GAME COMPOSER CHANCE THOMAS SCORES OSCAR WINNER

COMPOSER PRODUCED ORIGINAL MUSICAL SCORE & CLASSIC SONG REMAKES FOR SONY PICTURES ANIMATED FILM THE CHUBBCHUBBS

Chance Thomas, the award-winning composer most widely known for his innovative work in interactive games, created the music for The ChubbChubbs which has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The Oscars were presented at the 75th Annual Academy Awards ceremony held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on Sunday, 23rd March 2003.

Released by Columbia Pictures, The ChubbChubbs is the immensely popular CG animated short film developed and produced by Sony Pictures Imageworks. Director Eric Armstrong accepted the award on behalf of the team, which included veteran game impresario Chance Thomas.

Producer Jacquie Barnbrook said, "Chance was an inspiration, always sharing his talent and generosity to the collaborative spirit of this piece", while The ChubbChubbs sound designer Tim Larkin attested, "Chance never ceases to amaze me with his composing." His first foray into theatrical film, Chances music featured in The ChubbChubbs opened for the hit movies Men In Black II and Stuart Little II on 10,000 theater screens worldwide in the summer of 2002. The short film is now available with Sony Pictures' Men In Black II DVD.

Thomas, who produced one of the first live orchestral scores in an interactive game, Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire, is responsible for composing and producing all of the original music for The ChubbChubbs. The original orchestral score composed and orchestrated by Chance was performed by the Utah Film Orchestra and mixed at Sony Pictures Sound in Culver City, CA. The film also features remakes of the classic songs, "Respect" and "Why Cant We Be Friends?", which Chance produced as well.

"Obviously, Im thrilled", commented Thomas, "Having The ChubbChubbs win the Oscar was HUGE, and the crowning finale to a memorable music scoring experience." He added, "Conducting the Utah Film Orchestra was truly exhilarating. They were well rehearsed, having recently played under John Williams for the Olympics, and they performed superbly for me." Excerpts from the score can be heard online at: http://www.hugesound.com/AUDIOdemos.htm.

Chance, whose credits include music production for Blizzard Entertainments Warcraft III theatrical trailer, which opened nationwide for such films as Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, is a winner of many accolades, having been honored by the Emmy Awards, Aurora Awards, Addy Awards, Telly Awards, and the Vault Network Awards. Other titles for which Chance has contributed a broad range of music services include: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (EA), Earth & Beyond (EA), Robota: Reign of Machines teaser (Doug Chiang Studios), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Vivendi-Universal), Unreal II (Infogrames), Middle-Earth Online (Sierra Online), and the upcoming titles The Hobbit (Vivendi-Universal), and Aridaen Gates (SierraTel Entertainment).

He is a great promoter of game music and for many Chance will always be linked to the Grammy Awards and his winning game music Grammy campaign in the late 1990's. Most recently he presented at the "Does Melody Matter?" panel session held during the annual Game Developers Conference in San Jose. Additional information is available online at www.HUGEsound.com

Chance Thomas is represented by Bob Rice of Four Bars Intertainment.