Mutato Muzika
- Film score
- video game
- new wave
- electronic rock
Songwriter/Producer
Music Composition
Mutato Muzika is an American music production company established and owned by Devo co-founder and lead singer Mark Mothersbaugh in 1989. The name is a portmanteau of the words mutant and potato, a nod to Mothersbaugh's longstanding fascination with mutants and mutation, and to Devo fans, whom the band dubbed "spuds," early on.[1]
While Devo members Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale and Bob Mothersbaugh, with drummer Josh Freese, often meet, rehearse and confer in its West Hollywood, California studio facilities, Mutato Muzika is a full-service music production company.[2] Until his death in 2014, Bob Casale served as a producer/engineer there.[1]
Mutato Muzika has produced music for many films, including Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, 13, Lords of Dogtown, Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and Catfish. Television music includes Rugrats, Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Pee-wee's Playhouse, Big Love, Eureka, Shameless, Enlightened and Regular Show. Mutato Muzika-produced video game scores include Crash Bandicoot and The Sims. Mutato Muzika also provides music for commercials, including spots for Apple's PC vs. Mac,[3] Martini & Rossi's George Clooney/Giorgio,[4] Apartments.com,[5] and others.
The company is housed in a round bright green building at 8760 West Sunset Boulevard. The building is rumored to have been designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (although no architect's name is listed on the building permit), modeling the exterior after The Forum in Inglewood, California, former home of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and NHL's Los Angeles Kings. Previously known as "The Beauty Pavilion", it was built in 1967 for plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Alan Franklyn, who wanted the roof to have skylights in order to illuminate the operating room in the center of the structure.[6] The building was painted green after Mothersbaugh took ownership of it.[7]
Personnel
- Mark Mothersbaugh – composer, songwriter, vocalist, founder
- Albert Fox – associate composer
- John Enroth –Associate composer
- Wataru Hokoyama - orchestrator + conductor
- Arthur Sadler – office coordinator
Productions
Films
Mutato Muzika has received credit for recordings in the following films:
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Television
Mutato Muzika has received credit for recordings in the following television programs:
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Video games
- Interstate '82 - Josh Mancell
- The Sims 2 - Mark Mothersbaugh
- Crash Bandicoot - Josh Mancell
- Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back - Josh Mancell
- Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped - Josh Mancell
- Crash Team Racing - Josh Mancell
- Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Josh Mancell
- Jak II - Josh Mancell
- Jak 3 - Josh Mancell
- Boom Blox - Mark Mothersbaugh, Albert Fox, John Enroth and Silas Hite
- MySims
- MySims Kingdom
- MySims Racing
- MySims Agents
- The Lego Movie Videogame - Mark Mothersbaugh
References
- ^ a b "Devo The '70s Stars of Techno-Pop Now Write Tunes for 'toons". People.com. June 7, 1996. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ Roberts, Randall. "Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutato". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ "Mac vs. PC". Mutato. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Martini Rossi". Mutato. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Apartments.com – Moving On Up". Mutato. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Mutato Muzika". Los Angeles Conservancy. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ Vaziri, Aidin (22 April 2001). "POP QUIZ / Q & A with Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh". SFGate. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Studio tour video from 2010 with Keyboard magazine, showing vintage instruments and the building's interior
- v
- t
- e
- Bob Casale
- Alan Myers
- Jim Mothersbaugh
- Bob Lewis
- Fred Weber
- Rod Reisman
- David Kendrick
albums
- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
- Duty Now for the Future (1979)
- Freedom of Choice (1980)
- New Traditionalists (1981)
- Oh, No! It's Devo (1982)
- Shout (1984)
- Total Devo (1988)
- Smooth Noodle Maps (1990)
- Something for Everybody (2010)
- Now It Can Be Told: Devo at the Palace (1989)
- Devo Live: The Mongoloid Years (1992)
- DEV-O Live (1999)
- Devo Live 1980 (2005)
- Hardcore Devo Live! (2015)
albums
- E-Z Listening Disc (1987)
- Devo's Greatest Hits (1990)
- Devo's Greatest Misses (1990)
- Hardcore Devo: Volume One (1990)
- Hardcore Devo: Volume Two (1991)
- Hot Potatoes: The Best of Devo (1993)
- Adventures of the Smart Patrol (1996)
- Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (2000)
- Recombo DNA (2000)
- This Is the Devo Box (2008)
- Something Else for Everybody (2013)
- 50 Years of De-Evolution 1973–2023 (2023)
- B Stiff (1977)
- Mechanical Man (1978)
- DEV-O Live (1981)
- Theme from Doctor Detroit (1983)
- Watch Us Work It (2008)
- Song Study (2010)
- "Mongoloid"
- "Jocko Homo"
- "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
- "Be Stiff"
- "Secret Agent Man"
- "Girl U Want"
- "Whip It"
- "Freedom of Choice"
- "Through Being Cool"
- "Beautiful World"
- "Working in the Coal Mine"
- "Peek-a-Boo!"
- "That's Good"
- "Are You Experienced?"
- "Here to Go"
- "Disco Dancer"
- "Watch Us Work It"
releases
articles
- Discography
- Characters (Booji Boy
- General Boy)
- Church of the SubGenius
- Devo 2.0
- Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol
- Energy dome
- Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers
- Mutato Muzika
- The Beginning Was the End
- "Dare to Be Stupid"
- "The Mutants Are Revolting"