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-- 23 May 2022 -- Feature-Length Documentary Film Premiere
The events depicted in the film take place in the early 1900s, and the documentary explores the scientific challenges and social issues of the time that complicated the struggle to contain the disease. As one might expect, the film subtly invites audiences to draw connections to the present-day furor around the COVID-19 pandemic -- making the subject quite relevant today. You can listen to select excerpts of Vivek's nearly 2-hour orchestral music score here.
Animated Feature Film
The film premiered in January and is currently available for streaming on major platforms. You can hear select excerpts from the music score here.
Suspense Thriller
Ostensibly a supernatural thriller, the film's subtext examines what is hidden in the shadows of the American fascination with the "mid-century modern" aesthetic. Vivek's music score combines mid-20th-Century techniques (like microtonality, musique concréte, tone clusters, aleatory, polytonality) with traditional melodic and modern constructs -- reflecting the story's exploration of social themes. You can hear select excerpts from the music score here.
New Animated Musical
Stay tuned!
Other Work
In June, Vivek will travel to Sweden with the String Theory performance ensemble, to perform a site-specific opera performance, Frozen Waterfall, with Studio Gathenhielm. Since 2021, Vivek has been writing a column called In Theory for Stereogum, where he analyzes new music (mostly pop tunes) from the perspective of a composer/producer -- intended for musicians and non-musicians alike. In his column, he explores methods and concepts in music creation (like harmony, rhythm, scales and modes, consonance/dissonance, production techniques, etc.) whenever a topic arises deemed sufficiently interesting for a general audience. Check it out!
Further Updates
...And stay tuned for more news in the coming months.
-- 19 July 2021 -- Emmy Win
You can listen to select excerpts of Vivek's music from The Tom and Jerry Show here.
Peabody Award
Vivek composed over 4 hours of music for the series' 5 episodes. The score takes you on an epic ride, traversing gritty 19th-Century American textures and elegant European Romantic motifs, 20th-Century jazz, and modern-day electronica. Additionally, you can hear splashes of musical color from places as varied as Japan, Philippines, Korea, China, and India -- all threaded into a cohesive musical fabric that eschews temporal and geographic boundaries. An 84-minute soundtrack album, containing excerpts from the score, is available on all platforms (Spotify, iTunes, etc.), and the series is streamable (on PBS, iTunes, Amazon, etc.).
New Feature-Length Animated Musical
Further Updates
...And stay tuned for more news in the coming months.
-- 11 May 2020 -- New 5-Part Documentary Series for PBS
Vivek composed nearly 4.5 hours of music for the series' 5 episodes. The score takes you on an epic ride, traversing gritty 19th-Century American textures and elegant European Romantic motifs, 20th-Century jazz, and modern-day brooding electronica. Additionally, you'll hear splashes of musical color from places as varied as Japan, Philippines, Korea, China, and India -- all threaded into a cohesive musical fabric that eschews temporal and geographic boundaries.
EVENT: Premiere of Asian Americans, Episodes 1 and 2 WHEN: Monday, May 11, 8-10 PM ET/PT WHERE: PBS (broadcast and streaming) EVENT: Premiere of Asian Americans, Episodes 3, 4, and 5 WHEN: Tuesday, May 12, 8-11 PM ET/PT WHERE: PBS (broadcast and streaming) Check your local listings for additional show times. Oscar-nominated filmmaker and UCLA professor Renee Tajima-Peña served as the series' showrunner, and the episodes were directed by S. Leo Chiang (Ep 1 & 3), Grace Lee (Ep 2 & 4), and Geeta Gandbhir (Ep 5).
Soundtrack Release
In the meantime, you can listen to excerpts of the music score here.
Season 5 of The Tom and Jerry Show
Vivek's score music on the show is steeped in the traditions of the classic cartoon, but also infuses modern aesthetics creating a unique amalgam that is harmonically rich, rhythmically agile, and dramatically sensitive. You can hear excerpts of Vivek's music from a few previously aired episodes here.
Further Updates
...And stay tuned for more news in the coming weeks and months.
-- 06 May 2019 -- Emmy Award
Vivek also received an Annie Award nomination earlier this year for his music on the show. You can listen to select excerpts of Vivek's music from The Tom and Jerry Show here. Presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held May 3-5, 2019.
Netflix Documentary
Vivek's music score is eccentric and buoyant, sometimes playing against picture, framing the story in surprising ways. You can listen to excerpts of the music score here.
New 5-Part Documentary Series for PBS
The series is produced by Oscar-nominated filmmaker and UCLA professor Renee Tajima-Peña and will contain episodes directed by renowned directors Grace Lee, S. Leo Chiang, and Geeta Gandbhir. Stay tuned!
Theme Song for a New Animated Show
Stay tuned!
New Animated Television Season
Vivek's score music on the show is steeped in the traditions of the classic cartoon, but also infuses modern aesthetics creating a unique amalgam that is harmonically rich, rhythmically agile, and dramatically sensitive. The music moves fluidly between 19th-Century European Romanticism, 20th-Century American jazz, and present-day idioms eschewing cultural and geographical boundaries. You can hear excerpts of Vivek's music from a few previously aired episodes here.
Further Updates
...And stay tuned for more news in the coming weeks and months.
-- 30 April 2018 -- Emmy Award
You can listen to select excerpts of Vivek's music from The Tom and Jerry Show here.
Presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony was held April 27-29, 2018.
Drums Score
A surprise hit, the video has thus far received over 2.2 million views. Vivek performed the score live to picture. Check it out (and watch 'til the end for a behind-the-scenes cameo appearance).
Music for Video Campaign
Directed by Bann Roy, the #WhyIMake videos feature diverse people such as NASA astronaut Don Pettit, discussing what itÍs like to be a maker in space; Adam Savage, co-host and executive producer of MythBusters; Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and his family; actor, author, and woodworker Nick Offerman. To watch these videos, visit www.WhyIMake.org. You can hear excerpts of Vivek's music from the campaign here.
Feature Film Now Streaming
Directed by Deepak Rauniyar (Highway) and edited by David Barker (Daylight, Here), the film's production team includes Joslyn Barnes (Shadow World, This Changes Everything) and Danny Glover (The Color Purple, Lethal Weapon). You can hear Vivek's closing music from the film here.
Music for Interactive Documentary
When you visit the K-TOWN '92 site, you select from a mosaic of characters, archival and news footage, and prompts that enable you to hear from communities of color whose stories have been widely unheard and ignored.
New Animated Television Season
Vivek's score music on the show is steeped in the traditions of the classic cartoon, but also infuses modern aesthetics creating a unique amalgam that is harmonically rich, rhythmically agile, and dramatically sensitive. The music moves fluidly between 19th-Century European Romanticism, 20th-Century American jazz, and present-day idioms eschewing cultural and geographical boundaries. You can hear excerpts of Vivek's music from a few previously aired episodes here.
Further Updates
Please check the Maddala Music | Press page to read recent interviews and news articles. ...And stay tuned for more news in the coming weeks and months.
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Earlier this year, Vivek composed the music score for 
A few months ago, Vivek composed the music score for Warner Bros.' Cowboy Up!, a feature-length animated musical starring the classic cat-and-mouse
duo, Tom and Jerry. The story, set in the late 19th-Century American "Wild West," pays homage to (and furtively subverts) archetypal Western tropes from American
cinema. The music score honors the traditions of Elmer Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiompkin, and Aaron Copland -- but through the lens
of Vivek's distinctive harmonic language and orchestration style.
Early this year, Vivek composed the music score (and co-wrote the theme song) for the feature film Mid-Century, starring Stephen Lang (Avatar),
Shane West (A Walk to Remember), and Bruce Dern (Nebraska). Lionsgate will release the film on June 17th
in select theaters as well as on streaming platforms. The Los Angeles premiere will be held on June 2nd. Look for it at a theater near you!
Recently, Vivek completed the 75-minute music score for the Warner Bros. feature film, Snowman's Land, once again starring the inimitable
Tom and Jerry cat-and-mouse duo.
It's a holiday movie is in style of a vintage Hollywood musical, replete with big-band orchestra and strings. Vivek co-wrote the songs for the
film as well. Snowman's Land is set to premiere later
this year.
Vivek has accepted a composer-in-residence appointment for the Fall 2022 term at Columbia College Chicago, where he will teach graduate students in
the Scoring for Media (MFA) program, as well as an undergraduate music composition course.
To read recent interviews and news articles, check the 
Vivek just won the Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Music Direction and Composition" for his music on the Warner Bros.
animated series The Tom and Jerry Show -- Vivek's fourth consecutive Emmy win in the category. This year's award is for
Vivek's music for the Season 4 episode titled, "Ball of Fire" -- a throwback to classic hard-boiled detective fiction (a la Raymond
Chandler, Dashiell Hammett), featuring Vivek's signature romantic, jazz-infused music.
In June, the riveting 5-hour documentary series, Asian Americans, won the Peabody Award, one of the most prestigious honors in broadcast journalism.
The sweeping historical series chronicles over two centuries of immigration themes related to the evolving identity, contributions, and challenges
experienced by Asian Americans in the United States. The series explores bold, new perspectives that recalibrate the way we look at those experiences,
and reveals the vital role of Asian Americans in shaping American history and identity.
Last Fall, Vivek completed his work on Season 5 of the iconic Tom and Jerry Show -- the Warner Bros. reboot of the classic
cat-and-mouse cartoon (with all new stories and animation). To date, Vivek has scored 124 episodes of the show, which is currently streaming
on Boomerang, iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, etc.
Vivek has won a Creative Arts Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding Music Direction and Composition"
for his work on the Warner Bros. animated series The Tom and Jerry Show. This was Vivek's third
consecutive Emmy nomination and second consecutive win. This award was based on Vivek's music for the
Season 2 episode titled, "Kitten Grifters." The episode is a throwback to classic hard-boiled detective
fiction (a la Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett) and features Vivek's signature romantic, jazz-infused
orchestral music (with occasional surprises veering into hip-hop and other musical landscapes). This year, Vivek
shared the award with his colleagues, Steve Morrell and John Van Tongeren, whose music can be heard on some
of the other episodes in the season. The cartoon features the well-known characters of the classic show, but
with all-new stories and animation, and contains wall-to-wall music along the lines of the original.
Late last year, Vivek composed the music score for a new documentary titled
All in My Family, which just premiered, May 3rd, on Netflix. It's a
personal, eye-opening film narrated by director Hao Wu about cultural identity,
family pressure, and acceptance. The subject matter is too nuanced and varied
to describe in depth here, but you can check it out by
Vivek has signed on to score a riveting 5-hour documentary series, scheduled to premiere in May 2020.
With the working title, The Asian Americans, the sweeping historical series chronicles
over two centuries of immigration/diasporic themes related to the evolving identity,
contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans in the United States. The series
explores bold, new perspectives that recalibrate the way we look at those experiences, and
reveals the vital role of Asian Americans in shaping American history and identity.
Vivek produced and recorded the new opening theme song for Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? -- the upcoming
animated TV series based on the classic Scooby-Doo franchise by Hanna-Barbera, and produced by Warner Bros.
Animation. The song features lead vocals by renowned singer/songwriter
Vivek has won a Creative Arts Emmy Award in the category of "Outstanding
Music Direction and Composition" for his work on the new Warner Bros. animated
series The Tom and Jerry Show. This was Vivek's second consecutive
Emmy nomination for the show. The cartoon features the
characters of the classic show, but with all-new stories and animation,
and contains wall-to-wall music along the lines of the original.
Last summer, Vivek composed and performed the drums score, under the direction of
Beginning last year, Vivek has been composing music for the #WhyIMake campaign -- a
platform for prominent "makers" to tell their own stories via video showcases, serving both as role models and inspiration
for others.
The feature film 
A few months ago, Vivek composed music for the K-TOWN '92 interactive documentary, directed
by Grace Lee (American Revolutionary, The Grace Lee Project). K-TOWN '92 explores
the impact and legacy of the Los Angeles riots/rebellion/civil unrest 25 years later through a
diverse range of stories from Koreatown and beyond.