Our Work

MLA “Barbie Girl”

Client: MLA
Jam: Music Arrangement and Sound Design
Agency: BMF Sydney
Music Arrangement and Sound Design
Sam Kekovich is at again, but this time he’s heading to the top of the chart!!! An old song rearranged and reborn by the guys at JAM Sydney!

Royal Salute ‘Kings’

Client: Chivas Brothers
Jam: Music composition and Sound Design
Agency: TBWA Singapore
Music composition and Sound Design
This grand commercial shows the strengths of those who shape our world…and how the celebrate. Strong Sound design accompanies a beautiful track.

Samsung Music Hub

Client: Samsung Music Hub
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Leo Burnett Sydney
Sound Design
Samsung takes on the world with their new Music Hub. This spot features a popular commercial track, but additional layer of sound design bring music and pictures to life!

SBS ’7 Billion Stories…’

Client: SBS ’7 Billion Stories…’
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: US Sydney
Music composition and Sound Design
One Story can make a difference…. US Sydney produce a beautiful spot for SBS as it moves to 7 Billion stories and counting….Music by Hylton and Sound Design by Andrew

Three Ships ‘Journey Of Discovery’

Client: Distell
Jam: Music & Sound Design
Agency: 140 BBDO
Check out this spot for Three Ship, the  internationally awarded yet proudly South African made whiskey

FFA ‘Tribes’

Client: FFA ‘Tribes’
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: BMF Sydney
Music composition and Sound Design
The brief….’I want to feel the hairs on the back of my neck tingle’ The music takes us on an emotional journey, whilst sound design keeps us locked into the pictures.

Dulux Wash n Wear “Barry”

Client: Dulux Wash n Wear
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Music composition
The tribe has called…. or should we say yelled! We had drums, we had singers and we made this epic track big!

Telstra Paperless

Client: Telstra
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Ogilvy Sydney
Music composition
A music composition made from the sound of the pictures. Paper!!!

Drive Dry ‘Love to Meet You’

Client: FoxP2
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: FoxP2
Sound Design
This spine chilling spot recently won Cannes Silver and was nominated for the D&AD Awards.

 

Census 2011

Client: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: Leo Burnett Sydney
Music composition and sound design
Our brief was to create a positive and uplifting approach to something that will help us all

Alexander Forbes ‘Forgotten Dreams’

Client: Alexander Forbes
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: Bester Burke Slingers
The music brief  given by Executive Creative Director Stephen Burke was to create  a ‘profound’ atmospheric composition that stirs emotions.

Santam

Client: Santam
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: King James
Arnold describes recording Sir Ben Kinsley as a highlight of the year and also as one of his biggest challenges. Getting the sound ‘just right’ took some creative engineering. He was very pleased with the result!

 

Prankster ‘High Low’

Client: N/A
Jam: N/A
Agency: N/A
Music by Prankster
Sample this track entitled ‘High Low’ by Arnold Vermaak, aka, ‘Prankster.’

 

Prankster ‘Don’t Tell Me What To Do’

Client: N/A
Jam: N/A
Agency: N/A
Music by Prankster
Sample this track entitled ‘Don’t Tell Me What To Do’ by Arnold Vermaak, aka, ‘Prankster.’

 

VW Amarok ‘Dakar’

Client: Hub Inc
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: Hub Inc
Music composition and sound design
This high energy ‘tough’ spot created by resolution design needed a strong world theme. Recording a room full of tom-toms created the energy we needed

Schweppes “Man in House”

Client: Ogilvy (Cape Town)
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: Ogilvy
Music composition and sound design
The scene is set in a cold grey building somewhere in Prague. Our job was to translate the bubbles and vibrancy of Schweppes – into music.

Lenthéric “Hoity Toity”

Client: Bester Burke Slingers
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Bester Burke Slingers
Music composition and sound design
This is a continuation of the “Hoity” campaign for Lentheric. The brief was to create music in the style of the1940’s Paris Jazz scene.

Abu Dhabi Tourism

Client: Ogilvy (Cape Town)
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: Ogilvy (Cape Town)
Sound Design and music composition
We were briefed to create an acoustic ‘filmic epic’ soundtrack that evokes the spirit of the modern desert. Listen out for the oud, a traditional middle eastern guitar.

Starburst “Storm”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative Alex Derwin and Heather Sheen
Sound Design: Well what sound does a 50 foot yellow liquid Starburst Storm sound like? It sounds like giant gurgling spa bath! Many directions were explored to find the perfect sound for the Storm, with sub-layers of spa baths and sucking water through straws.

Konica “Chopsticks”

Client: Konica
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Konica
Music composition
This beautiful rendition of a simple classic piece that we all know.

Lipton Ice Tea ” Cool yourself..”

Client: DDB Sydney
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: DDB Sydney
Music composition
We created our own kind of Russian folk song to compliment this quirky commercial.

RTA “Pinkie”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Music composition
The dreamlike music sets the scene for a misguided young man who thinks he is Lewis Hamilton and that his driving style will attract women…

Utex “Beaver”

Client: The Brand Shop
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: The Brand Shop
Music composition
The commercial is so ridiculous that nothing more than a funky girl power track would suffice.

Vinnies “Sams Day”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Music Composition and Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Chris Pearce and Baz Baker
Music Composition and Sound Design
Sam’s day is just that. It’s the rough and tumble story of a boy and his family as they survive day to day. Hylton’s approach on the music was to set the mood and human side to this everyday issue. The sound design keeps the viewer in reality. Our hero’s dialogue balances the spot and see his story in his words.

Career One “What is Success”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Will Edwards and Chris Badgar
Sound Design
Recording Matt Berry in London via Source Connect is no easy feat! Here is a comedian that exudes character and life in every read. Whatever he says is over the top and extremely funny. He doesn’t have a straight read! This theatrical approach brings aspirations for all to give it a go and find something better.

Crown Casino

Client: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Music composition
There are two stories depicted in this commercial: A glamorous couple arrive at the Crown Casino while the casino staff get ready to receive them. We created a music track that cut between the two worlds.

Canon “Lego”

Client: Leo Burnett
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Leo Burnetts
Music composition
This is a simple folk song that features the ukulele. It is an unconventionally simple piece of music for an unconventional commercial.

SBS “East West”

Client: SBS
Jam: Sound Design
Client: SBS
Sound Design
Subtle sound design to support the reality, where the music takes the viewer on the emotional journey

Mastercard “Paypass”

Client: McCanns
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: McCaans
Music composition
Feel the walk. Feel the rhythm. Feel the time. We wanted to create an electro pop, get going song to compliment the pedestrian pace of the commercial.

Smiths Grainwaves “Dream”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Chris Pearce and Baz Baker
Sound Design
This fully animated masterpiece brings the aspirations of a little grain of wheat to want to be a chip. “But grains don’t up to chips, son” Sound design was fun on this spot, all characters from the school classroom to Aunt Mabel on the couch were carefully directed to bring a story of a boy’s dream. A great example of library music working the mood change and bringing his dream to life.

Financial Review “Tram”

Client: FNL
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: FNL
Music composition
The orchestral percussive track reiterates the sentiments of the commercial: We need to gain information swiftly, join the dots and make decisions on our feet.

Hahn “Bean Bomb”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Music composition
A very amusing commercial that starts all sexy and sets up a beautiful gag for the bloke

RSVP “Woman”

Client: Love
Jam: Music Composition
Agency: Love
Music composition
This commercial makes fun of statistics – so we created a simple rhythmic percussive music track that is reminiscent of counting. Does not an abacus come to mind?

Top TV “South Africa Rise Up”

Client: Top TV South Africa
Jam: Music Composition
Music composition and sound design
This South African ‘Ragga’ track mirrors the energy on the streets of Jozi (Johannesburg). In Africa, there is music all around you. You can’t help but tap you feet, rise up and get into the groove.

Thredbo “Nic”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Craig “Moose” Moore and Rocky Renallo
Sound Design
This guy is having way too much fun. Funny Funny Funny. Part of a campaign was to highlight the mischief and strife that one can get into.

Thredbo “Tennis”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Chris Pearce and Baz Baker
Sound Design
Thredbo’s approach to “what’s on tour….” Sound design from the ground up. What does a ball sound like hitting you in the head? We threw a few at our assistant to find out.

Kettle Chips “Another Day”

Client: DDB Sydney
Jam: Music composition
Agency: DDB Sydney
Music composition
We wrote a track in the style of an African American call and response slave song.

 

NAPCAM “Children See”

Client: DDB Sydney
Jam: Music composition
Agency: DDB Sydney
Music composition
The music was written as an emotional acoustic rock song. How do you write a piece of music that depicts the horror’s you see on the screen? Hylton Mowday won the APRA AGSC award for best music for a TV commercial in 2007

Vinnies “No One – Sarah”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Emma Lord and Adam Lock
Sound Design
Vinnies challenges us to see a side of life that many of us never see. Sarah’s story, was told in a doco style, and the sound design to match. An ethereal library track sets the scene across the campaign and brings compassion to an uncomfortable topic.

NSW Ambulance “Triple Zero”

Client: CJB
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: CJB
Sound Design
A very real problem, and a great approach to demonstrate the problems is causes. Sound design melds two scenarios in one soundtrack. The horrible scene of a loved one in trouble, in a reverberant and scary world, with dialogues demonstrating the issue treated in a telephone scenario. Production music that works well in a small budget.own
Creative: Pete and Sid

Energizer “Lithium Tower”

Client: DDB Sydney
Jam: Music composition
Agency: DDB Sydney
Music composition
Mr NRG climbs the lithium tower in pursuit of more photos. The music for this commercial was written in the style of a Hollywood big budget action film. Will our hero reach the top of the tower?

 

Inghams “Chook Me”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Kevin MacNamara and Sean
Sound Design
A humorous approach to get people to rethink chicken. “You’re weird if you don’t”. ACA style reporting and live action bring a new approach to the call centre. Sound design from location dialogue and up.

Inghams “Chook Me – Parsley”

Client: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Jam: Sound Design
Agency: Clemenger BBDO Sydney
Creative: Kevin MacNamara and Sean Lavery
Sound Design
We’ve all seen it and love it when it happens to grandma!