Music and Sound Awards

FINAL MUSIC+ SOUND AWARDS ENTRY DEADLINE TONIGHT There’s still time… just! Get your entries in by 11:59 PDT TONIGHT, Wed 19th. Any film, TV project, ad, trailer or game broadcast / released anywhere in the world, where the music or sound plays an essential role... Categories include Best Composition, Sound Design, Voice Performance, Sync, Re-Record, Use of Production Music and Rising Stars. Music+Sound Awards 2024 Key Info: ENTER at: www.masawards.com FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: 11:59pm (PDT) TODAY Wednesday, June 19th PROJECT ELIGIBILITY WINDOW: Work must have been first broadcast between July 1st 2023 + June 30th 2024 CATEGORIES: Best Composition, Sound, Sync, Re-Record + Use of Production Music across the Advertising, Film, TV, Video Game + Trailer industries. See site for all details. ⭐️ 2024’s Music+Sound Awards are sponsored by: Lemon Wax; Eclectic Music Composition and Supervision; + Sound Canvas ⭐️ #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musiclicensing #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #filmscore #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #librarymusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards #filmmusic #admusic #tvmusic #gamemusic #trailermusic

What makes a project worthy of a Music+Sound Award?? “As a baseline, I’ll be looking/listening for a work that starts off with good production value, a sonic branding that drives the image and its interactivity, something that draws the player into the game’s world and doesn’t fatigue the ears after 30 minutes of gameplay. From there, the top selected works will hit the player differently. They will have a unique voice that elevates the gameplay to something more experiential; going beyond the obvious elements we expect, into a feeling that cannot be expressed with words.” Brigitte Dajczer, Game Composer + MASA Juror #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musiclicensing #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #filmscore #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #librarymusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards #filmmusic #admusic #tvmusic #gamemusic #trailermusic

Just TWO WEEKS left to enter the Music+Sound Awards at the Early-Bird Rate! Grab the chance to be recognized for your brilliance. Enter by June 5th and save on fees. MASA 2024 Key Info: 🏆 ENTER AT: www.masawards.com 🏆 EARLY-BIRD ENTRY DEADLINE: June 5 🏆 FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: June 19 🏆 PROJECT ELIGIBILITY WINDOW: Work must have been first broadcast between July 1st 2023 + June 30th 2024 🏆 CATEGORIES: Best Composition, Sound, Sync, Re-Record + Use of Production Music across the Film, TV, Advertising, Video Game + Trailer industries. See site for all details. NEW THIS YEAR: ⭐️ RISING STAR CATEGORIES ⭐️ VOICEOVER + VOICE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES ⭐️ 2024’s Music+Sound Awards are sponsored by: Lemon Wax; Eclectic Music Composition and Supervision; + Sound Canvas ⭐️ #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musiclicensing #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #filmscore #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #librarymusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards #filmmusic #admusic #tvmusic #gamemusic #trailermusic

What makes a piece of work worthy of a Music+Sound Award?? “It’s very easy to be captivated by the beautiful visuals and messaging of spots when judging, but it’s our job to focus on how music truly impacts the story versus the story itself. I’ll be listening for music that is unique and of the highest quality, while focusing on the music’s added value to the whole.” Colleen Dahlstrom, Senior Music Producer at McCann NY + 2024 MASA Juror MASA 2024 Key Info: 🏆 ENTER AT: www.masawards.com 🏆 EARLY-BIRD ENTRY DEADLINE: June 5 🏆 FINAL ENTRY DEADLINE: June 19 🏆 PROJECT ELIGIBILITY WINDOW: Work must have been first broadcast between July 1st 2023 + June 30th 2024 🏆 CATEGORIES: Best Composition, Sound, Sync, Re-Record + Use of Production Music across the Film, TV, Advertising, Video Game + Trailer industries. See site for all details. NEW THIS YEAR: ⭐️ RISING STAR CATEGORIES ⭐️ VOICEOVER + VOICE PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES ⭐️ 2024’s Music+Sound Awards are sponsored by: Lemon Wax; Eclectic Music Composition and Supervision; + Sound Canvas ⭐️ #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musiclicensing #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #filmscore #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #librarymusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards #filmmusic #admusic #tvmusic #gamemusic #trailermusic

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 A very Happy New Year to you all! As we look forward to the opening of 2024’s Music+Sound Awards in a few months, here's a little dose of inspiration… Let’s revisit 2023’s Best Sound Design in Branding outstanding winning work by String and Tins - Channel 4’s Masterbrand idents! String and Tins… “This was an incredibly special project comprising of 25 idents for Channel 4 playing in sequence. Each sound designer was given a few of them to design, before sound supervisor Will Cohen brought them all together in the mix with the poem. We recorded a large amount of bespoke sounds for the project, both on the shoot locations and in the studio, using a pair of Sanken CO-100K microphones, capable of reaching high frequency content unavailable to most conventional microphones. This provided excellent source material for extreme time stretching. Each ident was considered in great detail for its sonic experience, both as an individual film and in the context of the whole sequence.” Just brilliant. CREDITS: Sound Designers: Lawrence Kendrick, Culum Simpson, Jim Stewart, Kaspar Broyd, Adam Smyth, Joe Wilkinson, Adam Hare, Will Cohen + Mike Bamford at String and Tins, London Supervising Sound Editor: Will Cohen Sound Producers: Laura-Leigh Smith + Rachel Hough Voiceover Artist: John Joseph Holt Agency: 4Creative Executive Creative Director: Lynsey Atkin Directors: Saman Aminzadeh, Optical Arts, Bafic, Michael Battcock, Will Dohrn, Daniel Eatock, Mike Skrgatic, James Allen, Verity May Lane, Maria Lax, The Line Animation Studio, Louis McCourt, Justyna Obasi, Elliott Power, The Romantix, Dan Tobin Smith Studio + Daniel Wolfe #MASAwards #sounddesign #sonicbranding #brandingsound #mediasound #audiopostproduction #sounddesignawards #advertisingawards

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 Watch the case study and read all about Bacardi’s sonic branding, brilliantly crafted by the trailblazing #MASAwards champions, Resister Music. 2023 Best Composition in Branding Winner: Resister Music / BACARDÍ - THE SOUND OF RUM 'DO WHAT MOVES YOU' Introduction: We embarked on a journey to develop the sonic identity of BACARDÍ's Sound of Rum. Breaking free from traditional approaches, our mission was to define the brand's sound and translate it into a suite of assets ensuring a more holistic and consistent approach across all touchpoints. Approach: To Define the Sound of Rum To truly capture the essence of BACARDÍ's Sound of Rum, which beautifully blended various genres, we embarked on an exciting journey of sonic exploration. Using cutting-edge AI technology, we delved into the brand's historic music uses to discover the recurring elements that defined the very essence of this unique sonic experience. These core elements became the main recipe for the creative brief. We then worked with emerging artists to create a 6 track EP and a suite of Ritual Sounds that the brand could use to showcase their ‘The Sound of Rum’ and deploy across all touchpoints and markets. Talent Aligned with the brand's cultural heritage and our company's commitment to championing women and underrepresented talent, we collaborated with exceptionally talented artists from Spain, Latin America, the UK, and the Caribbean. Through this collaboration, we not only infused the tracks with diverse perspectives but also empowered and amplified the voices of these underrepresented artists. The Global EP We created, 'Do What Moves You’, BACARDÍs first 6 full track Spotify EP that served as the embodiment of BACARDÍs Sound of Rum and set the ideal atmosphere for any occasion. From 6 full-length commissioned tracks to shorter cutdown versions that were crafted to suit global campaigns. Global Campaigns, Dynamic AR Integration To elevate the experience furt

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 The Music+Sound Awards’ Best Re-Record in a Video Game Trailer trophy was clinched this year by LA Music Co, Sencit Music, with Kris Kovaks’ adaptation of Soundgarden’s ‘Black Hole Sun’ in the Redfall Launch Trailer. It metamorphoses the trailer into a genuinely immersive and interactive experience. Sencit talk us through it… “The goal was to create a 3 minute launch trailer that’s driven by the music, showing off the open world of Redfall. We open with a 30 second eerie camera move that slowly pushes through an abandoned convenience store. It begins with an instantly recognizable song playing through the radio, setting a spooky tone. It morphs a well-known cover into something that lends itself to the eerie tone of Redfall while maintaining its recognizability. We’re moving through epic environments, flipping upside down to see psychic spaces and vampire nests and witnessing tantalizing vampire kills. The payoff reveals a showdown between the squad and the vampire gods. The music builds to a moment where things are at a peak. Remixed harder with a driving beat. Ending with something in its original form under the Redfall logo... That brings the trailer to a spooky and eerie close.” CREDITS: Music Company: Sencit, Los Angeles Re-Record Arranger: Kris Kovaks Original Track: Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden (Chris Cornell) Publishers: You Make Me Sick I Make Music + In One Ear And Out Your Mother Re-Record Vocals: Sencit Featuring ADONA + KELSON Directors: Brett Hocker, Maria Goulamhoussen + Shane Free Trailer House: Hammer Creative Game Studio: Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Austin #MASAwards #trailermusic #gametrailers #rerecords #musicpublishers #musictopicture #mediamusic #gameaudio #gameawards #trailerawards

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 It was MARK HILLS at Factory Studios who emerged victorious this year with his 2023’s Music+Sound Awards’ Best Sound Design in a Short Film Award for his sound on ‘The Storm Chaser’, a genre-blurring documentary about the profound encounters between humans and nature at its extremes🏆 Hills’ sound wasn’t just a component but a transformative force. Here he gives us an insight into the heart of his role in the project… “Working on Storm Chaser was an absolute dream as a sound designer. From the moment I saw the treatment I was so excited to work on it and bring the sound to life. There were four main components to the mix I needed to consider, the softly spoken narration of the main protagonist, the sounds of nature, the music and the mythical bird. I knew I wanted the sound design to be a prominent part of the story, but I had to be mindful that it didn't completely take over. I wanted the sounds of the storm and ocean to be huge, but still feel believable. I created the sounds of exaggerated thunder by taking the tails of distant thunder rolls and then heavily processing them. Emphasising the transients and heavily processing them with bass enhancements and limiting them to create interesting textures that added a huge amount of power to the sounds without them becoming too cinematic. Using sound, we hint at the bird's presence without seeing it for the first 6 minutes of the film. It was important to ground the sound of the bird into nature so that early on the audience wasn't sure whether what they were hearing as a howling wind or something more. I used heavily processed Aztec death whistles as a key component in the sound design for the creature. These whistles gave a haunting and distant howl which could blend perfectly into the stormy soundscape. As the film progresses, the sound of the bird becomes more intense and it becomes apparent that the bird and the storm are one. The once subtle, distant howls are no

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 The Music+Sound Awards’ Best Original Composition in a Feature Film was won this year by JON CLARKE at SIREN for his score on Paris Zarcilla’s thriller, ‘Raging Grace’, the first British Filipino Feature film in British cinema history. Portraying the immigrant journey of Joy, an undocumented worker, and her daughter Grace, as they hide and work in homes across the UK, it received the prestigious Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW 2023. SIREN provides us with a glimpse into Jon's far-reaching contributions to the project... “Jon Clarke played a vital role in conveying the emotional states of the main characters through his score. Being the Head of Department for both music and sound, scoring and sound designing the film, Clarke had a unique opportunity to ensure cohesion and enhance the story. Producer, Chi Thai, praised Clarke's work, stating that it elevated the film by informing the entire movie and immersing the viewer in Joy's panic, fear, despair, and pride. The music created by Clarke felt both new and old, truly transforming the film. Zarcilla emphasized the importance of the music is more than just sounds and notes—it needed to be the rhythm and heartbeat of the film. Clarke's music achieved this, evoking haunting and plaintive feelings at times and joyful emotions at others, ultimately becoming the soul of the movie. Collaborating closely with the Lahing Kayumanggi Dance Company, Jon sampled traditional Filipino instruments that play a significant role in the score. He wanted the music to represent the people on screen and their experiences, so he brought together individuals from the Filipino community in London to create something truly unique. The final scene of the film features traditional Filipino Folk Dancing with Tiniking Bamboo Sticks, and Clarke and Zarcilla aimed to make this dance the rhythmic foundation of Joy's character. Bamboo samples and rhythmical ideas were utilized throug

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 Sony Interactive Entertainment outshone all the others in Best Composition in a Video Game (Cinematics / Cutscenes) this year with Bear McCreary’s incredible music on the epic God of War Ragnarök (that also won Best Sound Design in a Game🏆). Upon embarking on the project, McCreary acknowledged that he was “at the onset of a journey that would be among the most creatively challenging of my career.” He certainly rose to that challenge👌⭐️👌 Insider music revelations from SIE… “MUSIC EXPLORATION SYSTEM - God of War Ragnarök introduced many more open-world areas than its predecessor, which inspired our 4 tier exploration system: Exploration, Skirmish, Combat Low, and Combat High. This system was driven by our music intensity meter, which calculates the number and difficulty level of enemies. This number is then used to select music from a range of various intensities. Since all combat music is layered, we could randomize the music sections for each intensity and when the melodies would play. We also designed a “momentum meter” that calculates how well the player is doing during an encounter based on factors such as the number of landed attacks and damage received over a short period of time. This meter was used to add variation to when the melodic layer would play. All of these aspects worked together to create unique musical experiences for each player at any given time. UNINTERRUPTED MELODIES - Ragnarök is a highly cinematic game that is equally rooted in combat. As such, we needed an adaptive music system that harmoniously scores both of these aspects. To create the illusion of linear scoring in an interactive game, we created a layer system that allowed us to prevent melody interruption, enabling us to end any underscore at natural musical breaks. All of the interactive music was split into layers, allowing us to control the melody independently from the rest of the music and have it enter and exit at the

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 Music+Sound Awards Best Re-Record in Online, Viral or Ambient Advertising was won by The Elements Music this year with their beautiful re-work of Minnie Riperton’s iconic track, ‘Les Fleur’, on the Nike Jordan spot ‘Beyond’. Launched during NBA All-Star Weekend, Nike Jordan teamed up with The Elements Music and Uncommon London, to capture the spirit of self-belief and showcase young female talent in Jordan's new campaign 'Beyond'. The film was named Ad Week's Ad of the Day and garnered over 1 million YouTube views in its first week. The Elements were tasked with finding a young, "as-yet-unknown" female singer to perform a new cover of the track, capturing the song's gentle-yet-deep-rooted strength and empowered identity. The Elements… “After an in-depth A&R exploration, we found the voice we'd been searching for in 17-year-old Chicago native, Kaelynn Hayes. Never having sung outside of her bedroom, let alone having been on an airplane before, we flew Kaelynn out to Atlanta to record in the studio alongside the campaign's Musical Director, Teyana Taylor. It was inspiring to see the instant connection that the pair formed in the studio, and to hear the truly powerful vocal performance that Kaelynn then put to tape. However, the greatest part of this production has undoubtedly been the overwhelming support and love shown to Kaelynn since the campaign's release, and being able to witness the beginnings of her musical journey. Stay tuned for her debut single coming later this year!” Visit their site and watch their brilliant behind-the-scenes film… https://www.theelementsmusic.com/projects/nike-jordan-beyond CREDITS: Nike Jordan 'Beyond' Music Company: The Elements Music, New York Re-Record Arranger: Teyana Taylor Original Track: Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton (Charles Stepney / Richard Rudolph) Publisher: Wise Music Music Production: Spectrum Music Group Music Co-Production: The Elements Music + The Aunties Re-

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 2023’s Music+Sound Awards Best Artist + Brand Collaboration was won by top Munich branding agency, amp, for their work on the Mastercard x Domino Saints collab. Watch their case-study film and see why one of the biggest global brands chose them to take care of their sonic branding. Congratulations to them, once again! https://bit.ly/3QJicNV The first brand in the financial sector to go global with their Sonic Identity, Mastercard’s Sonic DNA is heard across platforms. Now Mastercard is taking sonic branding to a new frontier, making a game-changing impact on the music industry. Mastercard and Puerto Rican Urban-Pop duo Domino Saints collaborated to make music together. While not the first instance of a brand x artist collaboration, Mastercard is the first brand to share their Sonic DNA with an established artist, growing and expanding their shared presence. The result? #1 chart hits in 5 South American markets +150m audience impressions +2m streams across platforms and counting Instead of promoting existing popular music or coming together to make a “brand song”, MC and DS leveraged the MC Sonic DNA to create new music, driving popular culture on a global stage. While heard in Mastercard commercials worldwide, Domino Saints' “Rockstar” became the anthem of the ‘22 Copa America Feminina and was performed at the ‘23 UEFA Champions League final. The success of this creative collaboration led to the production and release of the Priceless Album, a result of Mastercard sharing their Sonic DNA with the wider music community. Opening Ceremony Copa America Femenina 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-dD6zMXes Mastercard’s Priceless Album https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2KKtRxboHSQz282nJSs01g?si=5889148788bd4112&nd=1 BEST ARTIST + BRAND COLLABORATION Mastercard x Domino Saints Sonic Branding Agency: amp, Munich Directors: Michele Arnese + Vijay Iyer Executive Producers: Patrick Kattoura + Cem Bayazit #MASAwards

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 The music on short film ‘Drawback’ was the score that came out top in this year’s Music+Sound AWards Best Original Composition in a Short Film. It’s very powerful stuff. We hear from composer Bob Thole about the project… “DRAWBACK is a silent movie directed by Caroline Bevaart and Harald Swinkels. As there is no dialogue, music and sound are crucial to the storytelling. The film’s music consists of a recorded orchestra – the renowned Metropole Orchestra in the Netherlands – together with creatively manipulated organic and electronic sounds. The process of composing the music started early in the production phase and played a key role during the filming, as the music was performed live on set (!) during the shooting of some of the most emotional scenes. Before elaborating on the music, the logline of DRAWBACK reads: “Simon, a lonely comic strip artist, uses a gifted pencil with supernatural powers to win over his unattainable love. But is genuine love makeable?” The process of creating the score for this movie was both a dream come true and the most challenging task for me as a composer to date. The goal was to develop two distinct melodic themes for the main characters, Simon and Rachel. Each act of the movie had its own unique sound and atmosphere. Despite the significant changes in the overall sound throughout the acts, the two themes served as a cohesive glue in the story. The biggest challenge was to keep both themes simple and easy to follow while adapting the sound for each act. The first act of the movie features a small ensemble of string quartet, piano and vocals. The recording has an intimate feel, as if it was recorded in a small room. A distinctive element is the ticking sound produced by a pencil ticking against the wooden frame of the first violin, known as the “pencil col legno”. Various recordings of the pencil sound were used throughout the movie. The intention was to make Simon sound “in

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 Winners of Music+Sound Awards 2023 Best Sound Design in a Video Game? It was PlayStation Studios + Sony Santa Monica, Sony Interactive Entertainment for the INCREDIBLE sound on epic action-adventure game, God Of War Ragnarok! Let’s hear from the team and see exactly why they nabbed the trophy… “The Sound of God of War Ragnarök is a collaboration between Sony Santa Monica and the audio team at PlayStation Studios Creative Arts. The overall direction for the game was to build upon the foundation of God of War 2018 by creating a polished, more focused experience for players. We improved the presentation and mix through new content and techniques to tell this complex story. Our vision was to achieve a perfect balance between SFX, Dialogue, and Music while also pushing and pulling this balance to create sonic drama and emotion from start to finish. We wanted the quiet moments to shine with detail and the subtle nuances of the narrative, and for the combat to hit as hard as Thor’s hammer, while the puzzles act as the glue in-between. The audio for the main cast heavily supported their complex character arcs. The style and intensity of their combat efforts changed as the characters evolved throughout the story. We sonically crafted each realm and creature class to have its own distinct identity to help the player recognize important tells during hectic combat situations and increase overall readability. To achieve this, we used the Wwise HDR system and an Enemy Threat System, as well as frequency-based ducking that was developed in house and with a heavy focus on readability, clarity, and transparency. Another top priority was to ensure a seamless blend between cinematics and game play. This was done through strict LUKFS standards and creative implementation to support a no-cut camera. The believability of the world is expressed through detailed sonic textures that make the game feel tactile and weighty. Dynamic early reflectio

🏆 WINNER SPOTLIGHT 🏆 Music Supervisors, Sean Mulligan + Victoria Beard, at The Wilders in Toronto, sealed the win this year for The Music+Sound Awards Best Sync in a Film. Their beautiful syncs on Erica Tremblay’s Fancy Dance captured hearts. The film follows the search for a missing native women on the Seneca–Cayuga Nation Reservation by her sister Jax and daughter Roki, while Roki prepare for the annual powwow she would perform at with her mother. At the risk of losing custody of Roki to Jax’s white father, the pair hit the road to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow. Written by Erica Tremblay (Reservation Dogs) and Miciana Alise, being Tremblay’s directorial debut, and premiering at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in dramatic competition. In this ending scene, Roki runs from her auntie Jax as the two are fleeing the police, and is found at the powwow hoping to find her mother there. Jax has since learned that Roki’s mother was found murdered. Jax dances with Roki signifying her taking over the role of mother to Roki. This scene deftly weaves music from the powwow performers, Ottertrail with score by Samantha Crain and end titles song by Teioswáthe, written by Theresa "Bear" Fox. “As the music team we are proud to have been able to include music from 24 native tribes—something that was important to our director—including songs by: Snotty Nose Rez Kids, RAAQEL, Naát’áaníí Means, Nimkish, City Natives, B-Noq, Bigg Caeser… including several Canadians.” - Wilders CREDITS: Fancy Dance Supervision: Sean Mulligan + Victoria Beard at The Wilders, Toronto Track 1: MMIW (Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women) Honor Song by Otterail (Alexander Santos) Track 2: Sky World by Teioswáthe (Theresa Bear Fox) #MASAwards #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musictopicture #mediamusic #filmawards #Musicawards

🏆WINNER SPOTLIGHT🏆 Philip Kay at KO Music was who came out top in this year’s Music+Sound Awards Best Original Composition in Broadcast Advertising category. His brilliant music on Droga5’s The New York Times: More of Life Brought to Life - Sneakers spot blew us away! Watch again after hearing KO Music give us some insight into the magic behind the scenes… “As part of the campaign we show in this film how a simple topic - Sneakers - can expand reader’s worlds by taking a journey across the different parts of New York Times journalism. At the core of the films is one long connected thread of type and stream of consciousness that mimics readers' curiosity and understanding. Acting as the guide, the narration takes viewers on a delightful and unexpected journey of topics, all of which are interconnected through journalism, across the New York Times and returning to where the reader started. To musically accompany this unpredictable journey our composer went down his own rabbit hole. Thinking about New York City, about the people, about its musical history. About frenetic jazz drums, of the sliced-up samples of Golden-Age hip-hop, incongruous sounds wedged together like the different architectural building styles on a single street. What does this process of exploration sound like? What does the New York Times itself sound like? “I sat down and tried to bring all those ideas together in this piece. There's a sound of what could be the beating heart of the modern city, which acts as a through-line; this builds and develops with elements of jazz instrumentation. There are quirky characters represented in woodwinds. Strident strings represent the tough edge of the city and people. All the orchestral performances were thrown into my old Akai sampler to get the cut-and-paste feel of 90s hip-hop in there. I didn't want to make anything too pretty, so there's no reverb on there – everything needed hard edges. There's a lot of subtle distortion and

Congratulations to 2023’s Music+Sound Awards WINNERS: BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN A VIDEO GAME TRAILER / PROMO Redfall Launch Trailer Music Company: Sencit Music, Los Angeles Re-Record Arranger: Kris Kovaks Original Track: Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden (Chris Cornell) Publishers: You Make Me Sick I Make Music + In One Ear And Out Your Mother Re-Record Vocals: Sencit Featuring ADONA + KELSON Directors: Brett Hocker, Maria Goulamhoussen + Shane Free Trailer House: Hammer Creative Game Studio: Bethesda Softworks / Arkane Austin #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards

Congratulations to 2023’s Music+Sound Awards WINNERS: BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN A FILM TRAILER We Have a Ghost - Official Trailer Music Company: Ghostwriter Music, Nashville Re-Record Arranger: Eric Bickerstaffe Producer: Paige Mount Original Track: Break on Through (To the Other Side) by The Doors Re-Record Vocals: Adam Sizemore Trailer House: Big Picture Studio: Netflix #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards

Congratulations to 2023’s Music+Sound Awards WINNERS: BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN ONLINE, VIRAL + AMBIENT ADVERTISING Nike Jordan 'Beyond' Music Company: The Elements Music, New York Re-Record Arranger: Teyana Taylor Original Track: Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton (Charles Stepney / Richard Rudolph) Publisher: Wise Music Creative UK Music Production: Spectrum Music Group Music Co-Production: The Elements Music + The Aunties Re-Record Vocals: Kaelynn Hayes Director: Karim Huu Do Agency: Uncommon Agency Executive Creative Director: Sanam Petri Agency Music Producer: Carrington Brown Agency Head of Production: Goldie Robbens #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards

Congratulations to 2023’s Music+Sound Awards WINNERS: BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN BROADCAST ADVERTISING Better Time Stories Music Company: Soundsright, Amsterdam Re-Record Arrangers: Joshua Petit, Mari Koning + Jelle Hoebee Original Track: Kotyku Sirenkyj (Traditional Ukrainian Nursery Rhyme) Re-Record Vocals: Olha Yohansen-Veselova + Anastasia Director: Anna Kopylova Agencies: Publicis / Boomerang Agency / Mr. Frank #MASAwards #composition #sounddesign #sync #musicsupervision #syncteams #musicpublishers #musictopicture #mediamusic #mediasound #gameaudio #audiopostproduction #productionmusic #rerecords #sonicbranding #advertisingawards #filmawards #tvawards #gameawards #trailerawards