Dan has just finished composing the theme for the NBC Sports Network, set to launch on January 2nd, 2012!
Check out the promo featuring Dan's music HERE

Yessian / Dan Zank just finished the music for the new series "Costas Tonight: Live from", which premiers February 2nd at 8:00 PM EST with a special Super Bowl, premier edition.

More info on the show below...

INDIANAPOLIS – January 31, 2012 – NBC Sports Group presents the premier edition of 22-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Bob Costas’ live town hall series, Costas Tonight: Live From the Super Bowl, Thursday, 8-10 p.m. ET on the NBC Sports Network. The two-hour live program features some of the NFL’s biggest newsmakers and stars while taking a comprehensive look at the NFL from the Super Bowl host city just three nights before the big game.
Costas Tonight: Live from the Super Bowl will take place in front of a live studio audience from the Indiana Repertory Theater on, and will include a one-on-one interview with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Joined in a town hall setting by some of the biggest names in the sport, Costas will explore all of the headlines and critical issues facing the game, from the evolution of the NFL head coach to the all-important topic of safety on the field.
SCHEDULED TO APPEAR:
Roger Goodell – NFL Commissioner
Jerry Jones – Owner, Dallas Cowboys
Robert Kraft – Owner, New England Patriots
John Harbaugh – Head Coach, Baltimore Ravens
Tony Gonzalez – TE, Atlanta Falcons
Dwight Freeney – DE, Indianapolis Colts
Philip Rivers – QB, San Diego Chargers
Larry Fitzgerald – WR, Arizona Cardinals
Jeff Saturday – C, Indianapolis Colts
In addition, NBC Sports’ Super Bowl Commentators:
Al Michaels
Cris Collinsworth
Tony Dungy
Rodney Harrison
SEGMENTS INCLUDE:
· Costas one-on-one with Commissioner Roger Goodell;
· State of the Game – panelists will discuss important issues in today’s NFL including: player safety, performance-enhancing drugs, end zone celebrations and ticket prices;
· Coaches Panel – A look at the state of coaching in the NFL, past and present;
· Panel with NBC’s Super Bowl XLVI broadcasters looking ahead to the big game.
Additionally, there will be a “Hot Zone” in the audience of the Indiana Repertory Theater for Costas and the panelists to interact with past and present NFL players, journalists and NFL insiders Peter King of Football Night in America and Sports Illustrated and Mike Florio of Football Night and ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com.

Dan has received a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award Craft Citation for his contribution as Orchestrator/Arranger to the winning "Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics" category.



Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics : 81st Annual Academy Awards "Song title : Hugh Jackman Opening Number" ABC.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced ABBA, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, The Hollies and The Stooges as its 2010 artist inductees. Also being inducted this year as individual recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award will be David Geffen and songwriters Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Jesse Stone, Mort Shuman and Otis Blackwell. The ceremony will take place on March 15, 2010 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City and will air live on Fuse, Madison Square Garden’s national music television network, as part of the three-year broadcast deal between the Foundation and Fuse. 



Dan composed the music through Yessian for the Fuse network which will play during the show and is currently airing in advertisements for the event.

 December 2nd, 2010

D-Mented Reality

The 4th Annual D Show

WINNER : THE CRAFT ORIGINAL MUSIC – NON-COMMERCIAL

Entry: The Snowman


Agency: Yessian Music


Composer : Dan Zank


Client: Goodby Silverstein & Partners 

 

February 25, 2009

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

DAN ZANK, NEW YORK-BASED COMPOSER, NAMED AS ONE OF THE MUSICAL  

ARRANGERS FOR HUGH JACKMAN’S OPENING MEDLEY AT THE 2009 OSCAR CEREMONY

 

Dan will be speaking on a panel on Music Licensing Strategies for Independent Artists at the Miami Music Festival, December 10-12.

The Miami Music Festival is the nation's newest showcase and conference for emerging musical acts. Independent artists, and those invited by record labels and showcase sponsors will perform on more than 25 stages in clubs, restaurants, tents and hotels in downtown Miami on December 10 - 12, 2009. The Miami Music Festival will present artists performing all genres of music including Rock, Alternative, Pop, Latin, Urban, Caribbean and Jazz.

Dan recently composed/arranged a piece of music through Yessian for an amazing new ride installation in Shanghai, China.
"Flight of the Dragon" is a fully immersive experience that takes the participant on an awe inspiring ride over China on a dragon's wings. 
Dan arranged and wrote the orchestral piece for Yessian Music, who brought him out to Detroit to complete the production with players from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra string section.
"It was an honor to work with such talent. They truly elevated the music to an entirely new level."

Dan recently created the scores for both the Ford Mustang, and the Toyota Sienna reveals for Yessian.

Imagine jazz organist Jimmy Smith grooving with downtempo auteurs Portishead and soundtrack master Lalo Shifirin and you’ve got ZDDZ, funky slicers of the rope-a-dope rhythm and jive. 





Created by the tag team NYC duo of Dan Zank (keyboards, guitar, programming) and Zach Danziger (drums, perc programming, tomfoolery) ZDDZ draws on their various work in the realms of film soundtracks, commercials and as in demand session cats -- then takes it a step further. Zank matches Booker T and Ray Manzarek (and a little raunchy guitar) for opener “Tricky Dick,” approximates the Zappa funk patrol circa 1979 on “Nite Cap,” and resurrects shades of Bob James’ “Taxi” theme for “She She.”





Summoning the spirits of Bernard Purdie and Brian Bennett, Zach kicks it soul fired and dry on “Erwin” (mildly displacing beats like silly putty), rips into 16^th note funki-fi-cation absurdity on “2^nd Ave. Subway,” and goes Latin zombie mad with “Let Café Show You!,” a dead ringer theme for The Gong Show hosted by a psychedelically inspired Vincent Price.







–Ken Micallef   

www.zddzmusic.com

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