Credits
( C = composer S = sound design V = voice over production A = Audio Lead)
• Dora The Explorer 10th Anniversary Leapster 2010 (Leapfrog/Nickelodeon) C,S
• Cars, Little Einsteins, Handy Manny, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Princesses, Mickey Mouse Club House Zippity (Leapfrog/Disney Pixar) 2009 C,S
• WALL_E Leapster 2008 (Leapfrog / Disney-Pixar) C,S,V,A
• Gold's Gym Cardio Workout 2008 - 10 Rock tracks (Somatone/ publisher: Ubisoft) C • The Little Engine That Could - TAG 2008 (Leapfrog / Penguin) C,S,V,A
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - TAG 2008 (Leapfrog / Simon&Schuster) C,S,V,A
• Click Clack Moo - TAG 2008 (Leapfrog / Simon&Schuster) C,S,V,A
• Land & Sea Animals TAG 2008 (Leapfrog/ National Geographic) C,S,A
• Ratatouille Leapster 2007 (Leapfrog / Disney-Pixar) C,S,V,A
• Cars Supercharged Leapster 2007 (Leapfrog / Disney-Pixar) C,S,V,A
• SonicX Leapster 2006 (Leapfrog / 4KidsEntertainment) C,V
• Little Amadeus Leappad 2006 (Leapfrog / Stadlbauer) C,S,V,A
• NASCAR Leapster 2005 (Leapfrog / NASCAR) C,V
Various roles:
• America’s Got Talent 2008: create 30 backing tracks (client: Somatone/Fox TV)
• Dress Shop Hop - contributing sound designer (Somatone/Oberon Games) ‘07
• Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore (2007/ 2008 Somatone) mixing engineer, additional recordings• 24 German localizations of Leapfrog titles 2003 – 2007 V,A• Corn Pops online game 2007 – sound design (Kellogs / Somatone)
• Cars Leapster 2005 – additional voice directing (Leapfrog / Disney-Pixar)
Professional Experience as Audio lead / composer / sound designer• 2001 to present: owner of Wolf Track Audio - Vallejo, CA• Fall 2003 to present: contracted as a composer, sound designer, Audio Lead and Senior Audio Lead for Leapfrog Inc • Localization producer for 3 hardware toys and 3 interactive DVDs• Turned around 11 Leapfrog projects that had fallen behind schedule in 2003-2004• Fall 2004-2005: Instrumental in building the new German audio team for Leapfrog in Munich/Germany and functioning as senior audio lead for 7 localizations.• 1987 to 1994 co-owner and engineer at P.O.T.C. Productions Studio in Innsbruck/Austria (musician, recording and mixing engineer, co-producing)
EducationMaster’s of Music (University of South Florida - Tampa, 2001) Jazz and classical music education at the Conservatory of Innsbruck, Austria, the University of Vienna (Austria), University of Miami; emphasis on popular and media musicRecipient of various scholarships (University of Miami, Vienna Hochschule) and Teaching Assistantship at University of South Florida.Bass Institute Munich; Munich/Germany 1986/87Orchestration Master class with Stephen Scott Smalley (April 2003)Composition Master class with Jack Smalley (May 2004)GDC Audio Track 2005Recognized as an Artist of Extraordinary Abilities in the Musical Field by the American Immigration Services (2000); green card holder; authorized to work in the US as well as all countries of the European Union.Awards Leapster WAL-E: 2008 Outstanding Product, iParenting Media AwardsLeapster Ratatouille was the top selling Leapfrog title for 2007 and won Outstanding Product award iParenting Media Awards Leapster Cars, Supercharged: 2007 Hot Media Award, iParenting Media Awards Click, Clack, Moo, WAL-E Leapster, NASCAR Leapster, Ratatouille Leapster various Parents' Choice Awards
Wolf Wein (707) 704-6901 wolf@wolftrackaudio.com