Elias Arts' Kenny Segal Named Best New Composer 2008 First Boards Awards

Elias Arts' Kenny Segal Named Best New Composer 2008 First Boards Awards

Marks Third Year Since 2003 that Elias Arts' Young Talent Captures Top Accolade,

and Second Year in a Row

NEW YORK, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's most awarded music, sound and audio identity company, Elias Arts www.eliasarts.com , announced today that in-house talent Kenny Segal has been named "Best New Composer," from a field of global candidates at the Ninth Annual First Boards Awards, held in New York City on April 3, 2008. This is the second consecutive year that an Elias Arts talent has been awarded Best New Composer, and the third year since 2003 that an Elias composer has received top billing. Nathaniel Morgan http://www.eliasarts.com/site020/pages01/OurPeople/z- bios/composers/MorganNathaniel.html (Due to the length of the URL, copy and paste the link into your internet browser), Composer out of Elias LA was named Best New Composer in 2007 as was David "Witty" Wittman http://www.eliasarts.com/ site020/pages01/OurPeople/z-bios/composers/WittmanDavid.html (Due to the length of the URL, copy and paste the link into your internet browser), Associate Creative Director/Composer Elias NY in 2003.

Segal, a 28-year old University of Southern California music school graduate, has been writing tracks at Elias Arts' West Coast studio as a full time composer since 2006. With a specialty in hip hop/electronic and experimental music, Kenny has collaborated with Jonathan Elias on high profile and award winning advertising work for the likes of Nike, Nissan, Dodge, Best Buy and Valspar. He co-wrote the 2008 Super Bowl spot for Hyundai "Big Twist" and composed the track for the 2007 nationwide "Rollin VIP" spot featuring K-fed and cited by Advertising Age as one of the most talked about Super Bowl ads of all time. Kenny is the talent behind the theme song for "How To Look Good Naked" which has aired on Lifetime TV over the past year, and most recently launched Ken Can Cook on indie label Decon/Project Blowed. featuring underground legends such as Abstract Rude, Aceyalone, Nocando, Busdriver, 2Mex and more. He is currently touring North America and Europe to promote this new solo album.

As Best New Composer, Segal, along with winners in other categories including Best Director, Best Editor and Best Animators joined leaders from the worlds of advertising, music, television, production and film, who gathered at the Canal Room in New York City on April 3, 2008 for the First Boards Awards presentations. Jonathan Elias, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Elias Arts comments "Kenny is a unique and inspiring composer who is reshaping the landscape of music with his interesting and alternative approach of infusing hip hop and electronic vibes into more traditional music composition."

Martin Pazzani, President/CEO of Elias Arts adds, "This is the third year since 2003 that an Elias Arts composer has been chosen as Best New Composer in an incredibly competitive industry. This confirms that our highly collaborative creative process works. Not only has our youth movement attracted composers with significant natural talent, but these talents get pushed up to the next level when they work with our highly experienced producers and creative directors, not to mention with Jonathan Elias himself, who sets the bar very high. This group never stops trying to outdo themselves."

Further details about Elias Arts are available at www.eliasarts.com. For a complete list of First Boards Awards 2008 winners see www.boardsmag.com/articles/magazine/20080401/kennysegal.html.

   For Elias Arts   Vivian H. Brooks   508.347.2368   vbrooks@eliasarts.com  

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CONTACT: Vivian H. Brooks of Elias Arts, +1-508-347-2368,
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