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Jo – The Little Women Musical

We are thrilled with the release of the beautiful London recording of Jo – The Little Women Musical. For three years, SoS has been working with composer Dan Redfeld on the new musical based on Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women. SoS has provided music preparation for multiple orchestral recording sessions in Los Angeles and London. Jason Poss was in the engineer’s booth as score reader and providing feedback during the initial orchestral and vocal recordings in Los Angeles.

With the song “Fly Away” already an internet sensation, the full album release is over 2 hours of music by Dan Redfeld, book and lyrics by Christina Harding and John Gabriel Koladziej. Jo features a mix of Broadway, West End, and international stars and a 29-piece orchestra recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The album is produced by five-time Grammy nominee and three-time Emmy winner Nigel Wright and Dan Redfeld.

The cast includes Tony Award winner and five-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti as Marmee March, two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole as Aunt March, Olivier nominated West End and Broadway star Julian Ovenden as Father, Grammy Award nominated Christine Allado as Jo March, two-time Tony Award nominee Bob Gunton as Grandfather, West End star Kelly Mathieson as Meg March, TV star Sophie Pollono as Amy March, Eleanor Grant as Beth March, Rob Houchen as Theodore “Laurie” Laurence, Chris Mann as Professor Bhaer, Liam Tamne as John Brooke, Tobias Turley as Fred Vaughn, and Miyuki Miyagi as Sallie Gardiner.

For more information along with videos, audio, and links to purchase sheet music, to visit the Jo – The Little Women Musical website.

Stitch and Lilo nose to nose.
Lilo & Stich releases May 23, 2025

Lilo & Stitch

Creating trouble worldwide

Our latest Disney project is the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch. This version features the original 2002 animated film’s writer/director Chris Sanders once again as the voice of Stitch. SoS transcribed sung vocals from the film to create sheet music for localization.

To learn more about how our work helps Disney characters sing in dozens of languages, see the news from some of our other recent projects like, Snow White, Moana 2, and Mufasa. For those who want to dive deep, watch SoS’ Danita Ng-Poss and Jason Poss in a YouTube interview about transcribing Moana 2 alongside film composer Mark Mancina.

Lilo & Stitch is in theaters May 23, 2025.

Snow White (2025) film poster

Snow White

Transcription of Songs Old and New

SoS’s latest Disney feature is Snow White; a musical with over a dozen songs featuring choirs and multiple characters that needed transcription to sheet music for localization. In addition, some songs had separate edits for the film’s soundtrack album, requiring review and sometimes completely different sheet music.

One of the highlights of the project was the inclusion of some of Disney’s earliest songs, like “Heigh Ho”. Our work provided the opportunity to dissect and marvel at the superb musical craft that causes these songs to remain classics nearly 90 years later. And, yes, there was some whistling while we worked!

A simple, cartoonish, white angelic character in flowing garments swirls around an upside-down, cute, black, perhaps hooded character also in flowing garments. Together, they resemble a taijitu, or yin and yang symbol. They are set on a black background with three shooting stars swirling around the characters. Above the characters reads “Hauntii”.
A simple, cartoonish, white angelic character in flowing garments swirls around an upside-down, cute, black, perhaps hooded character also in flowing garments. Together, they resemble a taijitu, or yin and yang symbol. They are set on a black background with three shooting stars swirling around the characters. Above the characters reads “Hauntii”.

Hauntii Wins G.A.N.G. Award

GANG’s “Best New Original IP Audio"

The Game Audio Network Guild (GANG) has presented the indie game Hauntii with the award for “Best New Original IP Audio”. GANG recognized the game for “all audio elements, including sound design, music, and voice performance, plus their integration, mix, and context within the game”. Hauntii was also nominated in three additional categories: Best Audio for an Indie Game, Best Music for an Indie Game, and Best Original Song.

Hauntii’s audio director, Ben Seavello, composer Michael Kirby Ward, and SoS’ Jason Poss attended the GANG Awards ceremony on March 20th, during the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. The night before the GANG Awards, also at GDC, the Independent Games Festival named Hauntii the winner for “Excellence in Visual Art”.

Hauntii is a notable indie game for its nominations alongside large, AAA franchise titles like Star Wars Outlaws and Helldivers 2. Congratulations to Michael Kirby Ward, Ben Seavello, developer Leo Dasso, and the rest of the Hauntii team!

Click HERE to learn more about SoS’ role on Hauntii.

Colin Hay and Eden Contez sing on a darkened stage. Behind them can on the right be seen the wind and brass sections. To their left is the guitar, piano, drums, bass, and part of the string section. Behind them is a large screen displaying the 6th Annual SCL Awards logo.

The 6th Annual SCL Awards

The 6th Annual SCL Awards were held on Wednesday, February 12th, in Los Angeles, California. SoS once again assembled the orchestra and provided music preparation. In addition to the winners of competitive categories, the ceremony also honored the filmmaker-composer team of Ridley Scott and Harry Gregson-Williams with the Spirit of Collaboration Award, which featured Gregson-Williams conducting live performances of pieces from The Martian and Kingdom of Heaven.

Hosted by Grammy winner Colin Hay, the 6th SCL Awards featured musical performances by Eden Kontesz, Colin Hay, the SAG-AFTRA Singers, and an orchestra featuring LA’s finest musicians.

The 6th Annual SCL Awards Orchestra:

Tom Scott – tenor sax, clarinet
Jacob Scesney – tenor sax, clarinet, flute
Jeff Driskill – alto sax, flute
Ian Dahlberg – bari sax, oboe, english horn, flute

Laura Brenes – french horn

Ryan Deweese – trumpet, flugelhorn
Knox Summerour – trumpet, flugelhorn
Chris Tedesco – trumpet, B-flat french horn

Andy Martin – trombone
Craig Gosnell – trombone, bass trombone

George Doering – guitar, oud
Rich Ruttenberg – keyboards
Trey Henry – acoustic & electric bass
Gary Novak – drumset
M.B. Gordy – percussion

Stephanie Bennett – harp

Alyssa Park – violin (concertmaster)
Kyle Gilner – violin
Songa Lee – violin
Julie Rogers – violin
Shalini Vijayan – violin
Irina Voloshina – violin

Colleen Sugata – viola
Lynne Richburg – viola

Evgeny Tonkha – cello
Charlie Tyler – cello