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2018 In A Nutshell

Friends of RHR, apologies it’s been so long, we have much to catch you up on.

2018 has been a big year for the team at Rocking Horse Road and Coversion Music. Not only have we secured some killer placements, but we’ve also travelled the globe. From Cannes to LA, Amsterdam to Truro, and everywhere in between, RHR has been working hard to become internationally recognized.

So, here’s a quick recap for you all.

February
The year started off with a bang, with RHR team member Janesta travelling to Northern Ireland for Output Belfast to chat about music supervision in video games.

May
The month of May began with RHR team members Janesta & Emma meeting in Halifax for the East Coast Music Week , followed by the two flying to Toronto travelling to Toronto for CMW (see previous post).

Shortly after returning home from a busy time in Canada for ECMW and CMW, Janesta hopped on a plane (again) and landed in Amsterdam for the 2018 BUMA Music in Motion conference. She shared her knowledge/experience working with cover songs in sync, and looked pretty damn professional doing so!


The spring also saw the release of “Jurassic World: Evolution”, the latest game from Frontier Developments and music supervisor Janesta Boudreau. She grabbed a nomination (and an award! See previous post) for her work on this (but more on that later…) and is currently working on a super, secret new game.

June
June was a busy month for owner/operator Janesta. Making two trips to the sunny location of Cannes, France. Her first trip was to the Midem Music Festival, where she spoke on a panel discussing music supervision in video games. She got to hang out with fellow music supervisors, and mingle with RHR Artist Toya Delazy.

Later in the month, team members Janesta and Emma traveled back to the beaches of the French Riviera for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Connections were made, celebrities were spotted and ocean meetings were invented. It was a week for the books!

August
Fast forward to August, Jetsetter-Janesta hopped back on a plane to travel all the way to Los Angeles for meetings, meetings and more meetings.

October
For the second year in a row, Janesta was nominated for ‘Best Music Supervisor –  Video Games’ at the Music Week Sync Awards for her work on Jurassic World: Evolution. While she didn’t walk away with a win this year, we’re looking forward to 2019 – third time’s the charm right?

November
Back in Canada, team member Emma travelled up to Truro, NS for another year of Nova Scotia Music Week. It’s always a great time to be surrounded by so many talented local artists, and Music Nova Scotia has worked hard to bring in delegates from all around the world – with a lot of focus on music supervision, naturally 🙂

That’s all for now friends, looking forward to a great 2019!

RHR Song of the Week: Hippopotamus

Jessica Hernandez
& The Deltas

‘I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas’

The Holiday season is upon us which means lots of eggnog, family, shoveling snow (our Canadian friends) and of course, long wishlists. What’s on Coversion artist Jessica Herandez & The Deltas list? Why, a hippopotamus of course. This fun, jazzy new take on the Gayla Peevey classic will keep you dancing all the way into 2018.

Courtesy of our friends at Instant Love, Coversion Music (a division of RHR) represents the master for sync.

We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday’s and will see you in the new year!

Listen / Download Here.

 

 

Coversion Song of the Week: CRAZY!

Ben Collier

                                                           ‘CRAZY’

Dark, brooding and oh so suspenseful – Coversion artist Ben Collier’s take on the Seal hit is just as the name describes, ‘Crazy’. This track has gotten the Seal of approval (JB showed him it on a flight from London to LAX – true story), and would fit perfectly in a trailer, a BIG film or a dramatic television show scene.

We own the commissioned master & all the stems 100% – making it easy to download, tweak and show your clients for immediate feedback.

Listen here.

www.coversionmusic.com / jb@coversionmusic.com

 

RHR Presents: Coversion Music

We have some very, very, very exciting news to share.. RHR is expecting and our new baby, Coversion Music, will be brought into the world at the September edition of London Sync Sessions (which is held in Barcelona this year, hello!). Coversion is a sync focused covers catalogue run by team of experienced music supervisors and industry professionals. We can’t wait to share this with you come September, but in the meantime you can follow Coversion on social media and subscribe to our newsletter for updates at : https://www.coversionmusic.com/

 

 

And We’re Off!


No one does whirlwind quite like RHR (looking at you JB), and we’re about to take off on a couple very exciting trips! TO friends and friends visiting, we will be at CMW tomorrow to Sunday morning – get at us if you haven’t done so already:) we love grabbing food and drinks. We will also be in Saint John for East Coast Music Week – catching up with friends, attending conference sessions and of course, enjoying the evening’s festivities.

Hope to see new and old friends alike over the coming week!

Oh, right – that Coversion logo? 🙂 That’s some news for another day.

See ya!

Welcome Henry Hall To The RHR Family!


Our latest addition to the RHR team brings Rolling Stone recognized pop artist Henry Hall on board! Hall’s music is fun, catchy and clever drawing humour from his own personal experiences and doesn’t shy away from belting it out. Hall’s inherent quirkiness fits right in with us at Rocking Horse Road and we’re stoked to have such a cool industry shaker on board. He attributes a lot of his sound to the likes of The Weeknd and Paul McCartney, who like Hall are not afraid to sing in a higher octave. Are we ever thankful for that! He has already scored a really cool sync – which we’re not sure we can talk about yet, so we’re just going to keep you on your toes until we’re ready to announce.

Welcome to the fam Henry – we’re happy to have you!

Check out Hall’s video for his song “Company” off his latest EP My Friends Don’t Like Me below!

“As one upbeat, off-kilter track bleeds into another, there’s a sense of unabashed, mood-lifting, retro goodness that feels boldly infectious” – Lauren McKinney, The Wild Honey Pie

 

 

Rocking Horse Road’s Pre-cleared Music Library

We’ve been waiting patiently waiting to let all of you in on what we’ve have been working on these past few months and well… Today is the day! Read below to get the detailed release on our new Pre-cleared Music Library.

ROCKING HORSE ROAD’S PRE-CLEARED MUSIC LIBRARY LAUNCHES TODAY

(February 7, 2017 – Halifax, NS). Rocking Horse Road Productions (RHR), a rapidly expanding multi-service music licensing house operating out of LA, London, and Halifax today announces the launch of its new online PRE-CLEARED MUSIC LIBRARY – an easily searchable, one-stop shop offering pre-cleared click-through licenses for your creative projects.

www.rockinghorseroad.sourceaudio.com

The wide range of tracks each have royalty-free pre-set rates for regional, national, and worldwide use in perpetuity. BROWSING IS WELCOMED – NO NEED TO SIGN IN until you want to purchase.

Our roster of quality artists and composers covers everything from hip-hop to bebop, and includes Canadian singer-songwriter / composer, Jim Guthrie, and three-time Emmy award winner Jeff Whitcher.

Plus, you can sound good, do good, and feel good as our Charity Program and tie-in with Unison Benevolent Fund (http://unisonfund.ca) meaning every sync gives back.

Rocking Horse Road Productions is a Canadian multi-service music licensing house offering sync licensing, publishing, and music clearance services.  Established in December 2012 in Halifax, NS, the company now has satellite offices in Los Angeles, CA and London, UK markets.

 

Welcome The Helmoltz Resonators To The RHR Family!

With our newest addition to the RHR family things have gotten a little quirkier – in the best way possible. UK lads The Helmholtz Resonators have joined forces with us at Rocking Horse Road to share their unique take on music and life with the rest of the world. Heavily inspired by the ethos behind concept albums, the band have created a repertoire of songs as eccentric as their imagine – drawing influences from The Kinks, LCD Soundsystem and other music industry game changers. Their most recent album “The Mystery of Woolley Mountain” was released as not only a digital album, but also a video game and an interactive song e-book. These guys bring something new to the table and after all – variety is the spice of life, right?

Welcome to the team guys, we’re excited to have you on board!

 

Spotlight On Moonlight

So most of you have probably heard of a little movie that hit theatres recently titled Moonlight – you know, the 2017 Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture – Drama? The movie starring Mahershala Ali which has created a ton of Oscar buzz? Now that you’re up to speed we can excitedly tell you that the Ad running on tv and online promoting the film features a composition written by RHR Composer Jeremiah Pena and was cleared through RHR!

Check out the trailer below and give a big hoorah for the team at RHR – we told you 2017 was going to be our year.

 

“It was done with such incredible understanding. It was so human.” – Helen Mirren on Moonlight

“From first shot to last, Moonlight is about as beautiful a movie as you are ever likely to see. The colors are rich and luminous. The music — hip-hop, R&B, astute classical selections and Nicholas Britell’s subtle score — is both surprising and perfect.”- A.O. Scott, The New York Times

“I cannot recommend this film enough. Every idea, every theme, every emotion you could possibly feel as a human being you feel on screen.” – Trevor Noah, Television Host

“Moonlight offers a broad audience the chance to see that humanity, love, and affection exist inside—and, in fact, are freed within—the intimate realms of queerness, Blackness, and carcerality.” Steven Thrasher, Esquire