SPS033: Composer and Musician Jonathan Wolff

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to sit in the same room as the sound supervisors, sound designers, editors, re-recording mixers, and artists for your favorite tv shows and movies?

President of Smart Post Sound and 8 time Emmy Winner, Joe Melody, sits with his fellow award-winning team as they hold a "round table" discussion following their careers, behind-the-scenes experiences, and artistic contributions through the post production business.

In Episode 1 of Smart Post Sound's - Smartcast Podcast Joe's Office Edition series, the "round table" discussion opens up to Joe's question: "What advice would you give to a new re-recording mixer entering the world of post?"...

Join as each guest recounts their professional journey in the industry as they share their personal experience on how they navigate their sound and post production careers over the course of their years. Each guest shares their experiences with the historical evolution of the tools and processes they've lived and learned through and the variety of many projects including stories of working with some of Hollywood's most exquisite talent including: Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando, Doris Day, Gregory Peck, Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Tom Selleck, Christina Applegate, Johnny Depp, Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle, Michael Bay, Seth MacFarlane and many more.

The "Round Table" guests on this episode include:

Joe Melody - 8 time Emmy Winning Sound Design Supervisor, Smart Post Sound President & Smartcast Podcast Mediator 

Credits include: The Magical World of Disney, Lonesome Dove, Encino Man, Love Potion No. 9, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Murder She Wrote, The Day Lincoln Was Shot, The Echo of Thunder, Dinotopia, Saved, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Falling Skies, Lost in America... 

Matthew Kallen - Smart Post Sound Senior Vice President of Engineering, Music Dept Mixer, ADR Mixer &  Smartcast Podcast Producer

Credits include: Stargirl, Mayans MC, New Amsterdam, Doom Patrol, NCIS, Get Shorty, Legion, Supergirl, Legends, Speechless, Fresh Off the Boat, Better Call Saul, Ash vs. Evil Dead, Bluebloods, Bull, Isle of Dogs, The Purge, Falling Skies, Once Upon A Time in Venice, When Calls the Heart, The Last Ship, Wrecked, Girl Meets World, Workaholics...

Twitter:@sound_Designer / Instagram:@matthew_kallen

Amièe Conn - Actress, Singer, Writer, Producer, Podcaster,

Smartcast Podcast Producer

Credits include: Academy Award-winning film LA LA LAND, FX Network's American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson, Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 , Recovery, Once Upon A Time: The Rock Opera film & Live Tour, LUCK, Suicide Blonde,             Lila-Long Distance series, Bottleshock, The Conquest of America...

Podcast Producer/Content Creator for:  The Ladies Who Rant! Podcast , Mimi & Mal - the Podcast Series , Once Upon A Wine Podcast

Twitter/Instagram: @amieeconn 

Jeffrey J. Haboush - 4 time Oscar Nominated & 2 time Emmy Winning Re-recording Mixer

Credits include:  DC's Legends of Tomorrow, The Orville, Black Lightening, Transformers, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction, Transformers: The Last Knight, Salt, My Spy, Legend, Thelma & Louise, Ouija, 13 Hours, 2012, Hotel Transylvania, 21 Jump Street, Act of Valor, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Made of Honor, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, The Holiday, The Legend of Zorro, The Longest Yard, Hitch, National Treasure, The Bourne Supremacy, Spider-Man 2, 50 First Dates, Something's Gotta Give, S.W.A.T., Anger Management, Riding in Cars with Boys, A Knight's Tale, Gone in 60 Seconds, Girl, Interrupted, Blast from the Past, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Tommy Boy, Street Fighter, Lassie, Wayne's World 2, Coneheads, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Look Who's Talking, Look Who's Talking Too, Tremors, Hollywood Shuffle, Muppet Babies, The Chipmunk Adventure, Hairspray, G.I. Joe: The Movie, My Little Pony: The Movie, L.A. Streetfighters, The Littles...

Steve Bucino - Emmy Winning Re-recording Mixer and Sound Supervisor

Credits include: Get Shorty, Bluff City Law, Life In Pieces, Single Parents, Speechless, Tending the Wild (Emmy Winner), Artbound, Black Lightning, Ghosted, The Last Man on Earth, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Modern Family, Dora the Explorer, Family Guy, American Dad...

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"A good TV theme, DOES have Pavlovian powers!" ~ Jonathan Wolff

On this week's episode of the Smartcast we invite acclaimed musician and composer Jonathan Wolff. Jonathan is the man behind the iconic Seinfeld theme as well as having written the music for over 75 primetime series.

Creating a sonic brand is this week's theme as Jonathan discusses the many intricacies of establishing oneself as not only a musician, but also a brand in the creative arts.

The story about his musical journey is something of wonder. He's a masterful pianist that is both entertaining and informative. Listen this week how a young artist from Kentucky became a Hollywood music icon, a composer for TV’s most well-loved shows (including Seinfeld, Will and Grace, Married With Children, SavedByTheBell: The College Years, Caroline In The City) and now a public speaker advocating the arts to the world!

For more information on Jonathan or to catch one of his talks, make sure to like his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/seinfeldmusicguy/ or you can visit his website at www.SeinfeldMusicGuy.com

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Bio excerpt from http://www.laurensgrant.com/ ~ 

Laurens Grant is a 3-time Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker. She recently directed the documentary Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement for BET.

She also produced The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, which premiered at Sundance; representing her third film to premiere at this prestigious film festival. The film opened worldwide in Fall 2015 and played a remarkable 8-week run at Film Forum in New York City. It aired on PBS’s Independent Lens series to record-breaking ratings on Feb. 16, 2016.

Previously, Grant Directed the documentary Jesse Owens, the first full-length documentary on the African-American sports icon. Jesse Owens won an Emmy for Outstanding Research, and received 2 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Historical - Long Form, and Outstanding Music and Sound.

Grant also produced the documentary Freedom Riders which premiered at Sundance, won 3 Primetime Emmys, a Peabody, was featured on Oprah, and has influenced the Hollywood films: Selma and Lee Daniels’ The Butler. 

Grant also co-produced two, 4-hour series for PBS, including the Emmy-winning Slavery and the Making of America: Seeds of Destruction, and Latin Music USA: The Chicano Wave. 

Before plunging into documentary, Grant was a foreign correspondent in Latin American. She received a Foreign Press Association Award of Merit for her coverage of Latin American politics, finance and women’s rights while working as a journalist for Reuters, Newsweek, the Texas Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, the San Francisco Examiner and other publications.

Grant received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism with a major concentration in French language and literature from Northwestern University the Medill School of Journalism. Grant was also awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters, honoris causa, from Governors State University in Illinois. Grant speaks Spanish and French.

Loren Silber is an audio post production mixer and co-owner of Lime Studios in Santa Monica, CA.  Loren's experience began at the University of Miami where he started in the music engineering program.  His ambitions then moved towards becoming a record producer and working on albums in Los Angeles where things fell short.

After applying for several jobs around the country, Loren landed his first post production job in Chicago.  With $300 in his pocket he moved to Chicago and took the job.  Loren lived and worked in Chicago for 8 years before moving to Los Angeles.

Loren saw moving to POP Sound in Santa Monica for his own room as a mixer as a great opportunity and ceased it. Loren began building his clientele and experience in commercial mixing.

Through his experience, work ethic, and technical know-how, Loren is a "turn-key" solutions mixer that handles all elements of sound for his projects.  Through Lime Studios, Loren is able to unify a voice in collaboration and creativity for every project he's a part of.

This week Larry discusses much of Loren's experience in high end commercial and post production mixing for some of the most watched advertising material on the planet.

David Buckley most recently created the score for the summer action blockbuster “Jason Bourne,” directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon. David has also scored the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy “The Brothers Grimsby,” for director Louis Leterrier, and “The Nice Guys” for Shane Black & Joel Silver. 

David's previous film credits include the Joel Schumacher-directed thrillers “Trespass” and “Blood Creek”, Ben Affleck’s crime drama “The Town”, action film “Parker” directed by Taylor Hackford, and Rob Minkoff’s fantasy adventure “The Forbidden Kingdom.” For the small screen, he has composed the music for the hit CBS drama series “The Good Wife”, “Mercy Street” for PBS and "BrainDead" for CBS.

Born in England, Buckley’s first involvement with film music was as a cathedral choirboy performing on Peter Gabriel’s score for Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. He continued his musical education at Cambridge University where he subsequently taught. After graduating, he moved to London and began a successful career writing music for TV shows and commercials. In 2006, Buckley moved to Los Angeles, where he began collaborating with Harry Gregson-Williams, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, and John Ottman on film scores, including “Shrek the Third,” “Flushed Away,” “The Number 23” and “Gone Baby Gone,” as well as the television specials like “Shrek the Halls.” 

He has also written music for such films as “Fifty Shades of Grey,” “Big Eyes,” “Winter’s Tale,” and “American Hustle” and his music was featured in David O’Russell’s “Joy”. His credits also include writing the music for a number of game platforms including “Batman Arkham Knight” (WB/Rocksteady). 

Buckley was recently honored as a "BRIT TO WATCH" by BAFTA and has been the recipient of numerous BMI AWARDS.