Jonathan Elias(I)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Producer
A highly regarded writer and arranger of music for commercials. He
co-founded Elias Associates in 1980; it later became Elias Arts.
Elias is considered one of the world's most successful composers in the
advertising field and helped usher electronic and rock music into
advertising, bringing an end to the domination of the jingle and
establishing an extraordinarily high standard for commercial scoring.
He co-created the famous "Moon Landing" score in 1983 for the launch of
MTV, the first sound mark for Apple, the Columbia Pictures sound logo,
and the world famous Yahoo! "Yodel" sound mark. His company, Elias Arts
has won countless other awards including dozens of Clios, multiple
Cannes prizes and London International Advertising Awards and an Emmy.
With offices in NY and LA, Elias has become the premiere agency for
commercial branding, providing music for clients such as Ford, GM,
Nissan, Audi, Infiniti, Mercedes, AT&T, NASDAQ, IBM, Apple, Sony,
Levi's, Adidas and Nike.
As a record producer he has done full albums for Yes, Duran Duran and
Grace Jones. He has also produced a diverse group of artists for
various projects including BB King, Alanis Morissette, Perry Farrell,
James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, Johnny Cash, Kris
Kristofferson and David Bowie among others.
His solo recording projects as composer/performer/producer have brought
together legendary collaborators from every genre of music. Those works
include: "Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World" (1990)
''The Prayer Cycle'' (March 23, 1999) (Sony Classica]) ''American River
(album) (August 24, 2004) (Decca Records) Grammy nominated. 'The Prayer
Cycle 2'' (scheduled for late 2008 release).
co-founded Elias Associates in 1980; it later became Elias Arts.
Elias is considered one of the world's most successful composers in the
advertising field and helped usher electronic and rock music into
advertising, bringing an end to the domination of the jingle and
establishing an extraordinarily high standard for commercial scoring.
He co-created the famous "Moon Landing" score in 1983 for the launch of
MTV, the first sound mark for Apple, the Columbia Pictures sound logo,
and the world famous Yahoo! "Yodel" sound mark. His company, Elias Arts
has won countless other awards including dozens of Clios, multiple
Cannes prizes and London International Advertising Awards and an Emmy.
With offices in NY and LA, Elias has become the premiere agency for
commercial branding, providing music for clients such as Ford, GM,
Nissan, Audi, Infiniti, Mercedes, AT&T, NASDAQ, IBM, Apple, Sony,
Levi's, Adidas and Nike.
As a record producer he has done full albums for Yes, Duran Duran and
Grace Jones. He has also produced a diverse group of artists for
various projects including BB King, Alanis Morissette, Perry Farrell,
James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Nusrat Fatah Ali Khan, Johnny Cash, Kris
Kristofferson and David Bowie among others.
His solo recording projects as composer/performer/producer have brought
together legendary collaborators from every genre of music. Those works
include: "Requiem for the Americas: Songs from the Lost World" (1990)
''The Prayer Cycle'' (March 23, 1999) (Sony Classica]) ''American River
(album) (August 24, 2004) (Decca Records) Grammy nominated. 'The Prayer
Cycle 2'' (scheduled for late 2008 release).