Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, Sound by Flavorlab
Flavorlab completed full audio post on Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story, the Hallmark Channel original that turns Highmark Stadium into a Christmas love letter. The film premiered November 22 on Hallmark Channel. In addition, an Extended Cut now streams on Hallmark+.
Inside the Sound of Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story
Our team handled dialogue editorial, sound design and the final mix. Above all, the work joined two worlds that rarely share a soundtrack. On one side sits the intimacy of a Hallmark romance. On the other sits the concussive scale of an NFL Sunday.
Because the crowd carries so much of the emotion, we built the stadium first. Then we pulled it back the moment the story goes quiet. As a result, a whispered porch conversation lands as cleanly as 70,000 fans losing their minds.
“A Bills crowd is a character in this movie, not a background element. We built the stadium so it feels enormous. Then we got out of the way the second the story goes quiet. That contrast is the whole film.”
— Brian Quill, Supervising Sound Editor and Re-recording mixer, Flavorlab
Buffalo, Captured on Location
Production shot across Buffalo and Western New York. Consequently, the tracks arrived with real weather, real crowds and real stadium acoustics. Meanwhile, our dialogue edit protected every performance without sanding off that location character.
A Cast of Bills Legends
Dustin Rikert directed. Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario star alongside Joe Pantoliano, Tracy Pollan, Caroline Aaron, Steve Schirripa and Patti Murin. The story follows pediatric doctor Morgan Quinn and Bills VP of Stadium Development Gabe DeLuca. These lifelong neighbors chase the identity of an anonymous gift-giver, and eventually each other.
Bills head coach Sean McDermott appears, along with Damar Hamlin, Dion Dawkins, Dawson Knox, Ray Davis, Reid Ferguson, DeWayne Carter and Joshua Palmer. Franchise legends Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, Steve Tasker and Scott Norwood also feature.
Next Up: Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
The franchise now heads to Chicago. Hallmark Media, the NFL, Skydance Sports and the Chicago Bears have set Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story to premiere October 17, opening Hallmark Channel’s 17th annual Countdown to Christmas. Lyndsey Fonseca and Robert Buckley star, alongside Marsha Mason, Barbara Alyn Woods and Khary Payton. Production shot entirely in and around Chicago, including Soldier Field.
Naturally, we are already gearing up for it. Buffalo taught us how these films breathe. Consequently, we head toward Soldier Field knowing exactly when to let a stadium roar, and when to let a living room go quiet.
About Flavorlab
Flavorlab is a full-service audio post and music house. We create sound for film, television and branded content. Finally, Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story joins a slate that spans scripted features, documentary and commercial work.
