Music and Sound

Henry Jackman Scores Turbo

jwolfe — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:11:13 -0700

Dreamworks taps Henry Jackman to score their newest animated feature, Turbo, a colorful new animated family comedy coming to theaters July 17, 2013.

Soundtrack Announced for Pixar’s Monsters University

jwolfe — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:23:43 -0700

Pixar announces the soundtrack for “Monsters University” featuring music from composer Randy Newman and Axwell & Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish House Mafia.

Teen Choice Nominations Announced

jwolfe — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:36:48 -0700

Fox announces "wave one" nominees and categories for Teen Choice 2013.

Aardman Teams with Sony to Launch Bin Weevils Animation Competition

jwolfe — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:24:28 -0700

Aardman partners with Sony Music and BinWeevils.com to find the best pop video animator in the UK.

Beyoncé Records New Song for Epic

jwolfe — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:55:47 -0700

Recording star Beyoncé creates an original song, “Rise Up,” for the upcoming Twentieth Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios motion picture, “Epic,” for which she also voices one of the lead characters.

Jason Graves to Conduct Joystick 5.0 Symphony Concerts

jwolfe — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:19:06 -0700

SCORE Concert Productions, the Malmo Symphony Orchestra and Bandai Namco Partners Sweden announce Jason Graves as the guest conductor for Joystick 5.0.

Blacklist Director Pistachios Launches HeyHeyButton

jwolfe — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:38:09 -0700

Blacklist director Pistachios launches HeyHeyButton, a new creation which allows users to create sound effect buttons that can be sent, shared or embedded in blogs.

Britney Spears to Release New Song for Smurfs 2

jwolfe — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:19:41 -0700

Britney Spears to release “Ooh La La” for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Animation’s family comedy “The Smurfs 2.”

Remix Your Brand Music Licensing Company Launches

jwolfe — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:27:42 -0700

Matt Nelson and Tom Hinton launch Remix Your Brand, a new music licensing company focused solely on cutting edge music genres.

Mirada Builds Interactive Installation for Nike

jwolfe — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:03:38 -0700

Miranda teams up with Blast Radius Toronto and Nike Canada to create an interactive installation at Sport Chek’s flagship store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre.

Loyalkaspar Sparks Fuse Network Rebrand

jwolfe — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:30:37 -0700

Loyalkaspar helps to re-imagine the Fuse brand with a clean, simple yet dynamic identity.

STUDIO AKA Brings Front Row to Life

jwolfe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:50:36 -0700

STUDIO AKA and BBC team up to create a new campaign for BBC Radio 4.

th2ng Creates VFX for Everything

jwolfe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:17:47 -0700

th2ng’s Justin Dickel returns to music videos with the directing of Misha B’s, “Here’s to Everything.”

Deluxe Delivers for The Sapphires

jwolfe — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:13:01 -0700

Deluxe delivers as a one-stop shop for the hit Australian film “The Sapphires.”

Thomas Newman to Score Pixar’s Good Dinosaur

jwolfe — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:11:12 -0700

Thomas Newman, the composer of the musical scores for “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E,” reveals that he will be collaborating on the upcoming Pixar feature, “The Good Dinosaur.”

Hit House Scores with Iron Man 3 Trailer

jwolfe — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:09:21 -0700

Custom music and sound design company The Hit House scores big with its “Basalt” track chosen for the “Iron Man 3” theatrical trailer.

Sony Pictures Creates Digital Productions Arm

ewashington — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:32:34 -0700

Sony unites the studio’s Sound Department and Colorworks, the studio’s digital intermediate facility, under the umbrella of Digital Productions.

Persistent Peril Animates The Leisure Society’s Fight

ewashington — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:06:13 -0700

Independent character animation and design studio Persistent Peril directs a music video for The Leisure Society’s “Fight for Everyone.”

Disney's A.N.T. Farm Premieres May 31

ewashington — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:29:27 -0800

Disney’s “A.N.T. Farm” returns for a third season on May 31.

Sing It, Laurie to Debut on Sprout

jwolfe — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:31:09 -0800

“Sing It, Laurie!” created by superstar children’s recording artist Laurie Berkner and Little Airplane's Josh Selig set to debut on Sprout. New animated short-form preschool series features Laurie Berkner and her original songs; also stars Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Lisa Loeb.