SOUNDDOGS.COM & SOUNDSTORM, AN E-HOLLYWOOD SUPER LIBRARY
Santa Monica, California - April 10, 2002 -- SOUNDDOGS.COM and AUDIO NETWORK Plc ( UK ) have announced that they have signed an agreement to have Sounddogs.com distribute the SOUNDSTORM sound design library. SoundStorm is an Academy Award winning sound design team from Los Angeles , creatively led by Supervising Sound Editors Bruce Stambler and John Leveque, with 10,000 (130 Gb) never before published effects, created for many of the greatest Hollywood films from the past twenty years.
Stated Paul Virostek, Vice President of Production at SDC, "The SoundStorm library is immaculate, and we are excited to provide our much beloved customers with one of the greatest sound libraries in Hollywood history."
SoundStorm , Inc. is best known for its work on many of Hollywood 's highest profile motion pictures. Recent works range from The Fast and the Furious and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, to the upcoming Star Trek: Nemesis, Triple X and The Sum of All Fears.
John Switzer, Vice President of SoundStorm on working with Sounddogs.com, "Both AudioNetwork and SoundStorm are very excited to be teaming up with SoundDogs.com and Rob Nokes. This is the first time the general public has been given access to our legendary library and we are thrilled that its debut has been on SoundDogs.com."
In his additional capacity as a Director at Audio Network Plc, Switzer organized the deal between the three companies. Switzer and Nokes worked together at SDC between 1998-2000, and the two closed deals with AvidProNet (NSDQ: AVID), Microsoft MSDN (NSDQ: MSFT) and Apple iMovie (NSDQ: AAPL). The two had originally met and worked on a deal with Audio Network Plc principals Robert Hurst and Andrew Sunnucks when they were with Boosey & Hawkes Plc (BAKS.L).
"There are many reasons that make this a special moment, most importantly is that we continue to provide the absolute best product and service to our clients," stated Rob Nokes, President of Sounddogs.com. "We are also reunited with good friends, as we strive forward in our vision is to provide the world with the most elite sound and music library, with a design is accessible by grade school students and major motion picture editors."
Nokes concluded, "SoundStorm is a fantastic company that does exceptional work, and we sincerely appreciate the opportunity to provide their exquisite sound libray to the world."
About Audio Network Plc
Audio Network Plc (audiolicense.net) has its head office in England and is a partnership of over thirty of Europe 's leading composers, producers and sound professionals.
In partnership with SoundStorm, they are building a catalogue of top quality recorded music for their film and television customers.
About SoundStorm, Inc.
Burbank , California based SoundStorm , Inc. is the leading independent sound editorial facility in Hollywood . With six Academy Award nominations and one award for The Ghost and the Darkness, SoundStorm was recently called "The last of the red-hot independents" by Mix Magazine. Visit our newly launched, totally redesigned web site at soundstorm.com.
About: Sounddogs.com, Inc.
Located in sunny Santa Monica , California , is the Internet's first and leading online royalty-free sound effects and production music library with well over 105,000 sounds online, immediately available in wav, aif, mp3, and wma. The company can be reached via email at support@sounddogs.com or toll-free at 877-315-3647.
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