Podcasts you can feel.

Epicleff Media is an award-winning industry leader in scripted audio. We offer production and consulting services across every area of scripted podcasts, including:

• Budgeting
• Story adaptation & structure
• Journalistic review and clearances (for true stories)
• Scripting
• Audio pre-design
• Music pre-design / music supervisor licensing
• Casting
• Clearances, licensing and Fair Use for podcasts
• Production
• Recording
• Editing & assembly services
• Archival footage restoration & cleanup
• Custom sound design (action, scenery, vocals, FX)
• Original music
• Mixing & mastering
• Trailer creation & marketing elements
• Delivery
• NFT, metaverse & crypto extensions — from games to membership tokens to exclusive artwork or audio to help build community and culture, we can help your podcast into the future of Web3 technology.*

Epicleff Media is a Los Angeles-based production & consulting company specializing in crafting compelling podcasts, and due to high volume we can only take on a select number of projects. To inquire about our services for your podcast, please Contact Us. *Note: We are not financial investment advisors and cannot offer investment advice, but we can help you build a safe and secure digital strategy in NFTs, metaverse and other Web3 technologies.

Awards & Accolades

• 2022 Tribeca Podcasts Official Selection THE BIG LIE
• 2021 AMBIES® — Podcast of the Year (nominee) BLOCKBUSTER: THE STORY OF JAMES CAMERON
• 2021 Adweek® Podcast of the Year Awards — Creative Podcast of the Year (winner) BLOCKBUSTER: THE STORY OF JAMES CAMERON
• 2021 Shorty Awards — Podcast Mini Series (Gold winner) BLOCKBUSTER: THE STORY OF JAMES CAMERON
• 2021 Webby Awards — Best Podcast Limited Series BLOCKBUSTER: THE STORY OF JAMES CAMERON
• 2021 Webby Awards — Best Scripted/Fiction Series BLOCKBUSTER: THE STORY OF JAMES CAMERON
• 2021 New York Festivals® Radio Awards — Best Mini Series (finalist) BLOCKBUSTER: THE STORY OF JAMES CAMERON
• 2020 Webby Awards — Best Original Music & Sound Design BLOCKBUSTER
• 2020 New York Festivals® Radio Awards — Best Mini Series (winner) BLOCKBUSTER
• 2020 New York Festivals® Radio Awards — Best Biography/Profile Series (winner) BLOCKBUSTER
• 2020 Adweek® Podcast of the Year Awards — Creative Podcast of the Year BLOCKBUSTER
• Golden Reel® Awards Nomination — Feature Documentary SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Feb 2018 — Motion Picture Sound Editors
• 2018 Spotlight Documentary Award SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Apr 2018
• Friday Harbor Film Festival — Best Overall Film SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Jan 2018
• 2018 GRAMMY® Award Official Contestant — Best Music Film SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Dec 2017 — The Recording Academy
• 2018 Academy Awards® Official Contestant — Documentary Feature SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Oct 2017 — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• 2017 Emmy® Nomination MATT SCHRADER, PRODUCER Jun 2017 — Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• Chicago Critics Film Festival — Best Documentary Film SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Jun 2017
• Nashville Film Festival — Best Film Honorable Mention SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Apr 2017
• Newport Beach Film Festival — Excellence In Filmmaking Award MATT SCHRADER, SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Apr 2017
• Cleveland International Film Festival — Grand Jury Award SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Apr 2017
• Gasparilla International Film Festival — Audience Choice Award, Feature Documentary SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Mar 2017
• Boulder International Film Festival — Best New Filmmaker SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Mar 2017
• Sedona International Film Festival — Excellence in Filmmaking Award SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Feb 2017
• 2016 Golden Mike Award® MATT SCHRADER, PRODUCER Dec 2016 — Radio & Television News Association of Southern California
• Tacoma Film Festival — Audience Choice Award, Feature Film SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY Oct 2016
• 2016 Emmy® Award — Multi-Part Series (News) MATT SCHRADER, PRODUCER Jul 2016 — Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
• 2015 Golden Mike Award® — Best Video Editing MATT SCHRADER, EDITOR Dec 2015 — Radio & Television News Association of Southern California
• 2015 Emmy® Award — Specialty Assignment Report MATT SCHRADER, PRODUCER Jun 2015 — National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — Northern California

Performance

THE BIG LIE

• 4.8-star rating on Audible (Audible Originals)
• Top podcast on Audible
• Premiered at Tribeca 2022

BLOCKBUSTER

• 4.9-star rating on Apple Podcasts (2.2K+ reviews)
• Top 25 podcasts on Apple
• Top 10 Film/TV podcasts on Apple
• First “Original Podcast Score” ever released by record label (Lakeshore Records, 2020)

SCORE: A FILM MUSIC DOCUMENTARY

• 94% Fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating
• Critics Pick, The New York Times
• Official Selection, San Francisco International Film Festival
• US Box Office: $101,320 (Limited, 6/16/17)
• iTunes #1 documentary (five weeks)
• iTunes Top 10 Documentary of 2017
• Amazon #1 Blu-ray documentary (three weeks)
• Amazon Top 10 Documentary Blu-ray of 2017
• #1 Most Pirated Online Documentary of 2017 (ThePirateBay)

Reviews & Publicity

• “Spectacular, immersive, and emotional. A heartfelt story that’s unique in the podcast world.” -Andrew Liptak, The Verge
• “Blockbuster paves the way for a new kind of narrative process in the podcast world.” -Martino Pietropoli, Medium
• “A beautiful narrative and colossal piece of storytelling that is sure to stir emotions.” -Joshua Dudley, Forbes
• “An inventive biopod (biopic + podcast).” -KC Ifeanyi, Fast Company
• “A feast for the eyes and ears.” The Los Angeles Times
• “Fascinating.” Entertainment Weekly
• “An absolute delight.” Nerdist
• “Terrifically engaging.” The Hollywood Reporter
• “Excellent.” -Leonard Maltin
• “A celebration of the artists who create the musical heartbeat of the movies.” -Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times
• “A must see.” -Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood
• “Enough to satisfy both film music novices and dyed-in-the-wool fanatics.” –Village Voice