2020 MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS JURY
ORIGINAL COMPOSITION
Nick Foster is a multiple BAFTA-winning composer, arranger and producer of music for television, commercials and film. Working both solo and in collaboration from Air Studios, London, Nick has made his name composing scores for television shows in the UK and US including Timewasters, Bounty Hunters, the Derren Brown specials (including the recent Netflix specials, Sacrifice and The Push), The A List, Cuckoo, the Emmy-winning Hank Zipzer for the BBC, and the popular animated series, Thunderbirds Are Go, which Nick composes with brother Ben Foster, and for which they have been BAFTA, MAS and BAA-nominated.
His work has been recognised with awards including three D&AD pencils, two British Arrows, a Clio, an MAS and a Kinsale Shark, along with two BAFTAs for his work on Derren Brown: Apocalypse and The Cube.
Nick Foster
Bafta-winning Composer // TV + Ads + Film
Year of the Rabbit, Timewasters, Bounty Hunters
Joe Rice
SixtyFour Music, London
Music Supervisor + Producer // Advertising + Film
Kristina is a Los Angeles native and alumni of UCLA, she has over 15 years of experience producing music and sound for top music production companies.
Starting her career at HUM, she spent 9 years producing commercials for global brands including Nissan, Honda, McDonalds, Lexus, Visa, Microsoft, Walmart before moving to an Executive Producer role at Stimmung, working with some of the finest directors in the industry like Dante Ariola, Mathijis Van Heijningen, Rupert Saunders and producing projects for Coca-Cola, Gatorade, Nike, Google, Old Spice, ESPN winning many of the most prestigious industry awards along the way.
‘I’ve dedicated my career to working with top creative agencies and talent. I’m inspired by great work and a passion and commitment to executing work at the highest level’.
In 2019 she joined The Elements Music to head up the production side of the LA business. Her experience and well-respected reputation in the industry, has been undeniably valuable and even in the short time she’s already a much loved and integral member of the team.
‘Kristina really strengthens our team and is a huge factor in supporting and accelerating our growth.’ Ian Dalsemer, Creative Partner at The Elements Music
Kristina Iwankiw
The Elements Music + Sound, Los Angeles
Executive Producer // Advertising
Music Connection Magazine hailed Winifred Phillips a “Superstar of video game music.”
Her credits include games in five of the most popular franchises in gaming: Assassin’s Creed, God of War, Total War, LittleBigPlanet and The Sims. Phillips’ music has been featured in trailers for blockbuster movies such as Avengers Endgame and The Jungle Book, as well as television programs such as Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown.
Music from Phillips’ award-winning Assassin’s Creed Liberation score is currently being performed live by a top 80-piece orchestra and choir as part of the Assassin’s Creed Symphony World Tour, which kicked off in June 2019 with its Paris premiere.
Phillips recently delivered the first video game music composition lecture ever given at the Library of Congress in Washington DC. Invited to speak by the Music Division of the Library of Congress, Phillips delivered the concluding presentation to a packed lecture hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress during their premiere event celebrating video game music. Phillips’ enthusiastic fans showered her with questions during a Reddit Ask-Me-Anything session that hit the Reddit front page, received 14.9 thousand upvotes, and became one of the most popular gaming AMAs ever hosted on Reddit.
Among her 18 soundtrack albums is the first videogame soundtrack ever released by WaterTower Music, the film music record label of Warner Bros. Pictures. Phillips is the author of the award-winning bestselling book, A Composer's Guide to Game Music, published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press.
Phillips has received an Interactive Achievement Award / D.I.C.E. Award from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, three Hollywood Music in Media Awards, six Game Audio Network Guild Awards, five Global Music Awards, an IGN Best Score Award, a GameSpot Best Music Award, a GameZone Score of the Year Award, a GameFocus Award, and three Gracie Awards from the Alliance of Women in Media.
Winifred Phillips
Composer // Gaming
Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation, LittleBigPlanet, Total War, God of War
Three time BAFTA-winner, Keith Leary, is Director of Music at Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Diego, California. Score Producer on last year’s ‘Death Standing’ and ‘Days Gone’, not to mention on the massively popular 2018 ‘God of War’, for which he won the BAFTA Best Music award along with Bear McCreary and Peter Scaturro. BAFTA Best Original Music and Audio Achievement award also won in 2013 for ‘Journey’.
Keith Leary
Sony Interactive Entertainment
BAFTA-Winning Director of Music // Gaming
Oli Julian is an RTS award-winning composer, producer and arranger of music for TV, commercials and film. Based in Sheffield, he has worked on a wide range of projects, writing and producing both solo and collaboratively.
Recent work includes Sex Education (Netflix), Year of the Rabbit (Channel 4), Click & Collect (BBC1), Motherland (BBC2), Back (C4), Catastrophe (C4), Cuckoo (BBC3), and Plebs (ITV2). Other recent work includes Living The Dream (SKY1), Timewasters (ITV2), Josh (BBC3), Gap Year (E4) and series 4 & 5 of Episodes (Showtime/BBC).
Oli Julian
Composer // TV, Ads + Film
Year of the Rabbit, Sex Education, Episodes .
Seppl started his career as piano/keyboard player for multiple world-touring bands, eventually bringing him into music production and supervision for advertising. As Head of Music Production at Sizzer, Amsterdam, he’s won multiple awards for campaigns such as Diesel, Schweppes, Heineken and others.
Sizzer is an award winning full-service music agency based in Amsterdam and Berlin. They work with ad agencies and brands all around the world, delivering high-end music for film and advertising.
Seppl Kretz
Sizzer, Amsterdam
Head of Music Production // Ads
Jérôme Alquier
The, Paris
Co-Founder + Head of Music // Advertising, Film + TV .
Timo Blunck is a musician, composer and author, living in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany. His company BLUT has offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Timo started out as a pop star: his band ’Palais Schaumburg' is still considered one of the most groundbreaking acts in German music history. His novel 'Hatten wir nicht mal Sex in den 80ern?' ('Didn't We Have Sex in the 80s?) was published in 2018.
As a composer, he has been responsible for hundreds of soundtracks for film, advertising and scenography. His recent work with BLUT includes the music for the car built around the rapper (Volkswagen / Beats by Dr. Dre), the blind photographer (Volkswagen Arteon) and the entire ’Die Limo' campaign with Joko & Klaas. He personally weathered the shit-storm over the Japanese schoolgirl buying sweaty underpants (courtesy of the hard working men at Hornbach).
Timo has won everything from a Gold Lion to a Gold Clio. He took home the DWP Award in 2017 and received the Red Dot Award for Corporate Sound for SCHÜCO. He is a member of the ADC and keeps numerous nails somewhere in his kitchen drawer. He has judged multiple festivals, including Clio, ADC, Ciclope and DWP.
Timo is currently preparing for another tour with Palais Schaumburg and writing his next book, which will be released in 2021.
Timo Blunck
Blut Audio, Hamburg
Owner + Creative Director // Advertising .
Christian Vorländer is a German film composer, music producer and co-founder of 2WEI Music.
He contributed music and arrangements for Hollywood blockbusters including Mad
Max: Fury Road, 300, Divergent, The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel among many others.
Christian has collaborated with some of the Industry’s top composers (Junkie XL, Hans Zimmer).
In early 2016 he teamed up with his best college buddy Simon Heeger and founded 2WEI Music.
Since then, they’ve been involved in composing music for over 300 international ad campaigns (Amazon, Facebook, BMW, Mercedes, etc.), Hollywood trailers (Wonder Woman, Hellboy, Planet of the Apes, Tolkien, etc.), game trailers (Call of Duty, League of Legends, Need for Speed) and feature films (Das Perfekte Geheimnis, Fack ju Goehte ).
In 2018 they received the “Golden Lion“ award in Cannes for best composition.
2WEI is well known for their cutting edge cinematic cover version of classic pop songs.
Their cover of Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor“ was used in 2018’s “Tomb Raider“ trailer and has been streamed more than 70 million times.
Christian Vorländer
2WEI, Hamburg
Co-Founder + Lead Composer // Advertising, Film + Trailers
Kelly Bayett
Barking Owl, Los Angeles
Partner + Creative Director // Advertising + Film
Joris de Man is a two time Ivor Novello-winning and Bafta-nominated composer with 25 years of experience scoring for video games, animation, film, TV and commercials.
With compositions crossing many styles, from glitchy electronica to orchestral sounds and hybrid acoustical minimalism, his focus has always been on strong, recognisable melodies and story-driven music that supports the emotional journey and personality of the characters it voices.
Known for the epic live orchestral scores to the first 3 titles in Guerrilla Games / Sony's ‘Killzone’ franchise, other recent works include Guerrilla's recent Playstation 4 blockbuster 'Horizon Zero Dawn’; its DLC 'Horizon Zero Dawn - The Frozen Wilds’; MOBA hit 'Vainglory’, used for Apple’s iPhone 6 launch; and live orchestral score for Bafta-winning director Mike Mort's animated feature, 'Chuck Steel - Night of the Trampires’
Joris has recorded with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, and with world-class London session players at Abbey Road and Air Studios, for the award winning scores to Killzone 2 and 3, and Horizon Zero Dawn.
Getting Joris to write for your production is not just about music, his approach to composing takes in a complete sonic view. Sculpting a distinct palette, discerning sounds from tone, and finessing the mix, he creates a score that complements the visual experience, keeping audiences immersed.
Joris de Man
Composer // Gaming
Horizon Zero Dawn, Killzone series
Grant is a BAFTA nominated British composer who has created the soundtrack for video games that have sold in excess of 30 million copies. From “Mario + Plus Rabbids Kingdom Battle” to “Ghostbusters”, “GoldenEye” to “Banjo-Kazooie”, “Viva Piñata” to “Donkey Kong”, “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” to “Civilization: Beyond Earth” and “Perfect Dark” to “Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse”. Grant is equally at home with live orchestra as well as electronic scores, having written music for both mediums throughout his 22-year career.
In 2017 Grant scored “Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle” for Ubisoft, and is the first Western composer to compose for the Nintendo legend!
2016 turned out to be one of Grant’s busiest years. Most notably, Grant was asked to compose music for the feature film “The King’s Daughter” starring Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt and Kaya Scodelario, due for release in 2017. He also scored music for the video games “Ghostbusters” for Activision, “Yooka- Laylee” for Playtonic Games who raised a record breaking $3.2 million dollars via Kickstarter for the project and “Dropzone” for Sparkypants Studios.
Grant’s score for “Viva Piñata” was nominated by BAFTA in the Original Score category in its 2007 awards.
“Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” was nominated for Best Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media by the International Film Music Critics Association and in the Cue Awards 2012 for Best Overall Score, Best Video Game Score and Grant was also nominated for Best Break Out Composer.
Grant was nominated in the 2015 ASCAP Composer’s Choice Awards for his work on “Civilization: Beyond Earth” and also won the Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media 2015 from the International Film Music Critics Association for the same score. “Civilization: Beyond Earth” also won Best Score: Video Game at the Cue Awards 2015.
Grant was nominated in the 2016 ASCAP Composer’s Choice Awards for his work on “Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide” and was also nominated for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media 2016 from the International Film Music Critics Association for the same score. “Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising Tide” was also nominated for Best Score: Video Game at the Cue Awards 2016.
Grant is represented by the prestigious Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency by Cheryl Tiano and Kevin Korn.
He has a degree in music from the Royal Northern College of Music, where he majored in classical trumpet and lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children.
Grant Kirkhope
Composer // Gaming + Film
SOUND DESIGN
Jimmy Boyle
Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor // Film
Dumbo, Cold Pursuit, Quantum of Solace
Paula Fairfield
Sound Designer // Film, TV + Ads
Film: Birds of Prey, What About Love, Mother!
TV: Game of Thrones, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
Aaron Reynolds
Wave Studios, New York
ECD Sound Designer & Partner // Advertising .
Lou began her career in 1998 at GCRS where she honed her skills in audio production.
Her fascination with sound and music lead her to Factory Studios, some 10 years later where she’s immersed herself in audio storytelling and the immergence of experiential sound.
As Head of Production at Factory Lou continues to pass on her 1stclass client service and takespride in nurturing the talented team
Louise Allen
Factory, London
Head of Production // Advertising
Nominated for 7 prestigious awards, Glen has lately been an ADR recordist on films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Skyfall, Snow White and the Huntsman, and Prometheus.
He has also recorded foley for Everest, Pan, Mission Impossible V, The Riot Club, The Theory of Everything, Guardiand of the Galaxy, Captain Phillips, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 & 2 and many more.
Glen Gathard
Pinewood Film Studios, UK
Head of Creative Audio . . .
Tamara O’Neill
Liquid Studios, Aukland
Producer // Advertising, Film + TV
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Rob Bridgett is a senior audio director based in Montreal, Canada. In 1993 he attended Derby University to study cinema and media, after which he was one of the first to graduate from the ‘Sound Design for the Moving Image’ Master’s degree programme at Bournemouth University in 1999.
Rob has been an in-house audio director, music director, sound designer & mixer for the last 18 years, directing a variety of AAA open-world games ('Scarface', 'Prototype', 'Prototype 2') as well as story-driven action-adventure titles like 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider'. Throughout his career, Bridgett has also been a committed writer, speaker and advocate for the promotion of interactive mixing as well as 'sound as principal collaborator' within game development teams.
Rob Bridgett
Eidos-Montréal
Senior Audio Director // Gaming .
Eric Vervaet
Bioware, Texas
Director of Audio // Gaming
Tony's career in Post Production began in 1998 working as a Runner at Magmasters Sound Studios. It was here that he learnt the art of Foley, as well as sound for animation, documentaries and Drama.
Very passionate about recording and creating unique and interesting sounds he is never too far away from his trusty field recording kit.
He then joined Molinare in 2006, and has gone on to be recognised for his outstanding work at some of the most respected awards ceremonies in the industry.
Tony has picked up an RTS Award, two Music+Sound Awards, and a Conch Award for his work across the Misfits series. Earlier this year, Tony was also nominated for an MPSE Golden Reel Award, an RTS Award, and won a Music+Sound award for his work on the Sky Atlantic drama, Patrick Melrose.
Tony Gibson
Molinare, London
Sound Designer // Film + TV . . .
Simon is Australia’s most awarded sound designer having won every major sound design award from Gold Clios and Gold World Medals in New York to London Internationals and numerous AWARD awards. He has received the Centenary Medal from the Prime Minister for services to the Australian Film Industry.
An ex-professional racing driver, Simon has long been considered the go-to guy in Australia for all auto related sound design spots, specializing in location recording to get the authentic sounds he needs.
Simon Kane
Song Zu, Sydney
Sound Designer + Partner // Advertising
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Joanna Orland
Sony Computer Entertainment
Supervising Sound Designer // Gaming
James Magee is an in-house senior sound designer at Creative Assembly in the UK and has worked in the games industry for the past decade, previously for Sony Computer Entertainment and Relentless Software.
In 2004, James graduated from De Montfort University after studying a Music Technology and Computer Software Engineering joint degree, then after a stint as a freelancer, he attended Bournemouth University's Sound Design Masters degree in 2007.
James has worked as a sound designer on a wide range of AAA video games, including the BAFTA winning horror 'Alien: Isolation', console strategy 'Halo Wars 2', J.K. Rowling's 'Wonderbook: Book Of Potions' and 'Killzone: Mercenary'.
James Magee
Creative Assembly
Senior Sound Designer // Gaming
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After working at Our Price Records and Jeff Wayne Music honing his skills, Ian built his reputation through his work for Polygram Record as Head of Film, TV and Advertising and then Director of the department at Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. By placing artists such as LIGHTHOUSE FAMILY, THE CARDIGANS, MOBY, GOLDFRAPP, OVERSEER, GROOVE ARMADA, LAMB & SMASHMOUTH, and many more, with high profile advertising campaigns, TV and Film Productions.
During his tenure at Polygram, one of Ian’s first big films, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, resulted in a double platinum soundtrack and a strong collaboration with Brit director Guy Ritchie. Ian was therefore Ritchie’s first choice for his follow up feature, SNATCH during his period at Warner/Chappell.
In 2005, Ian began to enjoy success as a Freelance Music Supervisor with many credits including CONTROL by Anton Corbin; JOE STRUMMER-THE FUTURE IS WRITTEN by Julien Temple; KIDULTHOOD & ADULTHOOD; ROCKNROLLA, NOWEHERE BOY, 127 HOURS & SEX & DRUGS AND ROCK & ROLL, which Ian is also an Executive Producer. Other more recent popular releases in the UK include KICK ASS 1 & 2, KINGSMAN 1 & 2, ALAN PARTRIDGE, MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E, FILMS STARS DON’T DIE IN LIVERPOOL, ROCKETMAN & WIDOWS
As of May 2010 Ian took the role of Director of Music for Film and TV for Sony Music. Overseeing Sony music content into Advertising, TV, Film and Computer Games. His film successes with Sony have included The INBETWEENERS, KICK ASS 2, I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES and LAST CHRISTMAS soundtracks and many more. In the world of advertising: PALOMA FAITH’S cover of Never Tear Us Apart & TOM ODELL’S Real Love both in the coveted John Lewis advertising spots. Most recently in 2015 Xmas campaigns, two top 5 hits for GRACE on House of Fraser and FLEUR EAST for Asda.
Ian and his team were also responsible for the much-publicised brands tie-in of Daft Punk and the Lotus formula one team. Uptown Funk by MARK RONSON & BRONO MARS became the biggest synch track in 2015 and in 2017 was instrumental in the RAG N BONE success, having secured many synchs around the globe. In 2018 the Skoda campaign, which featured Paloma Faith was also a much coveted synch/brand partnership for Sony. TOM WALKERS “Leave a Light On” also became a huge hit partly down to a global Sony Bravia synch. Now within 4th floor Creative, Ian and his dept are working ever closer with the brands and content dept and has some exciting projects lined up for 2020.
Ian Neil
Director at Sony Music / Freelance Music Supervisor
Rocketman, Cold Pursuit, Kingsman films
Dan Gross
McCann, New York
Music Producer // Advertising .
Sarah Patching
Extreme Music / Bleeding Fingers Music, London
Senior Director UK Sync + Marketing // Film, TV, Ads, Trailers
Justine von Winterfeldt is a music supervisor that has been active in the Film, TV, and Music industries for over 10 years. She began her career as a music coordinator for supervisor Ann Kline and worked on several well-known TV shows including Shameless, Under the Dome, Harry’s Law, and The Lying Game.
Justine joined Format Entertainment in early 2014, starting as a music coordinator to Julia Michels and carving out a position as a supervisor where she worked on highly acclaimed films such as Trolls, Pitch Perfect 2, and Bad Moms. She is currently supervising a variety of notable projects including Invincible (Amazon), NOS4A2 (AMC), In The Dark (The CW), and The Haunting of Bly Manor (Netflix).
Aside from music supervision, she is a classically trained pianist and is an active member of the Guild of Music Supervisors and The Recording Academy.
Previous supervision credits include: The Short History Of The Long Road (Astute Films), Next Gen (Netflix), Instant Family (Paramount Pictures), The Willoughbys (Netflix), Brian Banks (ShivHans Pictures, )Impulse (YouTube Red), The Catcher Was a Spy (IFC), The Party’s Just Beginning (The Orchard), Significant Mother (The CW), Black Box (ABC), Common Outlaws (UnCork’d Entertainment).
Justine von Winterfeldt
Format Entertainment
Music Supervisor // Film + TV
TV: Shameless, Under The Dome, Film: The Short History Of The Long Road (Astute Films), Instant Family (Paramount Pictures)
Theresa Norartomaso
Y&R, New York
Executive Music Producer // Advertising .
Jerry Krenach is Managing Director of Global Music Production for mcgarrybowen, part of the Dentsu Aegis Network. Based in New York, Jerry is in charge of Music Production & Supervision for mcgarrybowen's worldwide offices and has built one of the largest and most recognized music departments in the industry. mcgarrybowen’s clients include American Express, United Airlines, Intel, Audible, Verizon, Northrop Grumman, Disney, Marriott, Subway, Hershey's, Crayola and Chevron.
Recent projects: Produced and supervised the music for American Express' Global Launch (featuring artists Ed Sheeran and The Killers), Lin Manuel Miranda’s American Express Small Business campaign, United Airline's Winter Olympics Campaign (composed and conducted by Brian Tyler - Iron Man, Fast & Furious, The Avengers - recorded at Warner Bros. Studios / Eastwood Scoring Stage); United's highly acclaimed seventeen minute full length version of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" - recorded with The London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios (orchestrated and conducted by Conrad Pope - The Hobbit, Life of Pi, Isle of Dogs); Intel's Global Launch recorded at Weiner Musikverein in Vienna, Austria with the Vienna Philharmonic. Other composer/artist collaborations of note include John Lunn (Downton Abbey, The Last Kingdom), Mark Isham (42, Crash), Alicia Keys, and Sting.
Prior to joining mcgarrybowen Jerry served as Partner, Head of Music Production at J. Walter Thompson as well as an independent Executive Music Producer for agencies such as BBDO, Deutsch, Publicis, Euro and KBS, producing music for brands including Coke, Jaguar, Volvo, Sheraton, Heineken, Levi's, Revlon, AT&T, and Smirnoff.
With over 25 years in the music industry along an unconventional path, Jerry's award-winning career has encompassed work as an Executive Producer, Arranger, Music Supervisor, record label Co-Founder, and as a member of the Music Department at Saturday Night Live.
An accomplished and lifelong drummer, he's recorded, toured or performed with numerous artists including Chris Whitley, Lou Reed, Daryl Hall, Shawn Colvin, Phoebe Snow, and Roger McGuinn.
Jerry is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a degree in Arranging and a voting member of the GRAMMYs.
Jerry Krenach
McGarry Bowen, New York
Managing Director of Global Music Production // Advertising
Steffen joined BBDO Düsseldorf as Head of TV in 2004 and has been Chief Production Officer at the BBDO Group Germany and managing director of BBDO's integrated production Unit: CraftWork, ad agency services GmbH, since May 2013.
BBDO produces great advertising for brands like O2, Ford, smart, Deutsche Bahn, Ford, O2, Bayer Aspirin, ITG, BMW, Henkell, Dr Oetker. He’s produced innovative award-winning international campaigns for brands like Becks, Schwarzkopf, Mercedes, Allianz, Sky, Pepsi, P&G Gillette, Mars, Wrigley, Postbank, LBS, Metro, to name a few.
He has personal credits on over 25 Cannes Lions including the Grand Prix for Good and the German Design Prize topping the list of international awards (6 Grand Prix; 73 Gold, 85 Silver, 95 Bronze awards and to date over two hundred short lists) for the One Show, New York Festival, London International Awards, Eurobest, Clio, ADC, Red Dot Design award and more.
He was born in South Africa, grew up on the beach in Malibu California and in the African bush. He studied photography in South Africa, where he started his career as a fashion photographer, which brought him to Europe to work for Vogue and other fashion magazines in the mid 80's. His first film work was in Italy for Martini and in Germany to shoot the first ever music video for the rock band Rammstein, this led to opening the first commercial film production in Berlin in the early 90's.
He’s directed or produced over 300 TV commercials, music videos and Television Shows.
He is the initiator of the GWA Forum Film Production and the first agency Head of Production in the German Art Directors Club, and in the Cannes Lions Jury. He also initiated and hosts the Regielounge – Germany’s foremost advertising film event.
Steffen Gentis
BBDO Group, Germany
Chief Production Officer // Advertising
It was on a hot summer day in 1992 that Capetonian Shai Caleb discovered his grandad’s drum kit and thus the love for music. In Cape Town, he founded Dreamspace Studios which became one of the top 3 recording studios for commercials and recording artists. Here Shai discovered the undeniable value of linking real artists with brands and got nominated for a few advertising and music awards.
In 2012, after discovering its dirty-but-sexy side, he relocated to Berlin, where he still lives with his family and where he eventually met his best friend and business partner Gordian Gleiß. Together, the inseparable duo founded ginger.berlin which eventually became GINGER x MassiveMusic in 2019.
GINGER is the boutique think-tank to MassiveMusic’s international garrison. The Berlin-based extended arm of international creative music agency MassiveMusic focuses on a local approach for the German market. GINGER x MassiveMusic has that unique, crafty touch that goes beyond the advertising industry’s current status quo, by offering agencies and brands new ways to experience the musical side of their stories.
Shai Caleb Hirschson
GINGER x MassiveMusic, Berlin
Creative Managing Director // Ads
Daniel Fisher
Ogilvy, London
Global ECD // Advertising . .
As the Director of Music for the global agency DDB, Alec has the unique position to oversee music for some of the largest brands in the world, including McDonald’s, Miller Lite, Capital One, State Farm, Skittles, The US Army, and many others. With a background in both music supervision and composition, Alec’s history of scoring and selecting music for ads runs deep. He has licensed some of the biggest songs in music history, working with the likes of Prince, Whitney Houston, John Williams, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and The Beatles, co-produced a Broadway musical on Super Bowl Sunday, and is always looking for new and untapped talent to elevate the campaigns he works on.
Outside of work, it’s still all about music. Alec is a prolific songwriter, guitarist, and producer, a DJ, and a published music essayist.
https://www.alecjstern.com/
Alec Stern
DDB, Chicago
Director of Music // Advertising
