The Production Music Association has added three new board members with an eye toward gaining an international scope. Michael Sammis, Global President of Universal Production Music, John Clifford, SVP Global Sales, Marketing & Repertoire for BMG Production Music, and Edwin Cox, President/Creative Director for West One Music have joined the PMA board in recognition of the growth […]
Advertising tune shop Riptide Music Group has expanded its creative team with two new heavyweights: Janine Kerr and Taylor Amazan, who will help power the Culver City-based firm’s work in synchronization, rights management and original music for trailers, TV programming and promos in the motion pictures, videogame and multi-media sectors. Kerr joins as creative director from FOX Sports […]
Boston-based music production house Gratitude Sound is expanding its national footprint by opening Gratitude Sound West in Los Angeles, headed by Scott Feldman, most recently head of his own Darkbloom Productions. Feldman, who joins as a music producer, will pursue new clientele across the film, TV, and advertising industries for the company. He will also […]
Composer and songwriter Alex Geringas has found an animated sound for two television series from DreamWorks Animation for Netflix — Home: Adventures of Tip & Oh and Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, both adapted from feature films. For Home: Adventures of Tip & Oh the Moscow-born, Hamburg-raised actor-turned composer was tasked with creating music that could stand toe-to-toe with hits […]
It’s a big show. The 2017 Grammy Awards sucked in 26 million viewers. Second only to the Oscars (32.9 million viewers), the Emmys (11.4 million-wide) and Tonys (6 million in a post-Hamilton slump). Meanwhile, The 4th Annual Game Awards shook things up, an audience of 18.7 million via 10 live streaming platforms, including YouTube, Facebook […]
Facebook has expanded its music portfolio, partnering with music industry organizations including Global Music Rights (GMR), SESAC’s HFA/Rumblefish and Kobalt Music Publishing. The new deals follow previously announced agreements with Universal Music Group and Sony/ATV. “Together, Facebook and the music industry are bringing the songs you love into the way you express yourself on Facebook, […]
With Lady Gaga, the Economics of Las Vegas residencies reach new highs, reports Shirley Halperin in Variety. Gaga has secured an agreement for $1 million per show with a commitment for 74-day run at the MGM Resorts. Read the full story here.
The Xbox game Halo Wars 2 is shaking things up musically as the first game soundtrack in 12 years to recorded with American Federation of Musician union players on Twentieth Century Fox’s Newman Scoring Stage, where composer Gordy Haab conducted an 80 piece orchestra last fall for the February release. For the final mix, Haab also integrated […]
Hans Zimmer and Raphael Saadiq topped the list of nominees for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, with three each. There were six double-noms: Lorne Balfe, Nicholas Britell, Mychael Danna, Laura Karpman, Diane Warren and Rupert Gregson-Williams, who had two. The HMMA’s honor music in film, TV, videogames, commercials and trailers in a total of 19 categories, […]
Synch house Riptide Music Group has secured a $4 million expansion investment from entertainment scion Mark Ross, who joins as a partner in the company, which provides music for advertising, trailers, TV shows, videogames and multi-media, productions in addition to rights management. Ross is the son of Steve Ross, a beloved figure in the industry who […]
