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It’s our turn to think pink with Barbie, Google and the hysterical Megan Stalter. Thanks to 72andSunny for inviting us into Barbie Land! Original score by HD.

The Applebee’s team at Grey Group wins a BRONZE – PR Cannes Lion for Taste My Face – Content Creation & Production! We had such an amazing time writing an original song for this music-video-style campaign, promoting a wild combination – wing sauce flavored lip gloss – a collaboration between the beloved restaurant and make-up brand Winky Lux.

HD’s ECD Ariel Rechtshaid brought Danny from Netflix’s Beef (aka actor Steven Yeun) into the studio to produce a full-length version of his now famous Incubus “Drive” cover.

The premiere of Focus Features’ Every Body marks the second year in a row HD composer Amanda Yamate (they/them) has a work in the Tribeca Film Festival. This feature doc is a revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people. Original music by Amanda Yamate.

HD contributed to a collection of multilingual covers of the beloved Post Malone, Swae Lee track, “Sunflower”, producing a Spanish cover by Isabella Love Story, and a Mandarin cover by Zozi. 

Original music, sound design and mix by Heavy Duty for Deloitte Digital x Boy’s No More (Joey Fatone from NSYNC, Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees, Joey McIntyre of New Kids On the Block and Wanyá Morris of Boyz II Men).

We are smitten to see the success that GirlsWhoCode Girls has had across The One Show and D&AD, bringing home two Gold Pencils and two Wooden Pencils! This digital experience is the epitome of Gaming For Good as the organization focused on affecting real change for women in gaming. Thank you to GirlsWhoCode and Mojo Supermarket for trusting us to lend so much musical personality to your online experience.

Heavy Duty on the Charts! Jim-E Stack and Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem (the Muppets Band) both made Billboard debuts this week. Jim-E Stack is a Heavy Duty published songwriter and producer who is celebrated here for his work with Flume. He has worked with everyone’s favorite artists including Bon Iver, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Empress Of, and is a frequent contributor to Heavy Duty’s brand and custom projects. We also had the distinct pleasure of being in the studio with The Muppets, resulting in two songs for The Mayhem’s Disney+ debut!