Music strategy and supervision agency Premier Music Group, led by chairman and CEO Josh Deutsch and creative director Randall Poster, has closed a second round of financing, led by media investment firm Mep Capital.
The size of the funding round wasn’t disclosed, but the company said it would help its growth via deals. “The financing will power Premier’s ongoing acquisitions, including its recent acquisition of Listen (We Are Listen LLC), a leading sonic identity and sound design firm,” it said Friday. “It follows previous acquisitions of music supervision firms Wool & Tusk (2019) and Search Party (2020), founded by acclaimed supervisor Randall Poster (directors Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Martin Scorsese, Noah Baumbach, Richard Linklater).”
Premier also said it has struck a partnership with Q Factory by Robert Etoll to administer that company’s catalog of music and sound design specifically crafted for film and television advertising.
In addition to unveiling the capital injection from Mep,...
The size of the funding round wasn’t disclosed, but the company said it would help its growth via deals. “The financing will power Premier’s ongoing acquisitions, including its recent acquisition of Listen (We Are Listen LLC), a leading sonic identity and sound design firm,” it said Friday. “It follows previous acquisitions of music supervision firms Wool & Tusk (2019) and Search Party (2020), founded by acclaimed supervisor Randall Poster (directors Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Martin Scorsese, Noah Baumbach, Richard Linklater).”
Premier also said it has struck a partnership with Q Factory by Robert Etoll to administer that company’s catalog of music and sound design specifically crafted for film and television advertising.
In addition to unveiling the capital injection from Mep,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Two-time Grammy winner Randall Poster has served as music supervisor on more than 180 films and TV shows over 25 years, providing audiences with countless memorable moments.
Cultivating close relationships with directors and producers, he works to meld creativity with business, securing rights to license the music
audiences hear.
Late last year, Poster saw the music supervision company he founded in 2004, Search Party, merge with Josh Deutsch’s Premier Music Group, with Poster assuming the role of Premier’s creative director.
Listening to songs that were written and performed before he was born, and watching them come to life on 1973’s “American Graffiti,” suggested to Poster a way to lure people into another era. “I felt the music put me in that place,” he says. “At that age, I wasn’t familiar with those period pieces, and it allowed me to time travel.”
Below, Poster reveals the story behind some of his...
Cultivating close relationships with directors and producers, he works to meld creativity with business, securing rights to license the music
audiences hear.
Late last year, Poster saw the music supervision company he founded in 2004, Search Party, merge with Josh Deutsch’s Premier Music Group, with Poster assuming the role of Premier’s creative director.
Listening to songs that were written and performed before he was born, and watching them come to life on 1973’s “American Graffiti,” suggested to Poster a way to lure people into another era. “I felt the music put me in that place,” he says. “At that age, I wasn’t familiar with those period pieces, and it allowed me to time travel.”
Below, Poster reveals the story behind some of his...
- 4/9/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
On the morning of April 18, 2017, five young filmmakers gathered in front of seven actors, directors, and executives to pitch their movies. Two hours later, one filmmaker received $1 million. This was the first edition of “At&T Presents: Untold Stories,” a new partnership between the mobile provider and Tribeca Film Festival, designed to fill a gap in the marketplace by not only financing a project but also providing it with an audience.
The winner, Nyu film school graduate Faraday Okoro, received a giant check at a lunch following the pitch session broadcast on Facebook Live (see the full 92-minute pitch session below). In addition to the cash prize (all projects required budgets under $1 million), Okoro’s work is guaranteed a slot at the 2018 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival (assuming he meets that deadline) and will run across several At&T video platforms, including Directv. The filmmaker will also receive mentorship...
The winner, Nyu film school graduate Faraday Okoro, received a giant check at a lunch following the pitch session broadcast on Facebook Live (see the full 92-minute pitch session below). In addition to the cash prize (all projects required budgets under $1 million), Okoro’s work is guaranteed a slot at the 2018 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival (assuming he meets that deadline) and will run across several At&T video platforms, including Directv. The filmmaker will also receive mentorship...
- 4/18/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Every week, IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit rounds up the latest opportunities that can help those looking to advance projects or get a career started in the film industry. The following grants, labs, fellowships, contests, and other nonprofit opportunities could be a great way to help kickstart your movie and TV dreams.
Read More: Attention, Screenwriters: New Opportunities for Horror, TV and Women Over 40 — Indie Film Resources
Flies Collective Film Grant
Flies Collective, a New York-based production company founded by filmmakers Daniel Patrick Carbone, Zachary Shedd, and Matthew Petock, announced the launch of the inaugural Flies Collective Film Grant. Open to both established filmmakers and emerging talent in the independent space, the 2017 Flies Collective Film Grant will provide funding that allows promising, original projects to start production.
In an interview with IndieWire, Carbone explained that after the members of the collective had a good run of making money in commercial work...
Read More: Attention, Screenwriters: New Opportunities for Horror, TV and Women Over 40 — Indie Film Resources
Flies Collective Film Grant
Flies Collective, a New York-based production company founded by filmmakers Daniel Patrick Carbone, Zachary Shedd, and Matthew Petock, announced the launch of the inaugural Flies Collective Film Grant. Open to both established filmmakers and emerging talent in the independent space, the 2017 Flies Collective Film Grant will provide funding that allows promising, original projects to start production.
In an interview with IndieWire, Carbone explained that after the members of the collective had a good run of making money in commercial work...
- 4/14/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Okay, it's time for me to stop trying to listen to more 2016 albums and just wrap up this list. In the past I would split my jazz list into a new releases part dedicated to current recordings and a historical part combining first releases of archival material with reissues. This year I'm skipping reissues, partly because some projects were so gargantuan that little guys like me weren't serviced with them, partly because the vinyl renaissance means everything is being reissued at once, and partly because so much stuff is just rehashing the same material in new packaging, with or without a gimmick or a little additional material added. So first releases of archival material are lumped in here. Maybe that's not entirely fair to the current guys, but on the other hand I don't include many archival items on my list.
1. Matthew Shipp & Bobby Kapp: Cactus (Northern Spy)
Two generations...
1. Matthew Shipp & Bobby Kapp: Cactus (Northern Spy)
Two generations...
- 2/9/2017
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Does Dolce & Gabbana's alleged digital hacker Ali Wise have a thing for blondes?
The gal-about-town has been charged with allegedly breaking into the voice-mail account of blond interior designer Nina Freudenberger. Now Page Six has learned that Briana Rasinski, a blond freelance fashion designer, has also gone to police alleging harassment -- and that a civil suit involving more girls may drop as soon as the end of the week.
Rasinski, like Freudenberger, is an ex-girlfriend of Downtown Records founder Josh Deutsch. According to our source, Wise started making calls to Rasinski after Rasinski, who had just started dating Deutsch,...
The gal-about-town has been charged with allegedly breaking into the voice-mail account of blond interior designer Nina Freudenberger. Now Page Six has learned that Briana Rasinski, a blond freelance fashion designer, has also gone to police alleging harassment -- and that a civil suit involving more girls may drop as soon as the end of the week.
Rasinski, like Freudenberger, is an ex-girlfriend of Downtown Records founder Josh Deutsch. According to our source, Wise started making calls to Rasinski after Rasinski, who had just started dating Deutsch,...
- 7/14/2009
- NYPost.com
This review was written for the theatrical release of "Music and Lyrics".Marc Lawrence's "Music and Lyrics" starts off, appropriately enough, with a music video that's so absolutely, totally '80s -- from the big hair and checkered-flag backdrops to the cheesy synth and electronic drums -- it could have easily been a part of the old MTV rotation.
Although everything that follows isn't quite as inspired as that three-minute mock clip, the mood has been neatly set for an agreeably loopy romantic comedy that bounces along effortlessly on the genuine chemistry of leads Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Their pleasantly in sync performances alone should ensure that this heart-shaped Warner Bros. Pictures confection remains fresh well beyond its Valentine's Day opening date.
That spot-on music video belongs to PoP! -- an unmistakably Wham!-type outfit, in which Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher essentially functioned as the Andrew Ridgeley of the group.
Thanks to the '80s nostalgia wave, Fletcher has been managing to eke out an existence at amusement parks and country fairs, where he performs the duo's old hits backed by karaoke-quality instrumental tracks.
A true comeback bid presents itself when Cora Corman (newcomer Haley Bennett), a wispy, Britney Spears-styled pop diva, invites him to write and record a duet with her. Trouble is, Fletcher hasn't written a fresh tune in years and needs to collaborate with a lyricist who can do something, anything, with Cora's supplied title, "Way Back Into Love".
Hope arrives in the unlikely form of Sophie Fisher (Barrymore), who initially has shown up at Fletcher's Manhattan apartment to water his plants but soon discovers that she has an untapped way with words of the lyrical variety.
Unsurprisingly, their professional collaboration eventually blossoms into something more personal, but the commitment-shy Sophie is still smarting over her previous affair with her old literature professor, Sloan Cates (Campbell Scott), who turned around and made her the central character in his best-selling novel.
Writer-director Lawrence, who also wore both hats on the Grant-Sandra Bullock romantic comedy "Two Weeks' Notice," certainly doesn't make any attempt to reinvent the genre, but he works efficiently within its familiar boundaries.
And while both Grant and Barrymore have demonstrated a flair for playing variations on these characters in the past, they prove to be a delightful fit. It might be their first time working together, but they create a gratifying comedic spark that should ensure future screen matchups.
Holding their own playing backup, meanwhile, are a terrific Kristen Johnston as Barrymore's unabashed PoP! groupie big sister, Brad Garrett as Grant's loyal manager and Scott as the slimy Sloan.
Technical contributions are uniformly bright, but what makes the picture really sing are those note-perfect '80s song approximations penned by Fountains of Wayne tunesmith Adam Schlesinger (he also successfully evoked the '60s with the title song for Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do!") as well as Andrew Wyatt and Josh Deutsch, who wrote PoP!'s signature hit, "Pop! Goes My Heart."
Also nailing the requisite tone is Grant, who does his own singing here. Truth be told, if he were to ever consider a second career as a washed-up '80s pop singer, he'd be a natural.
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures
A Reserve Room production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producers: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer
Executive producers: Nancy Juvonen, Hal Gaba, Bruce Berman
Director of photography: Xavier Perez Grobet
Production designer: Jane Musky
Editor: Susan E. Morse
Music: Adam Schlesinger
Cast:
Alex Fletcher: Hugh Grant
Sophie Fisher: Drew Barrymore
Chris Riley: Brad Garrett
Rhonda: Kristen Johnston
Sloan Cates: Campbell Scott
Cora Corman: Haley Bennett
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Although everything that follows isn't quite as inspired as that three-minute mock clip, the mood has been neatly set for an agreeably loopy romantic comedy that bounces along effortlessly on the genuine chemistry of leads Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Their pleasantly in sync performances alone should ensure that this heart-shaped Warner Bros. Pictures confection remains fresh well beyond its Valentine's Day opening date.
That spot-on music video belongs to PoP! -- an unmistakably Wham!-type outfit, in which Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher essentially functioned as the Andrew Ridgeley of the group.
Thanks to the '80s nostalgia wave, Fletcher has been managing to eke out an existence at amusement parks and country fairs, where he performs the duo's old hits backed by karaoke-quality instrumental tracks.
A true comeback bid presents itself when Cora Corman (newcomer Haley Bennett), a wispy, Britney Spears-styled pop diva, invites him to write and record a duet with her. Trouble is, Fletcher hasn't written a fresh tune in years and needs to collaborate with a lyricist who can do something, anything, with Cora's supplied title, "Way Back Into Love".
Hope arrives in the unlikely form of Sophie Fisher (Barrymore), who initially has shown up at Fletcher's Manhattan apartment to water his plants but soon discovers that she has an untapped way with words of the lyrical variety.
Unsurprisingly, their professional collaboration eventually blossoms into something more personal, but the commitment-shy Sophie is still smarting over her previous affair with her old literature professor, Sloan Cates (Campbell Scott), who turned around and made her the central character in his best-selling novel.
Writer-director Lawrence, who also wore both hats on the Grant-Sandra Bullock romantic comedy "Two Weeks' Notice," certainly doesn't make any attempt to reinvent the genre, but he works efficiently within its familiar boundaries.
And while both Grant and Barrymore have demonstrated a flair for playing variations on these characters in the past, they prove to be a delightful fit. It might be their first time working together, but they create a gratifying comedic spark that should ensure future screen matchups.
Holding their own playing backup, meanwhile, are a terrific Kristen Johnston as Barrymore's unabashed PoP! groupie big sister, Brad Garrett as Grant's loyal manager and Scott as the slimy Sloan.
Technical contributions are uniformly bright, but what makes the picture really sing are those note-perfect '80s song approximations penned by Fountains of Wayne tunesmith Adam Schlesinger (he also successfully evoked the '60s with the title song for Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do!") as well as Andrew Wyatt and Josh Deutsch, who wrote PoP!'s signature hit, "Pop! Goes My Heart."
Also nailing the requisite tone is Grant, who does his own singing here. Truth be told, if he were to ever consider a second career as a washed-up '80s pop singer, he'd be a natural.
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures
A Reserve Room production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producers: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer
Executive producers: Nancy Juvonen, Hal Gaba, Bruce Berman
Director of photography: Xavier Perez Grobet
Production designer: Jane Musky
Editor: Susan E. Morse
Music: Adam Schlesinger
Cast:
Alex Fletcher: Hugh Grant
Sophie Fisher: Drew Barrymore
Chris Riley: Brad Garrett
Rhonda: Kristen Johnston
Sloan Cates: Campbell Scott
Cora Corman: Haley Bennett
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Marc Lawrence's "Music and Lyrics" starts off, appropriately enough, with a music video that's so absolutely, totally '80s -- from the big hair and checkered-flag backdrops to the cheesy synth and electronic drums -- it could have easily been a part of the old MTV rotation.
Although everything that follows isn't quite as inspired as that three-minute mock clip, the mood has been neatly set for an agreeably loopy romantic comedy that bounces along effortlessly on the genuine chemistry of leads Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Their pleasantly in sync performances alone should ensure that this heart-shaped Warner Bros. Pictures confection remains fresh well beyond its Valentine's Day opening date.
That spot-on music video belongs to PoP! -- an unmistakably Wham!-type outfit, in which Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher essentially functioned as the Andrew Ridgeley of the group.
Thanks to the '80s nostalgia wave, Fletcher has been managing to eke out an existence at amusement parks and country fairs, where he performs the duo's old hits backed by karaoke-quality instrumental tracks.
A true comeback bid presents itself when Cora Corman (newcomer Haley Bennett), a wispy, Britney Spears-styled pop diva, invites him to write and record a duet with her. Trouble is, Fletcher hasn't written a fresh tune in years and needs to collaborate with a lyricist who can do something, anything, with Cora's supplied title, "Way Back Into Love".
Hope arrives in the unlikely form of Sophie Fisher (Barrymore), who initially has shown up at Fletcher's Manhattan apartment to water his plants but soon discovers that she has an untapped way with words of the lyrical variety.
Unsurprisingly, their professional collaboration eventually blossoms into something more personal, but the commitment-shy Sophie is still smarting over her previous affair with her old literature professor, Sloan Cates (Campbell Scott), who turned around and made her the central character in his best-selling novel.
Writer-director Lawrence, who also wore both hats on the Grant-Sandra Bullock romantic comedy "Two Weeks' Notice," certainly doesn't make any attempt to reinvent the genre, but he works efficiently within its familiar boundaries.
And while both Grant and Barrymore have demonstrated a flair for playing variations on these characters in the past, they prove to be a delightful fit. It might be their first time working together, but they create a gratifying comedic spark that should ensure future screen matchups.
Holding their own playing backup, meanwhile, are a terrific Kristen Johnston as Barrymore's unabashed PoP! groupie big sister, Brad Garrett as Grant's loyal manager and Scott as the slimy Sloan.
Technical contributions are uniformly bright, but what makes the picture really sing are those note-perfect '80s song approximations penned by Fountains of Wayne tunesmith Adam Schlesinger (he also successfully evoked the '60s with the title song for Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do!") as well as Andrew Wyatt and Josh Deutsch, who wrote PoP!'s signature hit, "Pop! Goes My Heart."
Also nailing the requisite tone is Grant, who does his own singing here. Truth be told, if he were to ever consider a second career as a washed-up '80s pop singer, he'd be a natural.
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures
A Reserve Room production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producers: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer
Executive producers: Nancy Juvonen, Hal Gaba, Bruce Berman
Director of photography: Xavier Perez Grobet
Production designer: Jane Musky
Editor: Susan E. Morse
Music: Adam Schlesinger
Cast:
Alex Fletcher: Hugh Grant
Sophie Fisher: Drew Barrymore
Chris Riley: Brad Garrett
Rhonda: Kristen Johnston
Sloan Cates: Campbell Scott
Cora Corman: Haley Bennett
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Although everything that follows isn't quite as inspired as that three-minute mock clip, the mood has been neatly set for an agreeably loopy romantic comedy that bounces along effortlessly on the genuine chemistry of leads Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore.
Their pleasantly in sync performances alone should ensure that this heart-shaped Warner Bros. Pictures confection remains fresh well beyond its Valentine's Day opening date.
That spot-on music video belongs to PoP! -- an unmistakably Wham!-type outfit, in which Hugh Grant's Alex Fletcher essentially functioned as the Andrew Ridgeley of the group.
Thanks to the '80s nostalgia wave, Fletcher has been managing to eke out an existence at amusement parks and country fairs, where he performs the duo's old hits backed by karaoke-quality instrumental tracks.
A true comeback bid presents itself when Cora Corman (newcomer Haley Bennett), a wispy, Britney Spears-styled pop diva, invites him to write and record a duet with her. Trouble is, Fletcher hasn't written a fresh tune in years and needs to collaborate with a lyricist who can do something, anything, with Cora's supplied title, "Way Back Into Love".
Hope arrives in the unlikely form of Sophie Fisher (Barrymore), who initially has shown up at Fletcher's Manhattan apartment to water his plants but soon discovers that she has an untapped way with words of the lyrical variety.
Unsurprisingly, their professional collaboration eventually blossoms into something more personal, but the commitment-shy Sophie is still smarting over her previous affair with her old literature professor, Sloan Cates (Campbell Scott), who turned around and made her the central character in his best-selling novel.
Writer-director Lawrence, who also wore both hats on the Grant-Sandra Bullock romantic comedy "Two Weeks' Notice," certainly doesn't make any attempt to reinvent the genre, but he works efficiently within its familiar boundaries.
And while both Grant and Barrymore have demonstrated a flair for playing variations on these characters in the past, they prove to be a delightful fit. It might be their first time working together, but they create a gratifying comedic spark that should ensure future screen matchups.
Holding their own playing backup, meanwhile, are a terrific Kristen Johnston as Barrymore's unabashed PoP! groupie big sister, Brad Garrett as Grant's loyal manager and Scott as the slimy Sloan.
Technical contributions are uniformly bright, but what makes the picture really sing are those note-perfect '80s song approximations penned by Fountains of Wayne tunesmith Adam Schlesinger (he also successfully evoked the '60s with the title song for Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do!") as well as Andrew Wyatt and Josh Deutsch, who wrote PoP!'s signature hit, "Pop! Goes My Heart."
Also nailing the requisite tone is Grant, who does his own singing here. Truth be told, if he were to ever consider a second career as a washed-up '80s pop singer, he'd be a natural.
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures
A Reserve Room production
Credits:
Director-screenwriter: Marc Lawrence
Producers: Martin Shafer, Liz Glotzer
Executive producers: Nancy Juvonen, Hal Gaba, Bruce Berman
Director of photography: Xavier Perez Grobet
Production designer: Jane Musky
Editor: Susan E. Morse
Music: Adam Schlesinger
Cast:
Alex Fletcher: Hugh Grant
Sophie Fisher: Drew Barrymore
Chris Riley: Brad Garrett
Rhonda: Kristen Johnston
Sloan Cates: Campbell Scott
Cora Corman: Haley Bennett
Running time -- 96 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13...
Actor Edward Norton is begging his former flame Courtney Love to enter rehab - following months of raucous behavior from the gravel-voiced singer/actress. According to New York gossip site Page Six, the 25th Hour star was reportedly furious when Love claimed Norton would "never marry" sexy Mexican actress Salma Hayek because "he can barely understand what she's saying". Although Love apologized to the now separated couple in June, Norton is still alarmed by Love's frequently erratic behavior. Recent reports claim the widow of Kurt Cobain flew into a rage as she was being fitted with $18,000 hair extensions for Thursday night's MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Love has since backed out of her gig at the glitzy ceremony, but her spokesman insists her decision was not based on the hair incident. He says, "She got a nail stuck in her left foot at a photo shoot for her album, America's Sweetheart. It's infected, so she won't be presenting." Just last week, Love told detectives that Virgin Records Senior Vice President Josh Deutsch slapped her in the face - and then denied the alleged assault ever happened the very next day, saying the cops had misunderstood her. And in February, Love was arrested and held for 12 hours on suspicion of verbally assaulting a Virgin Airlines flight attendant who refused to let her bring her psychiatric nurse into first class.
- 8/28/2003
- WENN
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