MUSIC+SOUND AWARDS 2025
COMPETITION DETAILS
open for 2025 entries April 9th
KEY DATES
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Open for Entries: April 9th 2025
Early Bird Entry Deadline: June 4th 2025
Final Entry Deadline: 23:59 (PDT), June 18th 2025
Finalists Announced: September 25th 2025
Winners Announced: October 9th 2025
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 2024 and June 30th 2025.
ENTRY FEES
Early Bird Fees - Until June 4th
ADVERTISING - £190
FILM, TV, VIDEO GAMES + TRAILERS - £155
SHORT FILM - £65
RISING STAR ENTRIES - £45
From June 5th (15% increase)
ADVERTISING - £218.50
FILM, TV, VIDEO GAMES + TRAILERS - £178.25
SHORT FILM - £74.75
RISING STAR ENTRIES - £51.75
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 and Rising Stars (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) + Documentary 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 Entries: complete project to be submitted.
Branding Entries: finished work examples, plus a video case study, if desired, of up to a maximum duration of 5 minutes, to be submitted.
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.
Where only a portion of a submitted video is relevant for jury consideration (for example, where an entrant’s synced composition is featured in addition to other music), time-codes must be specified in the Further Project Information field of the entry form.
