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DATE August2018August2018July2018April2018April2018March2018September2017July2017July2017March2017November2016
PROJECTBurnTheMountainBirthofaPrideCarloMombelliLetterstoMaSisuluTheWidow(ITV/AmazonPrimeTVSeries–dueforrelease2019)ToyotaNationalDealerAwardsSA’sGotTalentTribevsPrideTHEVOICESouthAfricaToyotaNationalDealerAwardsSacredAssembly
INVOLVEMENTAlbumProduction“Breathing”AltCountryRock/BluesbandEPproduction@Joe’sGarageNewDereck&BeverlyJoubertfilmforNatGeoWild:OriginalScoreNewAlbum“Angels&Demons”Recorded&ProducedbyJBAAllarrangementsforliveshowftNeoMotsatse:PerformedatGrahamstownFestivalJuly2018ContributedtomusicscoreofLondon-basedcomposerDominikScherrer:AfricanvocalGroup&solopartsMusicDirectorfor“Motown&Soul”“Retro”Extravaganzaftmultipleartists:SunCityTrackproductionforcontestants:3rdconsecutiveseasonJBcomposedthescoreforthisaward-winningfilmbyDereck&BeverlyJoubert:DistributedbyTerraMaterAustraliaSeason2Finale:JBwrote&pre-recordedallOrchestrationsforthe7finalistsMusicDirectorforMulti-ArtistContemporaryPOPShowforthisawardsbanquet:CapeTownInternationalConventionCentreMusicDirectorforNationalPrayerservice@FNBStadium,attendedby50,000people
DATENovember2016September2016July2016May2016April2016April2016October2015July2015May2015May2015
PROJECTSouloftheCatSA’sGotTalentTonyCox–“EnormousFlowers”JoeNiemand–“Vryheid”RickyKej–ShantiSamsaraWouterKellerman–“SymphonicSoweto(ATributetoNelsonMandela)”SA’sGotTalentStrictlyComeDancingSouloftheElephantBarclaysBankPan-AfricanChoirFestival
INVOLVEMENTDereck&BeverlyJoubertfilmProducedtracksforcontestantsArranged&ProducedstunningnewalbumfromthisSouthAfricanguitarlegendProducednewalbum“VRYHEID”forthisrenownedAfrikaansRockrecordingiconJBArranged(alongsidelifelongfriendSibusisoVictorMasondo)&ProducedChoralrecordingsforthisproject:Artists:SowetoGospelChoir&LadysmithBlackMambazoJBwrote3fullorchestralarrangementsforthisproject…Producedallrhythmsectionrecordings,producedallchoraltrackingwithSOWETOGOSPELCHOIR,andconductedtheKZNPHILHARMONICORCHESTRAover3daysintheirDurbanstudioProducedtracksforcontestantsSouthAfricanproductionofBallroomDancingRealityTVShow:Season8MusicDirectorDereck&BeverlyJoubertfilmforPBSNature:Multi-Awardwinnerworldwide,including2016EMMYAwardsNominationfor“BestScience&NatureProgram”)Composedprescribedsong&traveledto12Africancountriesfortrainingsessions:GalafinaleheldinJohannesburg
DATEJanuary2015October2014September2014July2014May2014March2014November2013September2013July2013April2013
PROJECTWouterKellerman–“WindsofSamsara”ftRickyKejBarclaysBankPan-AfricanChoirFestivalSA’sGotTalentStrictlyComeDancingToyotaNationalDealerAwardsTonyCox–“PADKOS”GameofLionsSoYouThinkYouCanDance(SouthAfrica)StrictlyComeDancingBarclaysBankPan-AfricanChoirFestival
INVOLVEMENTProducedoneoftheseminaltracksonthisalbum,whichwonaGRAMMYAWARDfor“BestNewAgeAlbum”atthe57thGRAMMYAWARDSComposedprescribedsong&traveledto12Africancountriesfortrainingsessions:GalafinaleheldinJohannesburgProducedtracksforcontestantsSouthAfricanproductionofBallroomDancingRealityTVShow:Season7MusicDirector“ClassicRock”showftmultipleperformers…JBAMusicDirector,Arranger&Producer:SunCityJBproducedthiswonderfulcollectionofSouthAfrican“classics”performedonSOLOAcousticguitarbythemaestrohimselfDereck&BeverlyJoubertfilmforNatGeoWild:Multi-Awardwinnerworldwide,includingmultiple2014SAFTAAwardsNominationsSouthAfricanversionofInternationalDanceTVSeries:JBcrested&producednumerous“Soundalike”recordingsforallcontestantsSeason6ofthepopularBallroomDanceTVSeries:JBMusicDirectorMusicDirectorforthischoirfestival:12countriesparticipating
DATEDecember2012March2012March2012December2011September2011September2011
PROJECTAFCONDrawShowJoeNiemand–“NightofLight”“Popera”“Zambezia”Toyota“50YearsinSA”CelebrationChrisTomlin–“HowGreatisOurGod”
INVOLVEMENTProducedallmusicforthisPan-Africanbroadcastofthedrawshowforthe2013AfricanCupofNationsSoccerTournamentJBwasMusicDirectorforthisLIVEDVDrecording:Audienceof8,000intheCocaColaDome,Johannesburg.JBconductedtheJohannesburgChamberOrchestra,fullband&500-voicemasschoirJBwasMusicDirectorforthisliveshow,featuringContemporaryPoparrangementsofpopularClassicalAriasAnimatedfeaturefilmproducedbyTriggerfishAnimationStudio.JBcomposedadditionalmusicforthefilm,scoredbyBruceRetief,andproducedchoral&vocalelementsusedinthefilmscore(IMDBCredit:MusicDept)MusicDirectorforthisenormousLIVEshow@SunCity:Rhythmsection,brass&stringorchestra,featuredsoloists&SOWETOGOSPELCHOIRCo-produced(withVictorMasondo)Africanvocal&percussionelementsforthisMulti-Nationalsongproduction
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DATE% PROJECT% INVOLVEMENT%September%2011% The%Unlikely%Leopard%
Documentary%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Music% composition% for% this% documentary,% JB’s%%8th% collaboration% with% Dereck% and% Beverly%Joubert,%from%Wildlife%Films%
JulyRAugust%2011% Absa%National%Choir%Festival% Music%Director%for%the%third%year%running.%%
May%2011% Wouter%Kellerman’s%“Two%Voices”%album%
JB% Produced% the% album% that% won% Best%Instrumental%Album%at% the%17th% South%African%Music% Awards.% % Mixed% in% Los% Angeles% with% S.%Husky% Hoskulds,% Grammy% AwardRwinning%engineer.%
October%2010% “The%Last%Lions”%feature%film% CoRcomposes% the% score% for% “The% Last% Lions”% a%National% Geographic% feature% film,% with%Hollywood%composer%Alex%Wurman%(March%of%the%Penguins,%The%Switch,%Temple%Grandin).%In%September% 2011% the% score% for% the% film% wins%“Best% Music”% at% the% World% Wildlife% Film%Festival%at%Jackson%Hole,%Wyoming,%USA%
July%2010% Absa%National%Choir%Festival% Music% Director% and% Composer% of% the%prescribed% song% for% the% 2010% Festival.%Embarked% on% trips% around% South% Africa,%working%with% regional% choirs% participating% in%the%Festival%
July%2010% FIFA%World%Cup%2010% Together% with% Victor% Masondo,% Sibongile%Khumalo%&%Alexis%Faku,%JB%produced%all%music%for%the%World%Cup%Closing%Ceremony.%%
February%2010% Mnet’s%Carte%Blanche% JB% revised% and% produced% all% music% for% three%Carte% Blanche% shows% R% % Carte% Blanche%Domestic,% Carte% Blanche% Medical% and% Carte%Blanche%Consumer%on%MRNet.%
2006R2010% Strictly%Come%Dancing%TV%series%on%SABC%%
Music%Director%for%five%successful%seasons%%
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October%2009% FIFA%World%Cup%Final%Draw% Composed% and% produced% all% music% for% the%Final% Draw,% held% on% December% 4th% 2009% in%Cape% Town% &% live% on% TV% to% a% worldwide%audience%of%2,5%billion.%%
May%2009% Absa%National%Choir%Festival% Music% Director% and% Composer% of% the%prescribed% song% for% the% festival.% JB% also%conducted%the%mass%choir%at%their%gala%event.%
2009% “Monna%Wa%Mmino:%The%Mike%Masote%Story”,%feature%film%&%4Rpart%TV%series%%
Composed% the% score% for% the% feature% based% on%the% life% story% of% Mike% Masote,% creator% of% the%Soweto%String%Quartet%
2009% “Big%Cat%Odyssey”,%one%hour%show%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Composed% the% score% for% this% % Dereck% and%Beverly%Joubert%documentary%through%Wildlife%Films.%
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DATE% PROJECT% INVOLVEMENT%2008% “Rhino%Rescue”,%one%hour%show%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Composed% the% score% for% this% % Dereck% and%Beverly%Joubert%documentary%through%Wildlife%Films.%
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2008% “Hansie”,%feature%film% Significant% contribution% to% the% score% for%%“Hansie”%%
2007R2008% Miss%World%Pageant% Together% with% partner% Victor% Masondo,% JB%produced%the%music%for%Miss%World%2007%(held%in% Sanya,% China)% &% 2008% (held% in%Johannesburg)%
2007% Mr%World%Pageant% Music% Director% for% pageant% held% in% China,%broadcast%worldwide%
1987R2007% Miss%South%Africa%Pageants% Music%Director%for%ten%pageants%
2006% Dozi,%SA%recording%artist% JB% together% with% partner% Victor% Masondo%produced% “Kom% ‘n% Bietjie% Binne”.% The% album%released%late%2006%and%sold%platinum%
2006% “Eye%of%the%Leopard”,%one%hour%show.%
“Living%with%Big%Cats”,%one%hour%show.%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
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Composed% the% score% for% these% % Dereck% and%Beverly% Joubert% documentaries% through%Wildlife%Films.%
“Eye%of%the%Leopard”,%won%Best%Nature%Film%at%the% Jules% Verne% Film% Festival% in% Paris,% Best%Film%at%Jackson%Hole,%and%an%Emmy%Award%for%Best%Science%and%Nature%program%in%2007%
2006% “Dangerous%Companions”,%one%hour%show%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% the% show%with%50/50.%
2005% “Crazy%Monkey:%Straight%Outta%Benoni”,%feature%film%%
Contributed%to%the%score%
2005% Watershed,%SA%Pop/Rock%band% As% a% freelance% producer,% JB% produced%Watershed’s%2005%album%“Mosaic”%which%went%platinum% shortly% after% release,% &% won% “Best%Pop%Album”%at%the%2007%SAMA%Awards.%
2005% “Young%Animals%at%Play”,%a%one%hour%show%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% the% show%with%Peartree%Films,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
2005% “Valley%of%the%Golden%Baboon”,%one%hour%show%%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% the% show%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
2004% “The%Story%of%an%African%Farm”,%a%feature%film%starring%Richard%E%Grant%&%Armin%MuellerRStahl%
Composed% and% recorded% the% soundtrack,% for%which%JB%won%a%SAMA%in%2005%
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DATE% PROJECT% INVOLVEMENT%2004% “Feast%of%Predators”,%one%hour%
show%broadcast%on%Animal%Planet%
“Penguins%Under%Seige”,%one%hour%show%broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
“Rivers%of%Danger”,%one%hour%show%broadcast%on%Animal%Planet%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% these%shows%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
2003% “Wild%Dogs:%Biting%Back”,%one%hour%show.%
“Shark%Quest”,%one%hour%%
Show.%
“Africa’s%Secret%Seven”%one%hour%show.%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% these%shows%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
2002% “Living%With%Lions”,%one%hour%show.%
“Dragons%of%the%Namib”,%one%hour%show.%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% these%shows%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
2002% “Ultimate%Enemies”,%one%hour%show%
“Hunting%Hounds%of%Arabia”,%one%hour%show.%
Broadcast%on%National%Geographic%
Composed% the% score% for% these% % Dereck% and%Beverly% Joubert% documentaries% through%Wildlife%Films.%
%“Ultimate%Enemies”%premiered%in%the%USA%and%had% the% highest% viewership% ever% recorded% on%the%National%Geographic%Channel.%
2002% “%Mr%Bones”%a%feature%starring%Leon%Schuster%
Significant%contribution%to%the%film%score%
2001% SAMA%Awards%Ceremony% Music%Director%for%the%ceremony%and%show%
2001%R%current% Formed%new%independent%label%“Instinct%Africaine”%with%partner%Victor%Masondo%%
Instinct% Africaine% signings% &% productions%include:% Freshlyground,% Thembi% Mtshali,%Ntombethongo,% PJ% Powers,% Carlo% Mombelli,%Wambali,%Tony%Cox%&%Steve%Newman%
Freshlyground’s% debut% album% “Nomvula”% is%multiRplatinum,% a% SAMA% awardRwinner.% In%2007%they%became%the%1st%SA%artistes%to%win%an%MTV% Europe% Award.% % Their% 2007% release,%“Ma’cheri”% sold% multiRplatinum% &% won% four%SAMA%awards%in%2008,%including%“Album%of%the%Year”%
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DATE% PROJECT% INVOLVEMENT%2001%R%current% Formed%new%independent%label%
“Instinct%Africaine”%with%partner%Victor%Masondo%%
Ntombethongo:%
“Thokozile”,%due%for%release%2012%
Thembi%Mtshali:%
“Bayabizana”,%due%for%release%2012%
Carlo%Mombelli%&%The%Prisoners%of%Strange:%%
“Theory”,%a%2008%SAMA%nominee%
“I%Stared%into%My%Head”,%a%2005%SAMA%nominee%for%Best%Contemporary%Jazz%
“When% Serious% Babies% Dance”,% a% 2002% SAMA%nominee%for%JB%as%Best%Engineer.%%%
Tony%Cox:%
“China”,% a% 2002% SAMA% winner% for% Best%Instrumental%Album%
“Blue%Anthem”,% a%2007%SAMA%winner% for%Best%Instrumental%Album.%
PJ%Powers:%
“Sondela”%released%in%2006%by%Sony%Music.%
Tony%Cox%&%Steve%Newman:%
“About%Time”,%a%2003%SAMA%nominee%
Wambali:%
“Zani%Muwone”,%a%2002%SAMA%winner%for%Best%Contemporary% African% Album% and% “Moto”% in%2007.%
JB,%Sibusiso%Masondo%and%Zwai%Bala%produced%“Heartlines”,% the% soundtrack% to% the%TV% series.%This% was% a% multiRartiste% collaboration%featuring% Loyiso,% Sibongile% Khumalo,% Gloria%Bosman,%Jabu%Hlongwane.%
1999R2000% Miss%Teen%South%Africa% Music%Director%for%two%pageants%
1999% “The%Millennium%Chorus”,%a%worldwide%release%
Recorded% &% coRproduced% “Amazing% Grace”%with% Victor% Masondo% for% this% release.%Recorded% for%Harmony%Records,% a% division% of%Epic%Records,%Based%in%NYC.%
1999% “Journey%of%The%Giant”,%one%hour%show%for%the%Discovery%Channel%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% this% show%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
1998% “Fit%For%The%Wild”,%13%part%series%broadcast%on%Animal%Planet%
Wrote%and%composed%the%score%for%this%13%part%series%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
1997% “African%River%Goddess”,%one%hour%show%
“Rhino’s:%Charging%Back”,%one%hour%show%on%Animal%Planet%
Wrote% and% composed% the% score% for% these%shows%with%Aquavision,%Wildlife%Filmmakers.%
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DATE% PROJECT% INVOLVEMENT%1996R2005% National%TV%Channels:%%
SABC%1,2%and%3%“Simunye%We%Are%One”,%“Feel%At%Home”%
MNET%“We%Call%it%Magic”%
DSTV%Learn%Channel%
Wrote% and% produced% well% known% channel%imaging%themes%
1992%–%1996% Various%commercials:%%
Nedbank,%Castle,%Mnet,%Amstel,%Siemens,%Radox,%Sales%House%and%Toyota%amongst%others%
Wrote,% Composed,% and% produced% music% for%various% commercials% alongside% many% South%African%ad%agencies%and%directors.%
1983%–%1988% Individual%artists%–%Karl%Kikillus,%Neil%Cloud,%Bobby%Angel,%Tommy%Dell,%Beverley%Van%Zyl,%amongst%others%
JB%produced%for%all%these%artists%as%a%freelance%record%producer%
1982R1989% Various%SABC%Television%musicals%including%“Portrait%of%JB%Arthur”,%&%“Portrait%of%Mynie%Grove”%
Music% Director% for% many% of% the% high% profile%SABC%television%musicals,%of%which%“Portrait%of%Mynie%Grove”%won%an%Artes%Award.%
1982% The%album%“Iets%Anders”%by%Mynie%Grove%%
This%was%JB’s%first%record%production,%for%wellRknown% artist% Mynie% Grove,% which% was%groundbreaking% in% that% it% was% the% first%Afrikaans%rock%album%to%be%produced%in%South%Africa%at%that%time.%
1980%–%1982% Rock%Band%“Morocko”% Founder%member%