Music and sound house Hook+Line Inc., known for its work for Adidas, G&E, and Volkswagen, has brought Bernardo Castro on board as sr. producer.
“Bernardo is a brilliantly intuitive producer, as he’s not only an exceptional composer, but has worked on projects internationally for some years,” said Hook+Line’s owner Bryan Senti.
Abby Diamond, Hook+Line’s partner and executive producer, added, “We formed a partnership with Free the Work during COVID and they invited us to a virtual postproduction panel where I met Bernardo. I was immediately struck by how inquisitive, smart and engaged he is, and when he sent me his music afterward, I was blown away by his talent.”
Before joining Hook+Line, Castro was an in-house composer and producer for the music production company Trafalgar 13 based out of Barcelona, Spain. He was also working independently on feature film, TV and video games for the likes of Disney and Xbox Studios. He’s a graduate of Berklee College of Music.
“Joining Hook+Line has been a very exciting step forward in my career, and it’s been very humbling and rewarding to be working alongside such a talented and professional team,” said Castro.
Review: Director Morgan Neville’s “Piece by Piece”
A movie documentary that uses only Lego pieces might seem an unconventional choice. When that documentary is about renowned musician-producer Pharrell Williams, it's actually sort of on-brand.
"Piece by Piece" is a bright, clever song-filled biopic that pretends it's a behind-the-scenes documentary using small plastic bricks, angles and curves to celebrate an artist known for his quirky soul. It is deep and surreal and often adorable. Is it high concept or low? Like Williams, it's a bit of both.
Director Morgan Neville — who has gotten more and more experimental exploring other celebrity lives like Fred Rogers in "Won't You Be My Neighbor?,""Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain" and "Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces" — this time uses real interviews but masks them under little Lego figurines with animated faces. Call this one a documentary in a million pieces.
The filmmakers try to explain their device — "What if nothing is real? What if life is like a Lego set?" Williams says at the beginning — but it's very tenuous. Just submit and enjoy the ride of a poor kid from Virginia Beach, Virginia, who rose to dominate music and become a creative director at Louis Vuitton.
Williams, by his own admission, is a little detached, a little odd. Music triggers colors in his brain — he has synesthesia, beautifully portrayed here — and it's his forward-looking musical brain that will make him a star, first as part of the producing team The Neptunes and then as an in-demand solo producer and songwriter.
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