ERIN ('96) AND SOON HEE RETTING ('96) HAVE ACHIEVED A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS IN HOLLYWOOD FROM FILM SCORING TO ACTING TO AUDIO MIXING.

Both music majors, Erin and Soon Hee began their careers earning accolades in the music industry. Erin, a professional cellist, has performed with orchestras around the world and with artists like Ray Charles and Shakira. Soon Hee has performed with many orchestras and quartets and has written orchestra pieces for FJH Music Co. in Florida, where she was a full-time musician for Walt Disney Corp.

After living in Florida for four years after graduation and establishing success as musicians, the couple moved to Los Angeles to pursue careers in the film industry. Erin is an audio engineer for Technicolor at Hollywoods' Weddington Studios, where he specializes in film sound effect editing, design and mixing. His company worked on Vin Diesel's A Man Apart and Bruce Willis' Tears of the Sun. He also served as production recording mixer for commercials for GAP, PetCo, CBS daytime and Coca-Cola. "'I'd like to continue working on film projects, but I'd also like to be more active in film producing," he says.

Soon Hee and Erin served as associate producers for the film Ghost Rock, and  Soon Hee also wrote the score. "Aside from composing and acting, I see myself producing and directing my own films," says Soon Hee, a second-degree black belt in tae kwon do. "I'm having fun utilizing my martial arts skills in films," she says.

Erin says, "We work in an extremely competitive industry, but the rewards of working with the best in the business, and the feeling you get when you watch a movie you had a hand in creating, are well worth the effort."

-- Sally Duff ('03)