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Trisha Johnson

Trisha Johnson
Kylie BrakemanDebut: #12 They Shoot, WE Score! Hollywood's Music Composers (w/ Lisa Gilroy)1 appearance
Lore Dossier

"composer for commercials (until blacklisted)"

Highlight Bits & Quotes

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2:22 (3m 37s)
CHARACTER_INTRO

The Composers' Roundtable Roll-Call

The panel of Hollywood music composers introduces themselves, ranging from movie veterans to a blackballed commercial writer and Hans Zimmer's 14-year-old son.

"My name is Karl-Heinz Stott. I am a movie composer."

"I'm Trisha Johnson, and I am a music composer for commercials. Or at least I was, I've been blackballed."

"I'm Diego Zimmer, Hans Zimmer's son. Excited to be here."

#Film Scoring#Hollywood#Music Industry
5:59 (1m 51s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Harlem Shake's Mouth-Made Movie Scores

Harlem Shake reveals she writes original songs for every major movie using only her mouth, winning lawsuits to ensure her vocalizations remain in the final credits.

"All of your movies you do all of the sounds with your mouth."

"Wait seven minutes in pure black screen and then you will hear hurt me locker really, really quiet."

#Sound Design#Intellectual Property#Vocal Percussion
8:25 (47s)
ESCALATION

Trisha Johnson's Pharrell File Swap Fiasco

Trisha explains how she was blackballed after accidentally uploading Pharrell's 'Happy' to a SeaWorld commercial folder while recovering from Burning Man.

"One of them said Happy Whale and the other said Happy by Pharrell."

"I accidentally dragged Happy by Pharrell into the Google Drive and now everybody thinks I'm a cheater."

#Advertising#Copyright Infringement#Commercials
48:56 (2m 3s)
ESCALATION

Trisha Johnson's Blacklist and the WAP/MeUndies Confusion

Trisha reveals she was blackballed after accidentally mixing up a MeUndies jingle with an early copy of Cardi B's 'WAP' while composing drunk, leading to a career-ending copyright disaster.

"I miss the cocaine. I miss booking, but I miss cocaine more."

"Cardi B sent me a really early copy and she was like, keep this file safe. Don't do anything with this file."

#Commercials#Copyright Infringement#Substance Abuse
21:31 (1m 59s)
BACKSTORY_REVEAL

Trisha Johnson's Blackballing and Pharrell Mix-up

Trisha explains her downfall in the commercial industry, including a disastrous SeaWorld ad where she accidentally submitted Pharrell's 'Happy' instead of her original 'Happy Whale' track.

"I accidentally dragged Happy by Pharrell into the Google Drive."

#Advertising#Plagiarism#Blacklisting

Episode Appearances (1)