Great Lakes Untamed is nominated in the 2022 Hollywood Music in Media Awards. It has been nominated in the Best Score for a Documentary Series Category. The ceremony will take place in Hollywood on Wednesday November 16th, 2022.
The Score for "The Covid Cruise" wins a Canadian Screen Award!
On April 4th. 2022, The Covid Cruise won ‘Best Original Score - Non-Fiction’ in the 2022 Canadian Screen Awards! The Awards were presented by the Canadian Academy of Cinema and Television at The Documentary and Factual Awards. You can watch The Covid Cruise as part of the CBC show “The Nature of Things” season 60 on their app - CBC Gem.
Peer Raben Award Nomination @ Soundtrack_Cologne 2021
I was fortunate to be nominated for the Peer Raben award at Soundtrack_Cologne 18 (2021) for my score to the film The Announcement (directed by Zack Bernbaum). Thank you to the SOCAN Foundation for their support to make my trip to attend the screening, conference and awards in Cologne possible from November 17-20, 2021.
The Announcement
Zack Bernbaum’s emotional single-take short film “The Announcement” is featured on Film Shortage. Watch the film and check out their article here https://filmshortage.com/shorts/the-announcement/
2021 Emmy Nomination
Ghostwriter has been nominated at the 2021 Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime Program!
To date, Ghostwriter has been nominated for 5 Daytime Emmy’s, with potentially more nominations to come on June 28, 2021 in the children and youth ceremony.
I share in this nomination with the fantastic composer Sasha Gordon.
Dancing Dogs of Dombrova Release Date Sept 22, 2020
I’m very excited to share that the feature film The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova will be released in the USA and Canada on Tuesday September 22nd, 2020! I will also be releasing the Soundtrack Album on multiple music platforms so lookout for that release wherever you get your music.
Synopsis
On a cold winter night, estranged siblings Sarah and Aaron Cotler arrive at an empty train station in Dombrova, Poland. With their only available ride being a silent Driver, they embark on a quest to fulfill their dying grandmother’s wish. They need to find, dig up, and bring home the bones of her favourite childhood dog, Peter.
Season 1 of Detention Adventure on HBO Max
Season 1 of Detention Adventure is now available to stream exclusively on HBO Max in the USA!
Ghostwriter wins at Daytime Emmys 2020
Ghostwriter has won a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Children’s or Family Viewing Programming! Ghostwriter was also the most nominated program (aside from the major soap operas) with 9 nominations! Congrats to all my co-collaborators!!!
Lockdown Season 1 Airs on Youtube Originals for Kids
The new youth series Lockdown has aired on Youtube Originals for Kids in June 2020 and will also air on The Family Channel July 2020.
Ghostwriter on Apple TV+
Ghostwriter premiered on Apple TV+ on November 1st. 2019. The show is a reboot of the PBS show from the 90’s, a show I watched myself! I had the pleasure of composing the theme music as well as scoring season 1. You can check it out on the Apple TV app on your streaming device.
Detention Adventure Wins Best Music at TO Webfest!
Detention Adventure has won Best Music at TO Webfest 2019! The show also won Best Family Content and Best Toronto Series. Congrats to everyone and thank you to my co-composers Antonio Naranjo and Elizabeth Hannan.
Detention Adventure Premieres on CBC Gem!
Check out the trailer for the new series Detention Adventure - Now streaming on CBC Gem!
Premise: Three nerdy friends and the school bully must get themselves thrown into detention to find the entrance to a labyrinth of trap-laden tunnels protecting the fabled hidden lab of Alexander Graham Bell.
Directed by: @joekicak
Written by: @joekicak @carmalbano & moi
Produced by: @loco_motionpix@due_west @joekicak @carmalbano & moi
Starring: @simone.mcq@tomasosanelli @alinaprijono@officialjackfulton @benjaminayres@thestaceymcg @danbeirne@andrewmoodie
Cinematography by: @jordanoramdp
Production design by: @rosaliemackintosh
Score by: @erica_pro @tones85 @elizabeth.hannan
Edited by: @mikelobel
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Our official premiere on May 3rd, 2019!
Berlinale Talents 2019
I was selected from over 3400 applicants to participate in this years Berlinale Talents 2019. It is the The Berlin International Film Festival’s talent development programme for 250 emerging filmmakers and drama series creators from all over the world. Over the course of the week we participated in many workshops, networking, film screenings, and project labs. Such an amazing experience that I will never forget!
Colours of Ubuntu
I had the pleasure of scoring a wonderful short film that documents a program put on by a wonderful organization called Lalela. Artist Jane Waterous travelled to the rural town of Ubuntu, South Africa to engage with the youth there-
From Jane’s youtube channel: “This is a story of Ubuntu - the universal bond and sense of community at the core of every human. When violent riots broke out in Hout Bay, South Africa, the volunteers at Lalela found themselves with a decision to make. Amidst the violence, Lalela opened its doors for the children, providing not only a safe-haven, but a place where they could develop courage, strength, and perseverance in themselves, and as a community. Through the art projects, the children were prompted to find and portray their identities, and express what community means to them. We were soon surrounded by the most spirited of artists – facing a backdrop of a deep and complex history with a passionate people and breathtaking landscape. Colours of Ubuntu is a celebration of community, and the discovery of the role of art in the human spirit. “
Helping me out on the track was the members of the Toronto group the Interro Quartet.
Music recorded and mixed by Gary Honess at Kuhl Muzik
Dancing Dogs of Dombrova Premieres at 2018 Festivals
The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova, Directed by Zack Bernbaum and starring Katherine Fogler and Douglas Nyback had it’s World Premiere in October 2018 at the Austin Film Festival in Austin, Texas. The film also was featured in the Napa Film Festival and had it’s Canadian Premiere at the Whistler Film Festival in Whistler, British Columbia. You can check out the trailer below, and stay tuned for more updates on the film’s release.
-Erica
On a cold winter night, estranged siblings Sarah and Aaron arrive at an empty train station in Dombrova, Poland. With their only available ride being a silent Driver, they embark on a quest to fulfil their dying grandmother's wish - find, dig up, and bring home the bones of her favourite childhood dog, Peter.
"Precipice" at Nuit Blanche 2018
Photo: Arthur Lucena Alves de Sousa
Nuit Blanche 2018 Artscape Youngplace
I have been commissioned by Seneca College's School of Creative Arts and Animation to compose a 4 minute piece of music that will be used to inspire students and faculty to create their own pieces of art based simply on what they feel and hear. I've titled the piece of music "Precipice" and I hope you will come to see all that this piece has evoked in others.
Summary: Seneca students and faculty artists create a tapestry of art and media works in response to an original musical composition by Erica Procunier. The result is a journey through a multidisciplinary showcase of art-, screen- and sound-based works.
Nuit Blanche website https://nbto.com/project.html?project_id=707
Date: September 29, 2018 6pm-6am
Location: 180 Shaw Street (First Floor Hallways & Vitrines; Flex Studios 106 and 107)
Precipice can be found on Spotify and iTunes, Soundcloud and other streaming platforms.
Update!
Seneca’s Nuit Blanche exhibit on September 29th, 2018 was a great big giant success! Thank you to Mark Jones and Tara Dorey for their countless hours of commitment to showcasing this project. I want to show you some of the works that were inspired by the music, as well as some photographs from the event itself.
Little Dog renewed for Season 2 on CBC
I had the amazing opportunity to compose for the first season of Little Dog on CBC starring Joel Thomas Hynes. The score is based around rowdy and energetic percussion sounds and so we brought in some really great performers such as Kevin Howley on Drums and Oisín Hannigan on the Bodhrán. You can stream the show anytime on the CBC website !
DAM! CSA Award Nomination
DAM! The Story of Kit the Beaver was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in the category of Best Animated Short! Time to celebrate!
"H" is for Holiday!
I had the incredible honour of scoring Sesame Street's H is for Holiday segment for director producer team Nimisha Mukerji and Mark Ratzlaff. The segment is part of Sesame Street's Holiday Special titled "Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas" and it will air multiple times on PBS Kids over the 2017 Holiday Season.
For Air Dates check out the following link http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/nov/20/once-upon-sesame-street-christmas/
*** UPDATE!! H is for Holiday is now up on Sesame Street's Youtube Channel!
Don't Talk To Irene - TIFF'17 and in Theatres
Pat Mills' feature film Don't Talk To Irene had it's world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11th, 2017 to rave reviews. The film has been travelling to various festivals in Canada such as the Atlantic Film Festival in September 2017, and will have it's American Premiere at the Austin Film Festival in October 2017. The film has done well with a limited theatrical release in Toronto, being held over at the Yonge-Dundas Square Cineplex for 2 weeks with an additional run at the Yonge and Eglinton Canada Square theatre for 2 weeks.
