Source: Pied Piper, Inc.
Summary:

Pied Piper announced that they will produce English songs for their Skip Beat! dub. The four songs will feature new recordings and instrumental tracks, recorded by western artists.

The song list includes:

Dream Star (OP, Episodes 1-19)

Vocals: Mela Lee (feat. Cristina Vee)
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums: Neal Daniels
Bass: Dan Antunovich
Synth/Keyboard: Dan Antunovich
Add’l Keyboards: Alexander Burke

Renaissance (OP, Episodes 20-25)

Vocals: Magnolia Memoir with Erica Lindbeck
Backup Vocals: Mela Lee
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums: Neal Daniels
Bass: Dan Antunovich
Synth/Keyboard: Dan Antunovich
Add’l Keyboards: Alexander Burke

Burnin’ Down (Insert Song, Episode 11)

Vocals: Nathan Sharp
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums/ Bass / Keyboards: Dan Antunovich

Prisoner (Insert Song, Episode 19)

Vocals: Nathan Sharp
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums/ Bass / Keyboards: Dan Antunovich

Dan Antunovich is producing Dream Star and Renaissance. Nathan Sharp will produce Burnin’ Down and Prisoner

Pied Piper announced that they will produce English songs for their Skip Beat! dub. The four songs will feature new recordings and instrumental tracks, recorded by western artists.

The song list includes:

Dream Star (OP, Episodes 1-19)

Vocals: Mela Lee (feat. Cristina Vee)
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums: Neal Daniels
Bass: Dan Antunovich
Synth/Keyboard: Dan Antunovich
Add’l Keyboards: Alexander Burke

Renaissance (OP, Episodes 20-25)

Vocals: Magnolia Memoir with Erica Lindbeck
Backup Vocals: Mela Lee
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums: Neal Daniels
Bass: Dan Antunovich
Synth/Keyboard: Dan Antunovich
Add’l Keyboards: Alexander Burke

Burnin’ Down (Insert Song, Episode 11)

Vocals: Nathan Sharp
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums/ Bass / Keyboards: Dan Antunovich

Prisoner (Insert Song, Episode 19)

Vocals: Nathan Sharp
Guitar: Michael Fish Herring
Drums/ Bass / Keyboards: Dan Antunovich

Dan Antunovich is producing Dream Star and Renaissance. Nathan Sharp will produce Burnin’ Down and Prisoner

Announcing Skip Beat! English Dubs of Songs with All-star Lineup

©YOSHIKI NAKAMURA-Hakusensha / Skip Beat! Production Committee

San Francisco – Tuesday October 25, 2016 – Pied Piper, Inc. is proud to announce four songs to be recorded in English for the official Skip Beat! dub with Mela Lee, Cristina Vee, Erica Lindbeck and Nathan Sharp as featured vocalists. The 25 Episode dub is being funded by 1,600+ Kickstarter backers, who contributed over $225,000 toward Skip Beat! official North America DVD/Blu-ray release, as well as additional funding being raised on Backerkit through November 15th. The dub stars Caitlin Glass as Kyoko Mogami and is executive produced by Mela Lee, with Cristina Vee serving as casting director and Taliesin Jaffe as head director.

Exclusive pre-order rewards (Official Skip Beat jacket, Deluxe Edition DVD/Blu-ray combo set, posters signed by the dub team) are available through November 15^th on Backerkit. The DVD and Blu-ray will be released for general retail sale in North America in 2017.

“Dream Star” – English Version

(Opening song for Episodes 1-19)

Performed by

Magnolia Memoir / Mela Lee

Featuring Cristina Vee

Produced by Dan Antunovich

Guitar – Michael Fish Herring

Drums – Neal Daniels

Bass – Dan Antunovich

Synths/ Keyboards – Dan Antunovich

Additional Keyboards Alexander Burke

“Renaissance” – English Version

(Opening song for Episodes 20-25)

Performed by

Magnolia Memoir with Erica Lindbeck

Produced by Dan Antunovich

Additional Vocals – Mela Lee

Guitar – Michael Fish Herring

Drums – Neal Daniels

Bass – Dan Antunovich

Synths/Keyboards – Dan Antunovich

Additional Keyboards – Alexander Burke

“Burnin’ Down” – English Version

(Insert song for Episode 11)

Performed by

Nathan Sharp

Produced by Dan Antunovich

Guitar – Michael Fish Herring

Drums/ Bass / Keyboards – Dan Antunovich

“Prisoner” – English Version

(Insert song for Episode 19)

Performed by

Nathan Sharp

Produced by Dan Antunovich

Guitar – Michael Fish Herring

Drums/ Bass / Keyboards – Dan Antunovich

Artist bios:

Mela Lee – Vocals for “Dream Star” and “Renaissance”; Executive Dub Producer and voice of Maria Takarada

Accomplished musician and lead vocalist for Magnolia Memoir, which has been hailed for “unexpected shades of Radiohead, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen. Blissfully dark, harmonically and lyrically inventive and honest” (Devon Wendell, International Review of Music). Mela’s standout anime voice acting performances include Rin Tohsaka in Fates/Stay: Night, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, Natalie in Scrapped Princess, Darry in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Rena Ryugu in Higurashi: When They Cry, Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight, and Erika Karisawa in Durarara!!. She’s also known for voicing Tikki in Miraculous : Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir with Cristina Vee and Meimi Haneoka in the TOKYOPOP dub of Kaitou Saint Tail. She and fellow voice actress/friend Erica Lindbeck host a Youtube series titled “Lindbeck and Lee.” http://www.MelaLee.com/

Cristina Vee – Vocals for “Dream Star”; Casting Director and voice of Erika Koenji

Voice actress adored by anime and video game fans for her passion and artistry. Cristina built a passionate Youtube fan base for her vocal work and provides vocals to songs in Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage!? and Shantae: Half Genie Hero. Her voice acting credits include Sailors Mars in Sailor Moon, Mio Akiyama in K-ON!, Alisa Bosconovitch in Tekken Blood Vengeance, Homura Akemi in Madoka Magica, Morgiana in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, the eleven Honoka sisters in Netflix’s Knights of Sidonia, Cubone (and others) in Pokemon Origins and Riruka Dokugamine in Bleach. She currently casts and directs Skullgirls and is recognizable to eSports fans for hosting IGN’s IPL 4 and 5. http://www.CristinaVee.com/

Erica Lindbeck – Vocals for “Dream Star” and voice of Kanae Kononami

Electrifying voice actress who has taken Hollywood by storm since graduating from the UCLA’s school of Theater, Film and Television in 2014. She has wowed fans with her voice work as Barbie for the Hello Barbie doll, Barbie: Sky Squad and Barbie: Light Adventure, as well as O-Ei in Miss Hokusai, Eli Ayase in Love Live! School Idol Project, Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie in April, Yuki Kaizuka in Aldnoah.Zero and Taliyah in League of Legends. http://www.EricaLindbeck.com/

Nathan Sharp – Vocals for “Burnin’ Down” and “Prisoner” and voice of Imai

Musician and voice actor with over 1 million subscribers for his music-oriented Youtube channel NateWantsToBattle. His voice work includes Imai in Skip Beat!, Media Blaster’s Rio: Rainbow Gate, Funimation dubs of Puzzle and Dragons X, Cheer Boys!!, Disastrous Life of Saiki K and Handa-kun. His video game work includes Chad for 2064:ROM from Midboss Games and Pronto in Magic Pants Games Heroes Never Lose.

http://www.nathansharponline.com/

Neal Daniels – Drums for “Dream Star” and “Renaissance”

Chicago native who is making a splash on the L.A. music scene as Magnolia Memoir’s official drummer and touring gigs including Darren Criss of “Glee,” and pop singers Bea Miller (Hollywood Records) and Katy Tiz (Atlantic Records).

http://www.nealdaniels.com/

Michael Fish Herring – Guitar for “Dream Star,” “Renaissance,” “Burnin’ Down,” and “Prisoner”

Inspiring and versatile musician with roots in the rock and funk traditions of his native Philadelphia. Work as a songwriter, composer and composer includes multi-platinum records and TV and film soundtracks. Tours with Christina Aguilera and has appeared on records for artists including Mariah Carey, Tupac, Nas, LeAnn Rimes and Celine Dion.

http://www.colorblindfish.com/

Alexander Burke – Keyboards for “Dream Star” and “Renaissance”

Trained in jazz composition at Columbia College with a Masters in Film Scoring from USC, his orchestration and scoring work includes NBC’s Saturday Night Live and Comedy’s Mash Up. Has performed with SNL comedy legends Mike Meyers, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler and Jason Sudeikis on the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, as well as musical legends Jon Faddis, Joe Labarbera and Joey DeFrancesco. He is the touring Keyboard player for Save Ferris and Mr. Little Jeans. Official keyboardist for Magnolia Memoir.

http://www.alexandermburke.com/

Dan Antunovich – Producer, Programmer, and Bassist for “Dream Star,” “Renaissance,” “Burnin’ Down,” and “Prisoner”

Bassist for the Grammy-nominated “Symphony Live in Istanbul” album from Japanese artist Kitaro. Extensive recording and performances with veteran artists Reza Rohani, Saranin, Kenny Aronoff, Chris Johnson, Randy Waldman and many others.

http://www.danantunovich.com/

Neil Baldock — Mixing and mastering

Award-winning personal engineer for Neil Finn (Crowded House, Pajama Club) with additional engineer credits including Billy Ray Cyrus’s “Thin Line” and Letlive’s “If I’m the Devil…”

http://www.allmusic.com/artist/neil-baldock-mn0000928545

Links:

Backerkit page (pre-orders through November 15^th)

https://skipbeat.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

Kickstarter campaign page

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/85938147/skip-beat-official-north-american-release

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