Swell Music + Sound
Your Story. Our Sound.
1368 S. 49th St, Richmond, California 94804, United Stateshttps://swellmusicsound.com
Swell Music + Sound Overview
- Year Founded
- 2009
- Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Average Hourly Rate
- $300/hr
Sound design frame-accurate, narrative sound design. Library sound used intelligently; custom sound design on jobs with the right budget.Â
Final mix to picture the workhorse service. Dialogue editing clean-up, ADR, voice processing. Voice over recording remote (Source-Connect) and in-person. Daily capability.
Clients from Atlassian to Cutwater to Walden University run VO sessions through Swell routinely. Voice over casting talent casting and direction.Â
Music supervision search, license, clearance for existing music. Michael Frick (No Friction) is the strategic partner here; combined they have a 20-30% cost savings advantage over agency-direct licensing because of Michael's label relationships.Â
Music licensing Top Shelf catalog and direct artist licensing. Pre-cleared, work-for-hire structures available for high-volume brand programs (the Meta model).Â
Sonic branding audio mnemonics, sonic logos, full audio identity systems. The United Healthcare rebrand (with Turner Duckworth + Leo Burnett) is the flagship case study. The Postmates custom sonic palette is the second.Â
Custom music library programs the Meta/Instagram model: hundreds of tracks per year, custom-built for a brand, pre-cleared, work-for-hire.Â
Full audio chain.
Film and TV native.
Most post houses have great engineers but no musical brain. Most music houses don't touch post. We've always lived in the middle and that's exactly where film and TV work gets interesting. Music Lab runs composers, recording artists, showrunner sessions, and post all under one roof. We understand that infrastructure. Founded in 2009. Based at Airship Labs in Richmond. Fully distributed, globally coordinated.
Swell Music + Sound Portfolio
Audio Engineering
Inside Disney's Secret Engineering Lab
Arts
- $5K - $20K
- 1 Month
- 2025
Audio Post-Production
LG Love to Laundry
Design
- $5K - $20K
- 1 Month
- 2025
Audio Post-Production
Atlassian
Software & IT Services
- $5K - $20K
- 1 Month
- 2025
Audio Post-Production
Taylor Swift Global Top Artist
Music
- $5K - $20K
- 1 Month
- 2023
Audio Post-Production
Nike Fast Society : Eliud
Fashion
- $5K - $20K
- 1 Month
- 2021
Swell Music + Sound Services
Industries
- Arts
- Corporate Services
- Consumer Goods
- Entertainment
- Fashion
- Electronics
- Design
Client Types
- Startups
- Small Businesses
- Medium Businesses
- Enterprise / Corporate
Audio Production Expertise
- Audio Engineering
- Audio Post-Production
- Mixing & Mastering
- Music Production
- Online Audio Mastering
- Podcast Production
- Sound Design
- Studio Recording
Swell Music + Sound Clients
Swell Music + Sound Team Bios
Elad Marish is the founder and ECD of Swell Sound, a Bay Area audio studio working at the intersection of music, sound design, and post-production since 2009. Co-founder of Topshelf Music. He's worked with Nike, Meta, the Golden State Warriors, Atlassian, and United Healthcare, among others.
Ana works day-to-day on all Swell jobs from inception to delivery. A meticulous producer at her core, she loves acting as music sueprvisor as well.
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