Red Bull Soundstage And Worldwide Pants Announce Musicians And Songs Selected To Be Featured In "We Made This Movie" Film & Crowd Sourced Soundtrack

LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide Pants, which produces the Late Show with David Letterman, in partnership with Red Bull Soundstage, an innovative music program that helps artists actively take control of their careers, has announced the 4 contest winners who will be featured in the upcoming independent film, We Made This Movie. The film which is directed by Rob Burnett (CEO Worldwide Pants) and co-written and co-produced by Jon Beckerman will premiere in an online event hosted by SnagFilms on September 20 followed shortly by a Video on Demand and Digital release.

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The contest called for musicians to submit songs to accompany four key scenes from the film which were voted upon by the voting public and curated by the film's actors and producers. Additionally, the top 24 submissions will be entered into online voting for the "Audience Choice" award which will provide an emerging artist the career-boosting opportunity to perform live on the Late Show with David Letterman during the week of the film's premiere in September.

FIRST-EVER MOVIE SOUNDTRACK CREATED FROM NEW WEB PLATFORM

"Going in, we crossed our fingers and hoped we'd get four usable songs for our movie.  Very early in the listening process, however, panic set in -- the good kind.  The quality of the music submitted by Red Bull Soundstage artists created an embarrassment of riches.  We listened to nearly 1,200 songs and all we could ask was, 'How many of these can we fit in the film?'" explained Burnett. "We're thrilled to be able to expose these emerging artists to a wider audience, but I'd be lying if I didn't say the thing that matters most: Red Bull Soundstage made our film better.  Much, much better."

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

The four scene winners are...

• "Daylight" by Philadelphia-based singer/songwriter Christian Bitto accompanies the scene Run to the Chicken Plant.
• "Save Me" by Of Gentleman and Cowards, a four-piece pop rock band from Ontario, Canada will accompany the scene Funeral Drive.
• "Like A Star" by Miami-based songbird Laura Ault will set the mood for the scene LeBron Walks Kelly Home.
• The sounds of "Confession" by Los Angeles band D'Artagnan will be set to the scene Everyone Quits.

In addition to the top 4 scene winners, the film's producers will include additional tracks from the 1,200 songs submitted songs in the official "all Red Bull Soundstage" soundtrack for the film. The full list of the songs that will be featured in the film and soundtrack are available at redbullsoundstage.com. Starting on July 18 until August 7, 2012, fans can go the Red Bull Soundstage website to vote for their favorite artist to appear on The Late Show with David Letterman.

WE MADE THIS MOVIE

We Made This Movie is about five high school seniors set out to make a silly comedy movie, but accidentally end up making a dramatic and moving movie about their actual lives.  The film will premiere in New York City on September 20, with a red carpet event and simultaneous, free live streaming of all activities and the movie. The movie will then be available on VOD and digital platforms, including cable and satellite, iTunes, Amazon, VUDU and Xbox Live, via distribution partner SnagFilms. For all information on the We Made This Movie project, please go to the film's website www.wemadethismovie.com or follow our updates on Facebook and Twitter.

Red Bull Soundstage is an innovative new music program that helps emerging artists actively take control of their careers. Through Soundstage, Red Bull and its partners and friends are hooking artists up with unique gigs, industry recognition and essentials to take their careers to the next level. www.redbullsoundstage.com

Worldwide Pants Incorporated is the Emmy-award winning, independent entertainment company that David Letterman founded in 1993. WPI creates original content for television and film, as well as for new media platforms including broadband and wireless. The company's successful network productions include The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Everybody Loves Raymond, Ed, and the Knights of Prosperity.

SnagFilms features free, sponsor-supported, on demand viewing of more than 3,000 award-winning, fiction and non-fiction titles from some of the greatest names in film.  SnagFilms' curated collection can be viewed on its own website, with a selection of films distributed via a digital network of more than 110,000 affiliated sites and webpages worldwide, including partners such as Comcast's XfinityTV.com, Hulu, the Starbucks Digital Network, IMDb, AOL/Huffington Post, hundreds of non-profits, special interest sites and blogs — and with a broad range of titles available via its applications for tablets and connected TVs.  SnagFilms also offers select titles via pay video on demand with partners reaching nearly 90% of U.S. video on demand households, including Comcast, iN Demand, Verizon's FiOS, DIRECTV and launching soon on DISH Network.   Digital platform partners include iTunes, Hulu Plus, Amazon, VUDU, Xbox Live, YouTube Movies, and launching soon on Samsung Media Hub.  

SOURCE Red Bull Soundstage