Part-Spotify, part-Tin Pan Alley is how the 7-year-old Jingle Punks has been described. In addition to original music for clients like Red Bull and TK, the company has become known for offbeat renditions of classic ad tunes, creating the music for a kickin’ country western version of the Meow Mix them and chanteuse Masha’s sultry Werewolves of […]
The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott, with a score by Harry Gregson-Williams, coming to theaters October 2 from 20th Century Fox.
Goosebumps, based on books by R.L. Stein, features music by Danny Elfman, in theaters October 16 from Sony Pictures Distributing.
The LGBT-positive Allstate commercial featuring Eli Leib‘s original song “Safe in My Hands” won two 2015 AMP Awards for Music and Sound. The competition honors music composed and licensed for commercials and is presented by the Association of Music Producers. Lieb took top honors in the Best Original Song category, and the commercial itself tied for the […]
The Steve Jobs biopic from Universal Pictures, directed by Danny Boyle with a score by Steve Pemberton, is due in theaters October 9.
Is blockchain, a new technology that tracks bitcoin transactions, poised to shake-up the music industry? Since May, when Richard Branson held a 4-day Block Chain Summit on Necker Island, his private Caribbean paradise, Wall Streeet types and industry technogeeks has been buzzing about little else. The idea is that cryptocurrencies — bitcoin being the most […]
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Leo Burnett and David Bowie made strong showings at the Association of Music Producers 2015 AMP Awards, for music composed and licensed for marketing and advertising purposes. Allstate’s “Safe in My Hands” commercial won Best In Show for Burnett on the strength of the eponymous original song, written and performed by Eli Lieb, for the insurance company’s […]
USA Today spotlights seven pop artists making waves in commercials this summer: Halsey’s cover version of Tear For Fears’ Mad World for Taco Bell’s Bacon Club Chalupa; Ellipahant on Apple’s iPhone spot, which uses the hook of her Too Original (sans vocals); electronic sounds from from U.K. artist Sophie’s Lemonade/Hard for McDonald’s Lemonades; Judah & the Lion’s banjo-strumming Kickin’ Da Leaves […]
Warner Bros. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. hits the market this month with a score by a Fortress Talent Management composer Daniel Pemberton. It follows May’s San Andreas, with music by Andrew Lockington, as the second major release to feature music from the the upstart firm. Fortress rocked the film and TV music this spring when […]
