New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Among those shortlisted this year: Universal
Music Publishing / Tom Stanford at Platinum Rye for John Lewis Insurance,
Elton John 'Tiny Dancer', Rich Robinson at Warner
Music Supervision for Kill Your Friends,
Radiohead 'Karma Police' and Ian Neil at Sony
Music for House of Fraser,
Grace Ft
G-Eazy 'You Don't Own Me'
On their 5th Anniversary, The Music+Sound Awards announce their 2016 UK finalists following an exhilarating judging day held at the BFI Screening Rooms in Central London.
Celebrating the disciplines of music, sync and sound design in the media and rewarding the phenomenal talent involved, the competition provides an arena to hold aloft the industry�s best of the best.
The jury this year included music supervisors
Sarah Bridge (The
Theory of Everything), Iain Cooke (Hit and Miss, Call the Midwife, Luther) and ad supervisors Ed Bailie from Leland
Music and
Sophie Urquhart from Tin Drum Music.
�The Music+Sound Awards provide a platform like no other and it�s always thrilling to see the extraordinary level and breadth of talent of the composers, music supervisors and sound designers who enter.� Said Emma Maguire, Awards MD. �This year was no exception and along with our expert jury, we were blown away by the superior standard of work entered. Considering this, it truly is a high accolade being shortlisted for a Music+Sound Award and we want to congratulate all finalists and wish them the very best of luck.�
The Awards will be presented to the 27 winners at a glittering ceremony at Central London�s Caf� de Paris on 2nd March. Tickets will soon be available for purchase.
The global branch of the competition, The International Music+Sound Awards, is now open for entries with all the UK competition�s finalists automatically being entered, free of charge. All other UK competition entrants are offered a 50% discount.
A SELECTION OF THE UK MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS� FINALISTS:
Best Sync � Broadcast Advertising
- Ann-Marie Atkins and Tim Miles at Warner
Music UK for Joint London�s Amazon Prime -
Sonny & Cher 'Little Man'
- Universal
Music Publishing / Tom Stanford at Platinum Rye for Adam&Eve/DDB�s John Lewis Insurance -
Elton John 'Tiny Dancer'
- SONGS
Music Publishing /
Martin Hewett at WWS Creative Services Group for PlayStation 4 Official "The Wonderful Life Of A PS4 Player",
Chemical Brothers 'Go'
- Jen Moss at Warner
Music UK for Adam&Eve/DDB�s Lloyds Bank -
Birdy 'Wings'
- Ian Neil at Sony
Music for 18ft & Rising�s House of Fraser -
Grace Ft
G-Eazy 'You Don't Own Me'
- Soundtree
Music for FCB Inferno Sport England - This Girl Can 'Get Ur Freak On'
- Great Guns for Saatchi & Saatchi�s Pampers Wipes 'Pooface' - Strauss 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra�
Best Sync � Feature Film
- Rich Robinson, Warner
Music Supervision for �Kill Your Friends� - The
Prodigy 'Smack My Bitch Up'
-
Ninja Tune / Just Isn't
Music for �Selma� - Fink 'Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us'
- Rich Robinson, Warner
Music Supervision for �Kill Your Friends� -
Radiohead 'Karma Police'
Best Band +
Brand Partnership
- Menlo Park
Music for Absolut 'Absolut Nights' /
Empire of the Sun
- Warner
Music UK for BooHoo /
Rae Morris 'Love Again'
- The Most Radicalist
Black Sheep
Music for KFC 'Pack More Into Lunch' / Chip (feat. Kano & Wretch 32) 'Feeling Myself'
- Warner
Music UK for Premier Inn -
Katie Melua 'Wonderful Life'
- Leland
Music for Bulmers 'Live Colourful.LIVE' + Lethal Bizzle, Sinead Harnett, and
David Arnold
A full list of finalists can be viewed here: www.masawards.com
2016 Music+Sound Awards� Sponsors: EMI Production Music, Scramble, Imagem, Native,
Jungle Studios, Yellow Boat Music, Factory Studios, Yellow Technology, SIREN, Universal Production Music, Wave Studios, PRS for
Music and Wave Music.
