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Black Gold - truTV

Original Composition - Sound Design


MISSION: Create an original composition and sound design package that brings the grit, guts and glory to Black Gold, truTV's newest reality TV show.

After receiving a quick time movie with a rough cut, G&E composers created several music tracks ranging from laid back Americana to over the top, cinematic. During the demo phase, a rock guitar riff was chosen by the producers at truTV. The screaming guitar riff drives the danger throughout the promo and the track was polished with G&E's exclusive mastering chain in studio B.

During the compositional process, the sound design team was hard at work in studio A creating the ultimate marriage between music and sound fx. After several rounds of sound design integration, the final mix and splits were delivered via FTP as 24/48K AIF files.

RESULT: TruTv's highest rated show ever The debut episode notched all sorts of viewership records for the network
formerly known as Court TV, averaging 950,000 adults 25-54, 861,000 adults 18-49 and 344,000 adults. truTV's Black Gold served up a record 1.61 million viewers
.