The non-profit Production Music Association (PMA,) the leading advocate and voice of the production music community, has announced Nominees for the second annual "Mark Awards" for Excellence in Production Music. The second annual event will take place  on October 18th, 2016 at the Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica in Santa Monica, CA

Named in honor of the late Andy Mark, who was a music library owner and a founding member of the PMA, the Mark Awards will recognize the very best in production music in 23 categories. The second annual Mark Awards event will be held concurrently with the PMA's Annual Production Music Conference (PMC,) which will be held on October 17-18 also at the at the Le Méridien Delfina Santa Monica. 

The Nominees for the 2016 "Mark Awards" honoring the best in production music in 23 categories are…

BEST PRODUCTION MUSIC TRACK

Best Pop Track

Ain’t Gonna Let You Down – Black Label Music

Composers: Christopher Andrew McDonald & Lena Leon

Dabba Do! – Black Label Music

Composer: Chris Bierden

Ride – Mastersource

Composers: Mark Ferrari, Mereki Rose Beach & Nate Donmoyer

Neon City – Videohelper

Composer: William Werwath
 
Live your Beautiful Life – 5 Alarm Music
Composers: Gray Griggs & Matt Heath
 
Best Ambient Track
Zero Degree Sphere – 9 Lives Music, Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composer: Ben Cocks
 
Stairs – Black Label Music
Composer: Schuyler Peterson
 
The Vision – Immediate Music
Composer: John Roderick Graham
 
Best World Track
Cafe Flamenco – 5 Alarm Music
Composers: Peter Neff & Mauricio Yazigi
 
Buena Vista – Megatrax Production Music
Composers: Peter T. Neff & Mauricio Yazigi
 
Bollywood Bounce – 5 Alarm Music
Composers: Kully B & Gussy G
 
O Nosso Samba Vai Passar (Samba Parade) – Megatrax Production Music
Composers: Raphael Gonçalves Bessa, Orlei Gonçalves & Eduardo Lyra Krieger

 

Best Rock Track
The King – EMI Production Music
Composers: Harlin James & Thomas Collins
 
Black Heart Elixir – 5 Alarm Music
Composer: Chris Unck
 
Balls to Bones – Megatrax Production Music
Composer: Kenny Korade
 
Let Me Go – APM Music
Composers: Lee Gretton, Samuel Rex Brown & Huw Jones

 

Best Orchestral Track
An Awfully Big Adventure – Immediate Music
Composer: John Roderick Graham
 
Newton’s Law – Immediate Music
Composer: Ryan Taubert
 
Superstring Theory – Sonic Quiver, 5 Alarm Music
Composer: Matthew Slater
 
Best Non-Categorical Track
A Classical Drama – 9 Lives Music, Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composer: Christopher White
 
Circuit Breaker – 9 Lives Music, Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composer: Ben Cocks
 
Floodgates – EMI Production Music
Composers: Paul Martin Pritchard, H. Parsley & Louis James Edwards
 
Come On – Amphibious Zoo Music
Composers: Joseph Yeshua Gileadi & Ryan Boud
 
Best Jazz Track
The Long Road that is Short – MidCoast Music, Warner Chappell Production Music
Composer: Paul Silbergleit
 
Swinging for Love – 5 Alarm Music
Composers: Jay Graydon & Timothy Hosman
 
Out on a Limb – Position Music
Composers: Joel Evans & Adryan Russ
 
Best Hip Hop Track
Time to Shine – Black Label Music
Composers: Paul Yutaka Fischer & Michael Redict
 
Against the World – Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composers: Daniel Delaney & Chris B. Harris
 
Legend – Black Label Music
Composer: Erick Anderson
 
I’m A Winner – APM Music
Composers: Adam Brostoff, James Rand, Janos Fulop & Montez Kirkland
 
Best Folk Track
Save What is Left – West One Music Group
Composer: George Timothy
 
Eden Home – APM Music
Composer: Casey McPherson
 
Hello Hello – 5 Alarm Music
Composer: Nik Freitas
 
Starting to Grow – Sound-Pol
Composer: Paweł Górniak

 

Best Film Trailer Track
Deep in Hell – The Universal Trailer Series
Composer: Gresby Race Nash
 
Hawx – Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composers: Joshua Daniel Crispin & Robert Leslie Bennett
 
Legend of the Shadow – A-List Music
Composers: John V. Wall & Sergio Jimenez Lacima
 
Best EDM Track
Pigalle Bizarre – Parigo
Composer: Minimatic
 
Neon Future – West One Music Group
Composers: Oscar Hill & Justin Black
 
When I’m With You – APM Music
Composers: Gabriel Wood, Kwabena Amponsa, Christopher Dececio, Sizakele Sibeko & Emmanuel Ezeonyebuchi, Taylor, Glenard Patnelli
 
Around the World – APM Music
Composers: Fumitake Igarashi, Rathbone Pick & Rebekkah Friesen
 
Best Dark/Mysterious Track
Dragon’s Breath – Amphibious Zoo
Composer: Anthony DiLorenzo
 
Source Code – Immediate Music
Composer: Aleksandar Dimitrijevic
 
White House Meetings – 5 Alarm Music
Composers: Sarah Schachner & Doug Bossi
 
Best Country Track
All I Got – SuperPitch
Composer: Tom Tremolo
 
Lazy Lillian – Black Label Music
Composer: Stephen Clinton Sullivan
 
What City Are We In? – APM Music
Composer: Jim Wolfe

 

Best Vocal Track
Light Up the Sky – APM Music
Composers: Al Riley, John Howard & Leo Wilde
 
Say Hello – Black Label Music
Composer: Nona Marie Invie
 
Give it Up – Black Label Music
Composer: Stephen Clinton Sullivan
 
BEST USE OF PRODUCTION MUSIC
 
Best Use in Online Digital Advertising
Make You Happy – APM Music
Composer: Jack Phillips
 
Big Dreams – Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composers: Daniel Delaney & Chris B. Harris
 
Requiem Dies Irae – West One Music Group
Composers: Giuseppe Verdi & Georg Andersen
 
Best Use in On-Air Promo
Party Noise Bulla – The Vault by Stephen Arnold Music
Composer: Ben Rosen
 
My Name is Legion – The Vault by Stephen Arnold Music
Composer: Nicholas D’Silva
 
Two by Four – Videohelper
Composer: Aaron Sapp
 

 

Best Use in Theatrical Film Trailer
Person of Interest – Immediate Music
Composer: Aleksandar Dimitrijevic
 
Interstellar – Warner/Chappell Production Music
Composers: Kaveh Cohen & Michael David Nielsen
 
Where we Met – Immediate Music
Composers: John Samuel Hanson, Yoav Goren & Jeffrey Fayman
 
Best Use in Commercial Advertisement
Heineken – The Chase – EMI Production Music
Composer: Syd Dale
 
Doesn’t Matter – Gratitude Sound
Composer: Matthew Scott Feher
 
La Zingara – APM Music
Composer: Piotr Moss
 
Best Use in Theme Song in TV Prorgram
When You Gonna Give Up – 4 Elements Music
Composer: Isaac Heath Carpenter
 
National Pride – The Vault by Stephen Arnold Music
Composer: Stephen Scott Arnold
 
Yoo-hoo – West One Music Group
Composers: Simon Gerard Lewis Stewart & Future Filter 7
 
Best Use in Underscore in TV Program
Blaze of Glory – SuperPitch
Composer: Jonathan Spottiswoode
 
Best Use in a Full-Length Theatrical Film
Life is Everything – 5 Alarm Music
Composer: Christophe Berthier
 
Knocking on Your Door – 5 Alarm Music
Composer: Christophe Berthier
 
About THE MARK AWARDS JUDGING
The PMA assembled an independent group of industry professionals, culled from executives working within TV networks, ad agencies, promo departments, trailer companies, and licensing organizations, to facilitate the submissions, judging, and final selection of Mark Awards winners.
 
About THE PRODUCTION MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Founded in l997, the Production Music Association (PMA) is the leading advocate and voice of the production music community. A non-profit organization with over 675 members, including music publishers, composers, and industry professionals, the mission of the PMA is to elevate the unique value of production music and to ensure the viability of the production music industry.  For more information about The Mark Awards, please visit: http://markawards.pmamusic.com/ And... For more information about the PMA, please visit: http://pmamusic.com/