Interview with Gary Hertz & Steve Schnur – April 21, 2020 Webinar

The Copyright Society of the South enjoyed a webinar with special guests Gary Hertz and Steve Schnur on April 21, 2020.

Steve Schnur has been a label and music publishing company President, TV executive producer, music supervisor, professional musician, songwriter, composer, record producer and more. Along the way, he has moved the needle and changed the game in the fields of music, movies, television, sports, video games and digital interactive entertainment around the world.  As Worldwide Executive of EA Music Group, his role is to pursue, create and continuously develop the international vision for music in game franchises such as Battlefront, Dragon Age, FIFA, Madden NFL, Need For Speed, Star Wars, and The Sims, via which he has been responsible for internationally launching artists. His hands-on approach to composer selection, orchestration and production of well over 100 EA soundtrack albums – including original scores for Battlefield 1, The Sims, Madden NFL, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Medal of Honor and Star Wars: Battlefront with composers that have included Mark Mothersbaugh, Michael Giacchino, Junkie XL, Steve Jablonsky and Hans Zimmer – has earned EA over 50 soundtrack nominations over the last 15+ years.

Gary Hertz is a writer, producer, marketing consultant and semi-grizzled industry veteran. Over the past 30+ years, he’s worked with companies that include New Line Cinema, Arista Records, Anchor Bay Entertainment, National Lampoon, IFC Films, Sony Digital, Rounder Records, EA Games, Severin Films, Dualtone Music Group and The Library Of Congress.

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