ABOUT US

Mana Music & Media is a boutique music company offering one-stop, pre-cleared music for film, TV, and media.

We work with a curated roster of talented independent artists from around the world, providing authentic, high-quality music that tells a story. Whether you're a music supervisor on a tight deadline or an artist looking to place your work, we help make the process simple, personal, and efficient.

With a passion for creativity and collaboration, we aim to support both the artistic and business sides of music, always guided by a sense of purpose, professionalism, and aloha.

OUR STORY

Sarah Bethany, Michael Surprenant and Bryan Crook have been playing and creating music for their entire lives. Their talents combine with an eclectic team of artists and enormous pool of sought-after musicians to produce world-class music in their private recording studios in Hawai'i and New York. Their deep friendship and understanding of the creative heart and mind is the foundation of their approach to making music. Come be a part of the Mana Family! Aloha!

OUR TEAM

Michael Surprenant

Since founding Mana Music & Media in 2010, every album Michael produced has either won or been nominated for awards, including Contemporary Acoustic Album of the Year and Engineer of the Year. Michael has engineered for Marvel Studios, Lucas Films, Sony Pictures, Skywalker Sound and more. He is known for bringing the best out of artists in the studio and being able to produce music in virtually any genre. Michael mixes, masters, edits and color grades all the media produced.

Sarah Bethany

Sarah B has extensive song writing and studio experience. She recently had her song Speak Easy featured in the opening scene of the hit ABC show "The Company You Keep". In addition to producing her own music, she also loves co-writing and empowering other artists, especially women and indigenous peoples, to make their dreams a reality. Sarah's voice and playing have been heard on radio stations around the world. Her passion to create fresh, inspiring music is what drives her.

Bryan Crook

Bryan is an award-winning composer, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist and producer for Broadway (Book of Mormon), television (Smash) and film (Ice Age 4). His work has been featured in Grammy, Tony, and Olivier award winning productions. He is honored to be an orchestrator for Motown the Musical and Back to the Future the Musical working alongside the Great Alan Silvestri and songwriting legned Glen Ballard. He has produced music in some of the world's most famous recording studios.

Ku'ulei Perreira-Keawekane

Ku'ulei is a powerful young Hawaiian artist, soulful singer, and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to her love and passion for making music, she also serves as our cultural advisor. She provides a crucial piece to our work in Hawai'i; ensuring that cultural sensitivity guides our productions. Ku'ulei brings a distinctive musical style and background to our team and loves creating music. She recently had two songs in the Top Five at Five on our most popular Hawai'i radio station.

August Eriksmoen

August is a Grammy nominated producer and award winning orche- strator. His music has been heard by millions from his work on the Billboard Music Awards, film and TV, to award winning Broadway shows including: Come from Away & Bright Star. August recently orchestrated songs for the hit TV show Only Murders in the Building with Steve Martin and Martin Short. His world-class studio chops of more that 10 different instruments can be heard on hundreds of records spanning many genres.