9.06 Kevin scores Comedy Central's The Bubbas.
Comedy Central's The Bubba's is a quirky southern rooted
pilot about two guys who just want to hang out and drink
beer but life's situations keep getting in their way. The
score has a bluesy southern rock sound with a bit of Lynard
Skynard essence thrown in. Check out some of the music here.
9.06 Kids WB features two of
Kevin's shows every Saturday morning
Join Omi and the gang of Xiaolin Showdown
or check out Johnny and his wacky talking sidekick of a dog
on Johnny Test every Saturday morning on the new CW's Kids
WB cartoon block. Kevin scored all three seasons of Xiaolin
Showdown as well as the theme and season one of Johnny
Test.
Johnny airs at 9:30am and Xiaolin at 11:00am (Pacific). Check
out the music of Xiaolin here or
the music of Johnny Test here.
8.06 Kevin Manthei Music scores
Over the Hedge - Hammy Goes Nuts PSP.
Kevin Manthei Music was asked to score some
additional music for the upcoming PSP game based on the widely
popular film Over the Hedge. In the game all eyes are on
the frantic skitzo squirl Hammy as he goes from level to
level sneaking, running and freaking out all the while trying
to steal more stuff from the humans. The music has a certain
hesitant feel throughout while capturing the manic qualities
of Hammy and the gang. Music to be posted upon release of
the game.
7.06 Kevin scores
Nickelodeon's Wizzard of Krudd.
The Wizzard of Krudd - an original Nickelodeon short
- follows an evil (when he feels like it) Wizard, his bumbling
Ogre side kicks and a rocker kid straight out of the 80's
stuck in this magical wizard world. For some reason he thinks
it all totally rocks and is oblivious to the fact that he
is their prisoner! The music is one part heavy rock and metal
with 2 parts medieval orchestral madness. Shake and stir.
Click here to listen to some
of the music.
6.06 Kevin scores the Xiaolin Showdown Game
Kevin Manthei was asked to score Konami and
Bottle Rocket's game based on the Warner Brothers animated
series Xiaolin Showdown. The music parallels the shows in
its style and orchestration but because of the fighting nature
of the game the music stays on a tense, epic and fast moving
pace the whole game. A game soundtrack is forthcoming along
with the release of the game in mid November. Stay tuned
for music clips.
6.06 Kevin scores 15th Nancy
Drew title
Kevin Manthei scored his 15th title for Her
Interactive in the ongoing Nancy
Drew game series. Nancy
Drew Creature of Kapu Cave takes place on the mystical
island of Hawaii. The music follows runs the gamut of traditional
hawaiian music to mystical and ancient polynesian instruments,
sounds and moods. The game releases October 06 so stay
tuned for music clips.
4.06 Xiaolin on CN
While Kevin Manthei just wrapped up scoring over 50 episodes
of Warner Brothers Xiaolin Showdown, Cartoon
Network recently
began airing Xiaolin every day. We hear Xiaolin is doing
really well on Cartoon Network and can be usually be seen
in the 3:30pm, 6:00pm and 9:00 pm time slots. Turn on CN
and look for Omi and the gang! Click here to listen to the
music of Xiaolin Showdown.
9.05 Kevin scores
Warner Brothers' newest animated series.
Kevin Manthei is currently
scoring Warner Brother's newest animated series Johnny Test.
In addition, Kevin co-wrote with Kevin Riepl the main title
theme song. The score is a mixture of punk rock, electronica,
orchestral madness and even some good ol' fashioned Carl
Staling type music. Johnny Test is a fantasy - action - comedy
consisting of Johnny Test's twin inventor sisters who help
Johnny live out the once in a lifetime chance to become a
super-hero: breathe underwater, go into outer space, or anything
that a normal 11 year old boy would dream of doing and more.
Click here to
visit Johnny Test's website and to see the movie of the Main Title. Click here to
hear the score.12.04
6.05 Xiaolin Showdown begins third season
Kevin Manthei started scoring the second season of WB Kids!
animated series Xiaolin Showdown. Kevin has also brought
on composer Mike Patti to do arranging and synthestration.
The music of Xiaolin Showdown incorporates traditional Asian
music along with a high powered, action packed electronica
score. Listen to some music samples here!
Visit Xiaolin Showdown.com
10.05 Kevin squared score the second season
of Brandy and Mr. Whiskers
Kevin Manthei along with Kevin Riepl have begun scoring
nearly 20 more episodes of Disney's animated series "Brandy
and Mr. Whiskers."
The series currently airs every weekend on the Disney Channel at numerous times.
The music for the show is as hyperactive as the characters
themselves. One thing we can tell you is that it has a great
Latin & South American Jungle flavor!
Click here to listen to some of the music.
Visit
Brandy and Mr. Whisker’s official site here.
9.05 Kevin Manthei scores Ultimate Spiderman
game.
Kevin teamed up with Activision
once again to work on the Ultimate Spiderman game. Kevin
composed nealy 80 minutes of music for the game which inculded
all of the cinematics and in-game music. The score is an
orchestral/electronica inspired hybrid. Click here to
listen to the music.
Click here to
visit the official site.
9.05 Kevin Squared score NCSoft's sequel to
City of Heroes.
Kevin Manthei and Kevin Riepl teamed up to contribute to
the massive score for NCSoft's and Cryptic Studio's City
of Villains. This time things are much darker so the Kevin's
had fun coming up with many unique pieces to fit the game.
Click here to listen
to some of the music. Click here to
visit the official site.
8.05 Kevin and team score Shrek Superslam
Kevin, along with a team of talented composers,
finished creating the 70+ minutes of score for Activision's
Shrek Superslam. The music bounced from genre to genre just
as Kevin Manthei Music's score for Shrek 2 did. Shrek Superslam
is a brawling game that features the wickedly funny humor
and signature locations from the Shrek universe, as well
as parodies of legendary fairytales and pop culture.
Click here to listen
to some of the music. Click here to
visit the official website.
8.05 Sims 2: Strangetown for PSP
Kevin Manthei, in collaboration with Mike
Patti, provided the music for Acivision's Playstation Portable
game Sims 2: Strangetown. The game required 20 minutes of
music for all the radio stations in Strangetown. The radio
stations included Pop, Punk, Latin, Electronica and Country.
Click here to
view the game's site.
2.05 Shark Tale Soundtrack Released
What do you get when you add
1 part 70’s funk, 1 part hip-hop, 1 part a
dramatic Jaws inspired score combined with modern electronics? Kevin Manthei’s
original score for the game to the Dreamworks film Shark Tale. Activision and
Dreamworks once again relied on Kevin Manthei to score their film inspired games.
Kevin's music for Shark Tale incorporates funk, fun and shark induced orchestral
madness.
Click here to listen to the music
or click here to
order a copy of the soundtrack.
"The soundtrack plays a key role with orchestrated scores for most of the
in-game action..." - TeamXbox
2.05 Kevin Manthei scores Lapse
Kevin recently finished scoring
Jeff Vennard’s NYU short film thesis project “Lapse”.
The score deals with elements of time, tension and possible damage of one wrong
decision. Look for this short in the next year at a festival near you.
Sound clips to be available soon in the music section.
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