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BlockbusterBook and Lyrics by Peter Sasowsky, Music by Bonnie Corral and Ryan McQuinnContact Email: Sasowsky@gmail.com |
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Blockbuster is a comedy about a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep and the cynical daughter of a woman dying of lung cancer, supported by, Oncologists; the FDA; the C-suite of Pathfinder Life Sciences®; breakthrough scientific Researchers; Insurance Company Representatives; Medicare; Clinical trial Clinicians; Film Crews; an Ad Agency; Speculative Investors; an evangelistic TV financial Personality; a wryly philosophical Ghost; and a Molecule that’s about to change everyone’s life. The idea for Blockbuster arose from the author’s deep exposure to Pharmaceutical and Biotech company sales forces through work he has done for event production companies. It is an attempt to take a nuanced view of an industry that is both disparaged and celebrated. The use of a lighter, comedic vehicle making use of traditional musical theater techniques and style, allows the story to explore the extraordinary array of forces that are at play on the medical predicament of one solitary person. The term blockbuster refers to a drug that has reached a billion dollars in sales. Book and Lyrics are complete in the sense that they are ready to be revised through workshop. We’ve just begun with music. The firsts completed song “A Beautiful Molecule” is a major number from a minor character, featuring the internationally renowned singer Michael Cormick. The second song “”Detail ‘Em, Nail Em” is a WIP with scratch vocals. Additionally, we’ve been working on ideas for a marketing plan that would mirror techniques used in promoting pharmaceuticals. Ideally, of course, looking for a produer or producers who can understand the potential of this story and appreciated the care with which it has been crafted. I’m a rank outsider in this field. Open to learning whatever I can and whatever I need to, to help this succeed. Peter Sasowsky is a Writer, Producer and award winning Director based in New York and Los Angeles. He is the founder of Serious Motion Pictures, LLC a script-to-screen production company producing work for commercial clients as well as narrative and documentary films on culture, environment and the arts. (www.seriousmotionpictures.com) He is currently at work on a series of documentaries helping to preserve the culture and language of the Lakota (Oglala) Sioux, and a feature documentary of the life of civil rights legend Fred Shuttlesworth. Bonnie Corral is a multi-faceted composer who specializes in musical theater and film scoring. She won 1st place in Creative Arts Theater’s Original Playwright Contest with her original musical Ghosts in Chelyabinsk (Creative Arts Theater, 2019) for which she wrote book, music, and lyrics. She music directed and performed as a musician for the musical’s debut production (Creative Arts Theater, 2020.) She produced and edited the original cast album (2022.) Bonnie is the principal composer for Human: A New Ancient Musical (Lines in the Sky Productions, 54 Below, NYC, 2023), co-written by Krystin Lacey. Other theater compositions and arrangements can be heard in Blockbuster (composer, arranger), No Plate Like Home (composer, arranger), and Miracles At My Doorstep (composer, arranger.) Bonnie’s film scores have been featured in ten short films from Clay Lacey Films. She was nominated for Best Score by the Los Angeles 48-Hr Film Festival in 2022. Her scoring work has also been featured in AGBO No Sleep ‘Til Film Fest, the Yes We Cannes Global Film Challenge, and the My Rode Reel Challenge. Bonnie composed and arranged music for audiobook The Good Circle. Her songwriting has been performed by bands Fifth Law, Bless My Stars, and The Echo Hill Band. She is a member of ASCAP, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Dramatists Guild, Alliance for Women Film Composers, Maestra and RISE Theatre. She resides in the LA region with her husband and son. Ryan McQuinn is a composer, sound designer, and voice actor residing in Central Florida. He has worked on audio dramas such as Dark Dice with Jeff Goldblum and Hitoshi Sakimoto, Legend Of The Boar Knight with Steven Melin, and Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program with Cat Blackard. Some video games he has worked on include Interstellar Space: Genesis with Grant Kirkhope, Axe Cop with James “Soda Piggy” Pandelis, and Lotia with Jade Lockwood. Ryan McQuinn’s work has earned awards from Global Music Awards and Prestige Music Awards, with last year’s red hot release of Legend Of The Boar Knight winning awards in MN Webfest, NJ Web Festival, and The Signal Awards. His work has been performed live by Orlando Comtemporary Chamber Orchestra and Alterity Chamber Orchestra. He is a an active member of Central Florida’s premiere composer association, Central Florida Composers Forum. |
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Blockbuster
Book and Lyrics by Peter Sasowsky, Music by Bonnie Corral and Ryan McQuinn
Contact Email: Sasowsky@gmail.com
Blockbuster is a comedy about a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep and the cynical daughter of a woman dying of lung cancer, supported by, Oncologists; the FDA; the C-suite of Pathfinder Life Sciences®; breakthrough scientific Researchers; Insurance Company Representatives; Medicare; Clinical trial Clinicians; Film Crews; an Ad Agency; Speculative Investors; an evangelistic TV financial Personality; a wryly philosophical Ghost; and a Molecule that’s about to change everyone’s life.
The idea for Blockbuster arose from the author’s deep exposure to Pharmaceutical and Biotech company sales forces through work he has done for event production companies. It is an attempt to take a nuanced view of an industry that is both disparaged and celebrated. The use of a lighter, comedic vehicle making use of traditional musical theater techniques and style, allows the story to explore the extraordinary array of forces that are at play on the medical predicament of one solitary person. The term blockbuster refers to a drug that has reached a billion dollars in sales.
Book and Lyrics are complete in the sense that they are ready to be revised through workshop. We’ve just begun with music. The firsts completed song “A Beautiful Molecule” is a major number from a minor character, featuring the internationally renowned singer Michael Cormick. The second song “”Detail ‘Em, Nail Em” is a WIP with scratch vocals. Additionally, we’ve been working on ideas for a marketing plan that would mirror techniques used in promoting pharmaceuticals.
Ideally, of course, looking for a produer or producers who can understand the potential of this story and appreciated the care with which it has been crafted. I’m a rank outsider in this field. Open to learning whatever I can and whatever I need to, to help this succeed.
Peter Sasowsky is a Writer, Producer and award winning Director based in New York and Los Angeles. He is the founder of Serious Motion Pictures, LLC a script-to-screen production company producing work for commercial clients as well as narrative and documentary films on culture, environment and the arts. (www.seriousmotionpictures.com) He is currently at work on a series of documentaries helping to preserve the culture and language of the Lakota (Oglala) Sioux, and a feature documentary of the life of civil rights legend Fred Shuttlesworth.
Bonnie Corral is a multi-faceted composer who specializes in musical theater and film scoring. She won 1st place in Creative Arts Theater’s Original Playwright Contest with her original musical Ghosts in Chelyabinsk (Creative Arts Theater, 2019) for which she wrote book, music, and lyrics. She music directed and performed as a musician for the musical’s debut production (Creative Arts Theater, 2020.) She produced and edited the original cast album (2022.) Bonnie is the principal composer for Human: A New Ancient Musical (Lines in the Sky Productions, 54 Below, NYC, 2023), co-written by Krystin Lacey. Other theater compositions and arrangements can be heard in Blockbuster (composer, arranger), No Plate Like Home (composer, arranger), and Miracles At My Doorstep (composer, arranger.)
Bonnie’s film scores have been featured in ten short films from Clay Lacey Films. She was nominated for Best Score by the Los Angeles 48-Hr Film Festival in 2022. Her scoring work has also been featured in AGBO No Sleep ‘Til Film Fest, the Yes We Cannes Global Film Challenge, and the My Rode Reel Challenge.
Bonnie composed and arranged music for audiobook The Good Circle. Her songwriting has been performed by bands Fifth Law, Bless My Stars, and The Echo Hill Band. She is a member of ASCAP, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Dramatists Guild, Alliance for Women Film Composers, Maestra and RISE Theatre.
She resides in the LA region with her husband and son.
Ryan McQuinn is a composer, sound designer, and voice actor residing in Central Florida. He has worked on audio dramas such as Dark Dice with Jeff Goldblum and Hitoshi Sakimoto, Legend Of The Boar Knight with Steven Melin, and Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program with Cat Blackard. Some video games he has worked on include Interstellar Space: Genesis with Grant Kirkhope, Axe Cop with James “Soda Piggy” Pandelis, and Lotia with Jade Lockwood.
Ryan McQuinn’s work has earned awards from Global Music Awards and Prestige Music Awards, with last year’s red hot release of Legend Of The Boar Knight winning awards in MN Webfest, NJ Web Festival, and The Signal Awards. His work has been performed live by Orlando Comtemporary Chamber Orchestra and Alterity Chamber Orchestra. He is a an active member of Central Florida’s premiere composer association, Central Florida Composers Forum.