About Us
Scott Cresto/President
Music Alternatives is a synchronization agency & publishing company run by Scott Cresto. Cresto and his synch team have placed the music of their talented & diverse line up of artists in numerous films (The Fault In Our Stars, Love And Mercy, Downsizing, Dumb And Dumber To), television shows (The Blacklist, Vampire Diaries, Grey’s Anatomy, Parenthood, This Is Us), commercials (Bud Light, Ikea, Bonobos, Nutella), video games, trailers (Labor Day, The Judge, If I Stay), soundtracks (Twilight, Pretty Little Liars, Halt And Catch Fire) and special markets. Cresto and his Music Alternatives publishing department work with a variety of catalogs & artists (Other Lives, Sleeping At Last, Towers Of London, Scars on 45.)
Previously, Cresto was the Senior Vice President of Film & TV and A&R for Chrysalis Music Group USA where he ran the company’s synch department and oversaw all synchronization licensing activities. He was also involved in discovering and signing new talent, including Beach House, TV On The Radio, and Psapp.
Prior to joining Chrysalis, Scott served as Director of Film & Television at Warner/Chappell Music. His background also includes stints in the music department of Rysher Entertainment and in independent radio promotion.
Jessica Hobbs/Vice President, Licensing
jessicah@musicalternatives.com
A Los Angeles native, Jessica Hobbs graduated from the University of California at Berkeley. Moving back to Los Angeles after college, she initially worked at a film production company, The Forge, before moving into music publishing. For almost twenty years, Jessica has been a senior clearance and licensing executive working in multiple medias. Jessica served as Vice President, Synchronization Licensing at Chrysalis Music and she and her team were responsible for negotiating and licensing deal for TV, film, commercial, video game and new-media projects. Prior to heading the licensing department at Chrysalis, she worked at Warner/Chappell Music for 7 years.
Jose Miguel Smithers/Manager, Creative-Consultant
Born and raised in Puebla, Mexico, Miguel Smithers moved to California to study Entertainment Business at The LA Film School. He also graduated from the Musicians Institute from the Music Business Program. Before Music Alternatives, Miguel worked at a music distribution company called DMM, the record label SideOneDummy Records, and the film production company Madison Wells Media. In his free time Miguel plays drums and he also enjoys watching soccer and films.
Lena Skarga/Music Coordinator
Olga Gorbenko/Music Coordinator
licensing@musicalternatives.com
Joshua Faria/Music Coordinator
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