los Angeles Justin Hori, creative director; Carol Dunn, executive producer. Audio Post Barking Owl, Los Angeles Brock Babcock, mixer; Whitney Fromholtz, producer. Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Production Reset and Academy Films Jonathan Glazer, director.
4: Intel’s “Conflict-Free”
Music/Sound Elias Arts, bicoastal Brent Nichols, executive creative director; Dave Gold, creative director; Ann Haugen, exec producer; Katie Overcash, producer; Jay Nierenberg, sound designer. Audio Post One Union Recording, San Francisco Eben Carr, mixer. Agency Venables, Bell & Partners, San Francisco Production Untitled, Los Angeles Paul Freedman, director.
5: Lipton Peach Iced Tea’s “Swagger”
Music/Sound JSM Music, Inc. New York Joel Simon, creative director/composer/exec producer; Ari Hest, composer; Ross Hopman, exec producer Audio Post Heard City, New York Keith Reynaud, mixer. Agency DDB New York Production Smuggler, bicoastal Renny Maslow, director.
6: Gillette Fusion ProGlide with Flexball Technology’s “One Stroke Shave”
Music/Sound Song: “Shave Your Beard,” Ros Sereysothea Audio Post Heard City, New York Philip Loeb, mixer. Agency Grey New York Zach Pollakoff, sr. music producer; Josh Rabinowitz, director of music. Production 1st Ave Machine, New York Asif Mian, director.
7: Coca-Cola’s “This Is Aah”
Music/Sound Yessian Music, Detroit and Los Angeles Brian Yessian, partner/chief creative officer; Michael Yessian, partner/head of production. Song: “Les Filles Francaises” The Jude Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Zac Fisher, mixer. New North Sound, Portland, Ore. Noah Woodburn, mixer. Agency Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore. Production In-house at Wieden+Kennedy (deploying consumer-generated footage submitted to W+K)
8: Loctite’s “Dance”
Music/Sound tonefarmer, New York Sam Skarstad, music/sound design; Jimmy Harned, music. Audio Post Lime Studios, Santa Monica, Calif. Loren Silber, mixer Agency Fallon Minneapolis Production O Positive, bicoastal David Shane, director
9: Stuart Weitzman’s “Feel So Good” (web fashion video)
Music/Sound BANG, New York Brian Jones, music supervisor. Song: “Feel So Good,” Jamiroquai. Publisher Sony/ATV. Label: Sony Music Entertainment Audio Post Jeffrey Elmont Agency Lipman, New York Production Rabbit Bandini, Burbank, Calif. Nino Muñoz, director.
10: Ford’s “Move it, Make It, Work It, Transit”
Music/Sound Hush Music, London (music) Unit, London (sound design) Audio Post Unit, London Jamie Thomas, audio engineer. Agency Blue Hive, London Production Joyrider, London Jan Wentz, director