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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.

 

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.