Universal Music Publishing’s Film & TV Department creates opportunities for and licenses our catalogue of songs to film, television, advertising, computer games and stage productions: what is often referred to as ‘synchronisation’. We work closely with each writer to support their creative endeavours and both promote and protect their music at every stage of their career. The UK office has a 12 strong Film & TV team working alongside similar specialist departments in our offices around the world. Covering everything from a song’s first play on UK TV to a major US hit series or scoring original film music, we always treat every use of our artists’ music with equal importance.
Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots and Aaron Paul are the ensemble cast in the feature adaptation of Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel ‘A Long Way Down’. The film’s soundtrack includes music UMP writers Daughter, Alabama Shakes, The Irrepressibles, Bee Gees and Gloria Gaynor’s classic ‘I Will Survive’ written by Freddie Perrin and Dino Fekaris.
Coca Cola Light have launched a global ad campaign ‘Choose Love Over Like’ – featuring John Newman’s worldwide smash hit single ‘Love Me Again’ – a track co-written by award-winning UMPG songwriter Steve Booker.
Universal Music Publishing's Film & TV team won in two categories at the 2014 Music + Sound Awards held at London’s Troxy last night. The evening was opened by UMPG's The Family Rain who put in a storming performance.
Licensed out of France, the new worldwide Lacoste commercial entitled ‘The Big Leap’ uses the epic Flume remix of 'You & Me' by Disclosure ft. Eliza Doolittle.
Gabrielle Aplin’s ‘Salvation’ provides the soundtrack for BBC1’s ‘Call the Midwife’ Christmas Special trailer. The episode will air on Christmas Day at 6.15pm. The show is based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, who was a district midwife in London’s east end during the 1950′s.
UMP have three syncs in the film ‘Dom Hemingway’ starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant and Emilia Clarke. Dom Hemingway (Law) - a proud, charismatic, self-proclaimed prince of safe-cracking with a short fuse - is finally back on the streets of London after twelve years in prison.
Coldplay have written the lead single of the soundtrack for ‘Catching Fire’, the latest instalment of 'The Hunger Games' franchise. ‘Atlas’ is Coldplay's first new track since the release of their last album ‘Mylo Xyloto’ in 2011, and the first original song for a motion picture the band has composed.
Lily Allen has covered Keane ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ for the stunning John Lewis 2013 Christmas ad campaign. The animated spot, dubbed ‘The Bear & The Hare’, tells the story of a group of woodland animals celebrating Christmas. The hare wants his friend the bear to experience Christmas for the first time – something he’s never done as he is always hibernating.
Music from several Universal Music Publishing artists features in the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh's 'Filth', opening in cinemas today and starring James McAvoy, Imogen Poots, Joanne Froggatt, Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan and Jim Broadbent.
Crystal Fighters ‘You & I’ provides the soundtrack for Easyjet’s new TV advert celebrating ‘Generation Easyjet’. The campaign was created by VCCP London and directed by Ninian Doff, who used clever camera techniques and artful editing to showcase the diversity of the airline’s passengers.