Los Angeles Film School Partners With Groundbreaking Music Licensing Platform Xhail

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Los Angeles Film School is entering into a partnership – the first of its kind – with breakthrough Irish technology startup Xhail, currently in beta, to give students access to an affordable, innovative software for scoring their student film projects. The strategic and industry-pioneering partnership will give students low-cost entry to the groundbreaking, entirely cloud-based platform while also providing Xhail a means to test its software in preparation for the product's upcoming launch. This is the first global partnership between Xhail and an educational institution to date.

In the past, filmmakers had to either hire a composer or search through the thousands of tracks available in a music library to score their work. Xhail's cloud-based and user-friendly software will offer the industry another choice. Xhail is comprised of customizable, musician-composed tracks that can be easily and uniquely tailored to each project. Each track is composed of multiple musician-created instrumental elements, such as guitar or drums. Users can swap, alter or eliminate each instrumental element as they see fit for each project.

The nature of the software is sculpted around musical creativity. For every 1,000 musical instrument performances that share a related harmonic structure, more than 50,000 unique music cues can be generated by the Xhail software. With 10,000 instrument performances being placed into the library data bank for Los Angeles Film School students to use, there are potentially millions of unique music combinations to be made.

Currently, the industry standard for composing music to picture is two minutes a day; a recently completed Xhail project scored a full-length feature in eight hours with 45 minutes of music.This software, the first of its kind, seeks to level the playing field for independent productions and students. The Xhail software has been used to score projects like the upcoming documentary "Rampage Legend Cam Zink's Life on the Edge" by filmmaker Ryan Cleek. This is the first time production music has ever been used to uniquely score a full-feature documentary.

"'Xhail is a game-changer' is what we continually hear from professionals within the industry," said Mick Kiely, CEO Xhail. "As disruptive as it is, Xhail is committed to work for the benefit of the music industry by creating new revenue streams for composers as well as b2b integrations. Our partnership with the Los Angeles Film School is a testament to this. What better way to test an industry-shaping software than to give it to students who are about to shape the industry themselves."

"The Los Angeles Film School is always looking to provide our students with the best tools to help them on their journey into storytelling," said Jason McDonald, Director of Education Operations, Los Angeles Film School. "The software created by Xhail is something completely new that our students are excited to experience. Incorporating cutting-edge products like Xhail into our curriculum is one of the many ways we help to prepare students for success in the industry."

About Xhail Xhail is a product-trading name for the parent company Score Music Interactive ltd. SMI's sole purpose is to develop and bring to market its innovative and disruptive music engine, Xhail. The company was founded by husband and wife team, Mick and Moira Kiely. Mick Kiely founded the breakthrough technology during 2012, filed for patents in April 2013 and the company was incorporated in June of the same year. Based in Ireland, development of Xhail began immediately with CTO Conor Tee leading the build. By summer 2014, Xhail ALPHA was creating automated unique music for the first time and by September of that year, the company was ready to give the world it's first glimpse of things to come.

Xhail was first revealed at A3E Boston in late Sept 2014. The technology stole the attention of the shows audience and immediately sparked major Internet traffic to the Xhail company website, resulting in a flood of email requests for the technologies fast delivery. In Feb 2015, Xhail moved into early BETA testing and by summer was ready for stand alone delivery to BETA clients. Xhail is now in post revenue. The company enjoys growth at its HQ in Ireland, while CEO Mick Kiely is based in Los Angeles, CA. Xhail is being recruited to deliver unique music solutions to key markets such as TV, Advertising, Film and Games. Xhail is currently building partnerships within the entertainment world.

About the Los Angeles Film School The Los Angeles Film School (www.lafilm.edu) is a creative arts college that offers students an immersive experience, world-class facilities and a supportive culture where seasoned instructors collaborate with talented, award-winning alumni to help students build professional networks that can last a lifetime. The Military Services Department at the Los Angeles Film School is committed to supporting the career ambitions of our student veterans by providing them with a supportive and creative community while helping them draw upon their leadership skills and unrivaled work ethic to build careers in the entertainment business.

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