Keith records under the monikers Helios & Goldmund. Hollie records under her own name. We both record together as Mint Julep and Harbors. Each project occupies its own space within ambient, modern classical, and shoegaze.
We have spent the past two decades creating bespoke music for award-winning advertising and film projects. Our music library has over 300 ready-to-license songs written exclusively for use in film & television projects.
Select Clients: Google — Netflix — Instagram — Apple — Facebook — Amazon — Warner Brothers — Paramount — Starbucks — NBC — The New York Times — Disney — Snapchat — Volkswagen — Gucci — Samsung — Volvo — Electric Ireland …
Helios — Embrace — Dir: Sean Pecknold
Goldmund — Migration — Dir: Gordon McBryde
Mint Julep — To The Sea — Dir: A Nice Idea Everyday
Apple — Intention — Media Arts Lab
Keith Kenniff is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from Maine. He graduated with honors from Berklee College of Music in 2006 with a degree in percussion, and shortly after began composing for advertising, film, and television. In 2011 he provided music for Apple’s iPhone 4S campaign directed by Mark Romanek, followed by high-profile work for Google, Amazon, Instagram, Starbucks, and Facebook. His credits include Facebook’s 10 Years Look Back project and Dove’s Real Beauty Sketches, created by Ogilvy & Mather, which became the most-viewed ad of all time and won 19 Cannes Lions including the Titanium Grand Prix in 2014.
Keith has composed for numerous HBO series, among them The Runaway Bunny, The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm, and Song of Parkland, the last of which won Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018 and 2020. His documentary work includes the acclaimed Blood Brother, winner of the Sundance Grand Jury Prize, the Emmy-nominated Blood Road, and the award-winning Emanuel. Since 2004, he has released over 20 albums under the monikers Helios, Goldmund, and Mint Julep.
Hollie Kenniff is a Canadian/American vocalist and composer who has released five albums of ambient/cinematic music under her own name and four albums, with husband Keith, as Mint Julep. In 2010 Hollie began collaborating with Keith to start a boutique licensing and composing business, Unseen, writing music for films and advertising. Her music has appeared in projects for Etsy, Samsung, Saucony, Dignity Health, Amazon and Netflix’s Alex Strangelove and The Sex Lives of College Girls.
“…one of ambient music’s leaders…” — A Closer Listen
“This is some of the nicest ambient composition we’ve heard in a while…” — Bleep
“Drawing on the deep tones of drone, dream pop harmonies, and new age’s bright tranquility, Kenniff evokes the forests, lakes and rivers of her past and present surroundings with a zen patience.” — Bandcamp
Licensing & Commercial — keith@unseen-music.com
Film & Television — rochelle.sharpe@incitemgmt.com
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