Pivot Audio

03/18/2020

On times like this, Keep safe and don’t forget: “without music life would be a mistake.” / F. Nietzsche

We are open, and operating remotely!

10/28/2019

Doritos - Anti Ad

This is an ad with no logos. No jingles. No gimmicks.
We had great fun jamming on this one with with the crew Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Directed by @Davemeyers at RadicalMedia LLC

06/24/2019

Cannes Lion! Spark ‘Wedding Speech’ brings home a Bronze Lion in the Film TV/Cinema category. The Most Heartfelt Spot Of The Year.
Thank you @christopherriggert @finchcompany @colenso_bbdo @sparknz •
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#cannes #canneslions #bronze #spark #advertising #awards #pivot

05/01/2019

Spark - Wedding

A father’s last words to his daughter on her wedding day.
We are very proud to have provided original emotional soundtrack to this powerful spot created by @colensobbdonz for Spark.
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Directed by Christopher Riggert // Finch
Edited by Stewart Reeves // WORK Editorial
Original music by yours truly.

03/01/2019

It's here! our new door stopper has arrived.
#Grand Clio #NotAnOscar

12/04/2018

Watership Down

Noam Murro’s Watership Down. Coming real soon!

11/15/2018

#KeepItGolden

California. It is for us, all 39 million of us to inherit. On one condition: that we do everything in our power to preserve and protect it.
Thanks Ben Latimer, Ben Wolan and DDB Worldwide for getting us onboard to work on this beautiful portrait of The Golden State.
#KeepItGolden

09/06/2018

Nike. Humble #wk#followyourcrazydreams

07/02/2018

SISTERS IN SWEAT - TBWA\CHIAT\DAY LOS ANGELES

Plenty of Rosés later, we’re back from Cannes…
Very proud to see ‘SistersInSweat’ picking up a Bronze Lion in the Film Craft category.
A big congratulations to everyone involved! 👏👏👏
Jaci Judelson, Kirsten Rutherford, Mark Peters, Guy Amitai

https://www.lovethework.com/entries/505731

World champion tennis player and new mother Serena Williams offers advice from the heart. The wisdom that she gives to her newborn daughter, Olympia, becomes a message for all girls. It doesn’t matter if they’ll never go pro. The lessons they learn from...

04/06/2018

The Webby Awards People's Voice needs YOU

It's Webbyawards time !
A few project we've worked on are nominated for a Webbyaward. If you have a spare minute - please vote for:
Sisters In Sweat:
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2018/film-video/branded-entertainment/sports

and also here, Perfectly Normal :
https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2018/film-video/general/documentary-individual-episode-shortform

I just voted in The Webby Awards People’s Voice Awards. You should too.

04/04/2018

Gatorade - Sisters In Sweat

More love to ‘Sisters in Sweat’ at the LA Addy awards this week. Picking up 3 GOLDS for:
Best National/Regional commercial, Best Internet commercial, and Copywriting. Big shout out to the entire team. TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles Tool of North America
#SistersInSweat

https://vimeo.com/244876015

Gatorade - Sisters In Sweat Director - Jaci Judelson Production Company - Tool of North America Agency - TBWA/Chiat/Day Music - Pivot Audio, Rearrangement…

02/20/2018

jointheteam

Director Mark Molloy of SMUGGLER tells the story of one special cyclist.
Thanks We Are Saatchi for letting us provide the soundtrack to this moving story.

http://www.pivotaudio.com/jointheteam

02/11/2018

Canadian Tire: 'Tap' (extended version)

TeamCanada is ready for The Olympics�.
#TeamCanada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ucVTv2664g

To our athletes in PyeongChang: all of Canada is behind you. Because in this country, we all play for something greater than ourselves. We all play for Canada.

02/09/2018

Canadian Tire: 'First Skate'

The Olympics are here !
Check out the first in the series - “First Skate“ with agency: Leo Burnett Toronto, Directed by Mark Molloy
#TeamCanada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHFJU0YD43Y

Everyone deserves the chance to play. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from. Because in this country, we all play for something greater than our...

11/21/2017

Sisters In Sweat

So proud we could take a part of this moving, and highly important message from Serena Williams to her newborn child, and to all girls.
Directed by Jaci Judelson of Tool of North America, with huge help from our friends at TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles. Mark Peters, Kristen Rutherford, Doug Menezes and many many others.

#SistersInSweat #SerenaWilliams #AlicaKeys

10/23/2017

‘Skip Winter’ this season by putting some Dan-Pan into your pants.
Happy to have made the music for this spot with Director Greg Brunkalla, Stink Studios London, Mori Inc. and Uniqlo Japan

08/22/2017

Women Overcome Fierce Obstacles Through Running in This Film Series for Hoka One One

Running is much more than the physical mechanics of putting one foot in front of the other. Commitment to this physically demanding discipline takes supreme dedication and a strong will. Capturing the inspiration for the act of running on film is a bit like telling a story about what makes us human.

These 3 athletes used the sport to change their lives

http://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/women-overcome-fierce-obstacles-through-running-in-this-film-series-for-hoka-one-one/

These 3 athletes used the sport to change their lives.

06/29/2017

www.youtube.com

Winning is only one side of the story !

We been thrilled working on this great project with our friends at WK.
Thanks to everyone involved in this one !
Wieden+Kennedy, MJZ, EXILE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv9daYDOCIY&feature=share

Welcome to The Roger Effect. #InspirationUnmatched

06/22/2017

Our work for Samsung - The Chant is shortlisted for Music and Sound Design !
Thank you Martin De Thurah, Stewart Reeves, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Brian Siedband, Gordy Sang,Epoch Films and Work Editorial !

03/20/2017

Film Advertising Crafts Jury | 2017 D&AD Professional Awards Winners | D&AD

We’re pleased to announce that Pivot Audio founder Guy Amitai - has been selected as a @DandAD Film Craft Jury member at #dandad this year !

https://www.dandad.org/profiles/jury/668223/film-advertising-crafts-2017/

Film Advertising Crafts Jury Professional Awards 2017 Jury James Rouse (President) Director Outsider Guy Amitai Composer/Sound Designer/Founder Pivot Audio Helen Argo Head of Commercials and Short Form Production Aardman Animations Richard Brim ECD adam&eveDDB Jane Dilworth Executive Producer Work E...

03/16/2017

‘Perfectly Normal’: Autism Through a Lens

Fresh from the press : Perfectly Normal wins ‘Best Documentary’ at Conquest Film Festival !!!

After receiving raving reviews at SXSW over the last few days - this beautiful film directed by Joris Debeij, with original score by Guy Amitai is now available on New York Times’s portal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/opinion/perfectly-normal-autism-though-a-lens.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

Any film about a person with autism can offer only a partial truth.

02/08/2017

Joris Debeij's 'Perfectly Normal' is now part of the official selection for this year's SXSW.
For those of you who are going to be there - go and check out this special gem, with original soundtrack by our very own Guy Amitai.

https://www.sxsw.com/film/2017/sxsw-film-festival-reveals-midnighters-shorts-inaugural-vr-program/

01/23/2017

Bud Light Moves on With a Friendship-Focused Campaign

Bud Light celebrates the modern bromance, and we’ve been called to bang a version of Guns N'Roses SCOM on the piano !
Check out this funny spot, directed by Jim Jenkins at O Positive and WKNY.
Friendships can't be defined by one moment alone.

#Broship#Beer

http://creativity-online.com/work/bud-light-between-friends/50632

Bud Light Moves on With a Friendship-Focused Campaign

12/22/2016

As we’re cleaning the studio and about to leave for holidays - this lion just arrived. Straight from Cannes !!!

Halo5. Cannes Lion. Entertainment. Boom !!!

#Halo5 #CannesLion #Entertainment #ItTookAWhileButYouMadeItHere

11/21/2016

Perfectly Normal

New York Times and Joris Debeij present "Perfectly Normal" a beautiful and poignant short film offering a window into one man's experience with autism. With soundtrack by Guy Amitai .

11/11/2016

who by fire ~ leonard cohen

Farewell Leonard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrzRB-40AM

09/13/2016

Massive congrats to Stewart Reeves for winning a Gold CLIO Awards on this awesome spot, directed by Martin De Thurah . With music by Pivot Audio

More well deserved hardware coming our way from CLIO Awards. Huge congratulations to Stewart Reeves, Ben Jordan and Rich Orrick and grateful to the many amazing teams we have had the pleasure of working with on these films.

#TrustInCraft #workeditorial

#filmeditors #samsung #leoburnett #nike Rattling Stick #clioawards #ATT #ESPNCreativeworks Wieden+Kennedy Smuggler Epochfilms

07/18/2016

Suicide - Suicide 1977 (Full Album)

RIP Alan Vega. The first true electronic punk pioneer

https://youtu.be/11KOFvXtg2g?t=1

Tracklist: 1. Ghost Rider (0:00) 2. Rocket U.S.A. (2:34) 3. Cheree (6:51) 4. Johnny (10:33) 5. Girl (12:44) 6. Frankie Teardrop (16:50) 7. Che (27:17) Artist...

07/14/2016

Samsung - Surfing - We Are Greater Than I

Congratulations to yet another award for this wonderful project we worked on! well done team Samsung-Surf !!!
Bronze Clio Sports Award for the amazing Samsung Surf.

#SamsungSurf#72andSunny#Stink#Eliot Rausch http://www.cliosports.com/winners/2016/film/

https://vimeo.com/133160791

Samsung - Surfing - We Are Greater Than I Director — Eliot Rausch Production Company - Stink Agency - 72 and Sunny, Amsterdam Music — Pivot Audio

06/21/2016

A South Sudanese Athlete Heads to the Olympics in Samsung's Uplifting Ad

Our latest work for Samsung with Leo Burnett, Directed by Martin De Thurah

http://creativity-online.com/work/samsung-the-chant/47880

South Sudanese 400m runner Margret Rumat Rumat Hassan is the subject of this stirring Olympics ad from Samsung.

05/17/2016

The One Club / Home

A Bronze Pencil at The One Club 2016 for our 'Samsung - We Are Greater Than I spot' !
Congrats to Eliot Rausch of Stink, 72andSunny and all the talented people involved in this one !

The One Club is the world\'s foremost non-profit organization for the recognition and promotion of excellence in advertising. The One Club produces four annual award competitions: The One Show, One Show Design, One Show Entertainment and One Show Interactive.

04/22/2016

news

2 spots we made the music for have been shortlisted for this year’s AICP !!!
Shoutout to and congratulations to all involved in those two :
Samsung - ”We are Greater Than I" , Samsung - 72andSunny /, Eliot Rausch,
Nike - ”The Future is Fast" , Wieden+Kennedy / Yann Demange

Well, it’s been one year since Pivot opened its doors in Los Angeles, and we can confidently say that we are sufficiently tanner, or at least tannish.

04/05/2016

What a day... What a lovely day !!!

03/10/2016

Sir George Martin,
Thank you for sharing your experience and talent thru out the years… Thank you for your production skills, for your arrangements…
You are a huge inspiration.
You will be missed greatly.

02/04/2016

news

The first year for our LA office. And what a year that was !
We are stoked to have made so many new friends and talented collaborator. 2016 here we come !

Check out our news letter here : http://www.pivotaudio.com/news

Well, it’s been one year since Pivot opened its doors in Los Angeles, and we can confidently say that we are sufficiently tanner, or at least tannish.

01/28/2016

Unseen

We had such amazing at Sundance '16 ! Partied and hang with old friends and made some new friends too.
Here’s one preview for a film that wasn’t ready in time for Sundance, but hopefully it’ll do well elsewhere.
It’s been a pleasure to work with our friend, director Joris Debeij.
This one is an homage, ode, and celebration of Coach Chillie, builder of dreams.

12/12/2015

The 20 Most Viral Ads of 2015

With 779,019 shares, our Adidas spot is number #16 - most viral ads of 2015 !!!

Thanks 72andSunny for bringing us to work on this one !

http://www.adweek.com/news-gallery/advertising-branding/20-most-viral-ads-2015-168213

Creatives, despair! With just six weeks left in 2015, the most shared ad of the year contains nothing but found footage, according to new data from Unruly—hilarious and adorable found footage, but found footage nonetheless.But maybe that's OK. The spot, "Friends Furever" for Google's Android, caused…

12/07/2015

Nike - The Future Is Fast

We had so much fun working with Wieden+Kennedy on this awesome spot for Nike.
Look out – these kids are the future of footbal !

Director - Yann Demange,
Production Company - Stink,
Music - Pivot Audio

https://vimeo.com/147980439

Director - Yann Demange Production Company - Stink Agency - Wieden+Kennedy, Portland Music - Pivot Audio (remixing Sam and Dave's - Hold on I'm)

11/24/2015

BRITISH ARROWS CRAFT 2015 WINNERS | British Arrows

Congrats to our friends at 72 & Sunny for picking a Golden Arrow award tonight on the British Arrow Award show.

Samsung Surf – We Are Greater Than I

11/06/2015

Samsung - Surf - We Are Greater Than I

Our music for ‘Samsung - Surf’ is nominated in the Best Original Music category for this weeks Ciclope Festival festival in Berlin. Good luck to all the nominees !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8i3slWAV_M

Created in partnership with the World Surf League, this story takes us through the mind of the whole surfing community. It shows how we are all connected, in...

10/05/2015

Halo 5: Launch TV Commercial

More Halo 5 work !
“The Hunt Begins" debuted this weekend, directed by Henry Hobson, for 215 McCann, with music and sound-design by Pivot. Check it out !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCP0GSB2A8E

Halo 5 Launch TV Commercial. The Master Chief rises, and the hunt begins. Halo 5: Guardians is available October 27, 2015, exclusively on Xbox One. Pre-order...

09/28/2015

Halo 5: A Hero Falls TV Commercial

New work alert :
Pivot’s latest Music and Sound Design for HALO5. Check it out !!!

Directed by : Henry Hobson, Editor : Stewart Reeves, Agency : 215 McCann, SF
#HALO5#215mccann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SENJV2_XuLM

Halo 5 A Hero Falls TV commercial debuted on Sunday Night Football. A hero falls and the universe mourns. Halo 5: Guardians is available October 27, 2015, ex...

09/22/2015

Verizon | A better network as explained by an hourglass.

Check out this group of fun films we worked on, with our friends at Wieden & Kennedy for Verizon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S3Ox1LgAyM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P2aEtQ-_kw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI-pZKvLaQ0

Verizon’s network has a lot of capacity, and the best way to explain that is with an hourglass.

08/06/2015

Create Your Own Game feat. Messi, Bale, James, Özil, Müller, Rubio

Adidas - 'Create Your Own'
Our remix with Junkie XL for TwoFingers is featured on the new Adidas spot from 72andSunny . Directed by Henry-Alex Rubin

Two Fingerz Junkie XL Guy Amitai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIqC9IYMUOU

Your heroes are now your competition. Don’t just follow; go out and create your own game. Leo Messi's brilliance and curling free kicks. Gareth Bale's dribbl...

07/17/2015

Saatchi's New Director Showcase: Night Shift

Our 'Night shift' project with Noam Murro - "Pick of the Day" on Creativity.
Biscuit FilmworksRock Paper Scissors Post ProductionsThe Mill ResourceLA Guy Amitai Stewart Reeves

Noam Murro's short film for the 25th anniversary of Saatchi's New Director Showcase at this year's Cannes Lions.