Brand X Music
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Music production |
| Genre | Epic music, Trailer music, Production music |
| Founded 📆 | 2002 |
| Founder 👔 | John Sponsler; Tom Gire |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | 842 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, California , United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Products 📟 | Movie and trailer music |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | brandxmusic |
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| 📞 telephone | |
Brand X Music is an American production music company based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in 2002 by Tom Gire and John Sponsler,[1] Brand X was among the first music libraries specifically designed for the unique needs of movie trailers, television promos and video game trailers. The company has supplied tracks to many film trailers such as Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Hobbit.
About the company[edit]
John Sponsler and Tom Gire first met each other in 1998, when they worked together on the music for the teaser video of The Matrix. After that, they continued to work on music of other campaigns for Warner Bros like The Last Samurai, 300, Troy, Harry Potter.[2][3]
The company Brand X Music was officially launched in 2002 by John and Tom, and they composed all the tracks in the catalog for the first 10 years. John and Tom also worked as arrangers in Hans Zimmer's team,[5] composed additional music for movies like: Rango, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides[6][7]
In 2008, Josh Lynch joined the team to work as the company's assistant, but later became a composer as well. Today, Brand X Music is operated by 11 full-time composers & admins.[8]
In 2016, Brand X Music celebrated their 15-year anniversary. They released 2 special albums for this occasion: Chronos on 26 January, with all new tracks, and Battle For Dawn on 8 August, a compilation album. The two founders, John and Tom, also showed up to join a live-stream event hosted by Epic Music VN, an epic music YouTube channel, where they talked about Brand X Music history as well as answered fans' questions.[2]
Discography[edit]
Brand X Music has released over 80 albums, most of which are industrial releases, with 3,075 unique tracks in total. The albums are sorted into 4 different catalogs: Brand X Production Music, Brand X Theatrical Music, Brand X Trailer Music and Brand X Editor's Essentials.[9]
Public albums[edit]
Source: [10]
- The Best of Brand X Music (2012) — Compilation of some of the most popular tracks on YouTube and some selection by the artists.[3]
- Vol. 15 (2012) — Originally was an industrial album for movie advertising clients but then it was released to the public as well, via popular platforms such as iTunes, Amazon and CDBaby.[11]
- Amalgamate (2014) — Compilation of tracks from two previous industrial albums Illuminate, and Incubate, which both came out in 2013. The album tracks were used in several movie advertising campaigns, such as The Amazing Spider-man 2, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Maleficent, Divergent, Edge of Tomorrow and Jupiter Ascending.[12]
- Chronos (2016) — The album release is one of the events to celebrate the company's 15-year anniversary. Chronos, with all brand new tracks, was the first Brand X's album to be released to industry and public at the same time. It was recorded live at Ocean Way in Nashville, USA.[13][14]
- Battle For Dawn (2016) — Another album released in 2016 for the 15-year anniversary. Unlike Chronos with all new tracks, Battle For Dawn was a compilation of tracks from industrial library.[15] A digital booklet with liner note from Brand X founders was included with the album, and also available on the company's Facebook.[16]
Industrial albums[edit]
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Placements[edit]
The company's music has been featured in, but not limited to:
- Films trailers of: Avengers: Infinity War, Assassin's Creed, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Jackie, Rock Dog, Denial, The Young Pope, Hidden Figures, Money Monster, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Ice Age: Collision Course, The BFG, Monster Trucks, Finding Dory, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Jungle Book, Concussion, Zootopia, Jane Got a Gun, The Good Dinosaur, Burnt, The Last Witch Hunter, The 5th Wave, Sicario, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Night Before, Ant-Man, Tomorrowland, War Room, Pixels, The Gunman, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Cinderella, Pan, Beyond the Reach, Furious 7, Jupiter Ascending, Draft Day, Maleficent, 12 Years a Slave, Divergent, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, White House Down, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Byzantium, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Real Steel, The Ides of March, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Cars 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, The Next Three Days, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Orphan, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Beowulf, Breach,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Superman Returns, Blood Diamond, Batman Begins, Elektra, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Brothers Grimm, V for Vendetta, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Butterfly Effect, The Time Machine, The Matrix
- Games trailers of: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Rise of the Tomb Raider, BioShock Infinite
- Others: Trailer for TV series Voltron: Legendary Defender, TV ads for 2008 Beijing Olympics
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Brand X Music Official Website". Brand X Music.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Special Live Stream - Live Epic Music with Brand X Music". Epic Music VN via Youtube.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Interview with Brand X Music". Trailer Music News.
- ↑ "Arrangers Tom Gire and John Sponsler with composer Heitor Pereira [dsc_5876.jpg] | Despicable Me (2010) | ScoringSessions.com". scoringsessions.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ "Hans-Zimmer.com - Remote Control Productions Team". www.hans-zimmer.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ "Hans-Zimmer.com - John Sponsler". hans-zimmer.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ "Hans-Zimmer.com - Tom Gire". hans-zimmer.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ "Brand X Stories". Brand X Music via Facebook.
- ↑ "All Catalogs". Brand X Music.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Albums". Brand X Music.
- ↑ "Brand X Music Volume 15 Now Available to the Public". Trailer Music News.
- ↑ "Brand X Music: Amalgamate". Trailer Music News.
- ↑ "Chronos: Brand X Music Celebrates 15 Years of Epic Success". Brand X Music.
- ↑ "Brand X Music - Chronos (Album Promo & Interview)". Trailer Music News via Youtube.
- ↑ "Battle For Dawn: A New Best-Of From Brand X Music". Trailer Music News.
- ↑ ""Battle For Dawn" Booklet & Liner note". Brand X Music via Facebook.
- ↑ "Labels | Ravenwood Music". www.ravenwoodmusic.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ↑ "Brand X Production Music". Groove Music Library.
- ↑ "Brand X Music Theatrical". Groove Music Library.
- ↑ "Virtual Resume". Magic Box Music.
- ↑ "Placements". Brand X Music.
- ↑ "Brand X Music - Music that has been used in trailers". Sountrack.Net.
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