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“Bark Side” #1 on SHOOT’s Music and Sound Charts

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:04:06 +0000

View the full Top Ten chart here.

Our musical sound design work on Volkswagen’s viral hit “The Bark Side” has earned us top honors on SHOOT’s Top Ten Spot Tracks chart for the Spring. To go along with our #1 spot there was a feature story and interview with Jeff about our process creating the soundtrack and also highlighting some of our past musical sound design work. You can read the full feature here.

The figuratively offbeat, literally on-beat “The Bark Side” earned the number one slot on SHOOT’s first quarterly Top Ten Tracks Chart of the new year.

“The most challenging aspects of the process, both creatively and technically, all centered around trying to make the final track/spot as believable as possible,” related Elmassian. “We spent a lot of time finding the right balance between raw bark sounds recorded on set and in our studio and barks that were digitally pitched or altered. The tune needed to be recognizable for the spot to work so we pitched and effected barks and layered them in to create a solid basis for the melody. At the same time there was also the task of matching up bark sounds to each individual dog so that the bark you were hearing made sense with the specific dog you were seeing on screen.”

Endless Noise Scores Hyundai for Super Bowl XLVI

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:29:47 +0000

If you caught the Super Bowl on Sunday you probably noticed all of the great Hyundai spots scattered throughout the big game. Endless Noise was happy to collaborate with the team at Innocean and lend our original music and sound design to three of those spots.

Here they are, in order of appearance:

Hyundai Elantra “Victory Lap”

Endless Noise composed/arranged a version of John Philips Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever” on nylon string guitar and handled sound design.

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Agency: Innocean
Producer: Jennifer Weinberg
Editorial: Beast
Audio Post: Eleven Sound
Mixer: Jeff Payne

Hyundai Veloster Turbo “Cheetah”

Endless Noise composed the cinematic original music and sound design track for “Cheetah” – reminiscent of classic Hollywood westerns with acoustic guitar, soaring strings and a triumphant trumpet.

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Agency: Innocean
Director: Daniel Kleinman
Production: Rattling Stick
Editorial: Cut + Run
Editor: Steve Gandolfi
Audio Post: Eleven Sound
Mixer: Jeff Payne

Hyundai Genesis Coupe “Think Fast”

Endless Noise composed original music and the intense sound design for this spot.

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Agency: Innocean
Director: Daniel Klein
Production: Rattling Stick
Editorial: Cut + Run
Editor: Steve Gandolfi
Audio Post: Eleven Sound
Mixer: Jeff Payne

Endless Noise Credits
Creative Director/Composer: Jeff Elmassian
Composer/Arranger: Andy Rehfeldt
Producer: Mary Catherine Finney
Engineer: Grant Cornish
Sound Designer: Bob DeMaa

Welcome to “The Bark Side”

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:07:38 +0000

The Super Bowl, Volkswagen, Star Wars, Endless Noise…Sound familiar? The old gang is back together after the success of last year’s “The Force” with a new spot called “The Bark Side” featuring 11 very cute dogs barking “The Imperial March” and one very ridiculous AT-AT. All of the crew at Endless Noise were extremely excited about working on this one with our friends at Deutsch LA. We acted as “Barkestrators” composing and arranging this canine chorus. With Arf Vader leading the pack we may all be headed for The Bark Side…

Director: Keith Schofield
Composers/Arrangers: Endless Noise
Music: “The Imperial Death March” John Williams
Agency: Deutsch LA

Volkswagen “Rocket Man” at #6 on SHOOT’s Top Ten Winter 2011 Spot Tracks

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:30:42 +0000

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Our work on the Volkswagen spot “Rocket Man” was featured on SHOOT Magazine’s Top Ten Spot Tracks for Winter 2011 at #6 on the chart. We worked with the team at Deutsch LA to best arrange their use of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” in their many hilarious vignettes and also composed an “Elevator music” version of the track that can be heard (rather briefly) in the elevator scene.

Here’s a split of our elevator music/jazzy arrangement of “Rocket Man” for your enjoyment!

Hyundai Sonata Hybrid “One Less Battery”

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:29:19 +0000

If you’re a football fan (or have been watching TV at all lately) you’ve probably come across our latest spot for the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid called “One Less Battery.” Endless Noise composed the original score as well as creating the sound design track which was really essential to the commercial’s concept. We got to spend a day on set with Lance Accord capturing all of the funny and frustrating sounds you hear. The commercial may stir up bad memories of your own smoke alarm woes, but we think it’s healthy to laugh about it. Enjoy!

Director: Lance Accord

Endless Noise
Creative Director: Jeff Elmassian
Producer: Mary Catherine Finney
Composer: Jeff Elmassian, Andy Rehfeldt
Music Engineer: Grant Cornish
Sound Designer: Bob DeMaa, Grant Cornish

HTC Radar “Self Portrait”

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:35:26 +0000

Filmed in the creative mecca of Berlin, Germany and accompanied by Endless Noise’s original music, “Self Portrait” depicts the creative process of an artist who uses her smartphone as a tool to inspire her project before unveiling it to the public. Beautifully shot by Ellen Kuras – see HTC Radar “Self Portrait” for yourself below.

Original Music: Endless Noise
Director: Ellen Kuras
Agency: Deutsch LA

Volkswagen Passat “Rocket Man”

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:28:14 +0000

We’ve all misheard or made up our own lyrics before…ya know like, “Hot Blooded! Chicken of the Sea…” For this Volkswagen ad we took on Elton John’s classic “Rocket Man” where ridiculous lyric flubs like “Burning up the room with cheap cologne” are featured until the Passat’s crystal clear Fender premium audio sets us straight. The folks at Deutsch brought us on to help arrange how the musical segments would play out and also to compose a smooth jazz version of “Rocket Man” for the elevator scene.

Director: Lance Accord
Smooth Jazz Arrangement of “Rocket Man”: Endless Noise
Agency: Deutsch LA

Endless Noise Writes Original Score for Rethinking Autism

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:10:46 +0000

We’re proud to announce our involvement in a new video for Rethinking Autism just in time for April which is Autism Awareness month. Endless Noise was happy to lend an original score to this powerful video. Take a look and be sure to spread the word.

Full Credits:

Michael Worth: Director
Eric Kaufman: Director of Photography
Richard Lightstone: Sound Mixer
Gillian Lightstone: Slate “Clapper”
Kevin Maloney: Boom Operator
Vic Palumbo: Producer
Tammy Klein: Actor
Keri Tombazian: Actor
Caroline Wiliams: Actor
Kassi Crews: Actor
Nick Searcy: Actor
Alex Ballar: Actor
Michael Broderick: Actor/Producer
Original Music: Endless Noise
Jeff Elmassian: Composer
Andy Rehfeldt: Composer
Mary Catherine Finney: Music Producer
Bob DeMaa: Engineer
Jay Friedkin: Editor
Carolyn Woods: Online and Color Correction
Lynn Luckoff: Producer
Cody Boisclair: Closed Captioning

Endless Noise has a hand in “The Force”

admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:17:39 +0000

For the Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial “The Force” for the 2012 Passat, Endless Noise was brought on by the fine folks at Deutsch LA to handle the musical arrangement/editorial and sound design. Working with such iconic images and John Williams’ score, we were sure it would be a hit and it has certainly proven to be just that. Check it out below and on game day during the 2nd quarter.

Creative Director: Jeff Elmassian
Producer: Mary Catherine Finney
Music Arranger(s): Jeff Elmassian, Andy Rehfeldt
Sound Designer: Scott Friedman

New Show Reel: Series 1010

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:22:46 +0000

Hey everyone!

We’ve just finished putting together our latest music and sound design show reel and thought we’d let you know. New spots include Honda “Pit Crew” that we worked on with the fabulous folks over at RPA and Titleist “Preparation” from our friends at Arnold in Boston. A few Endless Noise classics that have resurfaced are the energetic big-band “Ball Go Far” spot for Nike Golf and Garmin “Moose” which is showing up just in time for the holiday season. We hope you enjoy!