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    Antfood Feasts at 2017 AMP Awards, Earns Six Shortlist Finalists

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    The AMP Awards is the only juried advertising contest to focus on the unique contributions made to the industry by creators and producers of music and sound. This year’s awards also marks the 20th Anniversary of the founding of its sponsoring organization, the Association of Music Producers, which was founded in 1997 to promote the work of advertising’s music and sound companies and audio mixing and recording facilities.

    Droga 5 and Yessian Music score four entries each, followed by COPILOT Music + Sound, JSM Music and Pollen Music Group with three; Complete Entries Shortlist Revealed

    NEW YORK -- (SPW) --
    The 2017 AMP Awards for Music + Sound has released its shortlist, and the Brooklyn-based music and sound design company Antfood tops the list of nominations, with shortlisted entries in six of the competition’s 14 categories. They were followed closely by the ad agency Droga 5, which earned shortlist status in four categories, and Yessian Music, which also earned four shortlist nominations. All the 2017 AMP Awards shortlist entries listed below and can be viewed here. 
     
    The winners of the 2017 AMP Awards, as well as the competition’s coveted Best in Show winner, will be revealed at a gala event on May 23 at the Diamond Horseshoe in midtown Manhattan. Also being honored is Mars, Inc., which will be inducted into the AMP Hall of Fame in recognition of the marketer’s legacy of using music to help define its brands.
     
    Antfood was recognized in Best Original Score (Commercial, All Media Platforms) for “Logo Launch” for Instagram; Best Sound Design (Commercial, Any Media Platform) for “The Innovator” for The Woolmark Company; Best Use Of Music For a Film, TV, or Game Promo/Trailer for “The Spectacle of the Real” for David Blaine; Best Execution of a Sonic Logo/ID (All Media Platforms) for “Mess with your Senses” for PepsiCo’s Mirinda soft drink; and in both the Best Use of Music and Sound In Experiential/Events and Most Innovative Process & Execution for “Hieratic Gaze” for HP.
     
    Droga 5’s shortlist nominations include “MailShrimp” for MailChimp in Best Original Song (Commercial, All Media Platforms), with music by Ricall; “Tributes by You, Phone by Google” for Google Pixel in Outstanding Adaptation/Arrangement (All Media Platforms) which features an adaptation of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” by such artists as Sampha, Brandi Carlile and John McCauley and Jenn Wasner, , as well as user submissions; “Made by Google,” also for Google Pixel, in Most Effective Use Of Music In A Campaign (All Media Platforms), which includes the Prince cover, as well as an a cappella version of “Just the Two of Us” and a licensed track from the artist Anderson .Paak; and “VeilHymn” for MailChimp in Best Band+Brand Partnership, featuring Devonté Hynes and Bryndon Cook (aka VeilHymn).
     
    Yessian Music’s four shortlisted nominations include “360 Space Hotel Tour” for Cisco Spark in Best Use of Music and Sound in VR/360° Marketing; “Unleash Your Potential” for Infiniti in Best Use of Music and Sound in Experiential/Events; “Wings Over Washington” for Pier 57 – Miner's Landing in the same category; and “Cord” for Lincoln Motor Co., featuring Gary Clark, Jr., in Best Band+Brand Partnership.
     
    Three companies earned three shortlisted nominations each: COPILOT Music + Sound, JSM Music and Pollen Music Group.
     
    COPILOT’S shortlisted entries include “Nuka World Official Trailer” for Bethesda Softworks in Best Original Song (Commercial, All Media Platforms) and Best Use of Music for a Film, TV or Game Promo/Trailer. In the latter category, COPILOT earned a nomination for “Dishonored 2 Official E3 Gameplay Trailer,” also for Bethesda Softworks.
     
    JSM Music’s entries include “Rise to the Occasion Anthem” for DiGiorno in Best Original Song (Commercial, All Media Platforms); “Love Your Nature” for Burt’s Bees in Most Effective Use of Music in A Campaign (All Media Platforms) and for LetGo in Best Execution of a Sonic Logo/ID (All Media Platforms).
     
    Pollen’s shortlist entries were all for the same project: “Pearl,” for Google/ATAP (Advanced Technology and Products), placed in the categories for Best Original Song (Commercial, All Media Platforms), Best Use of Music and Sound in VR/360° Marketing and Most Innovative Process & Execution.
     
    Nine companies had two shortlisted entries in the competition: ABKCO Music & Records, Future Perfect, Human, peermusic, Sonic Union, Sound Lounge, Sticky Audio Labs, Storefront Music and TBWA Media Arts Lab.
     
    This was the first year the AMP Awards tapped a curatorial committee of agency creatives and music producers to review the top-scoring entries in each category and determine which merited shortlist status. The committee also selected category winners and voted on the competition’s Best in Show winner.
     

    2017 AMP Awards Shortlisted Entries  To view all shortlisted work, go to: http://www.awardcore.com/amp/shortlist/

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG (COMMERCIAL, ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS)

    Brand: Google/ATAP

    Title: Pearl

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Alexis Harte/JJ Wiesler

    Music Production Company: Pollen Music Group

    Entered by Pollen Music Group

     

    Brand: DiGiorno

    Title: Rise to the Occasion Anthem

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Joel Simon/Jacob Steele

    Music Production Company: JSM Music

    Entered by JSM Music

     

    Brand: Bethesda Softworks

    Title: Nuka World Official Trailer

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Garrett Steele/Ravi Krishnaswami

    Music Production Company: COPILOT Music + Sound

    Entered by COPILOT Music + Sound

     

    Brand: MailChimp

    Title: MailShrimp

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Five Missions More

    Music Production Company: Ricall

    Entered by Droga5

    Music Supervisors: Mike Ladman/Ryan Barkan

     

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (COMMERCIAL, ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS)

    Brand: AICP

    Title: AICP 2016 Titles

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Jeremy Yang

    Music Production Company: Jeremy Yang

    Entered by Jeremy Yang

     

    Brand: 84 Lumber

    Title: The Journey

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Victor Magro

    Music Production Company: Future Perfect

    Entered by Future Perfect

     

    Brand: UNICEF

    Title: For Every Child

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Jesse Watt

    Music Production Company: Nylon Studios

    Entered by Nylon Studios

    Brand: Instagram

    Title: Logo Launch

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Antfood

    Music Production Company: Antfood

    Entered by Antfood

     

    OUTSTANDING ADAPTATION/ARRANGEMENT (ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS)

    Brand: Adidas Originals

    Title: Original is Never Finished

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): James Leibow, Michael Jurasits, Q Department

    Adapted Song: “My Way”

    Music Production Company: Human

    Entered by Human

     

    Brand: Nike

    Title: Equality

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Judson Crane, Deshawn Alexander, rearrangement of Alicia Keys / Sam Cooke

    Adapted Song: “A Change is Gonna Come”

    Music Production Company: Walker

    Entered by ABKCO Music & Records

     

    Brand: Google

    Title: Google Pixel – Tributes by You, Phone by Google

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Prince (composer); Sampha, Brandi Carlile, John McCauley, Jenn Wasner (Artists)

    Adapted Song: “Nothing Compares 2 U”

    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing

    Music Supervisors: Mike Ladman/Ryan Barkan

    Entered by Droga 5

     

    Brand: Hyatt

    Title: For A World of Understanding | World of Hyatt

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Andra Day and Dave Wood

    Adapted Song: “What the World Needs Now is Love”

    Music Production Company: Search Party Music

    Entered by Search Party Music

     

    BEST USE OF LICENSED PRE-EXISITING SONG (ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS)

    Brand: Apple

    Title: Dive

    Song: “La Virgen de la Macarena”

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Arturo Sandoval

    Entered by peermusic

     

    Brand: Sandy Hook Promise

    Title: Evan

    Song: “Johnny Met June”

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Shelby Lynne

    Music Production Company: Beta Petrol

    Entered by Beta Petrol

     

    Brand: Apple

    Title: Midnight

    Song: “In a Black Out”

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam

    Entered by TBWA Media Arts Lab

     

    Brand: Apple

    Title: Shot on iPhone by Nicolas D.

    Song: “Gossipo Perpetuo”

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Jean-Jacques Perrey

    Entered by TBWA Media Arts Lab

     

    BEST SOUND DESIGN (COMMERCIAL, ANY MEDIA PLATFORM)

    Brand: Adidas Y-3

    Title: Summer/Spring Campaign 2017

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Brian Goodheart/Owen Shearer

    Sound Design Company: Sonic Union

    Entered by: Sonic Union

     

    Brand: Nike

    Title: Jungle Pack

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Elad Marish

    Sound Design Company: Swell Music + Sound

    Entered by Swell Music + Sound

     

    Brand: Nike Golf

    Title: Enjoy the Chase

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Andy Huckvale

    Music Production Company: Future Perfect

    Entered by Future Perfect

     

    Brand: The Woolmark Company

    Title: The Innovator

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Antfood

    Music Production Company: Antfood

    Entered by Antfood

     

    MOST EFFECTIVE USE OF MUSIC IN A CAMPAIGN (ALL MEDIA PLATFORMS)

    Brand: International Olympic Committee

    Title: Official Olympic Campaign

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): "The Fire" By The Roots, ft. Corinne Bailey Rae, Yuna, Lenny Kravitz, Harts, Nneka, Diogo Nogueira. Prod. Questlove

    Music Production Company: Venn Arts

    Entered by Venn Arts

     

    Brand: Beats By Dre

    Title: Beats By Dre

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Ring The Alarm/Therapy Studios

    Music Production Company: Ring The Alarm

    Entered by Ring The Alarm

     

    Brand: Burt’s Bees

    Title: Love Your Nature

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Joel Simon/Augustus Skinner/Nathan Kil

    Music Production Company: JSM Music

    Entered by JSM Music

     

    Brand: Garmin

    Title: #BeatYesterday

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Christian Almiron/ Adam Elk/John "Scrapper" Sneider

    Music Production Company: Storefront Music

    Entered by Storefront Music

     

    Brand: Google

    Title: Google Pixel – Made by Google

    Song: “Nothing Compares 2 U”

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Prince (composer); Sampha, Brandi Carlile, John McCauley, Jenn Wasner (Artists)

    Music Supervisors: Mike Ladman/Ryan Barkan

    Song: “Am I Wrong”

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Anderson .Paak

    Publishers: Bleed 101, Ultra Music

    Music Supervisors: Mike Ladman/Ryan Barkan

    Song: “Just the Two of Us

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Bill Withers (Artist)

    Music Production Company: Squeak E Clean

    Music Supervisors: Mike Ladman/Ryan Barkan

    Entered by Droga5

     

    BEST USE OF MUSIC FOR A FILM, TV, OR GAME PROMO / TRAILER

    Brand Kong: Skull Island

    Title: Kong: skull island – Official Trailer

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): The Animals

    Entered by ABKCO Music & Records

     

    Brand: Bethesda Softworks

    Title: Nuka World Official Trailer

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Garrett Steele, Ravi Krishnaswami

    Music Production Company: COPILOT Music + Sound

    Entered by COPILOT Music + Sound

     

    Brand: David Blaine

    Title: The Spectacle Of The Real

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Antfood

    Music Production Company: Antfood

    Entered by Antfood

     

    Brand: Bethesda Softworks

    Title: Dishonored 2 Official E3 Gameplay Trailer

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Ravi Krishnaswami

    Music Production Company: COPILOT Music + Sound

    Entered by COPILOT Music + Sound

     

    BEST USE OF MUSIC AND SOUND IN VR/360° MARKETING

    Brand: Cisco Spark

    Title: 360 Space Hotel Tour

    Creator (Composer, Artist, Sound Designer): Nathan Padgett, David Voyzey, Dan Zank (Composers), Jeff Dittenber, Weston Fonger (Sound Designers)

    Music Production Company: Yessian Music

    Entered by Yessian Music

    The AMP Awards is the only juried advertising contest to focus on the unique contributions made to the industry by creators and producers of music and sound. This year’s awards also marks the 20th Anniversary of the founding of its sponsoring organization, the Association of Music Producers, which was founded in 1997 to promote the work of advertising’s music and sound companies and audio mixing and recording facilities.

    For information on purchasing tickets for the AMP Awards, or for sponsorship opportunities, go to www.ampnow.com.
     
    About AMP
    The Association of Music Producers was founded in 1997 for the purpose of educating its members, as well as the production, advertising and media communities, on all facets of music production, from creation to final use. A national organization, it has chapters in New York and Los Angeles and member representation in cities across the country. From business matters such as production guidelines, composer royalties and music rights agreements to educational seminars, fund-raising events and the industry’s most respected celebration of excellence – The AMP Awards – AMP has turned up the volume on the things that matter most.

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