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“Burn So Bright,” the lead single from the soundtrack to “Midnight Sun,” has now surpassed well over a million views! Performed by Bella Thorne, the inspiring pop anthem is one of 5 original tunes written for her starring role (a teenage singer/songwriter dealing with the isolating illness XP). “Midnight Sun” is in theaters now, with the soundtrack available on Lakeshore Records.

Inheritance Trailer by teasertrailer “Inheritance,” a film we music supervised that premiered at this year’s SXSW Film Festival, got a nice reviews in The Hollywood Reporter and Austin Chronicle.

The trailer for “Summer of 8” drops today and is featured in articles on Deadline and Mtv! The latter interviews Shelley Hennig, fresh of her Best Actress win at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards. The film hits theaters Labor Day Weekend — appropriate since it’s about a bunch of high school friends coming to terms with the end of their last summer together — and will also be available VOD. The “Breakfast Club” meets “Dazed and Confused” vibe provided an awesome opportunity to load the film with great indie bands and a score that touched on the love, naiveté, and nostalgia of youth on the cusp of adulthood. Hope you get a chance to check it out!

Congrats to Oscar Nunez and Lou Diamond Phillips, who both got Emmy noms for their roles in “The Crossroads of History!” They appear together in the above episode on Columbus’ arrival to the Americas, also featuring Michael Mando (“Better Call Saul”). Fellow COH guest star Epic Lloyd also picked up an Emmy nom for his show “Epic Rap Battles of History.” See Lloyd’s appearance (and nod to sister-Maker Studios series ERB) in the Crossroads finale, shown below. Variety also commented on Maker and Disney’s prominence in the new short form Emmy categories in this article.

Check out this latest Nike Free ad shot by The Hoffman Bros. They asked us to search for some cool new music to go along with Kyrie Irving, Serena Williams, and other athletes sporting Nike’s latest ultra-lightweight tech. We thought Foreign Air “Free Animal” was the perfect choice!

Super excited for tonight’s world premiere of “Summer of 8” at the Newport Beach Film Festival. Yesterday Indiewire released an exclusive clip yesterday which gives you a great 1st look at the movie’s gorgeous scenery, cast, and the amazing score by Tobias Norberg, who was awesome to work with. The film’s also got a recent write-up in the LA Times, but if you want to see it in person, you have to come down to Newport for tomorrow’s Wed 8pm showing. Tonight’s premiere is sold out!   #nbff #summerof8

The world premiere for “Summer of 8,” a film we music supervised last year, will take place Tues April 26 at 8PM at The Newport Beach Film Festival. There’s a second screening April 27 at 8PM (both at Newport Beach Island Cinemas). Tickets go on sale today, April 1st. Beautifully written and directed by Ryan Schwartz, and with an amazing cast of young talents (Bailey Noble, Natalie Hall, Shelley Hennig, Carter Jenkins, Matt Shively, Michael Grant and Nick Marini), this is the rare film that shows teenagers not as one-dimensional caricatures, but as emerging adults searching for love, laughter, and resolution during their last day together before their lives head in separate directions. It was a pleasure to work on the score with composer Tobias Norberg and assemble the soundtrack (including songs from The Head and the Heart, Ry X, Fruition, Tim Myers & El May, and many others). Hopefully this will be just the start of many opportunities for this project to reach a growing fanbase!

“Folk” and “glam” are not often used in the same sentence, but after hearing the debut single from The Kolars, maybe they should be. The self-described folk/glam duo, comprised of Rob and Lauren Kolar (from He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister), are recording new material and gigging up and down the west coast all month in support of The Revivalists. Check out the accompanying video to their single above, featuring some very cool snapshot-graffiti animation courtesy of BLU. You can also hear He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister’s “How’m I Gonna Get Back Home” at the end of the Lincoln episode of “Crossroads of History!”  

In today’s LA Times, critic Robert Lloyd listed “Crossroads of History,” the new comedy series we’re music supervising, as one of his new TV Picks! Each episode of “Crossroads,” which highlights hilariously overlooked turning points in history, premieres Thursday nights on the History Channel as part of their new “Night Class” block. UPDATE: Just days later, The NY Times also singled out “Crossroads of History” as one of the best new comedies on TV! Catch up on the first 2 10 minute episodes of COH below, and set you DVR to record “Night Class” on Thursday nights on History!   Episode 1: HITLER MUSIC SUPERVISION: ZACH SINICK Composer: Christian Saglie Theme Composer: John the Baptist End Credits: Nik Freitas “Goodbye, Sweat Leaf” Episode 2: LINCOLN MUSIC SUPERVISION: ZACH SINICK Composer: Christian Saglie Theme Composer: John the Baptist End Credits: He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister “How’m I Gonna Get Home Tonight” #attendnightclass #crossroadsofhistory

Set your DVRs to record tonight’s premiere of “Night Class,” a new 30min block of comedy History Channel is packaging that includes 3 new short-form series. We have the pleasure of music supervising one of those new shows, “Crossroads of History,” which mines its genius dark comedy from absurd but absolutely true historical moments. Created by and starring Elizabeth Shapiro, the first episode (a taste of which you can see in the teaser above) also features Paul Scheer from “The League” and Josh Fadem of “30 Rock.” Below is a teaser for another member of #NightClass: “Great Minds With Dan Harmon,” featuring the “Community” creator geeking out on music with Beethoven (played by Jack Black). 11:30pm EST/10:30PM on History every Thursday starting Feb. 25th.