Music+Sound Awards Announces 2023 Winners
Honouring music and sound excellence within advertising, The Music+Sound Awards have announced the winners of its 2023 competition.
For a 12th year, The Music+Sound Awards have worked to highlight the immense importance of music and sound in advertising and the power it has to build emotional connection and elevate a campaign. They provide a global stage for composers, sound designers, music supervisors and sync teams working within advertising to have their remarkable talents and contributions celebrated.
Amongst the winners were Resister Music for their music on the Bacardi The Sound of Rum ‘Do What Moves You’ campaign, while SixtyFour Music came out on top with their Meat Loaf sync, “I Would Do Anything For Love”, in The&Partnership’s Vets for Pets spot, ‘We’re all for Pets’.
Sound winners included Echoic Audio for Owen Hemming-Brown’s awesome sound on Superunion’s Aston Martin - DBS 770 ad and String and Tins with their work on the Channel 4 Masterbrand Idents.
Winners were chosen by a panel of worldwide industry professionals.
A few closing words from awards director, Emma Maguire, “We’ve reached the conclusion of yet another remarkable year filled with outstanding submissions and astonishing creativity. Once more, support from the jury, our esteemed sponsors and entrants, who continue to value our Awards as a mark of excellence, has been overwhelming.
The talent and creativity showcased by The Music+Sound Awards winners and finalists has established an extraordinary global benchmark in the realm of music and sound design. An enormous THANK YOU to everyone who makes the Music+Sound Awards what it is today and CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners. You aced it!”
The Awards continue to support the work of music therapists, Nordoff Robbins, by donating £5 from every entry to this far-reaching charity.
2023’s Music+Sound Awards are run in partnership with Machine and Lemon Wax.
Here follows a selection of winners. A full list can be viewed here.
Best Original Composition in Broadcast Advertising
The New York Times: More of Life Brought to Life - Sneakers
Composer: Philip Kay at KO Music, Manchester
Music Producer: Andy Oskwarek
Agency: Droga5 NY
Agency Senior Music Supervisor: Mike Ladman
Agency Executive Creative Directors: Laurie Howell + Toby Treyer-Evans
Agency TV Producers: Kyla Bridge, Patrick Wood + Volney Guzman
Director: Mackenzie Sheppard
Best Original Composition in Online, Viral and Ambient Adverting
Amazon ‘STUFF!’ | A Holiday Classic Returns
Composer: Calvin Rezen at Mophonics, New York
Music Producers: Colette Huemer + Casey Gibson
Director: Jonathan Krisel
Best Original Composition in Branding
BACARDI - THE SOUND OF RUM ‘DO WHAT MOVES YOU’
Music Agency: Resister Music, London
Music Production: Laura Montarroso Daher + Hollie Hutton
Tracks:
1 - Siéntelo by Octopus To The Party ft It's Natascha
2 - To the Rhythm and The Groove by Khalysis
3 - Pura Vida by LKHN, AdELA + Tony Amante
4 - Báilala by Lapili + The Busy Twist
5 - Muévelo by Octopus To The Party + DEVA
6 - Shake Yah Body by Aaar, AdELA + Tony Amante
Agency: BBDO NY
Agency Music Producer: Julia Millison
Best Sound Design in Broadcast Advertising
Nike 'The Footballverse'
Sound Designers: Sam Ashwell + Jake Ashwell at 750mph, London
Sound Producer: Olivia Ray
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy
Agency Executive Creative Directors: Ryan O’Rourke + Alberto Ponte
Agency TV Producers: Shelley Eisner + Katie Schaller
Directors: Megaforce
Best Sound Design in Online, Viral and Ambient Advertising
Aston Martin - DBS 770
Sound Designer: Owen Hemming-Brown at Echoic Audio, Bristol
Supervising Sound Editor: David Johnston
Agency: Superunion
Best Audio Mix in a Commercial
Save The Children 'Save the Survivors'
Sound Mixers: Sam Ashwell + Mike Bovill at 750mph, London
Sound Producer: Olivia Ray
Agency: POL
Director: Tomas Jonsgården
Best Sound Design in Branding
Channel 4 Masterbrand Idents
Sound Designers: Lawrence Kendrick, Culum Simpson, Jim Stewart, Kaspar Broyd, Adam Smyth, Joe Wilkinson, Adam Hare, Will Cohen + Mike Bamford at String and Tins, London
Supervising Sound Editor: Will Cohen
Sound Producers: Laura-Leigh Smith + Rachel Hough
Voiceover Artist: John Joseph Holt
Agency: 4Creative
Executive Creative Director: Lynsey Atkin
Directors: Saman Aminzadeh, Optical Arts, Bafic, Michael Battcock, Will Dohrn, Daniel Eatock, Mike Skrgatic, James Allen, Verity May Lane, Maria Lax, The Line Animation Studio, Louis McCourt, Justyna Obasi, Elliott Power, The Romantix, Dan Tobin Smith Studio + Daniel Wolfe
Sponsored by Lemon Wax - Best Sync in Broadcast Advertising
Vets for Pets 'We're All for Pets'
Supervisors: Anne Booty + Joe Rice at SixtyFour Music, London
Track: I Would do Anything for Love by Meat Loaf
Agency: The&Partnership, London
Best Sync in Online, Viral and Ambient Advertising
Libresse 'Periodsomnia'
Supervisor: Peter Raeburn at Soundtree Music, London
Producers: Peter Raeburn + Luke Fabia
Track: Deep Inside 2020 by Matroda / Hardrive
Director: Kim Gehrig
Agency: AMV BBDO
Best Artist and Brand Collaboration
Publisher: amp, Munich
Directors: Michele Arnese + Vijay Iyer
Executive Producers: Patrick Kattoura + Cem Bayazit
Best Use of Production Music in Broadcast Advertising
Velveeta 'Life's A Breeze Campaign'
Publisher: de Wolfe Ltd., London
Track: Moonbird by Roger Webb
Supervisor: Sunny Kapoor at Curation Music
Agency: Johannes Leonardo
Best Use of Production Music in Online, Viral and Ambient Advertising
RESERVED - Spring 2023 Campaign - For Her
Supervisors: Edyta Żołnierska, Ewa Hoffman, Beata Olechowska, Kristian Paulsen, Andreas Bang Bødker, Thomas Skovgaard + Tobias Sachse Mogensen at Upright Music Poland
Track: Murmurations by Jeffrey Kightly
Publisher / Label: The Music Supervisors
Agency: Warsaw Creatives
Director: Bart Pogoda
Best Re-Record or Adaptation in Broadcast Advertising
Music Company: Soundsright, Amsterdam
Re-Record Arrangers: Joshua Petit, Mari Koning + Jelle Hoebee
Original Track: Kotyku Sirenkyj (Traditional Ukrainian Nursery Rhyme)
Re-Record Vocals: Olha Yohansen-Veselova + Anastasia
Director: Anna Kopylova
Agencies: Publicis / Boomerang Agency / Mr. Frank
Best Re-Record or Adaptation in Online, Viral and Ambient Advertising
Nike Jordan 'Beyond'
Music Company: The Elements Music, New York
Re-Record Arranger: Teyana Taylor
Original Track: Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton (Charles Stepney / Richard Rudolph)
Publisher: Wise Music
Music Production: Spectrum Music Group
Music Co-Production: The Elements Music + The Aunties
Re-Record Vocals: Kaelynn Hayes
Director: Karim Huu Do
Agency: Uncommon
Agency Executive Creative Director: Sanam Petri
Agency Music Producer: Carrington Brown
Agency Head of Production: Goldie Robbens
