Chance Thomas' entry into Hollywood scores Oscar winning performance
Game composer produced original musical score and classic song remakes for Sony Pictures' computer generated film the ChubbChubbs!
Chance Thomas, the award-winning composer most widely known for his innovative work in interactive games, created the music for The ChubbChubbs! which has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The Oscars were presented at the 75th Annual Academy Awards ceremony held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday, 23rd March 2003.
Released by Columbia Pictures, The ChubbChubbs! is the immensely popular CG animated short film developed and produced by Sony Pictures' Imageworks. Director Eric Armstrong accepted the award on behalf of the team, which included veteran game impresario Chance Thomas.
Producer Jacquie Barnbrook said, "Chance was an inspiration, always sharing his talent and generosity to the collaborative spirit of this piece", while The ChubbChubbs! sound designer Tim Larkin attested, "Chance never ceases to amaze me with his composing." His first foray into theatrical film, Chance's music featured in The ChubbChubbs! opened for the hit movies Men In Black II and Stuart Little II on 10,000 theater screens worldwide in the summer of 2002.
Thomas, who produced one of the first live orchestral scores in an interactive game, Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire, is responsible for composing and producing all of the original music for The ChubbChubbs!. The original orchestral score composed and orchestrated by Chance was performed by the Utah Film Orchestra and mixed at Sony Pictures Sound in Culver City, CA. The film also features remakes of the classic songs, "Respect" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?", which Chance produced as well.
"Obviously, I'm thrilled", commented Thomas, "Having The ChubbChubbs! win the Oscar was HUGE, and the crowning finale to a memorable music scoring experience." He added, "Conducting the Utah Film Orchestra was truly exhilarating. They were well rehearsed, having recently played under John Williams for the Olympics, and they performed superbly for me." Excerpts from the score can be heard online at: http://www.hugesound.com/AUDIOdemos.htm.
Chance, whose credits include music production for Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III theatrical trailer, which opened nationwide for such films as Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, is a winner of many accolades, having been honored by the Emmy Awards, Aurora Awards, Addy Awards, Telly Awards, and the Vault Network Awards. Other titles for which Chance has contributed a broad range of music services include: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (EA), Earth & Beyond (EA), Robota: Reign of Machines teaser (Doug Chiang Studios), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Vivendi-Universal), Unreal II (Infogrames), Middle-Earth Online (Sierra Online), and the upcoming titles The Hobbit (Vivendi-Universal), and Aridaen Gates (SierraTel Entertainment).
He is a great promoter of game music and for many Chance will always be linked to the Grammy Awards and his winning game music Grammy campaign in the late 1990's. Most recently he presented at the "Does Melody Matter?" panel session held during the annual Game Developers Conference in San Jose. Additional information is available online at www.HUGEsound.com
Released by Columbia Pictures, The ChubbChubbs! is the immensely popular CG animated short film developed and produced by Sony Pictures' Imageworks. Director Eric Armstrong accepted the award on behalf of the team, which included veteran game impresario Chance Thomas.
Producer Jacquie Barnbrook said, "Chance was an inspiration, always sharing his talent and generosity to the collaborative spirit of this piece", while The ChubbChubbs! sound designer Tim Larkin attested, "Chance never ceases to amaze me with his composing." His first foray into theatrical film, Chance's music featured in The ChubbChubbs! opened for the hit movies Men In Black II and Stuart Little II on 10,000 theater screens worldwide in the summer of 2002.
Thomas, who produced one of the first live orchestral scores in an interactive game, Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire, is responsible for composing and producing all of the original music for The ChubbChubbs!. The original orchestral score composed and orchestrated by Chance was performed by the Utah Film Orchestra and mixed at Sony Pictures Sound in Culver City, CA. The film also features remakes of the classic songs, "Respect" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?", which Chance produced as well.
"Obviously, I'm thrilled", commented Thomas, "Having The ChubbChubbs! win the Oscar was HUGE, and the crowning finale to a memorable music scoring experience." He added, "Conducting the Utah Film Orchestra was truly exhilarating. They were well rehearsed, having recently played under John Williams for the Olympics, and they performed superbly for me." Excerpts from the score can be heard online at: http://www.hugesound.com/AUDIOdemos.htm.
Chance, whose credits include music production for Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft III theatrical trailer, which opened nationwide for such films as Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, is a winner of many accolades, having been honored by the Emmy Awards, Aurora Awards, Addy Awards, Telly Awards, and the Vault Network Awards. Other titles for which Chance has contributed a broad range of music services include: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (EA), Earth & Beyond (EA), Robota: Reign of Machines teaser (Doug Chiang Studios), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Vivendi-Universal), Unreal II (Infogrames), Middle-Earth Online (Sierra Online), and the upcoming titles The Hobbit (Vivendi-Universal), and Aridaen Gates (SierraTel Entertainment).
He is a great promoter of game music and for many Chance will always be linked to the Grammy Awards and his winning game music Grammy campaign in the late 1990's. Most recently he presented at the "Does Melody Matter?" panel session held during the annual Game Developers Conference in San Jose. Additional information is available online at www.HUGEsound.com
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