The Sync Report | Jason Nesmith
Season 2, Episode 5, May 19, 2022, 07:00 AM
This week’s release sees our hosts talking to musician and composer Jason Nsmith.
For the last two decades Jason Nesmith has proven to be one of Hollywood’s most successful TV and film composers. He has been one of the primary composers for “The Ellen Degeneres Show” for over 18 years has worked on “Ellen’s Design Challenge” and continues to work on Little Ellen,
Since its launch in 2013, he has composed music for Microsoft Surface tablet TV adverts, as well as writing successful theme tunes for multiple US TV shows including Anderson Live, TMZ Live, Extra, Tyra Banks and Breaking Band.
Jason Nesmith joined our hosts to talk about growing up in Hollywood in the 70's in a musical family, forming hit 90's pop band Nancy Boy – along with our guest host Donovan J Leitch – and what they think of how the British media treated them. Jason was an in demand touring and recording guitarist, becoming the live Music Director for Geffen Records and was a key player on the Hollywood live music scene. He has performed, written and recorded with Ben Harper and Ahmet Zappa among others.
Hear how Jason started composing and what it's actually like to be a film and TV composer. In the last year Jason scored two Hollywood movies and he currently has music on six major network TV shows and movies.
Stay on for the sync session and music from Irish artist; Flynn, who joined us to talk about how his music career started, writing songs with meaning and how it's going now that he is signed to Sony Music. Plus a music sync submission from Midas Royal for Move Me No Mountain movie.
Music.
Music is the difference between a good film and a great one.
Songs included in this episode are...
Songs included in this episode are:
Songs included in this episode are:
Johnny Chrome and Silver by Nancy Boy
Mother’s Finest Son by The Beauties
Excerpts from: Quartet no.1 / Quartet no. 2 / Quartet no. 3 / Quartet no. 4 / Classical for Bath (with score), / Unicorn Compilation / Soaring
all by Jason Nesmith
Sync Sessions Featuring:
Flynn – B-Side
Flynn – One of Us
Midas Royal – Home is Hollowed Ground
Flynn – Selling Me Love
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Hosted By: COLIN O'DONOGHUE - ROSE GANGUZZA - JASON P ROTHBERG
Featuring: MILFREDO SEVEN - KEVIN SHARPLEY - PAULA FLACK and WILLOW
Produced By: JASON P ROTHBERG - KEVIN SHARPLEY - PAULA FLACK - ROBERT CAPPADONA
Executive Producers: COLIN O'DONOGHUE - ROSE GANGUZZA - JASON P ROTHBERG - KEVIN SHARPLEY - GIANFRANCO BIANCHI - DEAN LYON
Writers: JASON P ROTHBERG - KEVIN SHARPLEY - LISA DUNN - PAULA FLACK
Editors: JASON P ROTHBERG - MILFREDO SEVEN - PAULA FLACK
EDGAR “EDGE” CAMEY - ADAM MCNAMARA - MILES JAHNSEN
Marketing Director: PAULA FLACK
Music Supervisors: DAWN WISNER-JOHNSON - PHILL MASON
Music Department: BETH WISNER-JAHNSEN
Foley: PHILL MASON
Research: LISA DUNN
Art Director: GIANFRANCO BIANCHI
Graphic Design: JODYLYNN TALEVI
College Programs: DR STACY MONTGOMERY
Interns: SAOIRSE CONNOLLY-LANDON KEROUAC-ANGELA NICASTRO-HEATHER RAGNARS