London International Awards
2022 Winners and Finalists
Regional Music & Sound Company of the Year: Europe
750mph, London
Silver
Music & Sound
Original Music with Lyrics
| Entrant: | duotone audio group, New York |
| Brand: | Visit Dubai |
| Title: | "Dubai Presents...A Romance to Remember" |
| Corporate Name of Client: | Dubai Tourism |
| Agency: | Mother, London |
| Production Company: | MJZ, New York |
| Director: | Craig Gillespie |
| Producer: | Martha Davis |
| Director of Photography: | Nicolas Karakatsanis |
| Overseas Production Company: | Stoked Films, Dubai |
| Post-Production Company: | Electric Theatre Collective, London |
| Post-Producer: | Jon Purton |
| VFX Supervisor: | Ryan Knowles |
| Edit Facility: | Exile, New York |
| Editors: | Shane Reid/Nick Gilberg/Will Butler/Brendan Jenkins |
| Sound Design Company: | 750mph, London |
| 750mph Lead Sound Engineer: | Sam Ashwell |
| Sound Engineers: | Jeff Smith/Tom Joyc/ Mike Bovil/Jake Ashwell |
| Music Production Company: | duotone audio group, New York |
| duotone audio group Founder: | Peter Nashel |
| duotone audio group Creative Director: | Peter Nashel |
| duotone audio group Music Senior Producer: | Giovonni Lobato |
| Music Executive Producer: | Ross Hopman |
| Music Composer: | Peter Nashel |
| Electric Theatre Collective Production Coordinator: | Emma Hughes |
| Electric Theatre Collective VFX Leads: | Sarah Crux/Ally Burnett/Ruben Llusia/Hani AlYousif |
| Electric Theatre Collective VFX Artists: | Alberto Pizzocchero/Daniel Brewster/Adam Woolrich/Ludvig Hallenius/Christian Block/Doruk Saglam/Kia Coate/Stirling Archibald/Thiago Vilas Boas/Heather Costa/Will Medcalf/Tane Welham/Chris Fraser/Kieran Jordan/Oscar Tornincasa/Julie Cruette/Luke Butler/Dave Birkill/Gareth Williams/Adam Darrah |
Description:
The Director and his frequent collaborator set out to find an authentic musical voice for what was literally a dream project: score the music for 5 x long form mock “trailers” starring Jessica Alba and Zac Efron.
Each of the spots in the campaign mimics a familiar movie trailer style, and they wanted the music to do the same. The objective was to make these sound and feel like authentic trailers.
Complete with over 10 cues and a 50-piece overseas orchestral record, this project was quite the challenge to pull off mid-pandemic. The music for 'A Romance to Remember' was inspired by indie rom coms, beginning with a fun little surf hook before it transitions into a charming indie movie score and eventually to a fully produced Mediterranean Manouche song complete with fabulous vocals (in Italian) by Gege Telesforo and Chiara Izzi.