zircon in Heroes (4/10 - and the Wheelman)

[Theory of N]

OK so I'm watching the new episode of Heroes right now and there's a scene with Sylar in a club and I noticed one of Zircon's tunes in the background!

I thought it was pretty cool so I decided to let you guys know.

EDIT: It was Warhead

[Gollgagh]

there's a reason I have three hundred plays of warhead on last.fm

[The Author]

See, I assumed he had his brain chopped off so Sylar could bust out mad tunes...

[FR]

I always called heroes "Live Action X-Men: The Show"

Is that a bad description of the show?

[DarkeSword]

I thought it sounded familiar! xD

[zircon]

Uh... what?! What episode was it? I gotta check this out online...

[Jillian Aversa]

DUDE, seriously? What's the episode called? Is it on Hulu?

[DarkeSword]

It was called "Into Asylum" and it's not up anywhere yet.

[Theory of N]

It should be up in 7 hours.

[DrumUltimA]

Wtf did i really miss this episode omg im so mad

[Halt]

Thats great, someone is going to owe zirc some money :P

[Dyne]

NO WAAAAI!!! ELITE MAN, TOTALLY ELITE!

I now have a reason to watch Heroes.

[big giant circles]

effin awesome man! You ought to get some sick royalties off dat yo :)

[RedTigrr]

It will get replayed on G4 tomorrow night at 10 I think.....

[PosiBolt]

Congrats, man!

[DarkeSword]

NO WAAAAI!!! ELITE MAN, TOTALLY ELITE!

I now have a reason to watch Heroes.
To be fair, it was the ambient music in the club; it wasn't underscoring any action in the show.

That doesn't make it any less awesome. I'm just saying.

[Jillian Aversa]

To be fair, it was the ambient music in the club; it wasn't underscoring any action in the show.

That doesn't make it any less awesome. I'm just saying.
Nor any less lucrative...... :grin:

[Theory of N]

It was a lot louder than most club background music too and not muffled at all. Sounded almost like it was in the foreground and no quality lost

[Harmony]

wow, that's sweet man. Network primetime!

[SpanishFly]

Hey, that's pretty cool man. Goes to show there's something good about Heroes besides the MAD TV parody that Bobby Lee does. :-P

Edit: No offense meant to the Heroes fans out there of course, since I've only actually seen 1 full episode.

[Dyne]

I'm still excited for zircon, I mean, it's... HEROES... Millions of people watch it religiously. Think of how many people that's going to reach. Think of how many plays that is for that song. I bet you five bucks there's a DJ out there right now, or MULTIPLE DJs, who heard that track and are probably thinking, "OMG, I want to remix that!". Just sayin'. :)

[Dj Mokram]

Is anyone truly realizing the epic proportions of this involuntary turn of events?

Zircon just saved 5 years or so worth of hardship and boosted his artistic career in just 5 minutes...
Without doing anything (beside creating awesome music of course) and without even being aware of it!
How awesome is that?

So why bother working for Capcom now that he can work for Hollywood?
...or more precisely, Hollywood can thereby give him the credit (i.e. royalities & buisness opportunities) they ought to have given him by now. ;-)

[PosiBolt]

For those of you that want a link to the song and/or his album:
http://www.last.fm/music/zircon/_/Warhead?autostart

[Dj Mokram]

*10charsofalzheimerforme*

[jmr]

http://jmr.sitesled.com/TEMP/hereos-e21-zircon.mp3
Yep, featured pretty prominently. Pretty sweet.

[zircon]

http://jmr.sitesled.com/TEMP/hereos-e21-zircon.mp3
Yep, featured pretty prominently. Pretty sweet.

How did you even do that??? Thank you! That's really awesome. In fact, thank you to everyone who has posted. I appreciate it. Ironically, I wouldn't have heard about this for another... 6-9 months because ASCAP and Pump Audio (the two organizations who would collect for this usage) are on the slow side.

[PosiBolt]

Nice. Haven't seen the episode yet, but it sounds like they use it to some extent as the cut for that scene as well.

[The Derrit]

thats. SWEET.

gawd that's super awesome. for reals. congrats dude!

[Sole Signal]

Awesome awesome. Really glad for you, man. Congrats!

[relyanCe]

dude that's fricken sweet.

[The Author]

Yeah, they didn't even put it entirely in the background. This is great, it's a good boost to a career.

[Sindra]

Remember this place and us when you're famous. ;_;

[Abadoss]

:nicework: zircon!

[jmr]

How did you even do that??? Thank you! That's really awesome. It's just a matter of knowing where to look, really.
I've got a video clip as well...

[Zephyr]

Wow, seriously, that's impressive! You've made it bigtime now! I love how you found out about it though haha, quite the surprise.

[Sindra]

We're nothing if not a "helpful" community.




Couldn't say that with a straight face, just fyi. :mrgreen:

[Shadow Wolf]

Bitch you just got product PLACEMENT. Suh-WEEEEET!

[Theory of N]

You're welcome for the catch :p

also, congrats!

[Global-Trance]

So... what now? I mean did they even tell you they were going to use it? Was this without permission? I mean this is pretty cool to have that played in Heroes but I'm pretty sure you're suppose to get something for this.

[zircon]

Nah, it's all legit, but like I said the people that compensate me for this type of thing move sloooowly. Here's how it works. Antigravity (http://www.cdbaby.com/zircon3) is licensed to a music library/publisher, Pump Audio, who basically makes it available to anyone who is interested. They also shop it around a bit directly. Once someone selects a song from it, they pay an upfront fee (for a "synchronization license") which is split 50/50 with me. I get my checks from Pump twice a year, along with a statement about who bought what. Otherwise, they don't contact me at all. Thus, I could have 1000 placements this month and I wouldn't hear about any of them until about 3 months from now when the check comes in. Sometimes, it takes even longer... for example, my music was used on some UK TV show DVD release which came out in April, but I wasn't officially notified until December of that year.

The other channel of revenue is ASCAP, the performing rights organization of which I am a member. Basically, anytime ANYTHING is broadcast on TV, the producers of each show or ad are supposed to report what music they use to the appropriate PRO. So, the people behind Heroes would tell ASCAP, "Hey, we used this song 'Warhead' for about 45 seconds on NBC at 9pm." This would happen for any subsequent broadcasts as well. ASCAP then uses some complex formula to determine a royalty for EACH broadcast, which is billed to the Heroes guys. Then, about four times a year, they would pay out those royalties to myself and Pump (another 50/50 split).

[Liontamer]

I have retweeted you! http://twitter.com/ocremix/status/1422449343

Very badass!

[SirChadlyOC]

So, the people behind Heroes would tell ASCAP, "Hey, we used this song 'Warhead' for about 45 seconds on NBC at 9pm."

Quote for emphasis.

It's an honored to have been backburned by you :-D

[Meteo Xavier]

Remember this place and us when you're famous. ;_;

He's already famous.

[Monobrow]

congrats

also that is a catch, I would never have noticed, I almost never pay attention to the background music in clubs in tv shows and movies anymore, I have to watch them multiple times... bad attention span!

[sephfire]

Hot damn this is cool.

[The wingless]

I don't understand... how... how do I profit from this?!

TELL ME!!!

[Sinewav]

Fantastic. I don't even know what to say.

[I-n-j-i-n]

What club? You mean the latest one where Sylar had to catch the shapeshifter?

[Flare4War]

That's quite awesome.

I think it's very cool that it was caught by someone from the OCR community. Kudos to you sir.

[Skummel Maske]

Congratulations, I can't imagine how this must feel!
Was the track credited?
I mean, if someone actually notices it and wants to look it up, do they know what to search for?

[anosou]

Awesome! Congratulations mr. big shot!

Now, send me money :'(

[SoulinEther]

Cool beans, dude. Cool beans.

[Flare4War]

Be interesting to know how it ended up being used. Who chose it, was it somehow coincidental and etc. etc.

[Rozovian]

My word pwnsome comes to mind. Congrats!

[Nutritious]

Awesome man, congrats! Hope this leads to bigger/better things.

[Radiowar]

That's pretty crazy, congrats man.

[Theory of N]

What club? You mean the latest one where Sylar had to catch the shapeshifter?

yeah, the very first scene in that club.

[The Mutericator]

Fuck yeah, Zircon! Congratulations, that's pretty damned awesome!

That's pretty crazy, congrats man.

Your avatar made me read that in Yahtzee's voice. And now I'm reading EVERYTHING in Yahtzee's voice.

I can't decide if this is a bad thing.

[OA]

Congrats, that's super cool; you've earned it. Keep playing to win. :-)

[Xenon Odyssey]

Tubular dude; hope this leads to good things!

[Jillian Aversa]

The episode is up on Hulu.com now:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/65292/heroes-into-asylum#s-p1-so-i0

Club scene is right around 30 minutes in.

Woo!

[Tacitus Krekt]

Very awesome, grats man. Had heroes on at work last night (+1 video furnace) and knew i recognized the song during the scene.

[The Author]

I don't understand... how... how do I profit from this?!

TELL ME!!!
Well... you have to start by making good music... We'll talk again when you get there...






I kid I kid...

not

[Lotd2242]

That's pretty cool. Congratz Zircon!

[DJ SymBiotiX]

pfft, I was totally the first to notice :P. I heart it and I ran straight away to the IRC channel and was all "HOLY FUCK ZIRCON!!! YOUR MUSIC IS IN HEROES!!"

good times... also awesome zirc :D

[FireSlash]

How have I never heard this track before?

Looks like I've got an album to buy when I get home :D

[Hy Bound]

Congrats man, thats fuckin sick. Fits the scene quite well I must say. Our zircon is a hero. ;-)

[Sindra]

Yeah, was this credited at the end of the episode? I know several shows that will flash the albums of whatever songs they used at the end of the show.


Though, granted...most of those were for the WB. :|

[The Mutericator]

How have I never heard this track before?

Looks like I've got an album to buy when I get home :D

Buy my album.

[Theory of N]

pfft, I was totally the first to notice :P. I heart it and I ran straight away to the IRC channel and was all "HOLY FUCK ZIRCON!!! YOUR MUSIC IS IN HEROES!!"

lol...I didn't have access to IRC so I posted it here :(

[Otakatt]

I don't watch Heroes myself, but I know *several* people that do and rave about it. :) Congrats! That really is awesome.

[AJ-enova]

I actually screamed out 'No WAY! :razz:' when i heard it. Almost forgot what was going on...

Congrats Andrew

[BardicKnowledge]

Very good stuff -- looking forward to watching it tonight!

[PhiJayy]

I've gotta say, that's pretty sweet...zircon.
maybe one day we'll get a huge placement.

Congrats dude!!!!! I'm definitely gonna watch that episode.

[sgx]

Awesome. !!!!!!

[PlastikBag]

Bitchin. Good to see you getting some much deserved exposure. Heroes is a pretty big network television show, too. Grats.

Maybe I'll start watching Heroes again.

[Dyne]

I'm waiting for the day OC Remixes are played on G4 or the GMAs.

[DarkeSword]

Bitchin. Good to see you getting some much deserved exposure. Heroes is a pretty big network television show, too. Grats.

Maybe I'll start watching Heroes again.
Volume 2 (Generations) was okay. Volume 3 (Villains) was absolutely horrible. Volume 4 (Fugitives) actually has some direction now, and last week's episode (Cold Snap) was amazing; like as good as some of the best Season 1 episodes. This week's episode (Into Asylum) wasn't as good as last week's but it was still pretty great. It feels like the show is finally back on track after such abyssmal storylines.

[Dyne]

Volume 2 (Generations) was okay. Volume 3 (Villains) was absolutely horrible. Volume 4 (Fugitives) actually has some direction now, and last week's episode (Cold Snap) was amazing; like as good as some of the best Season 1 episodes. This week's episode (Into Asylum) wasn't as good as last week's but it was still pretty great. It feels like the show is finally back on track after such abyssmal storylines.

You can thank the writers guild strikes for the lack of good stories. Though sometimes I think the writers are off kilter now and then.

[DarkeSword]

You can thank the writers guild strikes for the lack of good stories. Though sometimes I think the writers are off kilter now and then.
No, Volume 3 was a year after the writers' strike. It was atrocious.

[Hylian Lemon]

Sweet!

And they even timed it for dramatic impact, rather than just using it as background. That is beyond awesome. Congrats!

[Shortmann]

The episode after the week break they took a few episodes back was the first time the head writer from Season 1 came back, so that may be why the new episodes actually have direction and are a lot better than Villains was.

Also, grats zircon!

[Kanthos]

I don't have any background whatsoever reading comics, so I'm curious: what was so horrible about volumes 2 and 3? I'll admit that I liked volume 1 best, sure, but didn't find 2 and 3 to be that bad.

I haven't watched any of Volume 4 yet (going to wait until it's finished and watch it over the course of a couple nights).

[TheKrow]

I don't have any background whatsoever reading comics, so I'm curious: what was so horrible about volumes 2 and 3? I'll admit that I liked volume 1 best, sure, but didn't find 2 and 3 to be that bad.

I haven't watched any of Volume 4 yet (going to wait until it's finished and watch it over the course of a couple nights).

I believed it would be best compared to an anime. There are episodes that focus on the story line, and then there are fillers. Fillers are generally... well... there to fill the series with unrelated pieces of story to make the series seem longer. I'd say most people don't like them, others do, so it really just comes down to preference. Trust me, I don't think a company would want a series that makes them so much money to end so quickly. Same applies to anime, hence the comparison. But that's just my take :<

[DarkeSword]

The pacing of 2 was bad and flyboy West was probably the worst character ever introduced in the series, and it didn't help that he actor playing him couldn't act.

Still they introduced some great characters, like Adam Monroe and Elle.

Volume 3 tossed consistent characterization to the winds and killed off anyone interesting from Volume 2 (Adam and Elle). They would also introduce an interesting story idea and immediately resolve it (or forget about it) by the end of the episode. They didn't let anything play out; it was constantly shifting gears and had no clear direction.

Volume 4 is a nearly complete 180 from Volume 3. They've picked one storyline and they're pretty much sticking to it, which is nice because you don't have to constantly re-adjust to characters deciding they want to be good guys this week instead of bad guys like they were last week. The character development actually makes a little more sense this time around. Plus it has Zircon music, so how can you go wrong? :|

And yes, it's mostly due to Bryan Fuller returning to the show as a consultant/writer (he wrote last week's Cold Snap, which was just amazing). It's almost worth losing Pushing Daisies for. Almost.

yes i'm still bitter at you ABC :whatevaa:

[Zeklan]

Very nice, Zircon.
I have this on my DVR and it will probably be there for a while.

[DrumUltimA]

just saw it last night! well, most of it at least. The internets were very slow last night, and cut off the last three minutes of the episode for me :<

Sounded awesome zircon!!!! rock on :DDD

[pu_freak]

Congrats man, it shows a real appreciation of your work!

[Velocifero]

Good job zirc. Definitely seems like a step in the right direction.

[Deathtank]

That Hulu site won´t let me see the episode cuz I live outside USA, thank God that Youtube exists!!! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xmRv0LC6w
From 1:45 till 2:00 ;)

Oh, and btw, congrats to Zircon, the new "Man" OF ocr! (heck! he's overshadowing the pretzel! :O )

[ArmadonRK]

I just caught this, Warhead being one of my favorite tracks off Antigravity. I thought it worked really well in the scene.

This was also one of the best episodes we've had in a long time. Coincidence? I think not.

[m68030]

That Hulu site won´t let me see the episode cuz I live outside USA, thank God that Youtube exists!!! :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xmRv0LC6w
From 1:45 till 2:00 ;)

Oh, and btw, congrats to Zircon, the new "Man" OF ocr! (heck! he's overshadowing the pretzel! :O )


Having never "Warheads" and seeing this clip, my first thoughts were of "We have explosives" by Future Sound of London..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3zDV5V3SPg

edit: No.. that's not it.. I meant "Loops of Fury" by Chemical Brothers. Both were on teh WipeoutXL soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltm0RvVH49o

[BlackPanther]

I don't watch Heroes but you got quite a bit of airtime that is a tight ass song so it's no surprise it would show up on television sometime, good stuff man =).

[Moguta]

Today I finally got around to watching the latest episode. The clip's a teasingly short 30 seconds or so, but it's sweet. Certainly never expected to recognize an OCR artist's music playing on a popular network TV show!

Here's to hoping there's a big fat check on its way, at the end of the next 6 months. ;-)

[Kizyr]

Pretty amazing! Have you gotten any recognition outside of OCR (and maybe OurStage) for this? KF

[zircon]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47784.html

Warhead is also going to appear (under the name "H-Bomb") in the new Wheelman game from Ubisoft. You can hear it in this trailer (thanks Hy-Bound for the link!) - they liked it so much that they used it twice.

[Zephyr]

Nice Job, full budget commercial video game, with Vin Diesel no less. Congrats again, that song is your ticket through the ranks.

[Theory of N]

Wow. They really gave that game a crappy review. Luckily, one of the few positive things that was mentioned was the soundtrack.

[Murmeli Walan]

Congratulations. It's awesome to hear one of the community getting such exposure. Why is there a name change for the track in the Wheelman game, though?

[Kizyr]

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47784.html

Warhead is also going to appear (under the name "H-Bomb") in the new Wheelman game from Ubisoft. You can hear it in this trailer (thanks Hy-Bound for the link!) - they liked it so much that they used it twice.
This reminds me why I like GameTrailers so much more than G4. Funny how everything in the game got mediocre responses, with the sole exception of the stellar soundtrack! Again, congratulations. KF

[BlackPanther]

I'm curious as to why they renamed the song. But good shit though.

[Antonio Pizza]

DVD royalties = teh win.

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