MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS 2024
COMPETITION DETAILS
NOW CLOSED FOR 2024 ENTRIES
KEY DATES
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Open for Entries: April 17th 2024
Early Bird Entry Deadline: June 5th 2024
Final Entry Deadline: 23:59 (PDT), June 19th 2024
Finalists Announced: September 26th 2024
Winners Announced: October 10th 2024
ELIGIBILITY WINDOW
To be eligible for consideration for a Music+Sound Award your work must have been first broadcast or released with client approval, or completed in the case of short films, between July 1st 2023 and June 30th 2024.
ENTRY FEES
Early Bird Fees - Until June 5th
ADVERTISING - £190
FILM, TV, VIDEO GAMES + TRAILERS - £150
SHORT FILM + RISING STAR ENTRIES - £65
From June 6th (15% increase)
ADVERTISING - £218.50
FILM, TV, VIDEO GAMES + TRAILERS - £172.50
SHORT FILM + RISING STAR ENTRIES - £74.75
All fees include a £5 donation to our charity partner, music therapists, Nordoff & Robbins, and are in addition to VAT, where applicable.
Discount Eligibility: PRS for Music, ASCAP, MPA, Ubem, Buma and APRA AMCOS members receive a discount on all categories, other than short films (already heavily discounted). Alliance for Women Film Composers, Free The Work and Composers Diversity Collective members receive a discount on all categories. See entry form for details.
VIDEO LENGTH SPECIFICATIONS BY CATEGORY
TV + Film (Feature + Short) Entries: For original composition and sound design entries, a single scene, or a collection of excerpts, of up to a maximum duration of 5 minutes to be submitted. For sync, re-record and production music entries, the relevant scene only please. One sync per entry.
Video Game Gameplay Entries: a single scene, or collection of excerpts, of game-play of up to a maximum duration of 10 minutes to be submitted.
Video Game Cinematic / Cutscene Entries: a single scene, or a selection of excerpts, of up to a maximum duration of 5 minutes to be submitted.
Advertising, Trailer, Titles + Ident Entries: complete project to be submitted.
Branding Entries: finished work examples, of up to a maximum duration of 5 minutes, to be submitted, plus if desired, explanatory text. No case-study video submissions to be included please.
Where only a section of submitted video is relevant, the entrant must include the relevant time-codes in the Further Project Information field of the entry form.
Video Technical Specifications
File: .mp4 files only please
Resolution: 1920x1080, or at least 1280x540
Frame Rate: 24fps, 25fps or 30fps
Please remove, or obscure, all clocks, slates and entrant credits.
