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.
Since its release two decades ago, the infectious riff from The White Stripes - “Seven Nation Army” has become a global sports stadium anthem. The song, which was the lead single from the band's 2003 album 'Elephant', has been adopted by fans of sports teams from around the world.
21 songs from UMPG artists and writers feature in the soundtrack for new Netflix series One Day, including tracks from The Cranberries, The Verve, Cocteau Twins, Suede, New Order, Todd Terry, Primal Scream and more.
Agnes Obel - 'The Curse' provides an atmospheric soundtrack to the trailer for new Prime Video series Expats.
The UMPG UK sync team licensed the music for a host of festive adverts this year, several of which were pitched by our creative team. These include spots for Morrisons, TK Maxx, McDonalds, Tesco, Sainsburys, Marshalls, KFC, Charlotte Tilbury, JD sports, Aldi and Lidl.
Twenty-two songs from UMPG published artists and writers feature in the soundtrack for the new EA FC 24 game, released 29th September 2023. The game is billed as “the most true-to-football experience ever” and features a host of new gameplay improvements.
Taylor Swift - ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ (Taylor's Version) features in the trailer for new Amazon Prime series Wilderness.
Songs from UMPG artists and writers featured widely throughout the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Nine UMPG published songs feature in the highly anticipated new Warner Bros movie Barbie - now showing in cinemas.
Sam Ryder has written an original song for hit Apple TV series Ted Lasso. ‘Fought & Lost’ featuring Queen’s Brian May, is an emotional, anthemic rock ballad which showcases Ryder’s incredible vocal talents.