Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe have been working together as music supervisors since 1996, beginning with the feature film Kingpin. Other credits include Jackass Number Two, There's Something About Mary, Donnie Darko and The 40 Year Old Virgin. The upcoming Ben Stiller comedy currently titled The Seven Day Itch will be their ninth collaboration with the Farrelly brothers. Other upcoming projects include Richard Kelly's Southland Tales and Jake Kasdan's Walk Hard.
Over the years Aperture has worked with some amazing artists, including Wilco, Phantom Planet, Ivy, Brian Setzer, Foo Fighters, Smash Mouth, The Offspring, Pete Yorn, Steely Dan, Nick Lowe, Todd Rundgren, Tommy Stinson and The Flaming Lips.
In addition to music supervision, Raval and Wolfe have composed original scores for films such as Neo Ned (Gabriel Union, Jeremy Renner) which was selected for the 2004 Tribecca Film Festival and won an audience award at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival, and Special (Michael Rappaport) which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival.
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"The best music people in the biz, hands down, no question, not even close."
- Peter Farrelly, Director 'There's Something About Mary', 'Fever Pitch'
"Manish and Tom have excellent taste and very clearly understand the power of music in film."
- Pete Yorn, Singer/Songwriter, Composer 'Me, Myself and Irene'
"Manish and Tom are among the first phone calls I make, when I start a project. They have impeccable taste, they understand my taste and, most of all, having them around gives me the confidence that I'm not going to have any problems with music. They're just very good at this."
- Jake Kasdan, Director 'Walk Hard', 'Orange County', 'Zero Effect'
"If you want an inspired, devoted music team working with you go no further...You have found them in Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe and Aperture Music. With their great taste, relationships within the industry and their medley of musical ideas, you will no longer worry about having the support and enthusiasm you need for your next project."
- Nancy Juvonen, Flower Films, Producer 'Fever Pitch' and 'Donnie Darko'
"Manish is one of the nicest and most musically knowledgeable people I know. He and Tom are wonderful to work with and they both have great taste in music. I look forward to continuing to work with them in the future."
- Alexander Greenwald, Lead Vocals/Guitarist, Phantom Planet
"Manish and Tom are hands down my favorite Music Supervisors. My bands love them and they know what's cool."
- Daniel Field, Manager, Audioslave
"These guys consistently blow me away with the number of amazing bands they have in their films, many of which become my new favorites."
- Andy Chase, Guitar/Vocals/Composer - IVY, 'Shallow Hal'
