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.
Merely mention the name John Coltrane and you’re likely to evoke a deeply emotional, often spiritual response from even the most casual jazz fan. He formed the John Coltrane Quartet in 1960, and went on to create some of the most innovative and expressive music in jazz history – including his monumental work ‘A Love Supreme’. This playlist showcases a selection of highlights from his back catalogue.
Plan B’s score for ‘Ill Manors’ has won a Music + Sound Award for ‘Best Original Composition: Film Score’.
Plan B also directed the film - a hard hitting, explosive crime thriller set in East London, with the story narratively linked through the original music score. Plan B won widespread critical acclaim for both the film and the soundtrack, with The Telegraph hailing him “the boldest and most lyrically ambitious pop star in British music right now”.
The Music + Sound Awards recognise the role that music and sound play in the world of film, television, advertising and games.
Adele made history last night by winning the Oscar for 'Best Original Song' for the James Bond theme ‘Skyfall’ - the first time a James Bond theme has ever won an Oscar. An emotional Adele said it was "amazing" to win the award for the song, which earlier in the evening she'd performed backed by a full orchestra and choir.
UMPG published compositions have been nominated for two Music + Sound Awards – a ceremony which recognises the role that music and sound play in the world of film, television, advertising and games. Plan B’s score for ‘Ill Manors’ and Florence + The Machine’s stunning composition for the ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ soundtrack have both been nominated in the ‘Best Original Composition: Film Score’ category.
'I Give It A Year' is the directorial debut by Dan Glazer, whose previous credits are as part of Sasha Baron Cohen’s writing team for 'Bruno' and 'Ali G'. The film, produced by rom com veterans Working Title, stars Rafe Spall, Rose Byrne and Simon Baker, and follows the trials and tribulations of two newlyweds in their first year of marriage. The soundtrack includes music written and performed by several Universal Music Publishing artists including AlunaGeorge, Eurythmics, Paul Weller, Zero 7 and more.
'Undrowned' by Everything Everything features in the trailer for the new series of Channel 4's dark drama 'Black Mirror’, created by Charlie Brooker. The series consists of three short satirical films which explore a sense of collective unease about our modern world, and according to Brooker, “are all about the way we live now – and the way we might be living in 10 minutes time if we're clumsy.”
Jamie N Commons has written ‘Lead Me Home’ for the new season of ‘Walking Dead’, which starts in the USA on 10th February. His track features in the trailer, as well as in the show and on the soundtrack. ‘Lead Me Home’ is the lead track from Jamie N Commons' new EP, to be released this spring through Alex Da Kid’s Interscope imprint KIDinaKORNER.
‘For No Good Reason’ is director Charlie Paul’s documentary on the life and work of Ralph Steadman, the British artist who rose to fame and notoriety in the 1970s. The soundtrack includes music written and performed by several Universal Music Publishing artists: Aloe Blacc ‘Green Lights’, Crystal Castles ’Empathy’, Ed Harcourt 'Warfile’ and The All American Rejects ‘Gonzo’. In addition James Blake performs ‘I Only Know (What I Know Now)’ and Chaka Demus & Pliers perform Toots & the Maytals' ‘Bam Bam’.
‘Hard To Forget’ by Rae Morris is providing the soundtrack for BBC One’s 2013 promo campaign for hugely successful series ‘Call The Midwife’, one of the biggest shows on the channel. The series follows a group of midwives based in East London in the 1950s.
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Universal Music Publishing have had a number of songs by Richard Hawley included in the soundtrack of 'I, Anna' which stars Charlotte Rampling, Hayley Atwell and Gabriel Byrne. The film, a contemporary noir thriller set in London, is the feature directorial debut by Barnaby Southcombe, Rampling’s son. It tells the story of Anna, a middle aged women looking for love, whose speed dating exploits implicate her in a murder case.