2023 MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS

BEST SOUND DESIGN FINALISTS

(Winners shown in orange - click to view work)

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN BROADCAST ADVERTISING FINALISTS

Corteiz 'Da Skydive'

Sound Designers: George Castle + James Benn at No.8ldn, London

Save The Children 'Save the Survivors'

Sound Designer: Sam Ashwell + Mike Bovill at 750mph, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Ray

Agency: POL

Coca-Cola 'Masterpiece'

Sound Designer: Jeff Dittenber at Yessian Music, Detroit

Assistant Sound Designer: Jacob Wolfe

Agency: BLITZWORKS

CALM 'The Invisible Opponent'

Sound Designer: Mark Hills at Factory Studios, London

Sound Producers: Deborah Whitfield + Ethan Day

Agency: Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO

Nike 'The Footballverse'

Sound Designers: Sam Ashwell + Jake Ashwell at 750mph, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Ray

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy

FIFA 'Match Day'

Sound Designers: Sam Ashwell + Mike Bovill at 750mph, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Ray

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN ONLINE, VIRAL + AMBIENT ADVERTISING FINALISTS

Amazon Books 'That Reading Feeling Awaits'

Sound Designers: Joe Wilkinson, Culum Simpson + Lawrence Kendrick at String and Tins, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Endersby

Agency: Droga 5

BBC News 'Trust Is Earned'

Sound Designers: Henning Knoepfel + Graham Norman at Soundtree Music, London

Agency: BBC Creative

Aston Martin - DBS 770

Sound Designer: Owen Hemming-Brown at Echoic Audio, Bristol

Agency: Superunion

Cannondale Bikes 'Sculpted by Speed'

Sound Designer: Adam Smyth at String and Tins, London

Sound Producer: Alina Miroshnichenko

Agency: The Corner

IWC Ingenieur

Sound Designer: Owen Hemming-Brown at Echoic Audio, Bristol

Nike Mercurial

Sound Designers: Matthew Wilcock + Connor Duin at Zelig Sound, London

Sound Producer: Breda Canning

BEST AUDIO MIX IN A COMMERCIAL FINALISTS

Vanish for Ambitious about Autism 'Me, My Autism & I'

Sound Mixer: Sam Ashwell at 750mph, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Ray

Agency: Havas

Lamborghini Revuelto 'From Now On'

Sound: James Evans, Nick Spradlin + Dominik Ragančík at Source Sound Inc, Los Angeles

Supervising Sound Editor + Re-Recording Mixer: Charles Deenen

Sound Producer: Daniel Lepervanche

Agency: Beyond the line | Le Dictateur

NatWest 'Tomorrow Begins Today'

Sound Mixer: Mark Hills at Factory Studios, London

Sound Producer: Ciara Wakley

Agency: The&Partnership

Save The Children 'Save the Survivors'

Sound Mixers: Sam Ashwell + Mike Bovill at 750mph, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Ray

Agency: POL

Toyota GR Corolla 'The Shoot'

Sound: Nick Spradlin + James Evans at Source Sound Inc, Los Angeles

Supervising Sound Editor + Re-Recording Mixer: Charles Deenen

Sound Producer: Daniel Lepervanche

Agency: Sweatpants Media

FIFA 'Match Day'

Sound Mixers: Sam Ashwell + Mike Bovill at 750mph, London

Sound Producer: Olivia Ray

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A TELEVISION PROGRAMME FINALISTS

RWBY: Volume 9

Sound Designers: Alena Lecorchick, Philip Spann, Jacob Camitta, Andrew Scott, Dane Butler, Chris Kokkinos at Rooster Teeth, Austin

Sound Producer: Melinda Bonifay

Supervising Sound Editor: Alena Lecorchick

A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou

Sound Designer: Jon Clarke at Factory Studios, London

Sound Producer: Deborah Whitfield

Director: Andrew Gaynord

Dynamo Dream

Sound Designers: Brendan J. Hogan, Evan Anderson + Jonathan Pascone at Impossible Acoustic, Seattle

Supervising Sound Editor: Brendan J. Hogan

Director: Ian Hubert

SAS: Rogue Heroes

Sound Team: Judi Lee-Headman, Nigel Squibbs, Tony Gibson, Lewis Todd, Darren Mcquade, Kelly Stewart, Jemma Riley-Tolch, Glen Gathard, Jason Swanscott, Zoe King, Kirsty Graham, Dominic Lawrence, Guy Mallett + Tobias Crane

Supervising Sound Editor: Tony Gibson

Director: Tom Shankland

Studio: BBC

Dans Ma Tête

Sound Designers: Loïc Canevet, Gaëtan Chodzko, Matthis Geffroy, Will Rosati, Paul Asbati + Mathias Villeroy at benzēne, Paris

Sound Producer: Greg Musso

Supervising Sound Editor: Loïc Canevet

Produced by: Iconoclast

Director: Clément Durou

Studio: Canal+

Ted Lasso Season 3

Sound Team: Brent Findley, Richard David Brown, Scott G.G. Haller, Gerry Gonzalez, Mark Cleary + Clayton Weber at Warner Brothers, Los Angeles

Supervising Sound Editor: Brent Findley

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A FEATURE FILM FINALISTS

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Sound Designers: Masanobu "Tomi" Tomita, Chris Richardson + Andrew Vernon at Sound Lab a Keywords Studio, Burbank

Sound Supervisor / Sound Designer: Scott Gershin

Sound Producer: Debbie Gonzalez

Director: Guillermo del Toro

Studio: Netflix

NOPE

Sound Designer: Johnnie Burn at Wave Studios, London

Director: Jordan Peele

Femme

Sound Designer: Josh Campbell at Factory Studios, London

Sound Producer: Deborah Whitfield

Directors: Sam H. Freeman + Ng Choon Ping

The Latent Image

Sound Designers: Alex Gregson + Frankie Maiden at 344 Audio, UK

Director: Alexander McGregor Birrell

The Unheard

Sound Designer: Colin Alexander at Wild Choir, New York

Director: Jeffrey A. Brown

Raging Grace

Sound Designer: Jon Clarke at Factory Studios, London

Sound Producer: Deborah Whitfield

Director: Paris Zarcilla

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN A SHORT FILM FINALISTS

The Storm Chaser

Sound Designer: Mark Hills at Factory Studios, London

Director: Jack Pirie

Blue

Sound Designer: Daniel Nolan at AMBR, New York

Sound Producers: Michelle Curran + Mike Perri

Director: Rob Petrie

Still Here

Sound Designers: Bertus Pelser + Mattijn Willems at Amp.Amsterdam // The Sonic Branding Company

Director: Guido Ekker

Incubus

Sound Designer: Chris Southwell at Jungle Studios, London

Director: Tito Fernandes

West Flies the Raven

Sound Designer: Alex Gregson + Danny Jones at 344 Audio, UK

Director: Ross Syner

OBA

Sound Designer: Jack Hallett at Factory Studios, London

Sound Producer: Ciara Wakley

BEST SOUND DESIGN IN a Video GAMe FINALISTS

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

Sound Team: Bastian Seelbach, Anton Woldhek, Lewis James, Jacopo Consonni, Lovisa Bergdahl, Nick van Kleef, Ruben Bergshoeff, Arjen Schut, George Vlad, Jimmy van der Heijden, Lars Tesselaar, Ramon Kerstens, Phillip Kovats, Karen Waller, Devon Graham, Jeremie Voillot, Dennis Bestafka, Safar Bake, Jon Rook, Justin E. Bell, Aaron Sanchez, Robert Castro, Andres Herrera, Maria Rascon, TJ Schauer, David Goll, Derrick Espino, Michael Kent, Blake Collins, Danny Barboza, Charlie Ritter, Ian Barker, Andrew Corbitt + Bryan Higa at Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe / Guerrilla Games

Director: Mathijs de Jonge

Minecraft Legends

Sound Team: Crispin Hands (Audio Director), Samuel Aberg (Audio Director), Sashen Reddy, Rashid Hille, Frank Faugno, Toby Hulse, Matthew Besler, Phil Layton, Max Olesko, Andrew Siu, Dan Bidal, Julian Bibl, Ian Savage, David Fairfield, Marschawn Howard, Carl Matthes, Rodrigo Lengning, Shayne Johnson, Dan Reyes, Matthew O'Connor at Lionshead Entertainment, Inc, Vancouver

Directors: Magnus Nedfors + Jon Dowdeswell + Pete Gahn

Publishers: Mojang Studios + Xbox Game Studios

Developer: Blackbird Interactive

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Developer: Infinity Ward, Woodland Hills, CA

Sound Team: Stephen Miller, Dave Rowe MPSE, Tim Stasica (Audio Directors), Stuart Provine (Principle Sound Designer), David Natale, Chris Egert, Brian Bibbo, Chris Staples, Doug Prior, Robert Rice, Michael Krystek, Michael Spina, Myon Sample, Elise Tankiewicz, Duncan Adamson, Corey Shay, Sam Markowitz, Natalie Tobiason, Christopher Christensen, Carl Dorzok, Angelo Gabriel Gepiga, Trant Lee-Aimes, Ryan Stevens, Ian Mika, Jonathan Gosselin (External Audio Directors), Jeremiah Sypult, Blair Bitonti, Christian Sakanai, William Cornell, Joe Tennies, Darcy Sandall, Corina Bello, Jake Harley, Lee Staples, Tim Schlie, Landen Belardes, Russell Topal MPSE, Igor Comes, Rashaad Wiggins, Jim Schaefer, John Joseph Thomas, Mitchell Osias, Adam Boyd MPSE, Bryan O. Watkins, Charles Deenen, Nick Martin, Myron Nettinga. Tom Brewer, Carlos Solis, Mark Jasper, Travis Prater, Alexander Ephraim MPSE, James Evans, Josh Moore, Matt Hall, Chris Terhune, Nick Interlandi, Tory Bader, Nick Martin, John Paul Fasal, Nicolas Tremblay, Darren Blondin, John Drelick, Mathieu Denis, Darrell Tung, Jordan Ruhala, Victor Arias, Jim Lecroy, Steven Carroll, Rudy Duro, Gary Hecker MPSE, Randy Singer, Jeff Gross, Michael Broomberg, Daniel Lepervanche, Natalie Pohorski, Mike Horton, Vadim Nuniyants, Julianne McCormack

Publisher: Activision

God of War Ragnarök

PlayStation Studios + Sony Santa Monica, Sony Interactive Entertainment

Supervising Sound Designers: Jeremy Rogers + Michael Kent

Sound Design Leads: Alex Previty, Beau Anthony Jimenez, Bryan Higa, Justin E. Bell, Nick Tomassetti + Stephen Schappler

Senior Sound Designers: Aaron Sanchez, Ash Read, Dennis Bestafka, Derrick Espino, Jeshua Whitaker, Lewis Everest , Noburo Masuda + Tsubasa Ito

Sound Designers: Andres Herrera, Chris Kokkinos, Dan Ramos, Danny Barboza, Danny Hey, Kei Matsuo, Koji Niikura, Lewis Barn, Maria Rascon, Presley Hynes, Prin Keerasuntonpong, Robert Castro, Satsuki Sato + TJ Schauer

Technical Sound Designers: Sean LaValle, Cameron Sonju, Enoch Choi, Gavin Booth, Roy Lancaster, Charles Dworetz, Bradley Gurwin, Mallorie Lesher, Dave St. Jean, Klaudia Schaffer, Aaron Cendan, Ashton Faydenko, Jessie Chang, Skylar Chen

Sound Producers: Chloe Kishel, Hayden Griffin

Director: Eric Williams

Convergence: A League of Legends Story

Sound Team at Vibe Avenue, Montreal

Publisher: Riot Forge

Developer: Double Stallion

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Sound Designers: Johan Westling, Anders Nilsson, Jonas Hellberg, Ola Torung, David Wahlund, Anton Ahlberg, David Forss, Ranga Illeperuma + Danijel Djuric at Fatshark, Stockholm