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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.

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

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

We’ve been working on a lot more long-form material here at Woofer and we’re excited that one of those projects, “Crossroads of History,” is finally about to premiere this Thursday on the History Channel at 11:30pm.

Each episode highlights a crucial, hilarious, and yet surprisingly little-known moment in history. As the music supervisor (and history buff), I’ve thoroughly enjoyed researching the diverse array of periods and styles (e.g. fin de siècle Vienna, American Civil War, pre-Columbus Caribbean), and working with our composers (and artists like Nik Freitas and He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister) to bring that sound to life.

History has just released the first teaser for the show, which is part of a whole new block of comedic content they’re promoting together as #NightClass, which also includes “Great Minds with Dan Harmon” (the creator of “Community”) and “How To Lose the Presidency.”

“Crossroads” was created by writer/actress Elizabeth Shapiro, and also features the talents of  Paul Scheer (“The League”), Brian Baumgartner (“The Office”), Jack McBrayer (“30 Rock”), Lou Diamond Phillips (“Blindspot”, La Bamba), Angela Kinsey (“The Office”), Keir O’Donnell (“Fargo”), Wayne Knight (“Seinfeld”), as well as fellow Maker Studios creator Lloyd Ahlquist (“Epic Rap Battles of History”).

Hope you get to check it out, learn something, and laugh along the way!

“Wet Dream: A Skateboard Tale” debuts on iTunes today along with some very cool behind the scenes extras, which is great because the film features some unheard of stunts and visual effects.

The Berrics also has a cool interview with director Federico Vitetta about his inspiration for the project.

Coincidentally, the “Mammoth Mission” single we produced with Abstract Rude is now available on iTunes as well!

Just wrapped post-production on an exciting new short film featuring members of the Girl & Chocolate Skateboard crews. In addition to world class skaters tearing up the streets of Los Angeles, “Wet Dream” pays homage to Girl/Chocolate’s long line of iconic skate films, apt given that the sister companies are now celebrating their 20th anniversary (see Vice’s “Epicly Later’d” series).

Having worked on some of those films myself, I can honestly say that director Federico Vitetta’s vision raises the bar for head-scratching special effects. While skate enthusiasts will love the various cameos and easter eggs, “Wet Dream” has an ending that anyone with eyeballs and internet will enjoy.

In just a few weeks you can see the full 17 min short yourself via iTunes. If you can’t wait, grab the newest Thrasher Magazine (on stands now) for a sneak peek and hear about Girl’s Cory Kennedy’s rather unusual day at the office.

No puns were harmed in the writing of this post ; p

#WetDream #ASkateboardTale

Our Bigelow spot has been getting a lot of love online! It was an editor’s pick in ad industry showcase Creativity. There’s an article on the backstory in Fast Company. It’s also been mentioned in dozens of  pop culture mags and design blogs like Juxtapoz, It’s Nice That, Freshness Mag, Baller Status, Cube Me, etc.

If you’re not one for clickin’ links, here’s the full length version:

ORIGINAL MUSIC: WOOFER

Agency: Ideo

Production Company: Republic Content

Director: Bucky Fukumoto

When I first heard the premise for Spike Jonze’s “Her,” it brought to mind the 30 minute short film we’d worked on together a few years earlier called “I’m Here,” about a pair of robots who fall in love in an LA of the not too distant future. Here’s a recent article in Slate that recaps all of Spike’s shorts, several of which I had the pleasure to music supervise, and how they lead back to “Her.”

The article includes full length versions of the shorts, but here’s the “I’m Here” trailer , which btw won Best Original Music at the 2010 AICP Awards (it was actually sponsored by — in a remarkably hands off fashion —  Absolut Vodka).

“I’m Here” (Trailer)

MUSIC SUPERVISION: ZACH SINICK

Client: Absolut Vodka

Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day NY

Writer/Director: Spike Jonze