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Madison Gate Records and Sony Classical released the original scores for seasons one and two of the acclaimed Better Call Saul television series on April 7, both digitally and on CD. Scored by composer Dave Porter, listeners may recognize his music from the award-winning Breaking Bad series, from which Better Call Saul borrows a main character and a signature sound. The third season of the show debuted on April 10, just days after the soundtrack release for seasons one and two. Contact Chandler Poling at Chandler@ WhiteBearPR.com.
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In March 2012, Swedish director Jonas Akerlund shot two Rammstein concerts at the Palais Omnisports arena in Paris on the Made in Germany tour, which was made into a film to be released on May 19. Rammstein: Paris features 22 songs from the band’s entire repertoire and captures the sonic as well as visual experience of a Rammstein performance. Akerlund has filmed bands including the Rolling Stones and Metallica and is known for his attention to detail and unusual perspectives. For more information, contact Jon Freeman at Freeman@FreemanPromotions.com.
On April 21, New York City jazz and fusion pianist and composer Chick Corea’s The Musician documentary film and live album was released on Blu-ray with three CD’s, exclusive photos and an essay by Robin D. G. Kelley. A three-LP edition on 180-gram vinyl will follow on June 2. The live CD set and film captures Corea’s 70th birthday celebration at the Blue Note Jazz Club in 2011 where friends and fellow musicians took the stage during a monthlong residency with a rotating cast of musicians, including Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Stanley Clarke and Corea’s own Chick Corea Elektric Band and Return to Forever. The film highlights some of the greatest haunts to be in NYC at that time, and some of the greatest artists to be with, while the CD’s capture nearly four hours of live recordings of the bands. Contact Mike Wilpizeski at Mike.Wilpizeski@ ConcordMusicGroup.com for more information.
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Render Media is looking for a creative intern to work with its video production team. The candidate will be paid $10.50 an hour or receive college credit for the three-month position, and there is opportunity for advancement. According to the company, 35 percent of Render’s staff began as interns. The intern will get his or her foot in the door with a digital media startup and will have a chance to exhibit their video production skills. The intern will be responsible for editing video and audio assets, helping lead editors with assignments, formatting clips for social media, providing text captions for video, creating graphic assets, compressing and rendering video content and brainstorming content ideas. Editing, sound design and Adobe Premiere experience are musts. Applicants should send a demo reel, cover letter and resume to nckmp-6052539534@job. craigslist.org.
Smurfs: The Lost Village, which opened April 7, was A Los Angeles television scored by award-winning CHRISTOPHER LENNERTZ and film production studio film composer Christopher needs a full-time studio Lennertz (Sausage office coordinator with Party, Horrible Bosses, experience in QuickBooks and bookkeeping. Bad Moms), and the soundtrack is available The candidate must be willing to learn lighting through Sony Records. The film marks the first and grip accounting software and be well-versed collaboration between Lennertz and director in Microsoft Office programs. Communication Kelly Asbury, and Lennertz co-wrote a song and people skills are preferred. Applicants with award-winning singer-songwriter KT should email a resume and cover letter to Tunstall. Lennertz said that in order for the Reception246@gmail.com. musical process to feel organic and ring true with the film, he had an instrument designer Timepiece, a Los Angeles production company, custom-build Smurf-style instruments for the score, including a mushroom drum, flower horn, is in search of a script editor who will focus on development of the company’s Chinese content. toadstool marimba and hollowed-out bamboo The candidate will develop storyline and series pipes. ideas with writers, manage updates of content For complete information, contact Ray Costa at RCosta@CostaComm.com. projects, read scripts, conduct in-depth research 32 May 2017
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