{"id":3526,"date":"2022-05-26T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T14:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/?p=3526"},"modified":"2022-05-26T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T14:35:52","slug":"uk-music-companies-on-exports-drive-to-hollywood-to-promote-british-music-in-films-tv-video-games-and-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/uk-music-companies-on-exports-drive-to-hollywood-to-promote-british-music-in-films-tv-video-games-and-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"UK music companies on exports drive to Hollywood to promote  British music in films &#038; TV, video games and ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>LA Sync trade mission organised by BPI, MPA and DIT returns for 12-16 September 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applications to attend as a delegate are now invited<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The music industry\u2019s annual trade mission to&nbsp;<strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>&nbsp;is back, and this year, following a three-year hiatus which saw the trip replaced by webinars, it will take place in person between&nbsp;<strong>12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;\u2013 16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosted by the iconic&nbsp;<strong>East West Studios<\/strong>&nbsp;in the heart of&nbsp;<strong>Hollywood<\/strong>, this popular industry event supports the continuing growth of UK music exports by promoting demand for the music written and composed by British artists and songwriters that is featured in film, TV and video games soundtracks and TV\/radio ads \u2013 worth over \u00a330 million to the UK recorded music sector in 2021, according to the BPI in its&nbsp;<em>All About The Music 2022<\/em>&nbsp;yearbook (up 47.6% on 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The five-day mission is a broad-ranging and dynamic mix of panels, site visits, practical sessions, meetings and keynote speakers, as well as an exclusive networking reception held in honour of the delegates hosted by the British Consul General, Emily Cloke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applications to join the LA Sync Mission can be submitted<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.universe.com%2Fevents%2Fbpi-dit-mpa-la-sync-mission-2022-tickets-56S8FB&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cphil.patterson%40trade.gov.uk%7Cde5cab08ab094684285a08da3e318750%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637890679695336294%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RbSdeqrG17nVJzGTaxbQxXl1tNQHPtVi1KuGkQZodIE%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual LA Sync Mission enables UK record label and music publishing executives to gain a unique insight into the operation of the lucrative sync licensing market in the US. The mission also provides attendees a priceless opportunity to connect with each other and meet with many of the key players and decision-makers from the world of sync working across the TV, film, advertising and games markets in the media capital of the US \u2013 the world\u2019s largest entertainment market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now approaching its 20<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;year, the mission enables British music companies and individuals to meet with key execs responsible for placing music in films \u2013 in the past including&nbsp;<em>Star Wars<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Whiplash<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Kong:Skull Island<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Moonlight<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Dunkirk<\/em>; TV shows such as&nbsp;<em>NCIS<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>The Good Wife<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Stranger Things<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>American Gothic<\/em>; and video games including&nbsp;<em>Assassins Creed<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>FIFA<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Forza Horizon 2<\/em>.&nbsp; Recent successful sync placements off the back of these sessions include tracks that featured in the multiple award-winning&nbsp;<em>The Shape of Water<\/em>&nbsp;and the #1 box office Halloween smash&nbsp;<em>Boo 2: A Madea Halloween<\/em>, as well as the&nbsp;<em>Star Wars<\/em>&nbsp;franchise, Amazon Prime\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Coming 2 America<\/em>&nbsp;and Netflix&#8217;s&nbsp;<em>The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LA Sync Mission is organised jointly by UK record labels association the&nbsp;<strong>BPI<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong>Music Publishers Association<\/strong>(MPA) and the&nbsp;<strong>Department for International Trade<\/strong>&nbsp;(DIT), and is open to all UK music and other companies that are actively engaged in the business of Sync.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA Sync trade mission organised by BPI, MPA and DIT returns for 12-16 September 2022 Applications to attend as a delegate are now invited The music industry\u2019s annual trade mission to&nbsp;Los Angeles&nbsp;is back, and this year, following a three-year hiatus which saw the trip replaced by webinars, it will take place in person between&nbsp;12th&nbsp;\u2013 16th&nbsp;September [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3526","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musicians","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}