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    1st Annual Sync Awards Winners

    For Immediate Release: May 12, 2018 · Please add to your listings/announcements

     

    Canadian Music Week &

    The Guild of Music Supervisors, Canada

    Announce Winners For The First Annual

    Canadian Sync Awards

     

    Canadian Music Week (CMW) and The Guild of Music Supervisors, Canada (GMSC) are excited to announce the winners for the 1st Annual Canadian Sync Awards sponsored by songtradr, which took place Saturday May 12, 2018 at The Sheraton Centre.

     

    Hosted by Raina Douris and Odario Williams of CBC Radio 2, the Canadian Sync Awards included performances by singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas, and pop sensation Francesco Yates.

     

    The Canadian Sync Awards are the only awards in Canada to recognize the contribution synch makes to the creative industries. Canadian Sync Awards nominees included music supervisors, synch teams, publishers, record companies plus the worlds of broadcast and advertising. This celebratory event honoured the achievements of music in film, television, advertising and brands, video games and online media. Each category has been selected to acknowledge the importance of music placement and the collective achievements of an individual artist.

     

    Complete List of 2018 Canadian Sync Awards Winners:

     

    BEST SYNC – PROMO                                                                                                  

    Velma Barkwell: “I’m On My Way” by The Proclaimers for

    Mr. D, Season 7, Premiere

     

    BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – INTERACTIVE (VIDEO GAME/MOBILE APP/VR) 

    Janesta Boudreau: Jurassic World Evolution

     

    BEST SYNC – EPISODIC TV                                                                                         

    Michael Perlmutter: “Heart Of Glass” (Crabtree Remix) by Blondie X Glass for The Handmaid’s Tale, 103

     

    BEST SYNC – COMMERCIAL                                                                                       

    Heather Gardner: “What The World Needs Now” by Sarah Blackwood for Presidents Choice – #Eattogether

     

    BEST SYNC TEAM – MAJOR LABEL AND/OR MAJOR PUBLISHER  

    Universal Music Inc.

     

    BEST SYNC TEAM – INDIE LABEL AND/OR INDIE PUBLISHER

    Third Side Music

     

    BEST SYNC – FEATURE FILM                                                                                      

    Natasha Duprey: “(You’re A) Strange Animal” by Gowan, ‘Another Wolfcop’

     

    BEST SYNC – SPORTS PROGRAM OR PROMO                                                      

    David Hayman: “Trainwreck 1979” by Death From Above 1979 for Toronto FC

     

    SYNC ARTIST OR SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

    The Tragically Hip

     

    BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FEATURE OR DOCUMENTARY FILM                    

    Dondrea Erauw: Kiss & Cry

     

    BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – SCRIPTED OR FACTUAL TV PRODUCTION/SERIES          

    Michael Perlmutter: The Handmaids Tale (Season 1)

     

    Canadian Music Week is Canada’s leading annual entertainment event dedicated to the expression and growth of the country’s music, media and entertainment industries. Combining multifaceted information-intensive conferences; a trade exposition; awards shows and the nation’s largest new music festival, CMW spans a seven-day period from May 7 – 13, 2018 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, and in more than 40 downtown Toronto venues, attracting participants from across the globe.

     

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    Media Contact: FLIP PUBLICITY, 416.533.7710, Damien Nelson, damien@flip-publicity.com

     

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