Finalists have been announced for the Music Week Sync Awards, which returns for its fifth year this October. UMPG have been nominated for twenty awards in a variety of categories.
UMPG are nominated in the following categories:
Two nominations for Best Sync – TV Advert for:
- Rellik (BBC One) featuring ‘Cherry Coloured Funk’ by Cocteau Twins
- Black Mirror (Channel 4) featuring ‘Panic’ by The Smiths
Two nominations for Best Sync – TV Trailer for:
- Unforgotten (ITV) featuring ‘Leave A Light On’ by Tom Walker (Co-written by Tom Walker and Steve Mac)
- BBC One The Supporting Act featuring ‘Symphony’ by Clean Bandit (Feat. Zara Larsson) (Co-written by Steve Mac)
Two nominations for Best Sync – TV Show (Sport) for:
- BBC World Cup Titles 2018 – Sigala
- BBC World Cup 2018 – ‘Reborn’ by Rae Morris
Two nominations for Best Sync – TV Show Advert for:
- BT featuring ‘Blue Monday’ by New Order
- Sony Bravia featuring ‘Leave A Light On’ by Tom Walker (Co-written by Tom Walker and Steve Mac)
Two nominations for Best Sync – Online Viral Avert for:
- H&M featuring ‘Hypnotised’ by Years & Years
- Vogue.com featuring ‘Praise You’ by Fatboy Slim
Best Sync – Film Trailer for Whitney ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)’ by Whitney Houston (Co-written by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam)
Two nominations for Best Sync – Film for:
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation featuring ‘I See Love’ by Jonas Blue
- Kingsman: The Golden Circle featuring ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’ by Elton John (Co-written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin)
Two nominations for Best Sync – Video Game Trailer for:
- Metro Exodus - E3 2018 featuring ‘Angel’ by Massive Attack
- Football Manager #LikeABoss featuring ‘This Moment’ by Chase & Status and Blossoms
Best Branded Entertainment for Coca-Cola featuring ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Jax Jones (Feat. Raye) (Co-written by Jin Jin)
Best Social Media/Online Partnership for Sharp’s Brewery featuring ‘Keynvor’ composed by Sebastian Plano and supervised by George O’Brien (UMPG Creative Manager)
UMPG Creative Manager Phil Canning is nominated for Music Supervisor - Film for his music supervision in 'I Am Not A Witch', 'The Strangers: Prey At Night', 'Skate Kitchen', 'The Hummingbird Project' and 'Possum'.
Tom Walker is nominated for ‘Sync Artist Of The Year’ and finally, Universal Music Publishing for ‘Sync team: Publisher’.
The categories showcase the best and most successful sync placements across an entire range of media, including film, TV, video games and online.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony which will take place on October 18th at London’s Grand Connaught Rooms.