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What’s new from The World Leader in Sonic Branding – Winter 2025

Our team at SAM has been busy with a wide range of exciting projects – custom music and sound for sports, news, experiential, augmented reality – as well as fresh music from our library, The Vault. Here’s a rundown of what we’ve been up to lately. TGL Golf – ESPN Stephen Arnold Music (SAM) created original music and sonic branding for TGL Golf presented by SoFi, the first-of-its-kind golf league […]

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What’s new from The World Leader in Sonic Branding – Summer Edition!

Our team at SAM has been busy this year with exciting projects for the Paris summer games, trending social media spots, experiential sound, news, trailer music and more. Hey, we’re even giving you a sneak peak at SAM’s new studio headquarters! Here’s a rundown of what we’ve been up to lately: Aiming for Gold Paris – CNN Worldwide For the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, CNN approached Stephen Arnold Music […]

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What’s new from The World Leader in Sonic Branding

Our team at SAM was busy in 2023 with exciting projects for sports, news, commercials, trailer music and more. Hey, we even created our own SAM hero video via generative AI! Here’s a rundown of some recent projects: What’s the Sound of Your Brand? – SAM Brand Video Last year we produced a new SAM creative reel combining sonic branding with AI-generated animation. Created in association with transmedia company Elevate […]

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What’s new from The World Leader in Sonic Branding

Our SAM team has been busy with exciting projects for tourism, experiential, broadcast, streaming and film. What they have in common are interesting challenges, diverse needs and impactful sonic branding solutions. These audio strategies helped drive immersive, emotional engagement in content, social media, and in-person experiences. Here’s a rundown of some recent projects: WETA PBS – Sonic Rebrand Stephen Arnold Music was privileged to create an all-new group sonic rebranding […]

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Stephen Arnold Music Creates Theme for CNN International’s New Africa-Centric News Show “One World with Zain Asher”

DALLAS—May 6, 2021— One World with Zain Asher, the new global news program on CNN International, features a spirited musical theme rooted in the diversity, vibrant cultures and promising future of Africa. Created by Stephen Arnold Music, the theme blends contemporary African rhythms and upbeat grooves to underscore the inclusive perspective of the show, which “captures the conversation beyond the headlines in the U.S., Asia and Europe and showcases stories […]

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Stephen Arnold: “Mistakes are the stairways to greatness”

Founded by Arianna Huffington, Thrive Global covers self-help, wellness advice and lifestyle. Its goal is to help readers reconnect with themselves and learn techniques for maintaining balance in order to live their best life. The original article is available here. By Yitzi Weiner, A “Positive” Influencer As a part of my series about how leaders create a “fantastic work culture,” I had the pleasure of interviewing Stephen Arnold, founder of […]

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Sonic Branding Roundup 2020

At Stephen Arnold Music, we are committed to the power of sonic branding and have a specialized approach. Aural elements drive engagement, social sharing, purchase decisions, and loyalty like never before. The critical importance of sonic branding is now recognized across every industry. It’s extremely gratifying for all of us at Stephen Arnold Music to collaborate on so many immensely creative campaigns. Here’s what we’ve been up to lately: NBC/Golf […]

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Sonic Branding for the Royal Wedding – CNN Worldwide

With more than two billion people worldwide watching the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, it was one of the biggest television events of the year. And for those of you that may have watched the royal wedding coverage on CNN, we’re excited to say that our creative team at Stephen Arnold Music composed and produced the custom music for the event. The CNN coverage aired in 190 […]

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The PromaxBDA Daily Brief Podcast: Sonic Branding with Stephen Arnold Music

Stephen Arnold Music President Stephen Arnold and VP, Creative Services Chad Cook join PromaxBDA Editorial Director Paige Albiniak to discuss the latest in creating custom music branding for such organizations as CNN Worldwide and China Global Television Network, incorporating music and settings from around the world in these packages, designing sounds for video games such as Playstation’s upcoming Major League Baseball game and the firm’s bread-and-butter: building comprehensive sonic brands […]

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