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Scorekeeper utilizes modern digital technology, advanced engineering know how, and the encyclopedic musical knowledge of one extraordinary cinephile. Michael McDonald, whose love of movies is matched only by his zeal for music, uses his superior ears to restore, rehabilitate, remix, and re-master hundreds of film and TV scores.

• RESTORATION: Musical backgrounds for films shot before 1990 are on various forms of analog tape that are now decaying rapidly. Scorekeeper has all the technical knowledge and tools to save, recondition, and transfer these valuable musical treasures.

• REHABILITATION: Many early film scores exist in mono sound or simple stereo. Scorekeeper converts all scores to digital formats and creates stereo as well as produces surround sound in order to bring the music into a modern theatrical setting. Scorekeeper’s Hollywood facility boasts the top software for creating multiple sonic effects and allows magic for music that never existed before.

• REMIX: Michael McDonald has engineered, mixed, and mastered thousands of albums, Broadway librettos, and movie scores. Although Michael has his high tech equipment, he believes that it is not the kitchen that creates the magic, but the skill of the chef.

• CLIENTS: For over eight years, Scorekeeper has serviced the restoration and re-mastering needs of Laser Light Music. Their library consists of The Great American Songwriter series which includes FRED ASTAIRE, DORIS DAY, JUDY GARLAND, GEORGE GERSHWIN, LENA HORN, AL JOLSON, & DINA SHORE.

• Laser Lights American Legend series came to Scorekeeper with collections that needed re-working by JUDY GARLAND, ENRICO CARUSO, BOB WILLS, PEARL BAILEY, MARLENE DIETRICH, BILLIE HOLIDAY, BING CROSBY, BESSIE SMITH, HANK WILLIAMS, BURL IVES, ETHEL WATERS, AL JOLSON, BILL HALEY, JOBIM, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, AND GLENN MILLER.

• The historical references to early Broadway helped when Michael McDonald was the engineer of choice for new cast albums which included HER FIRST ROMAN, SARDI’S, BILLY BARNES DIVAS, 9 RUE D’ANTIN THE LEGEND OF CAMILLE, AND UNSONG SONDHEIM. These shows ranged in instrumentation from midi composition to 30 piece orchestras.

• NEW FILM MUSIC: At Scorekeepers home base, a studio in Hollywood called Private Island Trax, the film industry has an affordable scoring stage with engineers specially trained for film and TV music. In fact, the film scoring classes for two major University music departments (UCLA and USC) are held at Private Island Trax. Michael McDonald is also an advisor for audio post to the students at American Film Institute.

• MAJOR FEATURE FILMS: Portions of the soundtracks of many movies are tracked and mixed at Private Island Trax under the auspices of Scorekeeper, Michael McDonald. Movies include THAT THING YOU DO, SUMMER SCHOOL, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, LITTLE NIKITA, THE BLACK CAULDRON, GREMLINS 2, COUNTRY, TOTAL RECALL, WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP, RAPID FIRE, BOYS IN THE HOOD, NEVER CRY WOLF, & MENACE TO SOCIETY.

• 20th CENTURY FOX: has exclusively hired Scorekeeper to re-mix a unique collection of their most famous films. Particularly challenging were the tracks from famous films like THE FRENCH CONNECTION (an all jazz score), BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES, ALIENS (atonal style), and CLEOPATRA (one hundred piece orchestra).

• PARAMOUNT PICTURES: The recent DVD release of the Directors cut of “STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE” was a particular thrill for Michael McDonald to mix. The Jerry Goldsmith score was “wall to wall”. Also, Mike is deeply interested in the science fiction subject matter and greatly honored to be chosen for the job, with the legendary director Robert Wise