Music+Sound Awards Winners Announced

The International Music+Sound Awards have today announced the winners of their inaugural competition.
 

Nick Payne, co-founder of the International Music+Sound Awards comments, “It’s been overwhelming to see such an impressive array of work entered from all four corners of the globe. With so many outstanding entries, winning an International Music+Sound Award is truly a mark of excellence and we are delighted to congratulate all winners in each of the categories.”
 

Dan Neale, co-founder adds, “Our awards are an international showcase for the very best in music and sound design for the media and we are very proud to be able to announce the names of those that have undoubtedly excelled in their field this year”.

 
Winners of the International Music+Sound Awards were determined by a panel of over 70 high-calibre judges including Tim Mellors (Chief Creative Head, Grey Group Worldwide), Klaus Badelt (Composer, Pirates of the Caribbean), Brian Monaco (EVP Commercial Music, Sony ATV Music Publishing) and Paul Lipson (Audio Director, Microsoft Game Studios, US) among many others, a full list of which can be seen at www.masawards.com/international 

As judge Brian Monaco said, "I was very honoured to be invited to become a member of the Music+Sound Awards International jury. An event like this is exactly what our industry needs, one that rewards and celebrates the brilliant work of the music and sound design community on a global scale.”

Winners for each category are as follows:

Best Original Composition:

TV Advertising – Guardian Media Group, ‘Three Little Pigs’, Entrant: Woodwork Music, Composer: Phil Kay.

Cinema Adverting - Deutsche Grammophon, ‘Rebirth’, Entrant: Kolle Rebbe GmbH, Composer: Sven Helbig.

Non-Broadcast or Viral Advertising - Deutsche Grammophon, ‘Rebirth’, Entrant: Kolle Rebbe GmbH, Composer: Sven Helbig.

Trailers and Promos – Hunger Games, Entrant: Pusher, LLC, Composers: Stefania Ziliotto, Lorenzo Montanari.

Titles and Branding – Sky Arts 2012: Analogue, Broadcasting for the Arts, Freestyle, Oscillate, Ferro Fluidity (Pink), Sharpen, Spoken, Ferro Fluidity (Blue), Toy, Entrant: SATV Publishing Ltd, Composer: Radium Audio.

Film Soundtrack – Brave, Entrant: Cutting Edge Group, Composer: Patrick Doyle
 

TV Soundtrack – The Paradise, Entrant: Blaze Music Limited, Composer: Maurizio Malagnini
 

Gaming – Journey, Entrant: Sony Computer Entertainment America, Composer: Austin Wintory

Best Sound Design: 

TV Advertising – Hero’s Return, Entrant: Factory, Sound Designers: Anthony Moore & Jon Clarke at Factory and Sean Atherton at SIREN
 

Cinema Advertising – Vogue Italia, ‘Get Richard’, Entrant: 750mph
 

Non-Broadcast or Viral Advertising – Amnesty International, ‘Torture’, Entrant: Audentity, Sound Designers: Niels den Otter & Hecq
 

Trailers and Promos – F1 Season Opener 2012, Entrant: The Jungle Group, Sound Designer: Toby Griffin

Titles and Branding – Honda Channel 4 Idents, ‘The More We Look, The More We Learn’, Entrant: Factory, Sound Designer: Daniel Beckwith at Factory Studios

Film Soundtrack – Private Peaceful, Entrant: Goldcrest Post Post and Shift.MS ‘Gallop’, Entrant: Factory, Sound Designer: Jon Clarke at Factory Studios.

TV Soundtrack – Downton Abbey, Series 3, Entrant: Carnival Films & Television Limited, Sound Design: Hackenbacker

Gaming – Journey, Entrant: Sony Computer Entertainment, Sound Facility: Sony Computer Entertainment

Radio Advertising – UHU GmbH & Co.KG , ‘Transformer’, Entrant: Kolle Rebbe GmbH, Sound Facility: Studio Funk GmbH & Co.

Best Use of Existing Music:

TV Advertising – Durex ‘Vinyl’, Entrant: Sync Agency / Soundlounge / Wave Studios, Music Supervision: Soundlounge / Sync Agency

Cinema Advertising – Nike ‘2 Priority Sports’, Entrant: Soho Music, Music Supervision: Soho Music. 

Trailers and Promos - BBC One ‘All Together Now’, Entrant: RKCR/Y&R

Film Soundtrack – Moonrise Kingdom, Entrant: Imagem Creative Services, Music Supervisor: Randall Poster

TV Soundtrack – Hit&Miss, Entrant: Manners McDade, Music Supervisor: Iain Cooke

Re-Records – Supergroup, Entrant: Manners McDade, Arrangement by Lester Barnes

Non-Broadcast or Viral Advertising – O2 ‘Little Boxes’, Entrant: Leland Music, Music Supervisor: Abi Leland