It's been a while since we last updated our news as we've been quite busy here at The Duck. See the latest below:


Apparently Big Yellow Duck is in for a good year in 2009. According to Yahoo.com, people will try to escape the doom and gloom of the times by turning to the color yellow to brighten up their days. Pantone, a world renowned leader in color and color systems, said cheery and sunny yellow will be the color of the new year. We at The Duck predicted this trend a year and half ago when we first came up with our name. So, here's to 2009 and the color yellow. Let Big Yellow Duck mix your doom and gloom away!


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The feature film Mystery Team, which we worked so hard on, was just selected to premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival as part of its Park City at Midnight line-up. Directed by Dan Eckman of Derrick Comedy and starring Donald Glover, award-winning writer of 30 Rock, this comedy is expected to get big buzz at the festival.

Sound Designer Lou Esposito and Mixer Ryan Heiferman perfected the vile sounds of vomit and urine to really help shape this film's humor. You'll have to see it for yourself to understand...

Read More: Visit the Mystery Team website

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Little Spirit: Christmas in NY, Curious Picture's holiday special, premiered primetime on NBC December 10th. Directed by Leopoldo Gout and Susan Holden and starring the voices of Danny Devito, Lucy Liu, and Brenda Song, this one-hour animated special follows the adventure of a boy named Leo who reluctantly moves to NYC with his family and loses his adorable Boston Terrier, Ramona. Sound design and 5.1 surround mix were provided respectively by BYD's Lou "Foodboy" Esposito and Ryan "Mohawk" Heiferman.

Read More: Little Spirit Review

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Runaway Squad, a pilot for a new A&E series, is set to air on December 22. Mixed by BYD's Keith Hodne, for Granada USA, Runaway Squad follows private detective (and 16 year police vet) Joe Mazzilli as he searches for runaway and missing children.

Read More: TV Week Story

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Academy Award-nominated director Brett Morgen (Chicago Ten, The Kid Stays in the Picture) brought his latest project, Drive and Deliver, to BYD. Sponsored by International Trucks, it's an homage to America's long-haul truckers as it "journeys into their world and over far reaches of open road, where the realities of family, business and brotherhood converge into one inspiring story." The project served as International's promotion of its latest monster prototype, but in Morgen's hands, the film ended up as much more than a simple promo. It's a stand-alone film in its own right.

The project was meticulously sound designed and mixed here at The Duck by Lou, Keith, and Ryan, and it was a challenging task making the trucks sound so good. The accompanying soundtrack features some of the best rock and country on the planet.

Read More: Drive and Deliver Home Page

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Stay tuned as the blood splattering premiere of Battles BC will be coming February 23, 2009 on The History Channel. BYD is providing the epic audio soundtrack for this series, which will present ancient world battles and heroes in a modern, graphic novel style.

BYD's contribution will be a complete team effort--original music by Stuart Kollmorgen, sound design by Lou Esposito, and mixing by Keith Hodne and Ryan Heiferman.

Did we mention the blood?

Read More: IMDB

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This January, The First 48 returns for an eighth season on A&E. BYD's Keith Hodne will again join as the mix genius for his sixth season on this award-winning reality series.

Read More: The First 48 at A&E

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Playhouse Disney's hit series The Imagination Movers has been picked up for a second, twenty-six episode season- thanks in part to its wonderful score done by our very own Stuart Kollmorgen.


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