2019’s Music+Sound awards winners announced

The winners of the 8th annual global Music+Sound Awards have been announced. The best of the world’s media music, sound and sync talent were celebrated and honoured for their exceptional work over the last year. 

Announced one category at a time via The Awards’ Twitter feed, 2019’s International Music+Sound Awards’ winners got their enormously deserved moment in the spotlight and the industry as a whole was championed for the tremendous value it holds within the media.  Music and sound play such a vital role in productions and the awards serve to highlight this and demonstrate the great talent and skill involved.  

Winners were chosen by a panel of worldwide industry professionals including Rebecca Williams, Head of Film at Saatchi & Saatchi London; Till Diestel, Managing Creative Director at BBDO, Berlin; Bas Korsten, Creative Partner at JWT, Amsterdam; Michael Knox, CCO at Grey, Hong Kong; Mark Hellaby, Senior Sound Engineer at 750MPH, London; Luis Almau, Head of Music Production at Soundtree Music, London; and Josh Rabinowitz, Music Consultant at Brooklyn Music Experience, New York.

“Once again, support from our entrants, the jury, our esteemed sponsors and partners, who continue to value our Awards as a mark of excellence, has been overwhelming,” said Emma Maguire, Awards’ Director. “A heart-felt thank you to all of you and huge congratulations to our winners.” 

“Turning the spotlight on our entrants’ expertise and the vital role of their crafts has been our driving force,” said Maguire. “This year looks to have raised the benchmark for excellence even higher and we thank our winners for the inspiration they have bought about.” 

And the 2019 Music+Sound Awards winners are… 

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN BROADCAST ADVERTISING 

Hennessy 'The Seven Worlds

Entrant: The

Composer: Daniel Pemberton

Agency: DDB Paris

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN ONLINE, VIRAL + AMBIENT ADVERTISING 

Oakley 'It's Ok'

Entrant + Composer: Gregory Caron at CARON

Agency: AKQA

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A FEATURE FILM 

The Wife

Entrant: Music Sales

Composer: Jocelyn Pook

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A TELEVISION PROGRAMME SCORE 

The Simpsons: "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"

Entrant: The Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop

Composer: Andrew Christie for Bleeding Fingers Music 

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A SHORT FILM 

Velvet

Entrant: Father

Composers: Freddie Webb + Joe Farley

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A FILM TRAILER 

Disobedience

Entrant: Intermission Film

Composer: Samuel Karl Bohn

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A TV TRAILER / PROMO 

Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story

Entrant: Paramount Network

Composers: Black Thought + Anthony Tidd

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN A GAMING TRAILER / PROMO 

Telling Lies

Entrant: Soundology

Composer: Nainita Desai

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN BRANDING + IDENTS 

Altitude Films Ident

Entrant: Phonotheque 

Composer: Peter Mauder

BEST ORIGINAL COMPOSITION IN TELEVISION PROGRAMME TITLES 

Strokes of Genius 

Entrant + Composer: Jeremy Turner

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN BROADCAST ADVERTISING 

Royal Marines 'Spider'

Entrant: 750MPH

Sound Designers: Ben Gulvin + Sam Ashwell

Agency: WCRS / Engine

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN ONLINE, VIRAL + AMBIENT ADVERTISING 

Mind 'WIT H IN' 

Entrant: Wave Studios

Sound Designer: Ed Downham

THE KROTOS AUDIO AWARD FOR BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A FEATURE FILM

Serendipity

Entrant: Molinare TV & Film Ltd

Sound Designers: Paul Carlin, Max Bygraves + Chad Orororo

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A SHORT FILM 

Space Probe Force

Entrant: TRO Music

Sound Designer: Bastian Kohler

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A TELEVISION PROGRAMME 

Patrick Melrose

Entrant: Molinare TV & Film Ltd

Sound: Tony Gibson, Filipa Príncipe, Claire Ellis, Lewis Todd + Louisa Kearns

BEST AUDIO MIX IN A COMMERCIAL 

John Lewis 'The Boy And The Piano'

Entrant: Factory

Sound Mixer: Anthony Moore

Agency: adam&eveDDB

BEST SYNC IN BROADCAST ADVERTISING 

Energie Baden-Württemberg AG ‘Energy Is What You Make It’

Entrant: A&G Sync / Jesper Gadeberg

Music Supervisor: Jesper Gadeberg

Track: Pag Ghungro Baandh Ouverture | Artist: Kishore Kumar

Publisher + Label: Saregema

Agency: Jung von Matt/NECKAR GmbH

BEST SYNC IN ONLINE, VIRAL + AMBIENT ADVERTISING 

Libresse / Bodyform ‘Viva La Vulva’

Entrant: Soundtree Music

Music Supervisors: Peter Raeburn + Jay James

Track: Take Yo’ Praise | Artist: Camille Yarbrough

Agency: AMVBBDO

BEST SYNC IN A TELEVISION PROGRAMME (SINGLE SCENE) 

Sex Education

Entrant: Machine Sound

Track: Asleep | Band: The Smiths

Label: Warner Records

BEST SYNC IN TRAILERS / PROMOS 

Roma 

Entrant: Concord Music Publishing

Music Supervisor: GrandSon

Track: The Great Gig In The Sky | Band: Pink Floyd

Label: Warner Records

BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN BROADCAST ADVERTISING 

John Lewis ‘The Boy And The Piano’

Entrant: Factory Studios

Track: Your Song by Elton John

Arranger: Anthony Moore

Agency: adam&eveDDB

BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN ONLINE, VIRAL + AMBIENT ADVERTISING 

Cadbury ‘Go Madbury’

Entrant: Soviet Science

Track: Major-General’s Song

Arrangers: Robert Gulya + Scuta Salamanca

Agency: VCCP

BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN A FILM TRAILER 

Mid90’s Trailer 

Entrant: Ghostwriter Music

Tracks: Remix of Wendy Rene's ‘After Laughter’, merged with Wu-Tang Clan's ‘Tearz’

Arrangers: David Yousefi + Rene Osmanczyk

BEST RE-RECORD OR ADAPTATION IN A TV TRAILER / PROMO 

Great British Bake Off Trailer

Entrant: ENVY Advertising

Track: Beautiful by Christina Aguilera 

Arranger: Rich Martin