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TV SERIES: "HOUSE OF AGORAPHOBICS"
(Monkey Kingdom/C4, UK)
Although barely 5 years old, award-winning Monkey Kingdom has provided an impressive list of programmes and content that has proved extremely popular with viewers. Credits include "Girls Aloud: Off The Record" (Ch.4), "Make My Day" (Ch.4/E4), "Ed v Spencer" (Sky One), "Movie Lounge" (Ch.5.) 2 x 60 mins. For future broadcast on Channel 4.
SYNOPSIS: Intense anxiety about being in places or situations is the plight of many. This series of documentaries follows three agoraphobics. We see them try to come to terms with there illness as they accept various treatments to help them.
SEEKING: Looking for an experienced composer who can demonstrate a good showreel of styles and have UK credits. No beginners. No returns. Keep showreel brief.
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TV SERIES:"NATURALLY SADIE"
(Disney Channel, Canada)
New Disney Channel series debut last year. Cast includes Charlotte Arnold ("Giant Mine"-TVM, "Committed"-TVS, "The Safety Of Objects"-TVM), Justin Bradley ("Mental Block"- TVS, "Believe", "One Eyed King"), Collette Micks ("The Zack File" - TVS, "10,000 Black Men Named George") and Richard Clarkin (The Five Senses", "Monet: Shadow and Light", "The Thin Blue Lie").
SYNOPSIS: 14-year-old high school freshman Sadie Hawthorne (Charlotte Arnold) is an aspiring naturalist who enjoys studying animal behavior in the wild. She applies the same knowledge towards the human race, including her fellow students and reluctantly her own Hawthorne family.
SEEKING: Looking for likeable melodic up tempo pop and rock or urban. Being on Disney lyrics must not contain obsenities or profanities or overt sexual content. Wholesome please. Record labels with new releases please. Commercial recordings. No demos. No calls. Music budget small.
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TV SERIES: 'MADE'
(MTV Networks)
SYNOPSIS: On each new episode of MTV's MADE, one willing candidate embarks on a mission to transform his/her life. Whether it's to become a football player or a BMX biker each teenager has a dream to break out of their shell and find out who they really are.
SEEKING: We are looking for multiple genres. Power POP, Rock, Alternative, hip hop, heavy metal, country, reggae, dub, etc. instrumental. We are accepting musis from independent and signed artists, as well as publishers. Visit MTV.com and check out MADE
Deadline: April 1, 2006. Music must be broadcast quality. No demos.
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Contact: (Full contact details provided)
TV SERIES: "PUNK'D"
(MTV, US)
Created by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. Popular MTV show hosted by Ashton Kutcher Famous celebs are "caught out" in this hidden camera show similar to the classic Candid Camera shows of yesteryear.Each week we follow the crew of merrie pranksters and Ashton as they play a joke on celebrities such as Justin Timberlake and Frankie Muniz. When they hear the tagline "You've been Punk'd" they know the embarassing situations they are in have been captured on camera and will soon be seen coast to coast.
SEEKING: This show uses lots of music so cutting edge fresh tunes needed to choose from. Credible record Record labels new releases as well as music publishers contemporary artists welcome. Management companies may also submit but in all instances must be recent or current commercial releases.Also forthcoimng releaseslikely to chart would be accepted.The demographic for the show is a young audience. Uptempo Hip Hop or "energetic" rock instrumentals., Drum and Bass and Electronica. Strictly no other music please- no demos, library, composer showreels. No Calls.No returns.
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Send to your submissions to: (Full contact details provided)
SHORT FILM: "MEDICINE MAN"
(Eneson Y. Maxies Films, Canada)
Low budget non-union short shot on location in Toronto.Currently in post.
SYNOPSIS: This experimental and psychological drama is following a Medicine Man around for a day's work healing Earth's negative energy left over by horrific events that have occurred at various city locations. His irregular ways of dealing with the issues and his vulnerability make him our only hope for the future. All this is entwined with interesting narrations in many foreign languages with English subtitles.
SEEKING: Looking for a Composer preferably based in and around Toronto. When replying back please have link to sample of your work and/or demo work attached.
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In the first instance email to check status.
e-mail: (Full contact details provided)
FEATURE: "NUMB"
(Insight Films/Proud Mary Ent.Prods./Paul Schiff Prods. Canada)
Written and Directed by Harris Goldberg ("Les Boys", "Love Conquers Paul", "Where's Angelo?"). Produced by Kirk Shaw ("Secret Files Of The Inquisition" - mini-TVS, "Dark Storm"-Exec. Prod., "Racing On Air" - TVM). Co-Producer Lindsay MacAdam ("Lesser Evil"-TVM, Assoc. Prod., "12 Hours To Live"- T VM-Assoc. Prod., "When A Man Falls In The Forest" - Co-Prod.). Executive Producers include Paul Schiff ("My Cousin Vinny", "Mona Lisa Smiles", "Maid In Manhattan").
Starring Matthew Perry ("Friends"-TVS, "The Whole Ten Yards", "The Ron Clark Story"-TVM), Lynn Collins ("Bug", "50 First Dates", "Splitsville"-TVM), Kevin Pollak ("The Wedding Planner", "From The Earth To The Moon"-TV mini series, "Casino"), Mary Steenburgen ("Living With The Dead"-TVM,"I Am Sam", "Nixon").
SYNOPSIS: Comedy drama about screenwriter Hudson Millbank (Mathew Perry) who has an emotional disorder-acute depersonalization disorder.He lives alone, his dad has died, he hates his mother and watches The Golf Channel all day.His relationships are a disaster. Things could change when a special woman comes into his life.
SEEKING: Well known classic rock tracks . Things like Blood Sweat &Tears, Pete Cetera, Bob Seger maybe Chicago. This is an ideal opportunity for record labels to check their catalogue and look for that tune that has been under-exploited in the past. Must be able to clear rights easily. No calls.
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FEATURE: "VAN WILDER II: THE RISE OF TAJ" **UPDATE**
(Myriad / Tapestry Pictures, US)
Directed by Mort Nathan ("Boat Trip" and writer, "The Secret Diary Of Desmond Pfeiffer" - Prod-Writer, "The Golden Girls" - TVS-Writer). Written by David Drew Gallagher. Produced by Peter Abrams ("Pay It Forward", "She's All That", "Wedding Crashers"), Robert L. Levy ("Rad", "Point Break", "Mikey"), Andrew Panay (On The Line" - Exec. Prod, "Underclassman", "Van Wilder") and Natan Zahavi ("The Chain", "Diplomatic Siege", "Krocodylus).
Starring: Kal Penn ("American Made", "Harold And Kumar Go To The White Castle", "Dancing In Twilight"), Holly Davidson ("Casualty"-TVS, "The Bill"-TVS, "Essex Boys"), Shobu Kapoor ("Bend It Like Beckham", "Chiken Tikka Masala").
SYNOPSIS: Van Wilder II is the sequel to 2002's "National Lampoon's Van Wilder," which made $21 million at the box office but went on to become a cult hit on DVD. The new film stars Kal Penn , who reprises his role as Taj. In the sequel, the story picks up four years after the last one, with Taj leaving to go to Oxford for grad school; he goes to grad school for history, and decides to be a teaching assistant. The back story is that his dad went to Oxford, and he is a legend at a secret society there. So he thinks he's got a letter of admission - but he goes to the secret society and finds out he hasn't really been admitted. And the only other place for him to live is in this residence hall called 'The Barn,' where the rejects live. There is an opening for the resident advisor there, so he ends up being an R.A. for a bunch of insecure undergrads, and that's kinda where the story comes in. He basically becomes the new Van Wilder at Oxford.Taj further his studies while also showing the uptight student body how to have a good time.
SEEKING: Your last opportunity to send music for this project. Alternative Indie Rock and Modern Punk Rock required. Must be commercially available. No mp3's. No Calls. Deadline for submissions: April 9th. Especially interested in UK developing acts as the film is set in England so UK labels and publishers take note. Mark packages "via Cuesheet".
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Please send your submissions to: (Full contact details provided)
DOCUMENTARY SERIES: "CLEANAHOLICS"
(Scarlet TV, UK)
SYNOPSIS: Are you a compulsive tidier and cleaner of your home? Don't like mess or chaos? Is your home totally spotless- no dust, dirt, grime? A spick and span house? Well this documentary is for you as the show looks at the obsession of people who must keep there home clean and tidy.
SEEKING: Looking for Production Library Music Only. This production is almost complete and most music has been selected but there are still opportunities.
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Please submit CD's to: (Full contact details provided)
TV PILOT: "THE OUTSIDERS"
(Mersey Television, UK)
Liverpool based independent producing a wide variety of programmes across all genres. Company has expanded in recent years to include All3Media and Conker Media.Credits include "Grange Hill" (BBC), "Hollyoaks" (Channel 4), "Gaggin' For It" (Granada/ITV) and "The Courtroom" (Channel 4).
SYNOPSIS: Action thriller with shades of The Da Vinci Code. Former East End heart throb Nigel Harman is set to star as a member of a top-secret international espionage ring based deep in the bowels of the British Library. His character, Nathan, becomes embroiled in the mystery surrounding a bizarre claim that the 17th-century Dutch artist Rubens, a devout Catholic, tried to suppress a formula for eternal life because he feared it would undermine the existence of God.There are high hopes this pilot will become a fully fledged series.
SEEKING: Looking for a UK-based composer. Showreels being accepted that demonstrate experienced and a strong c.v. of broadcasted programme work.Strictly no calls.
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INDIE FILM: "DEAD SAINTS"
(Waving Not Drowning, Canada)
SYNOPSIS: "In a white room fifteen feet by fifteen feet, a juvenile delinquent and a teenage saint find escape and unexpected power in the wild landscape of the mind." This feature length film has a split personality, part gritty surrealism, part fantasy. There are a lot of religious images and fairytale-like sequences (set in groves, long grasses, up in trees, etc.) but there are just as many moments of squalor and bleakness.
SEEKING: Looking for music that spans two very separate genres, both classical, and something a good deal more contemporary and hard-edged. Need a composer who felt comfortable dealing with both genres, writing in these styles as well as manipulating already chosen material within the framework of the film. Position is paid .
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Please respond by sending us links to your online work to: (Full contact details provided)
Or send demo reels with full details to: (Full contact details provided)
MOBILE RING TONES
(Ear Goo Inc. U.S.)
Ear Goo Inc. is a New York City based music production company looking for a freelance midi composer to produce and deliver mobile ring tones. Applicants must have an experienced and great ear for all genres of music, especially contemporary. Must have current midi software along with approximately 2-4 hours to work on ring tone composition every week.Must be reliable, punctual, flexible, and have the ability to work remotely. No time wasters please.
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Please send resumes and online work to: (Full contact details provided)
TV SERIES: "AUTUMN WATCH"/"SPRING WATCH"
(BBC Bristol, UK)
The Natural History Unit at BBC Bristol is the envy of the world Long established as a maker of award-winning documentaries following the lives of various animals and wildlife. Recent output has concentrated on outside broadcasts of live action. For broadcast on BBC 2.
SYNOPSIS: This is a continuing series following wildlife activities throughout these two seasons of the year. Presented by Bill Oddie.
SEEKING: These programmes use a wide variety of music synonymous with wild life shows. Composer showreels will be reviewed(opening and closing credits music has already been commissioned) for incidental music. Commercial music is always used(under blanket licence agreement) so record labels\ & music publishers are welcome to send samples. No returns.
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FEATURE: "ZOOM"
(Revolution Studios/Sony, US)
Directed by Peter Hewitt ("Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey", "Garfield", "The Borrowers"). Producers: Trevor Engelson("Black Autumn") and Nicholas Osborne ("Black Autumn").
Starring Tim Allen ("Galaxy Quest", "The Shaggy Dog", "Home Improvements"-TVS), Courtney Cox ("Friends" - TVS,"Scream 1&2", "3000 Miles To Graceland"), Spenser Breslin ("The Cat In The Hat", "Ozzie", "Raising Helen"), Chevy Chase ("Caddyshack", "Nothing But Trouble", "Ellie Parker").
SYNOPSIS: Based on the graphic novel, "Zoom's Academy For The Super Gifted" by Jason Lethcoe. Allen portays Jack, formerly Captain Zoom, an out of shape super-hero who has lost his powers and is reluctantly called back into action to turn a ragtag group of kids into a new generation of superheroes ( a la X-men)in order to save the world from destruction. Cox plays Marsha, a scientist with the secret agency that runs the superhero.
SEEKING: Looking for one electronica piece for a specific scene now. Record labels with commercial releases only please.
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FEATURE: "THE HOAX"**UPDATE**
(Stratus Film Company, City Entertainment, Yari Film Group, US)
Directed by Lasse Hallstrom ("The Cider House Rules", "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Chocolat").Screenplay by William Wheeler.Producers iclude Betsy Beers (Best Laid Plans", "200 Cigarettes", "Casanova"), Mark Gordon ("The Day After Tomorrow", "Hostage", "Trial By Jury"), Leslie Holleran ("The Shipping News", "Chocolat", "An Unfinished Life"). Executive Producers include Gary Levinson( "The Patriot"-Prod.,"The Jackal"-Exec.Prod.,"Hard Rain"-Prod.).
Starring Richard Gere ("Sommersby", "Chicago", "Primal Fear"), Marcie Gay Harden ("Mona Lisa Smile", "Mystic River", "American Dreamz"), Alfred Molina ("Boogie Nights", "Texas Rangers", "Spider-Man 2"), Hope Davis ("About Schmidt", "The Matador", "Arlington Road") and Julie Delpy ("Before Sunset", "L.A. Without A Map", "True Love"-TVM).
SYNOPSIS: "Hoax" is based on the story of writer Clifford Irving and the Howard Hughes 'autobiography' he penned in the '70s. Gere stars as Irving with Marcy Gay Harden co-starring as his wife. Alfred Molina plays Irving's accomplice Dick Suskind who helps perpertrate the hoax.The film follows Cliiford Irving's life as the man who wrote and sold a bogus biography of billionaire aviator Howard Hughes to book publishers McGraw-Hill.
SEEKING: Record labels and music publishers are invited to check there back catalogue for commercial recordings from the peroid 1969-1971. Must be known songs - preferably original hits - no re-recordings .Music that would have been heard during that time frame. Music can be from a variety of genres - Pop, Funk, R'n'B, Classic Rock, Soul. . No calls. No returns.
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TV FILM: "DEAD CLEVER"
(Granada TV, UK)
Granada is one of the major broadcasters in the UK with a very strong production output.
SYNOPSIS: A husband is sure he has committed a murder but he hasn't. His wife knows this because she has set him up.
SEEKING: Composer required for this project. Production is 2 months off but brief showreels being accepted from composers with a legitimate track record only. Strictly no calls.
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FEATURE: "MATERIAL GIRLS"
(Material Girls Prods, Maverick Films, Patriot Pictures, Rafter H Ent, US).
Directed by Martha Coolidge ("Sex And The City"-TVS, "The Prince and Me", "Lost In Yonkers").
Starring Hilary Duff ( "Lizzie McGuire"-TVS, "Cheaper By The Dozen", "A Cinderella Story"), Lukas Haas ("24" - TVS, "Bookies", "The Pearl"), Brent Spiner ("Star Trek The Next Generation" - TVS, "The Aviator ", "Threshold"-TVS) and Angelica Huston ("Buffalo '66", "The Crossing Guard", "Daddy Day Care").
SYNOPSIS: Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
SEEKING: Looking for out-and-out pop tunes like Madonna. Uptempo tracks and ballads. No samples. Must be easily clearable.
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VARIOUS COMMERCIALS
(USA)
LA-based music and sound design company seeks composers for commercials. Must have work that has aired in the last 2 years.
SEEKING: All styles of music. Fees are on a per job basis. Please send links to a website or home page or give directions as to how we may view your work. If you are posting CD showreels email for address.
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If you are interested email:(Full contact details provided)
INDEPENDENT FEATURE: "STAGKNIGHT"
(Stagknight Ltd, UK)
An entirely independent UK production. Currently in post. Directed by Simon Cathcart ("Black Velvet"). Produced by Robert Mercer ("Razor Blade Smile", "Pocket", "Disco") and Simon Cathcart.
Starring Danielle Mason, James Hillier ("Great Expectations"-TVM,"Serious & Organized"-TVS, "The Four Feathers"), Paul Coskun, Sandra Dickinson("Superman III", "The Clairvoyant"-TVS, " Space Truckers").
SYNOPSIS: "Stagknight" is set to be the next cult British comedy horror feature film about ten guys who head out for a paintball bachelor party weekend and get picked off by a giant risen guardian knight. "Shaun of the Dead" but with hotter babes and better kills.
SEEKING: Looking for a composer / music editor who is capable of creating both grand period orchestrations (Danny Elfman) and at the same time can recreate RZA style (Kill Bill hip hop star) beats. Deferred payment for this project. Note that your work will be mixed by the finest in the best Shepperton and Pinewood mixing theatres. Seroius submissions only please. Send showreels with c.v./resume and availability
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Send your music/showreel ASAP to: (Full contact details provided)
TV SERIES: "LOST WORLDS"
(BBC, UK)
The discovery of ancient civilizations is the subject of these documentary dramas. Among those looked at are the Egyptian and Inca civilizations. 3 x 60 mins. For broadcast on BBC One.
SEEKING: They think they have a shortlist but will entertain exceptional showreels from those with previous BBC credits ONLY. Also we are told that the successful applicant will predominately be a sound designer who can compose not the other way around. Please do not send material if you do not strictly adhere to the description. No Calls. No returns.
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FEATURE: "HOWARD STERN PRESENTS ROCK"N" ROLL HIGH SCHOOL"
Producers: H.Daniel Gross, Steven Squilante. Executive Producers: Larry Levinson , Howard Stern. Written by Timothy Stack.
SYNOPSIS: Remake of the classic classic teen film from 1979 featured the Ramones .A group of rock-music-loving students take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration. Expect more of the same.
SEEKING: Teen Rock, College Alternative Rock, Rap and Hip Hop. Independent labels are welcome to pitch.
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FEATURE: "THE THIRST"
(CFQ Films, Mindfire Entertainment, US)
Directed by Jeremy Kasten ("Gayosity", "The Attic Expeditions", All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos"). Producers: Mark Gottwald ("The Darkroom", "House Of The Dead"), Mark A. Altman ("Free Enterprise", "The Specials", "House Of The Dead 2: Dead Aim") and Chuck Speed.
Starring Jeremy Sisto ("Six Feet Under"-TVS," Dead And Breakfast", "White Squall"), Matt Keeslar ("Psycho Beach Party", "Scream 3", "Dune"-TVS), Clare Kramer ("Buffy The Vampire Slayer" - TVS, "Guy In Row Five", "Outreach"-TVS) , Serena Scott Thomas ("The World Is Not Enough", "Diana: Her True Story"-TVM, "Nostromo"-TVS) and Adam Baldwin ("Men In Black:The Series"-TVS, "Srargate SG1"-TVS, "Evil Eyes").
SYNOPSIS: Independent horror feature about a woman dying of a terminal illness who discovers that the only way to save herself is by turning into a vampire.. The Thirst is a brutally honest look at love, addiction and the afterlife-all in the context of vampires. The movie has been described as a cross between "Trainspotting" and "Near Dark". The characters Maxx( Matt Keeslar) and Lisa)Clare Kramer, are in recovery; they're ex-junkies. Also, she is dying of cancer and ends up killing herself-or so we think. He believes he sees her and tracks her to a band of lunatics-The Family-led by Jeremy Sisto and also including Adam Baldwin and Serena Scott Thomas. They're all vampires from no specific time or place-it's like they've forgotten where they originated.
SEEKING: Dark, brooding horror- fest needs suitable music to match. Looking for commercial recording-heavy Industrial Rock. Indy labels welcoms to send CD's. If you have acts like Rob Zombie or Nine Inch Nails then send them . No demos. no composer showreels and no production library music.Just send bands like those described.Do not inundate with lots of CD's. -2 or 3 submissions per applicant only. No calls.
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Please send your best music to: (Full contact details provided)
TRAILERS
(US)
A well established and successful trailer production company in Los Angeles is looking for a composer who has the right mix of technical and creative skills to join us. You must fulfill the following criteria: Prior experience scoring film and/or TV projects; Excellent Pro Tools skills and 100% success rate in meeting deadlines. This will be an in-house position that requires you to compose and record original orchestral scores, rises, sound effects, hits and other pieces of work as needed on projects. An ability to create contemporary music is also a plus, but not necessary.
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Please respond to the email address listed with your full resume pasted into the body of the email. (Full contact details provided)
PRODUCTION MUSIC
(US)
Independent contractors required to compose production music beds for radio imaging.Must be an experienced professional. Must be able to meet deadlines.Able to write for any genre with some live instruments(guitar, bass, piano) as well as midi . Please do not apply unless you meet this description.
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