Success and innovation come to those who have a general interest in helping others.  Music supervisor Thomas Golubic is an example of this.  His own creative innovation has brought about a new sound in cinema and music that hasn’t been heard before.  He started a monthly scene in Hollywood, CA called Synchronize Live where he re-scores classic films, putting new songs and mixes in them.  A few of the films he’s re-scored are 2001: A Space Odyssey, Requiem for a Dream, and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.   Golubic got his start in the business as a DJ on Los Angeles station KCRW, after having a not so successful internet magazine.  “I volunteered at the station because I wanted to help them avoid the mistakes I made from having an internet magazine,” he stated.  Being heard on the air eventually landed him the opportunity to be a music supervisor.  Some of the projects he’s done music supervision for are the TV show Las Vegas, and the HBO series Six Feet Under.

For those who don’t know, music supervisors are in charge of finding the right music for film and TV productions.  “We look at things from a creative process, with each step being different depending on the project.  Music for film is very different than finding music for TV-even steps in finding music for an independent film vs. a mainstream film is different.”  Admitting he’s better enjoyed music supervising for film, he took his passion to create Synchronize Live.  Combining the mash-up skills of a true DJ, and his experience as a music supervisor, Golubic is able to enhance the score of a film with new music, without taking away from the original audio.

Golubic has stuck true to the art of mash-ups and has also formed a group called The Arbiters.  The group is made up of himself and other music enthusiast who creatively mash-up hip hop, rock, soul, and every other inspiring music to make an even more powerful sound.  “This started when I was a DJ for the closing parties at the Sundance Film Festival, and took older songs, and put accapellas to new songs to them.  The crowd really loved it.”

Before writing this article I was listening to their mashup The Sure Side of Fame, which takes elements from David Bowie’s Fame, John Lennon, and combines it with accapellas from Biggie and Tupac.  The art of Mashups, actually started with hip hop, which Golubic calls “one of the most important movements in the past 30 years.”  “There is more great music available now than ever.  What is popular may not be great, but there’s a lot of good lesser known underground music.”  The Arbiter’s musical innovation awarded them the myspace music pick of the month this past June.  What makes their mixes so nice to listen to is that you can hear the passion that was put in each mix.  It’s like eating your grandma’s cooking where you can taste that she made it with love, only with this the sound your ears are taking in you can feel was put together by people who have a sincere keenness for what they are doing.  “I love touching people through music.  Good music and film can reach people’s souls and open them up to ideas they would otherwise never have thought of.”

In the future, Thomas Golubic wants to get synchronize in more film festivals, and continue to work with great filmmakers.  For more information on his work go to www.arbiters.multiply.com, and www.myspace.com/synchronizelive.

–Copyright 2006 Keneteph Entertainment

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