Edward B. Kessel
Composer/Producer


Edward B. Kessel, Composer/Producer/Trumpeter founded Sound Imagination, a music production company in 1986. Ed has composed, arranged and produced Top 40 Songs, Music for Broadway, Orchestral and Chamber Music, Film Scores, TV Soundtracks, Jingles and Commercial Scores. His credits include projects for Tony Bennett, Billy Gilman, A Tale Of Two Cities (Broadway), the 2004 Olympics, SeaWorld, AT&T, Macy's, Six Flags and National Geographic.

• Drama Desk Award Nominee for Outstanding Orchestrations: "A Tale Of Two Cities" on Broadway. Premiered August, 2008.
  
  
• Composed & Produced 8 songs for the movie "Standing Ovation," released nationally in theaters July 2010.  Executive Producers: James Brolin/Barbara Streisand.
  
  
• Producer/Orchestrator/Music Producer: PBS Television, International Concert of A Tale Of Two Cities.
  
  
• Composed the Top 40 Single "Southern Star" for multi-platinum selling country music star, Billy Gilman.
  
  
• Composed Top 20 (GAC Music Television) single "Hey Little Susie" for Billy Gilman.
  
  
• Arranged & Produced the title track, "Believe" for the Shamu show at SeaWorld in Florida & San Diego.
  
  
• Composed "Voice Of Freedom" (a 9/11 tribute) - selected as the theme song for Flight Across America and performed live on the U.S.S. Intrepid.
  
  
• Co-Director of KidzAmerica on the Grammy-nominated Columbia Records CD featuring Tony Bennett, Rosie O'Donnell, Kermit The Frog and Elmo.
  
  
• Composed and produced the score for the feature film, "Some Fish Can Fly," - released in theaters November 1999.
  
  
• Composed the soundtrack to a National Geographic TV special entitled "Crows," which aired on national TV.
  
  
• Edward appeared on the nationally televised show, Preview, for his work on the soundtrack of the movie, Passing Thru Linden, Francis Ford Coppola, Executive Producer.
  

Sandy Linzer

SOME OF THE MORE PROMINENT ARTISTS that have been produced by or have recorded songs written by Sandy Linzer include:

P. Diddy and Busta Rhymes, Baha Men, N-Sync, Backstreet Boys,Whitney Houston, Smash Mouth, Billy Gilman Lorrie Morgan, Blackstreet, Kool & The Gang, Case, Joe Pesci, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Diana Ross & The Supremes, The Four Tops, Olivia Newton-John, Barry Manilow, Michael Bolton, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Spinners, Sarah Vaughn, Looking Glass, Miguel Bosse, Tony Orlando & Dawn, The Monkees, Soupy Sales, Theloneus Monk, Jr., Glen Campbell, Samantha Sang, Grayson Hugh, The Toys, Eric Carmen, Saraya, Jay & The Techniques, Juice Newton, Ronnie Milsap, Dee Dee Sharp, Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr., Phyllis Hyman and Cory Daye.

Sandy Linzer has had many of his songs featured in motion pictures:

• "Can't Get Enough Of You Baby," recorded by Smash Mouth, was featured in the motion picture "Can't Hardly Wait."
• "I Believe In You And Me" is certified quadruple platinum, and was the first single released from "The Preacher's Wife" soundtrack album which is Whitney Houston's fourth largest selling single ever. The album has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.
• "Native New Yorker" is featured in the motion picture and soundtrack album of "54".
• "A Lover's Concerto," his classic number one hit song was featured in the 1996 hit movie "Mr. Holland's Opus."
• "Workin' My Way Back To You" appeared in the motion picture "Donnie Brasco" with Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, and several new Linzer compositions are being considered for films now in production.

He has composed music for various television projects including "The Soupy Sales Show," "Captain Kangaroo," "The Monkees" and "Fame."

Recently, Sandy was awarded platinum albums by Interscope Records for his song "The Good Life" recorded by Blackstreet.; by Arista for "I Believe in You And Me" recorded by Whitney Houston by Jive Records for "Spanish Eyes," recorded by The Backstreet Boys and "I Don't Want To Spend Another Christmas Without You" recorded by N-SYNC and "Pass the Courvosier Part 2" by P. Diddy and Busta Rhymes.

SANDY LINZER'S CHART-TOPPING CREDITS:

Ben Sampson

Ben is the newest full-time member of the Sound Imagination team.

He got his start with Sony/BMG-owned Battery Studios in Manhattan, working on sessions for artists including Jermaine Dupri, Kanye West and Chris Brown. He was the Assistant Engineer on sessions for Fat Joe, Syleena Johnson, producer Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Queens of the Stone Age), and others.

Ben created his own hi-end project studio where he produced, recorded and mixed a number of projects including Inamere's "Hit The Floor." This song appeared on the compilation "Punk The Clock Volume III, Property Of A Gentleman", featuring songs from The Starting Line, Jack's Mannequin, and The Almost.

Ben went on to be an Engineer and assistant to Ben Elliott (Keith Richards, Eric Clapton) at Showplace Studios in Dover, NJ. He worked on an eclectic mix of projects, including experimental rock, jazz, blues, big band, folk and gospel sessions. Highlights of his time at Showplace include working with Ben E. King on a full-length album, and assisting legendary producer Rob Fraboni (Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones) on several projects.

Ben has produced commercials and Voice Overs for many of our most prestigious clients including: Weitz & Luxenberg, Healthy Curb/NT Factor, Novo Nordisk, Abbott, DCH Auto Group, Autoland and many others.

Marc Hoffman

Marc has been part of the Sound Imagination writing team since 1988.

Based in New York City, Marc not only works regularly as a session drummer and singer, but is an accomplished songwriter and producer as well. His song "The Rain Came Down" (co-written w/ Elliot Weiss) appears on one of Japan's best-selling recording artists, Miho Nakayama's CD, which went to #4 on the Japanese Billboard Chart. Another song of Marc's appears on an album by EMI/Latin recording artist, Jailene. Two other songs of Marc's were recently covered by two new rock bands from the UK, and are making waves on the British and Japanese charts. In addition, Marc wrote, produced, and performed two songs which appear in the Troma Productions' full length movie, "The Toxic Avenger". Many of Marc's songs have been featured on national daytime soap operas for CBS and NBC.

Marc also writes and produces jingles, as well as composing for film. Marc and Sound Imagination composer, Ed Kessel, composed the music for two full-length motion pictures entitled "Natural Forces", and "Some Fish Can Fly", the latter of which received critical acclaim in NYC. More recently Marc and Ed have scored demo's for GRB Entertainment for "TAC 1", and "The Worlds Most Dangerous Police Raids".

Recently, Marc has teamed up with Pop Singer/Songwriter Keyboardist Lauren Gibbs. Together they have been making their mark on the internet with the success of their pop gem entitled "Believe" (available on Lauren's MP3.com page). "Believe" has been a featured Pop/Rock song dozens of times on MP3.com, hit #1 on Soundclick.com, #1 on AMP3.com, #2 on Musicmatch.com, and has remained in the Top 10 Most Popular Downloads on Musicmatch.com for over one year. "Believe" has been featured extensively on Sweden-based Popwire.com, and was a "Pick Hit of the Day" on AMP3.com. "Believe" has also been picked up by retailers in MP3.com's Business Music Service Program, and receives in excess of 20,000 plays per month in retail establishments such as Rubio's Tex/Mex restaurants, Petco Pet Stores, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, and others.

Most recently Marc scored some music for VH1 Classic's "Decades Rock Live" concert series. He has also been writing with Gioia Bruno of the the very popular Girl Group, Expose Marc performs regularly as a drummer/singer in the NYC metro area.

He also volunteers his time to NYC non-profit organization Musicians On Call in which he does 'in-room' performances for patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.