BRIAN KAHANEK

With over a decade at Disney Worldwide Post, mixing, recording and editing, Brian now calls Sidewinder Post home.  In addition to his catalogue of work  in feature film and television post-production, he has four solo albums under his belt and over 20 years as a touring and recording artist.  His work can be experienced on the Guitar Hero 2 Video Game and many feature titles.

RESTORATION, EDITORIAL, CONFORMING & REMASTERING(5.1/2.0): Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End, The Count of Monte Cristo, Toy Story 1, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, Up, Wall-E, High Fidelity, Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, Arachnophobia, Dead Poets Society, Pretty Woman, Con Air, The Crow, Jackie Brown, Fox and The Hound, Pocahontas, GI Jane, A Bugs Life, The Incredibles, Lion King, Pulp Fiction and many more Disney/Touchstone and Miramax titles.

SOUND DESIGN: CSI: Cyber, Season 2 (CBS TV), GIFT (Short Film), Age of Learning & ABC Mouse (Animated Online Education Series), Commercial Advertising Clients such as Caterpillar, Advanced Auto Parts, Super 8, Southern Company, CarQuest, Kinecta Federal Credit Union and others. 

ADR: Once Upon a Time (ABC TV), Body of Proof (ABC TV), Man Up (ABC TV), Good Christian Belles (ABC TV), Missing (ABC TV)

DIALOG RECORDING / EDITORIAL: Peter Jackson's King Kong (Video game and pickups for the Feature Film), Walt Disney Character Voices Domestic - All Video games and Ancillary products from 2002 - 2005

MUSIC CLIENTS: Walt Disney World Wide Technical Services and Post Production, Walt Disney Character Voices International and Domestic, Warner Brothers Technical Services and Post Production, Tim McGraw, Curb Records, Gypsy Soul, Island Records, Halsey Company, Igloo Music, Warner Brothers Records, WETA Digital Media, Peter Jackson Productions, Universal Studios Interactive, Ubisoft Games, Activision, Guitar Hero 2, Disney Interactive Group, Buena Vista Games, BMG Records Latin America, PDiddy, RBD, Danity Kane

BRIAN IS ENDORSED BY: Celestion Speakers, Gibson Guitars, Dean Markley Strings, RedPlate Amps, Fulltone Effects, National Guitars, Solid Cables, and Sheptone Pickups

JILL KAHANEK

Jill Kahanek has over 20 years hands-on experience with the creative process as a producer and musician. From Boston, Massachusetts, she began studying the oboe and English horn at age sixteen.  In 2001, she moved to Los Angeles to join the Henry Mancini Institute’s Summer Music Festival and Education Program as Director of Emerging Artist Programs. Jill spent many years freelancing in LA’s premiere recording studios and regional orchestras in addition to several years serving as the Director of Development for Henry Mancini’s musical estate and archives. Now at Sidewinder Post, her specialties include music supervision and licensing along with sound effects, dialog and music editorial.

Jill has had the privilege of performing on stage with world-class artists such as Tony Bennett, David Benoit, Terence Blanchard, Dori Caymmi, James Galway, Diana Krall, Monica Mancini, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, and Stevie Wonder.  She has also performed under the baton of Bruce Broughton, Alf Clausen, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, Richard Kaufman, Kent Nagano, John Williams, and Patrick Williams.