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Production Music Association Announces 2016 Nominees of MARK AWARDS for Excellence within the Production Music Community

Awards Event Will Take Place in Santa Monica during The 2016 Production Music Conference (PMC2016) October 17-18th

LOS ANGELES --()--

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/

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