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.
Michael Winterbottom teams up once again with Steve Coogan for this biopic based on the life of Paul Raymond, whose controversial entrepreneurial lifestyle made him one of the richest men Britian in the early nineties. Universal Music Publishing provided a number of great seventies soul tunes as part of the soundtrack.
Baz Luhrmann’s latest feature sees him teaming up with long time writing collaborator Craig Pearce for their version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1920s classic ‘The Great Gatsby’. The film stars Leonardo Di Caprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, and is one of the most highly anticipated films of 2013. The soundtrack includes songs recorded especially by Universal Music Publishing artists Florence + The Machine and The xx.
Three’s latest ad campaign features a Shetland pony moonwalking to Fleetwood Mac's hit ‘Everywhere’. The campaign, created by ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, is designed to show that the mobile network understands the ‘silly stuff’.
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.