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Music Week Sync Awards 2018: Winners


By Napsugar Bardocz / Coordinator at GMS


On the 18th October the fifth edition of the Music Week Sync Awards celebrated the best the sector has to offer.

“Channel 4 and Netflix co-production The End Of The F***ing World was one of the big winners on the night. Matt Biffa, music supervisor at Air Edel, won the award for Overall TV Series Soundtrack, while the dark comedy-drama secured the Best Sync – TV Show (Drama) award for Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside) by Bernadette Carroll.” – MusicWeek, 2018

Full list of SYNC AWARDS WINNERS 2018:

OVERALL TV SERIES SOUNDTRACK
THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD (MATT BIFFA)

OVERALL FILM SOUNDTRACK
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (CATHERINE GRIEVES/FRÉDÉRIC JUNQUA)

MUSIC SUPERVISOR – TV
AMELIA HARTLEY (ENDEMOL SHINE UK)

MUSIC SUPERVISOR – FILM
JEN MOSS (WARNER MUSIC)

MUSIC SUPERVISOR – ADVERTISING
DAVID BASS (THEODORE)

MUSIC SUPERVISOR – VIDEO GAMES
BEN SUMNER & GLENN HERWEIJER (FEEL FOR MUSIC)

BEST SYNC – TV SHOW (DRAMA)
LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE (CRYING ON THE INSIDE) – BERNADETTE CARROLL
Featured In: The End Of The F***ing World (Netflix) 

BEST SYNC – TV TRAILER
(OCEAN) BLOOM – RADIOHEAD & HANS ZIMMER
Featured in: Blue Planet II (BBC One)

BEST SYNC – TV SHOW (SPORT)
20/20 – GAZ COOMBES
Featured In: BT Sport Champions League Final

BEST SYNC – TV ADVERT
SEND IN THE CLOWNS – FAULTLINE FEAT. LISA HANNIGAN
Featured In: Audi – Clowns  

BEST SYNC – ONLINE VIRAL ADVERT
SHUTDOWN – SKEPTA
Featured In: Nike LDNR

BEST SYNC – FILM TRAILER
THE HUNTED – SNOW GHOSTS
Featured In: Beast

BEST SYNC – FILM
SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING – ELTON JOHN
Featured In: Kingsman: The Golden Circle

BEST SYNC – VIDEO GAME TRAILER
YOU WANT IT DARKER – LEONARD COHEN
Featured In: Assassin’s Creed Origins

BEST BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT
PALOMA FAITH/SKODA

BEST SOCIAL MEDIA/ONLINE PARTNERSHIP
KEYNVOR/SHARP’S BREWERY

SYNC TEAM – RECORD COMPANY
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GLOBE

SYNC TEAM – INDEPENDENT RECORD COMPANY
PIAS 

SYNC TEAM – PUBLISHER
WARNER/CHAPPELL

SYNC TEAM – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER
DOWNTOWN MUSIC PUBLISHING

SYNC TEAM – BROADCASTER MUSIC DEPARTMENT
BBC MUSIC COPYRIGHT

SYNC ARTIST OF THE YEAR
TOM WALKER

SYNC OF THE YEAR
20/20 – GAZ COOMBES
Featured In: BT Sport Champions League Final

Read the full recap of the evening here.

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