Heavy Duty Projects crafts bespoke audio and music solutions that sound like nobody else.
We partner with brands and media companies, creating award-winning Original Scores, Songs, Music Supervision, Artist Collaborations, Covers, Remixes, Sound Design, VO Records, and Final Mix. As a badged TikTok sound partner we are a trusted resource for audio on the platform.
With studios in Los Angeles, New York, and London, we offer direct access to the recording industry, offering our clients strategic guidance at every touchpoint.
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Lots to celebrate in the 1st newsletter of 2024 from Heavy Duty Projects. Cheers to the Heavy Duty writers and producers who contributed to GRAMMY-nominated albums, including BJ Burton, SADPONY, Jim-E Stack, and Buddy Ross. HD Projects Creative Director Daniel Nigro is nominated for Producer of the Year, as well as the trifecta of Album, Song and Record of the Year.
The 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards has nominated the film Every Body, scored by Heavy Duty’s Amanda Yamate, in the Outstanding Documentary category. “GLAAD works through entertainment, news, and digital media to share stories from the LGBTQ community that accelerate acceptance”.
Over 15,000 submissions and Ponyboi shines through at Sundance 2024! Congratulations to the cast and crew on your world premiere and thank you endlessly for having us along for the ride in Park City! Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past. Written and Starring River Gallo, Directed by Esteban Arango, Music Supervision and Clearance by team Heavy Duty.
2024 Winners announced and it’s #CLIOMusic to our ears! We love to see our agency partners recognized with top honors. Extra sweet, these awards specifically honor the craft of music and were selected by a jury of our esteemed peers across the music industry. Congrats Deloitte Digital x AAA Insurance and TBWA\Chiat\Day LA x Gatorade for your outstanding work – original music + sound by Heavy Duty Projects.
CarGurus invites us to escape the mundane with The Everly Brothers. DDB San Francisco launched their latest work for the brand, soundtracked by the iconic “All I Have To Do Is Dream”. Music Supervision + Clearance by Heavy Duty Projects.
That’s a wrap on 2023! Check out Heavy Duty Projects’ year-in-review, highlighting our top music + sound projects of the year.
We are thrilled to see our hardworking creatives win big at the EMMY awards. Congrats to HD’s BJ Burton on winning a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction on HOME. A big congratulations to our partners at Apple TV+ and A24!
Etsy and The Orchard really did win the holidays. The proof is in the (figgy) pudding! Your Mission named #1 Holiday Campaign of 2023 by AdAge. Custom Cover/Parody, US/UK Vocal Casting, Record, Final Mix + Sound Design by Heavy Duty.
Heavy Duty’s Amanda Yamate and Este Haim join the Composer Magazine podcast to shine a light on the unique contributions that fuel their creative partnership, and explain how each of their specific talents complement the other, resulting in the outstanding scores for 2022’s Do Revenge and 2023’s You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah.
Countess Luann de Lesseps may have once preached “Money Can’t By You Class”, but she’s singing a different tune for the first-ever Uber Eats holiday campaign. Sparks flew when we were paired with the RHONY star and Special Group to re-envision this, once club banger, as a jazzed-up cabaret number. The lyrical spin is full of tips for how to be the consummate party guest. Custom cover, celebrity record, final mix and sound design by team Heavy Duty.
