AudioSparx Newsletter July 2009 - Music for Video Games & Software, New Distribution Deal in Asia
AudioSparx Newsletter - July 2009
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July 2009 Newsletter
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AudioSparx Signs New Digital Audio Content Deal For Distribution
of Music, Sound Effects and Ringtones in Asia
AudioSparx has just completed a new audio
content distribution agreement to sell music, sound effects and ringtones in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and
South Korea. With
our
various telco distribution agreements now in 26 countries around the world, the new Asian deal adds five more
countries, providing over one billion cell phone users as potential buyers for AudioSparx ringtones and other audio
content. Lisa
Zumpano, the president of AudioSparx, said "We're excited to be entering these large Asian markets through our
new international channel
partner. This agreement expands AudioSparx’s access to a substantial new client base and builds nicely on our
worldwide network of
distribution channels."
Now with over 56,000 music tracks and 282,000 sound effects
and loops on line, AudioSparx is
having major success in Hollywood, with our content being featured in movies, TV and radio commercials, reality
shows, video games, software,
websites, podcasts, and for corporate branding, and more.
With a specific focus on the
Music for TV and Film as well as the
Music for Video Games and Software, AudioSparx is a premier resource
for sound editors and media producers who want to take their productions
to the next level.
Music For Video Games & Software
Video game and software companies are raving
about AudioSparx! In business for over 13 years now, AudioSparx
represents 1,938 world-class musicians, producers, bands and music
publishers – Bringing diverse abilities in a wide array of musical
genres and production styles, their exceptional music created for games
is achieving success after success, with tracks appearing in the
following video games.
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Mortal Kombat vs.
DC Universe (Midway Games) |
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Looney Tunes:
Duck Amuck (Warner Bros. Interactive) |
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Darksiders -
Wrath of War (Vigil Games/THQ) |
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Battle Forge
(EA-Games) |
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Kuma War 2 (Kuma
Reality Games) |
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Storm over Europe
– Operation Barbarossa (X1 Software) |
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Taxi 3: eXtreme
Rush (Team 6 Games) |
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John Woo's
“Stranglehold” (Midway Games) |
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Crazy Machines II
(FAKT Software GmbH) |
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The Settlers
"Rise of an Empire" (Ubisoft) |
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The Settlers
“Heritage of Kings” (Ubisoft) |
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Paraworld (SEK /
Sunflowers) |
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SpellForce 2
“Dragonstorm” (Phenomic/JoWooD) |
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SpellForce 2
“Shadow Wars” (Phenomic/JoWooD) |
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Legend “Hand of
God” (Master Creating/DTP) |
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Desperados 2
(Atari/Spellbound) |
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Ancient Wars -
Sparta (Playlogic) |
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Marker Man
Adventures (Nintendo DS) |
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Dragon Portals
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Plus many other indie studio games and
software applications, including iPhone apps and embedded in toys and
electronic devices around the world.
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Spotlight On Our Artists
Check out our “Hot New Artists” feature on our Artist Directory. A
perfect resource for discovering the next wave of uber-slick talent,
check in daily to see who’s new at AudioSparx. From multiple
Grammy-winning composers to sound effects designers and several
UK Orchestral Masters, you’re in for some great fun. Click and
take a listen
here.
And here below we want to shine a light on two of our accomplished
artists whose music has been used to great acclaim in Film and TV,
advertising campaigns, corporate and other media projects.
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Dan Radlauer
We’d like to spotlight the very talented California-based composer Dan Radlauer and the
niche he fills so beautifully at AudioSparx. Dan’s
creations, many of which are under one minute in length, have brought him three BMI TV Music Awards, and he has
scored over 1,000 commercials for many of |
America’s top corporations, including Coke, Nissan, Pizza Hut, Acura, Microsoft, Mazda, Mattel, and
others. An accomplished pianist, guitarist,
bassist, orchestrator and synthesizer programmer, Dan’s compositions span over 25 genres, from
Classical, Jazz and Classical music, to Rock, Techno and Sound Design.
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Alexander (“Add-On”) Moro
One of our hardest working producers, Alex Moro, is to be congratulated on recent successes at
AudioSparx. Alex, who grew up and lives in the South Bronx, travels and performs with his
two back-up partners, Argenis Gomez (Bonao) and Jose Perez (Jose
Josexx), but still finds time to send us his
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hot new tracks. Alex's music often includes orchestral elements, sensual beats and sexy vocals -- in
genres such as Reggaeton, Hard House, Electronica, Latin, Hip Hop, R&B, and more. Having worked on
film and television tracks, and also as a Broadjam.com top-10 producer, Alex Moro is a creative pianist,
lyricist, arranger, and producer to keep your eye on!
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68 New Artists Signed to AudioSparx Label Last Month!
While AudioSparx rewards its best selling artists by featuring them permanently on site,
recently we have developed a “Hot New Artist” list to showcase our newest, most meritorious artists from around the
world. To see all of the artists at AudioSparx, visit the
AudioSparx Artist Directory online.
Below is a sample of just a few of the exciting new artists that signed to AudioSparx last month.
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J.K.
Wiechert (USA)
J.K. Wiechert is
today's uber-child of excitement and adventure in music! His
musical array of inventiveness spans Experimental, Industrial,
Electronic, Orchestral, and Rock genres. He's been featured a
bazillion times on A&E, TLC, Bravo, The History Channel, and
here's a sample of how much MTV loves J.K. - Check out his
compositions in Brainiac, Karate Kid, Pro Wrestler, Rock
Dinner-Pitbull, and these were featured on MTV and MTV2:
Scarred-Pilot, Scarred-Skate A Thon, and 8 episodes of The Pick
Up Artist, and many more. Let J.K.'s music jazz up your next
hot-smoking production.
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Giel van
Geloven (Netherlands)
World-class sound
designer Giel van Geloven sends us some neat SFX - from a
Graffiti spray can being shaken to vicious dogs, crows,
parakeets, an ominous big-honking diesel idling, water splashes
and door sounds, and much more. Giel has worked on 26 feature
films, documentaries, TV dramas, games, commercials, video clips
and more. Giel's sound effects will lead you to those
hard-to-find crunches, crashes, animal or nature sounds so you
can nail it down, turn out the light, and get some zzzz's.
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Jonathan
Geer (USA)
Texas composer
Jonathan Geer has talent in many genres – from moseying,
laid-back music to the soaring orchestral “Confessions,” a dark,
spiritual hymn that arcs into an enigmatic and playful piece,
perfect for dramatic moments in a film where hope and love reign
supreme. Big in games production, his music appears in the
Nintendo DS productions Marker Man Adventures and Clueless
Fashion, and the upcoming PC game Dragon Portals. His tracks
have appeared on Access Hollywood, the 700 Club, and BBC
programs as well. Jonathan's 2001 BA in Film Scoring makes him a
valuable resource!
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Andrew
Oudot (Russia)
Composer and Sound
Designer Andrew Oudot produces epic orchestral scores perfect
for films, animation, and games. Exceptional tracks for
dramatizations of battles, chases, chaos, emotional breakdown
and more! His adrenalin-pumping, dramatic music has its darker
elements. Andrew produced the game music for “Storm over Europe
– Operation Barbarossa” and is at work on the Cyberpunk
animation film “Exaella.” He works across several genres,
producing cutting edge Classical, Ambient, and Experimental
music.
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Tatiana
Sporzon (Italy)
Dynamic, hypnotic
music, driven by a manic guitar, Tatiana's full-orchestral music
would be great for film scores, trailers, or as theme songs for
dramatizations depicting crime, chaos, suspense, urban warfare,
battle themes, and much, much more. "An Apple's Nightmare" is
hard core Action Rock and earplug-worthy for dear old Mom and
Dad! Are we nuts, or have we just been invaded by these exciting
Italian musicians? Whatever, they're all onto something
Bellissimo and we want more of it!
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SFX Master
(USA)
SFX Master has
been creating sound design elements and SFX for some of
Hollywood's largest trailer campaigns. From Horror films to Sci
Fi blockbusters, you'll find sound effects at the highest level
by the SFX Master. The collection of sound effects featured here
includes Vocal FX, Breathes, Ghosts, Sci Fi, Robots, Rises &
Swells and various other goodies. These will fit perfectly in
Trailers, Promos, Feature Films & TV Shows. When the SFX Master
speaks -- or yells, crashes, or screams -- Hollywood listens up.
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3 Peak
Audio (Netherlands)
Three seasoned
Composers and Sound Designers from the Netherlands, Serbia and
the UK – Jaap Visser, Nino Rajacic and Chris Hipgrave – are
combining their immense, award-winning talents to bring us some
exciting international music and audio effects for your hot
projects. Bringing years of experience in producing music and
sounds, including casual gaming projects and licensed music for
many media productions, these artists have an exciting array of
loyal clients, including HBO, Sony, the ABC network, and many
more.
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Eric Bode
(UK)
Scary Dramatic,
Jumpin' Hip Hop, or Edgy Indie -- Eric Bode is a bright young
composer from Manchester, England, who is sending us the most
Contemporary, right-this-minute new sound gems that could jack
up a production that seems on a downward slide. Check out "A
Winter's Tale" with celesta, harp and strings, perfect for
magic, mystery and fantasy, or "Awake" with a driving bass hook,
perfect for extreme sports, breaking news or video games. Some
pretty exciting and diverse tracks here under Eric's masterful
control.
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Ex Box
Boys (USA)
Once in awhile a
band comes along to define the struggles of finding true love
and fitting in -- even though we're dashed on the shores of
craziness at every damn turn! Love left on the table, effort not
respected, affection not returned. But the dynamic Ex Box Boys
bring hope through their Pop and Indie Rock lyrics & music. Lead
singer, songwriter Phil Fischer says the band met in 2008
playing Halo 3 online. Discovering they were musicians first and
gamers second, they're now changing the world! Take a listen and
see why they were MySpace's #2 Most Downloaded Band in 2008.
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Michael
Huang (USA)
This talented young California
composer has created dramatic music for a number of video games
and composed the musical score for "We Were Centurions" and
"Death of a Killer." Michael's on the mark for TV, Film, Games
and other dramatizations where originality and diversity are a
cherished commodity. Michael is a rare talent and a tremendous
new resource for almost any type of media production.
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Sean
Patrick Hannifin (USA)
Whiz Kid Sean
Patrick Hannifin presents Oscar-worthy, elegant music perfect
for film scores about love, hope, happiness. While studying
Computers by day, he finds time to let the notes in his head
enhance our site and bring joy on a cloudy day. "On the Edge of
a Dream" is five minutes of magic suitable for Disney,
Spielberg, and more. "White Castle" is yet another hit! Let
Sean's contributions of original music lead you down the red
carpet, up onto the stage... Your hand-written speech will
explain how you discovered a rare talent in the wide, wonderful
world of music!
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Thomas
Stermole (Austria)
Thomas Stermole,
super savvy artist from Austria, who produced the debut album
"Club Kung Fu" for Euro's hot all-girl band, Vanilla Ninja, back
in 2002, has been turning out an array of chart-topping music in
both Austria and Germany. As a composer, musician and remixer,
his genres include Pop, Hip Hop, Urban and RnB. Here he presents
a number of tracks perfect for Film, TV, Documentary, Indie,
cool Video Games, and other dramatizations. Let Thomas' uber-hot
music add a dash of color to your next project.
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DogCom
Music (USA)
DogCom's recent
clients include sound editors behind the films Beverly Hills
Chihuahua, Generation Kill, John Adams, Mongol, Prince of
Persia, Game Plan, 3:10 To Yuma, Blue State, Blades of Glory,
Because I Said So, The Santa Clause 3, Flicka, The Guardian,
Gridiron Gang, The Shaggy Dog, Glory Road, All The Kings Men,
Invincible, Fly Boys, The Dukes of Hazzard, Sin City, The Nomad,
Dead or Alive, Cheon Yeong, 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, First
Born, Dukes of Hazzard, Million Dollar Baby, Ali, Seabiscuit,
Dreamer, Miracle, the TV series Bones, and many more.
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See All The Artists Now at the AudioSparx Artist Directory
What Artists Are Saying About AudioSparx --
Robert Neary, an Indie Rock artist selling content at AudioSparx, recently said, "As a UK based music composer/producer,
AudioSparx is a key resource for me. Without AudioSparx I would not have been able to license a track for the new Mickey
Rourke motion picture 'The Wrestler' which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (Oct 2008) and was nominated for an
Oscar Academy Award. Thanks to AudioSparx I licensed over 60 tracks in 2008 and already 151 tracks so far in 2009 for use
in TV, DVD, E-cards, motion pictures, websites, and much more."
Hot New FreeZone -- For film students and students in general,
AudioSparx also offers a FreeZone of over 1,000 music and sound effect tracks at no charge for use in students’ non-commercial
production work. With limited budgets, many college and university drama departments are finding AudioSparx an invaluable
resource for their productions.
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