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.
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.
Composer, cellist and recording artist Peter Gregson (Decca Publishing/UMP Classics & Screen) created a custom composition for Ford’s latest advert to promote their trucks.
To mark the release of Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, Alicia Keys, Netflix and TV production company Shondaland created a 74 piece Global Orchestra made up entirely of women of colour to perform a rendition of “If I Ain’t Got You”, on the 20th anniversary of the song.
Florence + The Machine “Dog Days Are Over” features in the soundtrack for the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Following its appearance in the film, the song earned its biggest streaming day of all time on Spotify, nearly 15 years after its debut.