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For a nice NAZ listed stock that has a world wide exclusive rights to Pokeman music.
Stock is struggling this morning. Might be worth a look.
Paradise's Rave Orchestrating Pokemania
NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 15, 1999--Paradise Music & Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDSE - news) announced today that its Rave Music division is capitalizing on its musical involvement with the international kids' phenomenon, Pokemon.
The soundtrack album, 2.B.A. Master, from the top-rated Pokemon syndicated television series (which airs six times per week on the WB network), was produced and co-written by Paradise Chairman Emeritus and Rave Music CEO John Loeffler, and his talented team of artists. The album was released two weeks ago and is rapidly ascending the Billboard charts, with 250,000 units already shipped. According to Soundscan, the CD has risen to number three on the Children's chart.
John Loeffler, commented, ``The opportunity to reach millions of kids around the world with our music - through records, film and television - is one of the most exciting projects of my career. We are pleased that Pokemania continues to build.'
John Loeffler and Ralph Schuckett of Rave are presently working on the score for Pokemon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back, the first animated Pokemon feature film. They are also contributing songs to the movie soundtrack on Atlantic Records. The big-screen version will open in North American theaters on November 12, with distribution in the rest of the world to follow.
The popularity and momentum of Pokemon is also sweeping through the nation's malls. More than 55,000 Pokemaniacs and their Pokeparent chaperones jammed Minneapolis' Mall of America July 10-11, kicking off the Pokemon Summer Training Tour '99. Devoted fans turned out in force to compete in Nintendo Game Boy tournaments, play the Pokemon Trading Card Game and to enjoy other special events. The Tour is making its way across the country, and is slated to run through mid-September.
The Pokemon phenomenon began in Japan as a game for Nintendo's Game Boy portable video game system before capturing the attention of America. Its huge popularity prompted the creation of a Pokemon television series, which became a tremendous success in Japan. The phenomenon spread to the United States, where Nintendo has now sold more than 2.8 million units of the game, topping industry sales charts. |
