The Sync Report
Welcome to the Sync Report, the intersection between independent filmmakers and songwriters, where we host a weekly conversation with award winning filmmakers and leading music industry professionals. Meet industry experts and top level songwriters as we pull the curtain back on music placement and scores. Building vital relationships and providing real opportunities to our listeners. Listen to indie filmmakers present their latest productions and describe specific scenes as they consider music submitted by our audience. Hosted by Actor and musician Colin O'Donoghue, the Godmother of Indie Films, Rose Ganguzza and music supervisor and former Sony Epic executive Jason P. Rothberg. Music is the difference between a good film and a great one.
Episodes
February 10, 2023 • 2 mins
The team will be taking the rest of this month off tend to music, film, and family business. But not to worry, as your hosts Colin O'Donoghue, Rose Ganguzza and Jason P. Rothberg will be back in a few weeks with a new batch of conversations with some of the top talent in film, TV and music just for you.
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February 2, 2023 • 134 mins
Lili Haydn contributed score to seasons 2 & 3 of the Emmy winning Amazon series Transparent; as well as the films ANITA, The House That Jack Built, DriverX, Broken Kingdom and Oscar winner Freida Mock’s documentary RUTH: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words, and Oscar nominee Michele Ohayon’s Netflix documentary Strip Down Rise Up
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January 26, 2023 • 111 mins
From Ilan's first big break, on Matthew Vaughn's Layer Cake, to the importance of having a great relationship with the Director and how Ilan starts the composing process we talk through Ilan’s journey in composing and his love for story-telling through music. Ilan has composed music for many award-winning films including Layer Cake, Still Alice, Stardust, The Young Victoria and Shaun The Sheep. We find out why he loves workin...
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January 19, 2023 • 102 mins
How was Ben Lee’s second gig as support for Sonic Youth?!
Ben Lee’s band Noise Addict were loved by Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and the Beastie Boys Mike D and toured with Sebadoh when he was only 16 years old! How the heck did all that happen?
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January 12, 2023 • 135 mins
So here we are kicking off season 4 with Dave Rowntree talking music, politics, missions to mars, Mo Farah, Bros, computer programming and much more.
When you’re already part of one of the biggest bands in the UK, launching a successful solo career can be daunting, as Dave tells us, but listening to his first solo record he seems to have found his groove. Join us as we ask Dave what took him so long to record his fir...
When you’re already part of one of the biggest bands in the UK, launching a successful solo career can be daunting, as Dave tells us, but listening to his first solo record he seems to have found his groove. Join us as we ask Dave what took him so long to record his fir...
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November 3, 2022 • 111 mins
Listen as Dean Lyon talk about making Michael Jackson’s Thriller video, working on the movie Air Force One, Armageddon and more. Hear why Dean found himself in New Zealand and how that led to a meeting with Peter Jackson which led to him setting up his own VFX business in Auckland.
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October 27, 2022 • 112 mins
Steve talks us through working on the Oscar winning film Monster with (Director) Patty Jenkins and Charlize Theron and what he learned from such a focussed and intense film set. How did that compare to working with Jon Favreau or Taylor Hackford? Listen as Steve tells us the difference for him between working on a big budget movie vs a smaller budget movie - which one gives him the most work satisfaction?
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October 20, 2022 • 82 mins
Peter tells us why he originally wanted to look and sound just like Buddy Holly. Hear how hard Peter and the Hermits worked for years before they signed a record deal, and how their situation improved once they had a manager who helped the band evolve and became a more professional operation. Listen to how they toured the country using public transport or cycling to venues and being paid just £5 per gig!
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October 13, 2022 • 97 mins
Peter Noone's career started as Stanley Fairclough in Britain’s biggest soap opera: Coronation Street. Peter was 15 when he became the lead singer of Herman’s Hermits and only 16 when “I’m Into Something Good” reached no.1 in the UK chart. Six months later, they reached the top of the US charts with "Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter,” but what was it like to grace the cover of every magazine and deal with huge fame in...
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October 6, 2022 • 114 mins
First, we hear about John’s love of music and how learning drums then guitar in his childhood set him up on his music journey, which since 2019 includes singing and playing guitar for his band The Simple Radicals. Find out why, when he was a kid, his parents never came to see his band live and how his band became one of Chicago’s best covers band.
Find out how Johns’ podcast MUSIC & A BREW was born and evol...
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September 29, 2022 • 92 mins
Tricia Halloran has music supervised many film and TV for shows including New Amsterdam, Dead To Me, Tully, The Space Between and the upcoming movie Sound of Freedom, starring Mira Sorvino. We also find out about her 15 years hosting the hugely influential indie rock show “Brave New World” on KCRW and working as content editor for the website Ultimate Band List (later artistdirect.com)
Find out how Tricia balan...
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September 22, 2022 • 68 mins
Dr Jess Duckworth, aka The Piano Doctor, composes delicate, melodic, reflective piano music that resonated across the world during the covid pandemic and ever since, propelling her album to the top of the UK Classical Charts and securing her a top 20 UK album in early 2022.
As a medical doctor, Jess was at the frontline of the UK covid pandemic, but then, on her way home after long, long shifts in hospital she ...
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September 15, 2022 • 103 mins
We hear about Stuart’s life in music, starting out as a pirate radio DJ for Radio Caroline, Stuart talks of his many adventures on sea and land back when commercial radio was illegal. Find out from Stuart which movie gives the most accurate depiction of what those days in pirate radio were like.
Listen to Stuart talk about what led to the creation of Hot Press magazine in Ireland. Listen to Stuart talk about th...
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September 8, 2022 • 98 mins
Alec’s work has won countless awards including a coveted Cannes Lions Grand Prix, a Grand Clio, and an Emmy for Outstanding Commercial. He was responsible for the first-ever licensed use of a Prince recording in an advert, produced a full-blown Broadway musical for Skittles on Super Bowl Sunday, nabbed a first-ever Guild of Music Supervisors nomination for a beer brand as well as a win for Best Original Score at the Music &...
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September 1, 2022 • 82 mins
If you’re a fan of the TV show “Glee”, you’ll have heard more than 18 songs that Tommy produced for ‘Darren Criss and the Warblers’ which culminated in the Top 10 Billboard smash hit acapella version of Teenage Dream.
As well as Glee, Tommy’s music has been heard on Beverly Hills 90210, CBS’s The Odd Couple, Netflix’s One Day At A Time and Australia’s Popstars. Tommy has also produced music for artists includin...
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August 25, 2022 • 103 mins
Listen as Michelle talks passionately about the importance of music for filmmakers, why she wants to be part of the film project from early in the filmmaking process and why the right music can make a huge impact on a film’s success.
Find out what happens when a filmmaker comes to a music supervisor with the music they want, or what happens when an artist turns down a music sync request. And why that is more li...
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August 18, 2022 • 78 mins
Hear how Sean managed to learn 23 Smash Mouth songs in three days to join them on a tour of US military bases in the Middle East in 2011 and how he approaches learning other artists' music.
In 2014, Sean was burned out, sold his music catalogue and took a few years off writing, recording and touring, only to return a few years later with a different approach to the business, thanks to a chance meeting with some...
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August 11, 2022 • 101 mins
Brady joined us to talk about his movie career; from child actor in TV and film to film directing. Hear what influenced Brady to pursue his love of film and how he was able to work with some of his filmmaking heroes including Lars Von Trier and Michael Haneke.
Brady talks about how he left acting to become a filmmaker, how his own experiences of auditioning for roles as a child have influenced how he casts for ...
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July 14, 2022 • 69 mins
Des Shaw is currently working with Tony Defries on a podcast series that explores the history of Main Man and the groundbreaking work Defries did with Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithful and dozens of others in the '70s.
Des’s audio production work includes projects with Johnny Depp, Bono, Annie Lennox, Susan Sarandon, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Crowe, Tony Visconti, Deborah Harry, Laura Marling, Smokey...
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July 7, 2022 • 95 mins
Find out how highly Josh rates landing a music sync and how much benefit this can bring to any musician, whatever stage of their career, but also how it is important to be selective.
Lucky Man Management & Brushfire signing ALO had their song Strange Days synced in Smallville. As Josh says “…the right piece of music in the right piece of content… can be career changing”. Hear how Jack Johnson’s music was us...
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