Alicia Keys’ uplifting anthem ‘Girl on Fire’ provides a powerful soundtrack to Lloyds Bank’s latest advert.
Film, TV & Media
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.
Harry Styles for Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer use Harry Styles’ joyous ‘Treat People With Kindness’ in their 2022 Christmas advert, making it the perfect soundtrack to accompany the campaign focused on gift-giving.
Peggy Lee ‘La La Lu’ for John Lewis
The latest John Lewis advert features ‘La La Lu’ by Peggy Lee (UMPG writers Peggy Lee and Francis J. Burke). The emotive spot, under the strapline ‘for all life’s moments’ – follows a new Dad and his daughter through the some of the key moments of early parenthood.
Alok for Hugo Boss #BeYourOwnBOSS campaign
Masked Wolf – “Astronaut in The Ocean” (Alok Remix) (UMPG writer Alok Petrillo) provides the soundtrack to Hugo Boss’ campaign for their latest clothing collection, under the tagline #BeYourOwnBOSS.
Irving Berlin for Volkswagen
The latest advert for the Volkswagen Atlas features Doris Day’s recording of Irving Berlin’s “It’s A Lovely Day Today”.
Harry Styles for Apple AirPods
Apple’s new advert to promote AirPods' new Spatial Audio technology features a song from Harry Styles’ No.1 album 'Harry’s House'. 'Music For a Sushi Restaurant' provides the soundtrack to the colourful spot, which revives Apple’s iconic silhouette campaign, originally launched in 2003 to promote the iPod.
Tyson Fury hooks up with Don McLean for new version of 'American Pie'.
An updated version of 'American Pie' was used by BT Sport Boxing to promote the Fury vs Whyte fight before it featured as Fury's walkout music.
Disney launch 2021 Christmas advert
Disney have launched their 2021 Christmas advert – an emotional family story featuring ‘Love Runs Deeper’, written by PARKWILD (Disney Music Publishing) and performed by UMPG’s Gregory Porter.
UMPG Syncs for Sex Education Series 3
Dubbed by NME as the best soundtrack on TV right now, the Sex Education music spans genres and decades to perfectly match the show’s ambiguous setting – from cartwheels backed by Todrick Hall ‘Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels’ to a coach-trip singalong of house classic ‘Pump Up The Jam’.
'White Rabbit' for The Matrix Resurrections trailer
Grace Wing Slick – 'White Rabbit' provides a suitably psychedelic soundtrack to the first trailer for The Matrix Resurrections. The song was recorded by Jefferson Airplane for their 1967 album Surrealistic Pillow.