PMA launches Production Music Awards

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PMA launches Production Music Awards --

Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:40

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The non-profit Production Music Association (PMA), a leading advocate and voice of the production music community, has announced its first Annual Mark Awards for Excellence in Production Music. The inaugural event will take place on 9 September 2015, at the Directors Guild of America headquarters in Los Angeles. The PMA is comprised of over 675 members, including music publishers, composers, and industry professionals.

Named in honour of the late Andy Mark, who was a music library owner and a founding member of the PMA, the Mark Awards will recognise the very best in production music in 17 categories. Entries for submissions for the first annual Mark Awards are open to both PMA and non-PMA members. For details on the submissions process, visit the PMA website.

The PMA has assembled an independent group of industry professionals, culled from executives working within TV networks, ad agencies, promo departments, trailer companies and licensing organisations, to facilitate the submissions, judging and final selection of Mark Awards winners.

PMA executive director Hunter Williams said, Production music has long been the sonic lifeblood of so many audio-visual productions, ranging from television programmes, to promotional campaigns, to major theatrical releases. With its proliferation across the gamut of media productions and distribution channels, companies responsible for the contribution of production music to the creative process have never before had their own awards event. These people and companies are truly worthy of long-overdue recognition thus the establishment of the Mark Awards.

The categories for the First Annual Mark Awards are:

Best Production Music Track

Defined as an original or arranged track released for licensing in the respective genre for which relevance is ascribed by keywords and/or meta-tags containing that genre name. Awards will be given to the best track in each of the following categories:

Best Ambient Track

Best Dance Track

Best Electronic Track

Best Hip Hop Track

Best Jazz Track

Best Orchestral Track

Best Rock Track

Best Vocal Track

Best World Track

Best Use of Production Music

Defined as the uniquely effective use of an original or arranged library track that compellingly enhances the visual storytelling of the respective production type.

Awards will be given to the best track in each of the following production categories:

Best use of Production Music in Commercial Advertisement

Best use of Production Music in Full-Length Theatrical Film

Best use of Production Music in On-Air Promo

Best use of Production Music in Theatrical Film Trailer

Best use of Production Music as Theme Song in TV Programme

Best Use of Production Music as Underscore in TV Programme

The Hall of Fame Award

The first Hall of Fame Mark Award will be given to an individual of a current or pre-existing production music library whose work has made significant contributions towards the advancement of the production music industry.

The Ambassador Award

The first Ambassador Mark Award will be given to an individual from any field who has devoted exceptional service towards ensuring a thriving and sustainable production music industry.

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