Gerrit Kinkel Productions is a boutique music production company based in

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. It was founded in 2009 by

Gerrit Kinkel Gerrit Kinkel (born December 27, 1984 in Bregenz) is an Austrian composer, record producer, recording engineer and performer. Musical career and personal life Early life and education Gerrit grew up in the countryside of Vorarlberg, Austria. ...

and specializes in custom music creation and licensing for media and film as well as record production and engineering. (

trailer music Trailer music (a subset of production music) is the background music used for film previews, which is not always from the film's soundtrack. The purpose of this music is to complement, support and integrate the sales messaging of the mini-movie t ...

)

Composition and sound design

Gerrit Kinkel Productions just custom scored Google's new Emoji Ad. GKP's music and sound effects are a staple in a variety of trailers and motion picture advertising. Recent films include: '' Transformers: Age of Extinction'', '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', and more.

Music production and engineering

GKP collaborates on a variety of projects. Most recently

American Idol ''American Idol'' is an American singing competition television series created by Simon Fuller, produced by Fremantle North America and 19 Entertainment, and distributed by Fremantle North America. It aired on Fox from June 11, 2002, to Ap ...

Season 13 and

Cher Cher (; born Cherilyn Sarkisian; May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Often referred to by the media as the Honorific nicknames in popular music, "Goddess of Pop", she has been described as embodying female ...

. Other artist collaborations include

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Chris Botti Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an award-winning American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album ''Impressions''. He was also nominated in ...

Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, wi ...

John Mayer John Clayton Mayer ( ; born October 16, 1977) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born and raised in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Mayer attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, but left and moved to Atlanta in 1997 with ...

Arturo Sandoval Arturo Sandoval is a Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, and composer. While living in his native Cuba, Sandoval was influenced by jazz musicians Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, and Dizzy Gillespie. In 1977 he met Gillespie, who became his ...

Matthew Morrison Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter, best known for his role as Will Schuester on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox television show ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (2009–2015). He has s ...

, Chris Mann,

The Boston Pops The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in light classical and popular music. The orchestra's current music director is Keith Lockhart. Founded in 1885 as an offshoot of the Boston Symp ...

Rachel Luttrell Rachel Zawadi Luttrell (born 19 January 1971) is a Tanzanian-Canadian actress best known for her role as Teyla Emmagan, an Athosian warrior leader on ''Stargate Atlantis''. Early life Luttrell was born 19 January 1971, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanz ...

and more.

Awards

Music Production & Engineering

Grammy Awards The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

* 2013 - Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think Of You) - WINNER * 2010 - Best Pop Instrumental Album (Chris Botti - Live In Boston) - NOMINATED

Latin Grammys The Latin Grammy Awards are an award by The Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from anywhere around the world that has been r ...

* 2012 - Best Engineered Album (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think Of You) - WINNER * 2012 - Album Of The Year (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think Of You) - NOMINATED * 2012 - Best Jazz Album (Arturo Sandoval - Dear Diz Everyday I Think Of You) - WINNER * 2011 - Best Jazz Album (Arturo Sandoval - A Time For Love) - WINNER * 2011 - Best Engineered Album (Arturo Sandoval - A Time For Love) - NOMINATED

Composition & Sound Design

Golden Trailer Awards The Golden Trailer Awards are an American annual award show for film trailers founded in 1999. The awards also honor the best work in all areas of film and video game marketing, including posters, television advertisements and other media, in ...

* 2013 - Best Action (GI Joe: Retaliation) - NOMINEE * 2013 - Best Animation / Family (Turbo) - NOMINEE * 2013 - Best Horror (The Last Exorcism Part II) - NOMINEE * 2013 - Best Horror (The Possession) - NOMINEE * 2012 - Best Thriller (The Grey) - WINNER * 2012 - Best Horror (The Devil Inside) - WINNER

Key Art Awards The Clio Entertainment Awards (formerly the Key Art Awards) is an awards program by Clio that recognizes "excellence in marketing and communications" across the entertainment industry—i.e., the industries of film, television, live entertainment ...

* 2013 - Best Sound Design (Evil Dead) - GOLD * 2013 - Best Sound Design (The Conjuring) - BRONZE * 2013 - Single Entry (The Conjuring) - SILVER * 2012 - Best Sound Design (Silent House) - BRONZE * 2012 - Best Sound Design (The Possession) - FINALIST

References

External links

* {{Authority control Music production companies Musical groups established in 2009