Anthony J. Resta is a Canadian

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and

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

. He has received awards for work on film soundtracks. Resta has also engineered albums for

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, Blondie,

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, and

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Awards

* 2015:

Hollywood Music in Media Awards The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) is an award organization honoring original music (Song and Score) in all forms visual media including film, TV, video games, trailers, commercial advertisements, documentaries, music videos and special p ...

, Music Genre winner in the Producer/Production category. * 2022: Indie Short Fest, Los Angeles International Film Festival, award for Best Original Score for the indie short film ''The Chair''.

References

External links

Pure Sonic Alchemy
– official website * "Hitting the Big Time in a Small Town". ''Boston Globe'', December 27, 2002, by Steve Morse, Globe Staff. {{DEFAULTSORT:Resta, Anthony J. American record producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)