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 From L: Sarah Hurley, Beth Gimbrone, Adam West, Zeke Bowman (of Mullen), Mike Secher & Mona Marimow (of Mullen) The legendary Adam West, best known for his lead role in the original Batman as well as the voice of Mayor West on Family Guy, recently made an appearance at Soundtrack Boston. Mr. West stopped in to record VO for LendingTree with Account Director Mona Marimow and Executive Producer Zeke Bowman of Mullen Advertising. Boston Engineer Mike Secher engineered the session. Mr. West is the voice of LendingTree's latest advertising campaign called "You to the Rescue," which encourages the everyday person to take control of his/her own financial destiny (like a superhero) and battle the "financial tomfoolery" and "fiscal fiendishnes" of today's economy. Soundtrack's longtime client Mullen Advertising is the mastermind behind this new and exciting campaign. It features a re-branded website (LendingTree.com), online advertising and a variety of new radio and TV spots. In these new ads, Mr. West revisits his 1960s Batman persona and gives inspirational pep talks to the everday person. Click here to watch two of these new LendingTree TV spots, and keep an eye out for more to come!
NY Records Stars of New Production of "Dreamgirls"
 From L: Syesha Mercado, Moya Angela, Scott Cannizzaro & Adrienne WarrenThis July, Soundtrack NY had the pleasure of recording the stars of the new touring production of Dreamgirls. The tour will launch this coming November at NYC’s historic Apollo Theatre in Harlem. The Apollo is famous for birthing the careers of artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sammy Davis Jr. and hundreds more, not to mention this season marks the 75th Anniversary of the venue. This theatre is the perfect home for the musical, which is all about the struggle and launch of a young 1960’s “girl group” and their rise to success and fame. Moya Angela, who plays Effie White, is coming from the tour of Disney’s Lion King. Syesha Mercado, who portrays Deena Jones, is recognizable as a finalist from Season 7 of Fox’s American Idol. In the role of Lorrell Robinson, Adrienne Warren joins the cast as a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College. She has starred in productions of The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors and the 25th anniversary of Dreamgirls, which also starred the Broadway legend, Jennifer Holiday. New York Engineer Scott Cannizzaro recorded the trio singing three of the show’s hits, which reflect the era in which the show is set. The entire score of the show is in the vein of 1960’s Motown music, resembling the work of artists such as Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Martha Reeves and the Vandellas. Scott engineered the session with Advertising Producer Joe Stevens of Stevens Advertising, a Boston ad agency which is known for their expertise in the performing arts. Stevens Advertising has worked with Soundtrack for nearly 20 years and is a steady client of Boston Engineer Kevin McLaughlin. The two were joined by DJ Martin of Type A Marketing, a New York based company that specializes in Broadway and National Touring productions; Musical Director Mat Eisenstein; the show’s Director Robert Longbottom, who is known for staging Broadway’s Side Show and the 2003 revival of Flower Drum Song; and the show's Producer John Breglio. With the talent being in New York, Joe Stevens made the trip here to Soundtrack NY, to capture these charming songs for advertisements for the show. Scott was “blown away” by the talent in the room and was pleased to have the opportunity to work on a project that was a great change in pace from the daily routine. “The girls were fantastic!” he said and “a joy to work with.” Soundtrack Mixes HBO's New Show "Bored To Death"  Photos courtesy of observer.com & hbo.com/boredtodeath New York Engineer Bobby Chefalas recently finished mixing the very first season of the new HBO show called Bored To Death, which premiered last night. All ADR and Foley for the show was handled at Soundtrack NY, supervised by Louis Bertini. Bored To Death is a hilarious, noir-otic comedy starring Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis. The show is based on the life of the show's writer and follows Jonathan Ames, a writer who starts picking up jobs as a private detective while struggling to complete his second novel. Will Jonathan be able to solve the mysteries, finish his novel and get the girl(s)? Tune into HBO on Sundays at 9:30pm to find out! Click here to watch the trailer for the show. Finish Cuts Trailer for New Documentary "Lemonade"  Finish and Soundtrack are excited to be a part of a film by Boston based copywriter turned filmmaker, Erik Proulx. Erik was laid off from Arnold/Boston in 2008 and immediately launched Please Feed the Animals (http://www.pleasefeedtheanimals.com), a blog “for the recently unemployed advertising professional.” The film, titled Lemonade, was shot over three weeks in Los Angeles, New York and Boston. In it Proulx profiles 15 current and former ad professionals who have taken the opportunity of unemployment to do something totally unexpected. Kurtis Glade lost his job as a creative director. Now he is making a documentary about surf camps that help kids with Cystic Fibrosis, including his daughter. Former Account Supervisor Jeanne Schad is now the owner of a business coaching firm with over 150+ coaches in her network. Then there’s David Cohen, the copywriter whose layoff was the catalyst to become what he always felt he was meant to be – a woman. Finish’s Pete Warren cut the trailer for the film which can be seen here: www.lemonademovie.com. Marc Colucci of Picture Park directed. Bruce Bolden did the color correction and Tim Montgomery did the online. Soundtrack’s Brian Heidebrecht did the mix. Tom Fleischman Comments on Effects Heavy Films in Mix  Photo courtesy of levelsaudio.com While on loan to Sony Pictures for the mix of Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons, Tom Fleischman took a little time to speak to Mix Magazine. In an article called "Predubs In The World of Effects-Heavy Film Re-Recording" from Mix's August 2009 issue, Tom talks a bit about the differences between working as a solo mixer in New York and working with Greg Russell at Sony on an effects heavy film. You can read the full article, as well as other interviews given by Tom, here.  A Note from RobFor over 30 years we've been steering The Soundtrack Group to a place where it has the size and capability to handle the largest national ad campaigns and mixing of A-list Hollywood features, yet small enough to know that you like your mocha lattes with just a dash of sugar. This newsletter is our way of keeping you in touch with the things that The Soundtrack Group is doing to use developing technology, a terrific staff and a little chutzpah to handle your projects.
  From L: Jan Petrov, Jean Reno & Maegan Hayward. Jean stopped by to do some ADR for the new film Armored.
 From L: Paul Frye, Tom Bergeron & Beaux Neylon. Tom came in to do VO record for America's Funniest Home Videos.
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Fall 2009 | Vol. 23
Features: Adam West and LendingTree NY Records Stars of Dreamgirls New HBO Show Bored To Death Finish Cuts Trailer for Lemonade Tom Fleischman in Mix Magazine Photo Ops Soundbytes: Ads-Up - New York Ads-Up - Boston Over the summer Scott Cannizzaro and Dan Brennan both did a great deal of work with Union Editorial and Toth Brand Imaging on Chicos TV spots, and they worked with Trahan, Burden & Charles on radio and TV spots for Hollywood Casino and Empress Casino. In addition, Scott has worked with Dan Aron from No Soap and Matt Hill from DDB New York on radio and TV spots for Exxon Mobil. He has worked with Toth Brand Imaging on radio spots for Wrangler Jeans and Amazon.com, and on web spots for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care with Digital Influence Group. Marjorie Clarke and her team from UniWorld were in for web, radio and TV spots for Ford and Burger King. We also had Joe Stevens, from Stevens Advertising in recently, recording three fabulous Broadway singers. They were performing hits from the musical “Dreamgirls” for radio ads for the upcoming run of the Broadway musical! Dan has also recorded spots for Eileen Fisher’s web campain and has worked with Gelia, a new client, on their Independent Health Campain. Ads-Up! - Boston Mike Secher created the music sound icon/mnemonic for Microsoft Windows 7 web and TV for Hornall Anderson. He did the music and sound design for a Turbo Ice Coffee promotional TV spot for Dunkin' Donuts called "Dustin and Goliath." The spot was produced by Hill Holliday and features Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia. He also did the music for a McDonald's shared TV spot called "Maybe" with Producer Sean Vernaglia of Arnold, as well as did the music and sound design for a Stop & Shop TV spot called "Poetry In Motion" with Producer Ken Kingdon of Mullen. Brian Heidebrecht recorded Boston Cetlics player Kevin Garnett for Hewlett Packard, mixed a Panera Bread TV campain for Mullen Advertising with Producer Kim Burns, as well as mixed the trailer for Erik Proulx's forthcoming documentary Lemonade. Howard Carle created new radio spots for KSV Boston and their client Webster Bank with Copywriter Pete Valle, Producer Daryl Warner and Account Executive Rebecca Tehrani. Howard also created 6 new radio spots for 8 Beacon Partners and their client Comcast with Creative Director Peter Pappas. In addition, he recorded and Mixed 4 new TV spots for Hill Holliday and their client Dunkin' Donuts with Producer Scott Hainline and Creative Director Tim Cawley. Brian McKeever has been busy working on Toy State TV spots for Allen & Gerritsen with Producer Deirdra Abelli, Copywriter Craig Falzone, Art Director Maureen Metzler and Assistant Editor Andrew Aswad. He's also done CarpetOne TV for Kel & Partners with Margie Sullivan from Redtree Productions and Noreen Breslin from Panache Editorial as well as Caldwell Soup radio for McMahon & Tate with creatives Larry Tate and Darrin Stephens. Kevin Mclaughlin recorded and mixed owater radio for o beverages and worked on Law Offices of James Sokolove radio for Direct Impact Group. In addition, he recorded and mixed Dreamgirls radio for Stevens Advertising with Producer Joe Stevens. Mike Letourneau has been working on Dunkin' Donuts TV and radio for the "Dunkin' Dark Roast Campaign" with Producer Tim Burke of Hill Holliday. He has also been doing Volvo TV and radio for Arnold with Producer Liz Cost, as well as Samuel Adams radio for the "Octoberfest" campaign with Producer Peter Gladstone. Kevin Jette recorded Jack Ferraiolo for Soup2Nuts' Animation WordGirl. He worked with Director Frank Coraci to record Jim Bruer and Sylvester Stalone for The Zookeeper, and he also engineered some Fidelity radio for Arnold Worldwide with Producer Meredith Kelly. At The Movies Doug Murray and Mike Fowler have spent the summer working on HBO’s Bored to Death, recording ADR and Foley. They’ve also been working on the new USA show Royal Pains with Michael Jacobi, as well as continuing work on The Pacific (also for HBO). They’ve done ADR for Alabama Moon, The Factory, Lincoln Heights and Shutter Island as well. Mark DeSimone and Rich Crescenti have been busy with 2012, High School, Entourage, Bored to Death, Get Low and Demoted. They have also recorded DVD commentary for Nurse Jackie and Precious. Mark also mixed the latest installment of New Orleans for The Merrow Report. Beaux Neylon has been working on Royal Pains with Michael Jacobi, Bored to Death, The Pacific, Subject, I Love You, Raising the Bar, Black Souls, Nutcracker, Fire in the Hole, Sorority Wars, Warehouse 13, Everything She Ever Wanted, Defying Gravity, Takers, Zombieland, Fashion (for the BBC), Betty Anne Waters and America’s Funniest Home Videos (back for a 20th season!) and trailer ADR for Whip It. Dan Brennan has worked on ADR for The Fifth Quarter and trailer ADR for Love Happens, The Roommate and Time Travelers Wife. He also recorded Voice Over with Anthony Anderson for Golf in America. We are eagerly awaiting the return of Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and the Law & Order franchise, and are gearing up for a jam packed fall! Hot Wax Legendary mixer Andy Wallace has been camped out in Studio G with Paul Suarez and Jan Petrov this summer working on upcoming releases from: Motion City Soundtrack, produced by Mark Hoppus of Blink 182; Biffy Clyro, produced by Garth Richardson; and Relient K, produced by Mark Lee Townsend. The Finish Line Kat Baker has been busy cutting a series of Dunkin' Donuts spots for Hill Holliday with Lisa Belden and creatives Tim Cawley and Kevin Daley. Pete Warren is working on a series of McDonald's spots for Arnold with Sean Vernaglia. He also cut a campaign of spots with Dave Lombardi for SBLI Life Insurance featuring Teddy Bruschi, as well as a Bank of America project with Gretchen Taipale from Hill Holliday. Tim Kane has been working with Alyson Singer from Connelly Partners on Bertucci's, and Eastern Bank with Editor Peter Barstis from Editbar. Bruce Bolden has color corrected several Subway spots with MMB and editor Collin Cameron from Accomplice, a Celebrity Cruises job with Margie Sullivan from Redtree Productions and Editor Noreen Breslin-Moross from Panache, as well as spots for Toy State with Deirdra Abelli from Allen & Gerritsen. Tim Montgomery had a busy summer working on CVS with Holly Flaisher from Hill Holliday and Russian Standard Vodka with Josh Hoekwater from Genuine Interactive. AirCraft Music Library AirCraft just released a ton of new broadcast speciality music: World Stories, Dramatic Underscores and Money. AirCraft is also redesigning the look and functionality of its online search engine, so that you will be able to listen to full-length cuts, download .mp3 and .wav files, keep track of your favorites and much more. This new search engine is coming soon! Plus, don't forget that Aircraft now has 3 muisc catalogs available for licensing: indieTracks (original music from independent artists), No Strings Attached (royalty free music available upon request), and AirCraft (production music in all styles). Please contact us directly for free music searches, quotes and licensing! |
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