Music and Sound

Nice Shoes Opens Portals for Phillip Glass

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When violinist Tim Fain took the stage for the world premiere of Phillip Glass' new work "Partita for Solo Violin" at New York's Symphony Space last month, he performed not to the flurry of live dancers onstage, but to dancers and musicians on five films directed by Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied.

Animated Music Videos are Made Easy at the Aniboom Animation Marketplace

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Independent musicians can now collaborate with thousands of animation professionals from around the world to see their music video become an "animated" reality at the Aniboom Animation Marketplace.

William Shatner Seeks Tunes for Zenoids Toons

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Myouterspace.com announced today the next step in their online development of The Zenoids animated series: a first-of-its-kind, free-to-enter competition that gives every aspiring composer a shot to score a new show’s title theme.

Nice Shoes Polishes The Dirty Pearls

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New York rockers The Dirty Pearls recently premiered their new music video, Who's Coming Back To Who, at the Bowery Ballroom on June 30th.

GRAPHIC 2011 Animation Competition Opens with $20,000 Prize

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Sydney Opera House today announced the return of the global GRAPHIC animation competition as part of the GRAPHIC 2011 festival of storytelling, animation and music.

jumP LA Cuts The Boxer Rebellion's "The Runner" for DarkFibre

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Take two gorgeous young models, plenty of sexy costumes and a London loft, and you have the perfect visual complement to the haunting new song "The Runner" by hot indie rockers The Boxer Rebellion.

LAIKA's Paranorman Gets Composer, More Cast Members

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Two-time Grammy Award-nominated composer Jon Brion has signed to create the original score for LAIKA and Focus Features’ animated comedy thriller ParaNorman, currently in production at LAIKA’s Oregon studios for nationwide release by Focus on Friday, August 17th, 2012.

Motion Theory's Mark Kudsi Directs Branded Music Video for the Fiat 500

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As the Fiat 500 rolls off the assembly line and into US showrooms, director Mark Kudsi of commercial production company Motion Theory is upping the excitement with a kinetic branded music video that tells the story of Fiat owner and car preparing to meet each other.

Mirada Collaborates with Director Chris Milk to Create '3 Dreams of Black'

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Mirada has teamed up with @radical.media director Chris Milk on an interactive music video experience called "3 Dreams of Black" for Danger Mouse and composer Daniele Luppi's Spaghetti Western-inspired concept album ROME.

Cars 2 Locks Star Musicians From U.S., U.K., France & Japan

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Fully loaded with global locales, fast-paced racing, international espionage and a touching tale of friendship, “Cars 2” also features an amped up score by Oscar and GRAMMY-winning composer Michael Giacchino, plus music from alternative rock legends Weezer, country music hitmaker Brad Paisley, bestselling British singer/songwriter Robbie Williams, French superstar Bénabar and the power pop Japanese girl band Perfume.

Divers In The Rain Wins Anifest

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The tenth edition of the International Festival of Animated Films AniFest 2011 knows its winners.

Deschanel To Provide Three Songs to Winnie the Pooh

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He’s a bear of very little brain. She’s half of the acclaimed band She & Him. This year, they come together on the big screen in “Winnie the Pooh,” which hits theaters in select international markets in Spring 2011, and in the U.S. on July 15, 2011. Actress/Musician/Singer/Songwriter Zooey Deschanel (“Almost Famous,” “(500) Days of Summer”) joins Winnie the Pooh and all of his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood, performing three songs for the film, including her own take on the classic “Winnie the Pooh” theme song, “A Very Important Thing to Do” and the original end-credit song “So Long,” which was written by Deschanel and performed with She & Him bandmate M. Ward.

Her Morning Elegance Creators Launch the First Global Excision Art Project

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The Her Morning Elegance Gallery (www.hmegallery.com) has, for the first time ever, taken a music video apart frame by frame and begun to distribute the video as photography all over the world.

Yuval & Merav Nathan Animate Sand for Eatliz Video

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The new stop motion animation music video from art rock group Eatliz, directed by the Grammy nominated directors Yuval & Merav Nathan ("Her Morning Elegance").

Nice Shoes Underwrites Ricky Martin’s New Musical Direction

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Ricky Martin's new single The Best Thing About Me is You marks a new musical direction for the Puerto Rican superstar.

Nice Shoes and JLo Collaborate on Good Hit

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Building upon a longstanding relationship with Hello! Director Alex Moors, Nice Shoes recently handled all color grading and VFX on Jennifer Lopez's latest video, Good Hit.

Toy Story 3 Wins Two Oscars

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The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences handed out their coveted Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011.

DreamWorks Cleans Up at the Annies

ASIFA-Hollywood handed out its annual Annie Awards at UCLA's Royce Hall on Feb. 5, 2011.

MERGE@Crossroads Pellington Launches Michael Jackson/Akon Video

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Michael Jackson lives on in an uplifting posthumous music video directed by Mark Pellington at MERGE@Crossroads.

Going Absolutely Naked

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If you're tired of watching music videos featuring people with clothes on, or, worse yet, videos in which people's bodies are constructed according to the basic laws of biology, then you need to check out the Klaxons' Twin Flames, which both dispenses with the excess outerwear and gives us a whole slew of new ways to look at the human body.