🏆 BRITISH ARROWS 🏆 We had an amazing night at the British Arrows last week, topped off with a ✨gold ✨for Original Composition for @jon__clarke & @musicsupervisionman on C4 Paralympics ‘Considering What?’ A huge thanks to the teams at @biscuit.filmworks and @channel4 for getting us involved  And thank you again to the @britisharrows team @lisakaylavender @sercolinares @dottee_simone @deedahlenz for a wonderful evening!

🟰 EQUALISED SOUND - EP 4 🟰 Welcome back to Equalised Sound! On today’s episode, @sianrogers & @jenna_fentimen are joined by - @emma_lee_moss a singer, songwriter, journalist, composer, presenter, community member of @esea_music a community-led, non-profit organisation that represents East and Southeast Asian artists and music professionals in the UK music industry, and ambassador for @pipacampaign (Parents & Carers in Performing Arts) @annaphoebemusic an artist, composer, producer, violinist and broadcaster working across multiple art forms and an ambassador for @yvconcerts And @jennyplantmusic an award-winning singer songwriter, composer, multi instrumentalist, session musician, and member of @mamasinmusic who bring together Mums and care givers in the industry. Together we discuss how they’ve defined themselves throughout their careers including: collaboration as key to musical creativity, the importance of just saying ‘yes’, parenthood as a career enricher, and why we should be teaching children to value the very human process of writing, producing and releasing music. CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussion around cancer. Listen on Spotify now, link in our bio, and let us know who you’d like to see on the next episode of Equalised Sound 👇

⚡️SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC⚡️ This new spot for @schneiderelectric has really brightened up our Monday! Directed by @smithandfoulkes at @riffrafffilms the film marks 100 years of the humble circuit breaker, and featuring bespoke score by @alexbaranowskimusic at SIREN.

🟰 IWD 2025 🟰 Happy International Women’s Day! Thank you to all the women we’ve had the pleasure of working with over the last year, and to everyone who continues inspire us and champion gender parity in our industry. This March also marks the 1st birthday of our podcast Equalised Sound, bought to you in collaboration with the @theawfc We have loved talking to these incredible women and hearing their experiences and advice as composers, artists, producers, engineers, A&Rs, activists, and everything in between. We have some amazing guests lined up for new episodes of Equalised Sound, so keep your eyes and ears peeled! @hannahvofficial @tawiahmusic @daisycoole @catty.mp3 @bishiofficial 
 @fionatron @mannersholly @hannahpeelmusic @blablablythe @sianrogers @jenna_fentimen @benton_alice__

🩶 CLIO MUSIC AWARDS: SILVER 🩶 We are over the moon that Paralympics ‘Considering What?’ has been awarded silver at the Clio Music Awards for Use of Music in Film/Video Advertising Craft: Score! Sound design, mix, and music by Jon Clarke. Produced by Joshua Gibbard & Sian Rogers. Thanks again to @biscuit.filmworks @4creativec4 for having us on board for such a special film 🙏

🗣️LBB: UK WOMEN IN MUSIC 🗣️ So many amazing voices in this article! It was great to speak to @lbbonline and share some advice on tackling gender barriers in our industry. Make sure you give this one a read, link in our bio!

🏆 RADIO LBB: AND THE NOMINATIONS *SHOULD* HAVE BEEN 🏆 With the 97th OSCARS just around the corner, our very own resident film expert & music supervisor Jen Moss shares an alternative list of nominations for Best Original Score. Read and listen to the should-be nominees on @lbbonline at the link in our bio!

🎙️ORGANISED SOUND🎙️ We’re so excited to share a new episode Organised Sound! On this episode, Josh & Alice sat down with the incredible composer, artist, and singer-songwriter @rebekahfitch to discuss her track for the BBC’s trailer for the Paris Olympics 2024. Tune in to hear about Rebekah’s process in creating this amazing track, from working with an archive recording to live recording, and ultimately trailerising her way to a nomination for Best New Composer at the Kinsale Shark Awards 2024. Plus, hear about Rebekah’s journey and career in music so far. Link in bio!

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 It’s another METTY Wednesday! This week we have not one, not two, but THREE pairs of ears joining us to share what they’ve been listening to over the years, and those ears belong to none of than the wonderful team at @britisharrows arrows, Lisa Lavender, Sergio Colina-Restrepo, and Sophie Cantopher Read / listen on @lbbonline at the link in our bio! 🔗

🌹 GOOEY LOVE SONGS FOR VALENTINES DAY 🌹 Happy Valentine’s Day! Make sure you treat your loved one today to Cadbury Creme Egg’s Gooey Love Songs, the perfect combo of chocolate, goo, and lovey dovey tunes. Listen now on Spotify, link in bio! 🍫

☀️emPOWER SPONSORS ☀️ @sirenmusic & @factorystudiosuk are proud sponsors of emPOWER Breakfast, a heart-centred business networking event, offering support to the advertising community through empathy building, creating change on a micro level in the workplace, and through shared stories from leading industry figures. Athene has created such a positive, energising and inspiring community and we couldn't be prouder to be a part of it.  If you haven’t made it to an emPOWER Breakfast yet, make sure you check out their next event! Big up to Athene and the emPOWER team!

🍫 GOOEY LOVE SONGS 🍫   Introducing Gooey Love Songs! An EGG-ceptional album of songs about how you eat a Creme Egg, just in time for Valentine's Day this FRY-day. This is definitely not a YOLK (thanks NME...)   We cannot EGGS-press how much fun we had producing these 10 CRACK-ing tracks. The biggest thank you to @wearegirlandbear @_davidvass for having us, and to the EGGS-ceptional lyricists @tomjameslee @alicegoodrich @mrsimonconnor However you eat your Creme Egg, RUN-ny don’t walk over to https://cremeeggtest.cadbury.co.uk to take your personality test and receive a song just for you, PLUS your chance to win the whole album on a limited edition goo-ey Creme Egg vinyl! Listen now on Spotify at the link in our bio Thanks to our EGGS-pert composers & vocalists @lana_mcdonagh @tobyhortonmusic @rebekahfitch @kingtootofficial Wayne Murray @paulrawson1 @tobelorone  @ashleybatesinsta Jay Marsh @bjcartwright That’s all YOLKS!

🏹 BRITISH ARROWS SHORTLIST 🏹 We are absolutely delighted that C4s Paralympiccs ‘Considering What?’ Has been shortlisted for Best Original Music AND Best Sound Design at the British Arrows 2025! Sound design, mix, and music by Jon Clarke, Sian Rogers and Joshua Gibbard at SIREN.

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 It’s Wednesday and it’s time for My Ears Through the Years! This week the ears belong to our very own Lou Allen, managing director of the Factory Family. With two decades of experience in audio post-production, we couldn’t wait to get stuck into Lou’s playlist (spoiler alert: it’s full of bangers) Read and listen to Lou’s life in music at the link in our bio 🔗

🦈 LULLABY SHORTLISTED 🦈 Finishing the week on a high after seeing @Jon__Clarke's score for @cheevil's Lullaby shortlisted in this year's @kinsalesharkawards for Best Original Music!

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 Next up on My Ears Through the Years, we’ve passed the aux chord to Global Head Of Music Videos + Executive Producer at @magna.studios Nnena Nwakodo @nnenakodo ! If you’re in the mood for songs that make you sing, dance and deadlift, you can read and listen to Nnena’s life in music on @lbbonline at the link in our bio 🔗

👫 THE ISLAND 👫 Time for another instalment of The Island, a brilliant collection of films created by @wktokyo for @canvajapan with a cast of recurring characters led our favourite protagonist, Yuki. With her heart set on a younger sibling to play with, Yuki decides to play matchmaker in this hilarious spot featuring bespoke score by Chris White at SIREN. Thanks again to W&K Tokyo for having us on board!

🎭 BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE 🎭 We loved working on this breathtaking spot for @nationaltheatre directed by @man.vs.machine featuring the one and only Benedict Cumberbatch and a beautiful bespoke score by Jon Clarke at SIREN. Pleasure as always working with @wonderhoodstudios !

💓 LIFE’S PRETTY GOOD 💓 Stanley the Daschund is back! And he’s one cool ‘Hotstepper’ in this fantastic new spot, directed by Jim Gilchrist. We loved finding this absolute tune for the coolest sausage dog around. This was such a fun spot to work on. Thanks to @wearegirlandbear @rattlingstick for having us on board, and to @sonymusicuk @umpg @bmg.sync.uk and @warnerchappelluk

👩‍🎤 THE ISLAND 🧑‍🎤 Yuki’s back! Check out the latest addition to @canvajapan 's brilliant collection of films set on an island with a cast of recurring characters, led by the adorable Yuki. Next up, Yuki befriends the local hairdresser and uses her creativity to inspire the ladies of the island to change up their style. This heartwarming spot features a bespoke score by Chris White at SIREN. Thanks to @wktokyo for having us on board, and keep your eyes peeled for the next films in the series.

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 It’s a New Year and a new episode of METTY! First to fire up the speakers with their top tunes is the wonderful Rachel Solomon, Head of Integrated Production at @saatchiuk Read and listen to Rachel’s life in music at the link in our bio 🔗

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS 👂 It's the final METTY of 2024! This week we're joined by the amazing Caitlin Horrex, creative at @greyldn, for a truly eclectic mix of N-Dubz, System Of A Down and The Weather Girls! Read and listen to Caitlin's life soundtracked by music at the link in our bio 🔗 And check out our METTY 2024 Wrapped on our story highlights too! 🔍

🎄RADIO LBB: THE BEST OF THE NON-CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONES 🎄 On our latest Radio LBB, we’ve been back through the years and picked out the very best of the unChristmassy No 1s! Read and listen to our choices on @lbbonline now, link in bio!

👂 2024 WRAPPED: MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 We’ve had 36 ears and 17 brilliant episodes of METTY this year and over 12,500 ears tuning in on @lbbonline ! So it’s only fair we spill the musical tea on which tracks and which syncs have been living in your heads rent free. Check out the full My Ears Through the Years Wrapped on our stories. Thanks again for joining us for METTY in 2024… see you next year(ear)!

📈 UPRISING: ALICE BENTON 📈 Check out @lbbonline 's interview with our very own Alice Benton on how she got started in the music industry, touring with orchestras around Europe, and why she loves working in music. Link in bio!

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂   Welcome back to another My Ears Through the Years! Up next, for our penultimate episode of the year, it’s the wonderful founder of @empowerbreakfast and @thesenmumma who has worked in the world of Music and Advertising for over 20 years..the brilliant Athene Parker @athene_beanie !   Read and listen to Athene’s life in music at the link in our bio 🔗   And keep an eye on our stories for a special edition of 2024 wrapped 👀

📮 THE POSTMAN 📮 We’ve recently been working on a brilliant collection of films for @canvajapan. Set on an island in Japan with a cast of recurring characters, led by the adorable Yuki. The first of these films, 'The Postman' features Yuki and her friend the Postman, with bespoke score by Chris White at SIREN. Thanks to @wktokyo for having us on board, and keep your eyes peeled for the next films in this series!

🎫 MUSICAL SCRATCHCARDS 🎫 We loved working on this spot for National Lottery’s ‘Musical Scratchcards’ Christmas campaign, directed by Steve Rogers and featuring the absolutely iconic, The Zutons’ ‘Valerie’. What. A. Tune! Thrilled that it was selected as Pick of the Day on David Reviews. Thanks to @wearegirlandbear and @biscuit.filmworks for having us on board and HUGE thanks to @sonymusicuk and @warnerchappellmusic

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 Welcome back to another instalment of METTY! This week with the aux chord, it’s the wonderful Noel Bunting (@noelephant ), Chief Creative Officer at @publicislondon_ , with a brilliant playlist of Wheatus, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Hans Zimmer. Read and listen to Noel’s life in music at the link in our bio 🔗

❄️ SNOWING SIMS ❄️ Tis the season for snowflakes… We loved working on this magical O2 spot to shine a light on data poverty in the UK. Ingrid Michaelson’s heart-warming ‘Snowfall’ was the perfect choice for this heart-warming film, directed by @stefani_soho Thanks to @wearegirlandbear and @_davidvass for having us on board!

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 It’s Wednesday and it’s time for My Ears Through the Years! This week spinning the tunes with an absolutely banging playlist… it’s the Legend of Leo’s himself @lightgraeme ! But a warning for any Oasis fans out there, you might want to give this one a miss.. Read and listen to Graeme's life in music on @lbbonline at the link in our bio 🔗

💥 SHOTS AWARDS SHORTLIST 💥 Thrilled that Channel 4 Paralympic Games, “Considering What?” has been shortlisted for both Original Music & Sound Design at this years Shots Awards! Sound design, mix, and music by Jon Clarke, Sian Rogers and Joshua Gibbard at SIREN.

🦈 KINSALE SHARKS 2024 🦈   We are so proud that C4’s Paralympics ‘Considering What’ won gold in both Original Music and Sound Design this year’s Kinsale awards!  🥇🥇   We’re gonna need a bigger boat….

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 We’re back! Welcome to series two of My Ears Through the Years, your favourite series where we ask wonderful minds in our industry to spill the musical tea on what they’ve been listening to over the years. Kicking things off for our second series is Rupert Reynolds-MacLean @rupewolf, managing director of @biscuit.filmworks And the big question is, what’s this Tarantino fan singing at karaoke? Read and listen to Rupert’s life in music on @lbbonline at the link in our bio 🔗

🟰 EQUALISED SOUND: EPISODE 3 🟰 Episode 3 of Equalised Sound is out now! Bought to you in collaboration with the wonderful Alliance for Women Film Composers, Equalised Sound is a space for creatives across the industry to come together and discuss their experiences and careers. Around the table today are: Mercury Prize, Ivor Novello and Emmy-nominated artist and composer Hannah Peel; singer songwriter, political activist and front woman for Mesadorm, Blythe Pepino; and Head of A&R at Hall or Nothing, artist manager and label manager, Holly Manners, alongside our hosts, music supervisor and Company Director of SIREN Siân Rogers with Head of Creative at Manners McDade and AWFC board member, Jenna Fentiman. Together we discuss: Is artistic and musical perfection worth striving for? Is there such thing as a 'wrong decision' in a creative process? Plus, is FOMO a good career driver, the power of building your own connections, the importance of preparation before you step into any room, and the duty of care that we owe to each other in this industry. You can listen now at this link in our bio. Let us know who you would like to hear next on Equalised Sound 👇 Artwork @notjavaid

🏆 GOLD! 🏆 Thrilled that Channel 4 Paralympic Games, “Considering What?” has won gold in at this year’s Ciclope Festival! Sound design, mix, and music by Jon Clarke, Sian Rogers and Joshua Gibbard at SIREN.

🏆 IT'S GOLD 🏆   We're over the moon that Channel 4 Paralympic Games, “Considering What?” has won gold in Music & Sound at LIA! Sound design, mix, and music by Jon Clarke, Sian Rogers and Joshua Gibbard at SIREN. A huge thanks to the teams at @biscuit.filmworks and @4creativec4 for getting us involved!

📦 EBAY ‘THINGS WE LOVE’ 📦 Adding David McCallum’s ‘The Edge’ to the ‘Things We Love’! We had so much fun working on this spot for eBay, directed by Sam Hubbard. Thanks again to @joancreative @somesuchandco for having us on board!

🦈 ‘CONSIDERING WHAT’ x KINSALE SHARKS 🦈 “Considering What?” has been shortlisted for Original Music and Sound Design at Kinsale Sharks! Sound design, mix, and music by @jon__clarke, and supervision by Sian Rogers and Joshua Gibbard at SIREN.

💿 CRATE DIGGING 💿 Check out our very own Jen Moss' top two picks from the @concordlabelsync catalog over on @lbbonline! Link in bio 🔗 #MusicSupervision #CrateDigging

✨ ‘CONSIDERING WHAT’ x CICLOPE ✨ We are absolutely delighted that Channel 4 Paralympic Games, “Considering What?” has been shortlisted for Original Music and Sound Design at Ciclope this year! With sound design, mix, and music by Jon Clarke, and produced by Sian Rogers and Joshua Gibbard at SIREN, it was a privilege to create this unique score to such a fantastic film.

📖 AMAZON MANGA 📖 We absolutely loved working on this brilliant film for Amazon Manga directed by @mackshepp with bespoke score by Chris White at SIREN. Thanks to @wktokyo and @aoipro for having us on board!

🍸THE NEXT COURSE 🍸 Last week, SIREN @factorystudiosuk and @not.just.any hosted a brand new event The Next Course, an intimate supper club with the aim of bringing together and celebrating young producers and creatives from across in the industry. Held in the beautiful Diespeker Wharf, the evening was chance for up and coming talents to meet, trade stories, and drink cocktails. The delicious dinner also featured a very special performance from the wonderful @thestaves thanks to @wmcreativeuk We had an absolutely amazing time, thank you to everyone who joined us! See you for the next #thenextcourse

🎥 RADIO LBB: NATIONAL CINEMA DAY 🎥 In celebration of National Cinema Day, we’ve picked out some of our favourite soundtrack and score moments in movie history. This was a hotly debated* internal discussion so have a read of our choices on @lbbonline at the link in our bio, and let us know what you think! What are your favourite film soundtracks / scores? Let us know below! 👇 *No office friendships were harmed in the writing of this article

⛸️ LBB: MUSIC SUPERVISORS & THEIR BIGGEST PROJECTS ⛸️ Our amazing music supervisor Jen Moss speaks to LBB about one of the biggest projects in her career so far ‘I, Tonya’ Read all about it on @lbbonline - link in our bio 🔗

⚡️ YOUNG ARROWS ⚡️ We’re thrilled to be sponsoring the Young Arrows for another year! Entries for YA24 are open now, and best of all it’s free to enter - https://entries.britisharrows.com/entrant/dashboard.php The awards will take place on Tuesday 22nd October at London’s Outernet. Tickets are available here on the link below. We'll see you there! ✨ https://tickets.britisharrows.com/event/list.php

👂 MY EARS THROUGH THE YEARS👂 This week taking over the METTY decks is filmmaker extraordinaire and karaoke queen, Chi Thai! Read / listen to Chi’s wonderful musical life and inspirations on @lbbonline now 🎤 Link in bio 🔗

🟰 EQUALISED SOUND: EPISODE 2🟰   Episode 2 of Equalised Sound is out now!   Bought to you in collaboration with the wonderful Alliance for Women Film Composers, Equalised Sound is a space for creatives across the industry to come together and discuss their experiences and careers.   On this episode, our hosts @benton_alice__ (Music Supervisor, SIREN) and @jenna_fentimen (Head of Agency, Manners McDade and @theawfc board), are joined by @bishiofficial (artist, composer, producer), @catty.mp3 (artist, song-writer) and @fionatron (freelance engineer and producer at AIR Studios).   Together we discuss their experiences in the industry so far and how they have defined themselves throughout the various phases of their careers. Plus, the power of building your own team, trying and failing as a recipe for success, and why being afraid and doing it anyway is the best career advice anyone could ever give you.    You can listen now at the link in our bio. Let us know who you would like to hear next on Equalised Sound! 👇   Artwork @notjavaid

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