BRIAN KAHANEK

With over a decade at Disney Worldwide Post, mixing, recording, editing and mastering, along with extended residencies at DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Brian now calls Sidewinder Post home.  In addition to his catalogue of work in feature film and television post-production, he has six solo albums (in addition to The Kahaneks collaborations with his wife Jill) under his belt and over 20 years as a touring and recording artist.  His work can be experienced on the Guitar Hero 2 Video Game and many feature titles.

Visit Brian’s IMDB page for a comprehensive list of film and television credits.

TOP TO BOTTOM AUDIO POST PRODUCTION: The Last Keeper, Alex October, Young Lion of the West (including original score), Million Stories Project Series

RESTORATION, EDITORIAL, CONFORMING & REMASTERING(5.1/2.0): Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End, The Count of Monte Cristo, Toy Story 1, Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo, Up, Wall-E, High Fidelity, Good Will Hunting, Chasing Amy, Who Framed Rodger Rabbit, Arachnophobia, Dead Poets Society, Pretty Woman, Con Air, The Crow, Jackie Brown, Fox and The Hound, Pocahontas, GI Jane, A Bugs Life, The Incredibles, Lion King, Pulp Fiction and many more Disney/Touchstone and Miramax titles.

VIDEO GAME CINEMATIC SOUND DESIGN/MIX/LOCALIZATION: AAA and Major MMORPG In-Game Cinematics and Marketing Trailers.

SOUND DESIGN: CSI: Cyber, Season 2 (CBS TV), GIFT (Short Film), Age of Learning & ABC Mouse (Animated Online Education Series), Commercial Advertising Clients such as Caterpillar, Advanced Auto Parts, Super 8, Southern Company, CarQuest, Kinecta Federal Credit Union and others. 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE LOCALIZATION MIXING FOR FILM/TV: Clients include Netflix, HBO, Disney, NBC Universal and others.

ADR: Once Upon a Time (ABC TV), Body of Proof (ABC TV), Man Up (ABC TV), Good Christian Belles (ABC TV), Missing (ABC TV)

DIALOG RECORDING / EDITORIAL: Peter Jackson's King Kong (Video game and pickups for the Feature Film), Walt Disney Character Voices Domestic - All Video games and Ancillary products from 2002 - 2005, DreamWorks Original Dialog Recordings for Trolls 2, Abominable, Trolls World Tour, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and a number of TV products from 2018-2020.

MUSIC CLIENTS: Walt Disney World Wide Technical Services and Post Production, Walt Disney Character Voices International and Domestic, Warner Brothers Technical Services and Post Production, Dreamworks Records, Tim McGraw, Curb Records, Gypsy Soul, Island Records, Halsey Company, Igloo Music, Warner Brothers Records, WETA Digital Media, Peter Jackson Productions, Universal Studios Interactive, Ubisoft Games, Activision, Guitar Hero 2, Disney Interactive Group, Buena Vista Games, BMG Records Latin America, PDiddy, RBD, Danity Kane

BRIAN IS ENDORSED BY: Gibson Guitars, Fulltone Effects, National Guitars, Solid Cables, GHS Strings, Celestion Speakers, and Sheptone Pickups.

JILL KAHANEK

Jill Kahanek has over 20 years hands-on experience with the creative process as a producer and musician. From Boston, Massachusetts, she began studying the oboe and English horn at age sixteen.  In 2001, she moved to Los Angeles to join the Henry Mancini Institute’s Summer Music Festival and Education Program as Director of Emerging Artist Programs. Jill spent many years freelancing in LA’s premiere recording studios and regional orchestras in addition to several years serving as the Director of Development for Henry Mancini’s musical estate and archives. Now at Sidewinder Post, her specialties include music supervision and licensing along with sound effects, dialog and music editorial.

Credits include Alex October (music supervision, editorial and licensing); Young Lion of the West (music supervision, editorial and licensing); Age Of Learning/ABC Mouse (sound design); Million Stories Project Series including “American Paycheck”, “Milk Money”, “Faceplant”, “George Goes Everywhere”, “Tip Jar” (music supervision, editorial and licensing), “Adulting with Richard Sherman” (sound design).

As an oboist, Jill has had the privilege of performing on stage with world-class artists such as Tony Bennett, David Benoit, Terence Blanchard, Dori Caymmi, James Galway, Diana Krall, Monica Mancini, Christian McBride, Dianne Reeves, and Stevie Wonder.  She has also performed under the baton of Bruce Broughton, Alf Clausen, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, Richard Kaufman, Kent Nagano, John Williams, and Patrick Williams. 

Together with Brian, Jill has co-produced and performed (oboe, flute & pennywhistle) on an album of Christmas Hymns titled “O Holy Night”, single tracks “O Come O Come Emmanuel” and “Amazing Grace” as well as on the title track of Brian’s solo album, “Coming Home”.