Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael A Levine

Our Interview with Michael A. Levine (2011-07-15)

Interview with talented composer at San Diego Comic Con in 2018.

Music composer and arranger Michael A. Levine joins Tim to talk about one of his most famous works, one that you are no doubt familiar with, which came early in his career and has stood the test of time.  While Michael has won his share of awards for comprehensive and high-level works of music, the subject to this discussion is the story behind an iconic jingle he crated for a familiar candy bar brand: Kit Kat's “Gimme a break” jingle and ad campaign. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shapingopinion/Kit_Kat_Jingle_auphonic.mp3 So, let's talk about some of Michael A. Levine's accomplishments. He scored the hit series called Siren, writing the project's memorable work, “Siren Song.” He recorded his song “Running” with legendary vocalist Roberta Flack for the feature film 3100.  He's won awards for TV shows like “Cold Case” and “Close to Home.” He scored the Lego DC Supergirls film “Brain Drain,” and another yet to be released Star Wars parody that is produced by George Lucas. That film is called “Star Wars Detours.” He's worked on such films as “Dunkirk,” “The Simpsons Movie,” “Batman: The Dark Night,” and numerous other projects. Yet it's something he did early in his career that may have had the most lasting impression on the world. He composed the classic advertising jingle for the Kit Kat candy bar. Links Kit Kat Bar Michael A. Levine Malcolm Gladwell About this Episode's Guest Michael A. Levine Awarded eight ASCAP awards for his work on the Jerry Bruckheimer/CBS dramas Cold Case and Close to Home, Michael A. Levine also scored the Lego DC Supergirls film, Brain Drain, the George Lucas-produced Star Wars Detours animated Star Wars parody, and the award-winning documentary, Landfill Harmonic, for which he wrote its Oscarshortlisted song, Cateura - Vamos a Soñar. He composed the featured Siren Song and score for Freeform's Siren and recorded his song Running with legendary vocalist Roberta Flack for the feature documentary 3100: Run and Become. His theme song (Go Tell Aunt Rhody/Everybody's Dead) for Resident Evil VII Biohazard became a viral hit as was Lorde's version of Everybody Wants to Rule the World which he produced along with chart-topping records for Nat and Alex Wolff. Michael also composed the theme for Scrat, the sabertooth squirrel featured in the Ice Age shorts. Levine provided additional music and violin on a number of Hans Zimmer scores, including Dunkirk, The Simpsons Movie, Batman: The Dark Knight, Megamind, and Rango. Michael's choir arrangement of Spider Pig was conducted by Hans at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015. Levine's concert music includes Anthem, performed by piano virtuoso Lang Lang in 2014 in Beijing and, Double Crossings, an album of duets with percussionist great Evelyn Glennie on mallets and Michael on electric violin. Michael began his career in advertising where he composed the classic Kit Kat candy bar “Gimme a Break” jingle. Levine is a former Governor of the Television Academy (Emmys) Music peer group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOzcjzWBQQ  

Music composer and arranger Michael A. Levine joins Tim to talk about one of his most famous works, one that you are no doubt familiar with, which came early in his career and has stood the test of time.  While Michael has won his share of awards for comprehensive and high-level works of music, the subject to this discussion is the story behind an iconic jingle he crated for a familiar candy bar brand: Kit Kat’s “Gimme a break” jingle and ad campaign. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shapingopinion/Kit_Kat_Jingle_auphonic.mp3 So, let’s talk about some of Michael A. Levine’s accomplishments. He scored the hit series called Siren, writing the project’s memorable work, “Siren Song.” He recorded his song “Running” with legendary vocalist Roberta Flack for the feature film 3100.  He’s won awards for TV shows like “Cold Case” and “Close to Home.” He scored the Lego DC Supergirls film “Brain Drain,” and another yet to be released Star Wars parody that is produced by George Lucas. That film is called “Star Wars Detours.” He’s worked on such films as “Dunkirk,” “The Simpsons Movie,” “Batman: The Dark Night,” and numerous other projects. Yet it’s something he did early in his career that may have had the most lasting impression on the world. He composed the classic advertising jingle for the Kit Kat candy bar. Links Kit Kat Bar Michael A. Levine Malcolm Gladwell About this Episode’s Guest Michael A. Levine Awarded eight ASCAP awards for his work on the Jerry Bruckheimer/CBS dramas Cold Case and Close to Home, Michael A. Levine also scored the Lego DC Supergirls film, Brain Drain, the George Lucas-produced Star Wars Detours animated Star Wars parody, and the award-winning documentary, Landfill Harmonic, for which he wrote its Oscarshortlisted song, Cateura - Vamos a Soñar. He composed the featured Siren Song and score for Freeform’s Siren and recorded his song Running with legendary vocalist Roberta Flack for the feature documentary 3100: Run and Become. His theme song (Go Tell Aunt Rhody/Everybody’s Dead) for Resident Evil VII Biohazard became a viral hit as was Lorde's version of Everybody Wants to Rule the World which he produced along with chart-topping records for Nat and Alex Wolff. Michael also composed the theme for Scrat, the sabertooth squirrel featured in the Ice Age shorts. Levine provided additional music and violin on a number of Hans Zimmer scores, including Dunkirk, The Simpsons Movie, Batman: The Dark Knight, Megamind, and Rango. Michael's choir arrangement of Spider Pig was conducted by Hans at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015. Levine’s concert music includes Anthem, performed by piano virtuoso Lang Lang in 2014 in Beijing and, Double Crossings, an album of duets with percussionist great Evelyn Glennie on mallets and Michael on electric violin. Michael began his career in advertising where he composed the classic Kit Kat candy bar “Gimme a Break” jingle. Levine is a former Governor of the Television Academy (Emmys) Music peer group. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIOzcjzWBQQ  

From 2018, He started as a performer and session player but his career has evolved in composing orchestra pieces, scoring video games and now the television series, Siren. He was kind enough to provide musical cues from some of his work. 

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The 21st episode of AIR is here, and this time I travelled to Huntingdon, England to speak with Scottish percussionist and musician Dame Evelyn Glennie. After suffering the loss of her hearing at age 12, Evelyn learned to listen through vibration. A trained musician and multi instrumentalist, she has since gone on to become one of the foremost solo percussionists touring and recording today. This episode focuses on feeling music, the act of true listening, and the physicality of performance. +++ Music: Evelyn Glennie and Michael A. Levine - "Switch" (2018) Audio treatment by Airlock Audio * Sorry for the mic handling noise in this one guys, my mic stand broke in transit but I've now got a new one so should be good to go for next episode xx

Michael breaks down the lessons that can be applied to our work from watching legendary film composer Hans Zimmer, as told by his ex-assistant, Michael A. Levine. (www.michaellevinemusic.com) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/michaelamideishow/support

The Event Horizon

In this episode, I speak with composer Michael A. Levine on his career and the story behind composing the "Gimme a Break" Kit Kat jingle.

Nathalie Bonin is a multi-faceted artist who lives through music and art and thus has explored many expression forms from live performance, recording, composing, conducting and even aerial acrobatics. She splits her time between Los Angeles, New York and Montreal for her numerous ongoing projects. As an award-winning composer, Nathalie has cumulated numerous credits for Canadian network national and international television series as well as composed and produced soundtracks for the Best-Selling show “Messmer: Intemporel” which has been touring since 2012 in Quebec and all over Europe. She was one of the 10 selected composers for the Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival 2018 during which her score was performed live to picture by the Helix Collective. She is working on numerous feature projects as composer and performer for Music Package (France), CrimeSonics and MPATH Music Library (Los Angeles) the latter being curated by Michael A. Levine with whom she completed an Internship in 2016. She was Finalist in the Oticons International Film Music Competition 2014 and won Best Sound Design and Audience Award during 24Hour Film Race 2014. Nathalie is an alumni of ASCAP NYU Hollywood Filmscoring Worshop, SCL NY Composers Mentorship Program, BMI Filmscoring Mentorship (New York), BMI/NYU Television Scoring and Adds Workshops, and a Fellow of the Filmscoring Conducting Intensive program in 2017 at Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, CA. Nathalie is also a professional feature violinist both on the local and international scene and has been guest soloist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a member of the New York based Jazz quintet: Ted Nash and ODEON, guest soloist of the Société de Musique Contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) directed by Walter Boudreau, Concertmaster for the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal for their West Canada Tour in 2007, and plays regularly as section violinist in the Orchestre Métropolitain and l’Opéra de Montréal. Asides from her numerous contributions as soloist in contemporary, jazz, tango and world music ensembles, Nathalie has also performed or recorded with: Stevie Wonder, YES, Bran Van 3000, Moist, DeadMau5, Alan Parson, Chance The Rapper, Peter Cetera, Luciano Pavarotti, Charles Aznavour, Gino Vannelli, Salvatore Adamo, Gage, Henri Salvador, Nanette Workman, Cirque du Soleil and Cirque Éloize as well as recorded on numerous movie and television soundtracks. She is Concertmaster of La Voix (The Voice) in Montreal where she has performed on most prime-time network television variety shows as lead or feature violinist. Nathalie is also a daredevil and has been performing her gravity-defying Aerial Violin act that she created 10 years ago for world class events including: NHL All-Star Game, NHL Oiler’s Opening Season Ceremony, Loréal, Toyota World Conference, SNC-Lavalin, Genivar, Desjardins Financial Security, COOP Desjardins, Air Medic and numerous television shows including: La Vie est un Cirque (TV5Monde), L’Heure de Gloire (SRC) and Star Academy Finals (SRC). Nathalie thanks the Canada Arts Council, the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, SOCAN Foundation and YAMAHA Canada for their support. kinemuse.com imdb.me/nathaliebonin soundcloud.com/nathalie-bonin-1

Fragmento del videojuego “Silent Hill 2” (Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, 2001) Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill (Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, 1999) “Silent Hill” Fragmento de la película “Silent Hill” (Davis Films/Konami, 2006) Fragmento de videojuego “Haunted House” (Atari, Inc., 1982) Efecto de sonido de videojuego “Resident Evil” (Capcom, 1996) Makoto Tomozawa, Akari Kaida, Masami Ueda - Resident Evil Soundtrack (Toshiba - EMI,1996) “Tyrant” Jordan Reyne, Michael A. Levine - Resident Evil 7 Soundtrack (Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc, 2017) “Go Tell Aunt Rhody”

He started as a performer and session player but his career has evolved in composing orchestra pieces, scoring video games and now the television series, Siren. He was kind enough to provide musical cues from some of his work.

Composer Michael A. Levine takes time to discuss his background and journey to film composing as well as his score to the powerful and critically acclaimed documentary, Landfill Harmonic. Michael takes us through his path to becoming a composer including performing on the street, creating one of the most recognizable advertising jingles of all-time (KitKat, "give me a break"), working with Harry Gregson-Williams, working with Hans Zimmer and developing his own career as a composer with hit series such as Cold Case. Michael is one of the industry's most beloved talents whose passion continues to inspire. Interview Produced & Presented By:Kaya Savas Special Thanks:Michael A. LevineJana DavidoffGabriella BelzerCW3PR

Composer Michael A. Levine talks about writing the theme for Resident Evil VII: Biohazard, remixing a Tears for Fears song that Lorde sang, working with Harry Gregson-Williams,and two of his concert works (one features pedal steel guitar, the other features musical saw).

Recebemos Monique Alves e Márcio Barrios para destrinchar todos os aspectos do jogo que trouxe Resident Evil de volta às origens e soprou um ar fresco mais do que necessário na franquia. Com spoilers!E o que você tem a dizer?Deixe seu feedback acessando o post deste podcast, ou mande um e-mail para contato@jogabilida.deLinks Comentados: Contribua com nosso Patreon | Padrim Inscreva-se no nosso Canal do YouTube! Visite: Resident Evil Database e Super Amibos Round #24: Resident Evil (com a Monique) Assista: Demo "Kitchen" Assista: Reação da Monique ao RE7 Assista: Gameplay de RE7 do Steve Gaynor Escute: Podcast da GameInformer com Steve Gaynor Assista: Entrevista com o dublador do Barry Trailer: Resident Evil Vendetta Assista: Jack Corta a Perna Blocos do Podcast: 00:02:00: Aviso de Spoiler e Apresentação 00:05:57: Pré-Resident Evil VII 00:26:50: Resident Evil VII Trilha do Podcast: "Still Dawn", de Resident Evil "Endint Theme B", de Resident Evil 2 Trilha Sonora de Resident Evil VII "Go Tell Aunt Rhody", por Michael A. Levine