Pitch your original music and lyrics for media productions and bespoke songwriting opportunities.
+44 (0)116 253 0203
A sync license gives someone the permission to use your music and lyrics in a moving picture. For example: to be used in films, TV series, adverts, video games or other audio-visual productions.
Sync licensing offers significant opportunities for independent artists, songwriters, and composers to increase their exposure whilst generating additional revenue.
Our in house team, work with music supervisors from across the globe, and pitch music to the media daily.
If you have any questions about the sync process, how to prepare your music for sync submissions, or music publishing in general, please don’t hesitate to email / call our dedicated support team:
Once a composer has signed up and created a profile with us, they will follow the following process;
Securing a sync license for your song can be a game-changer as an artist. Having your song featured in films, tv shows, adverts, video games or other audio-visual productions, offers significant opportunities for independent artists, songwriters, and composers to increase their exposure whilst generating additional income.
Starting at £5 per month Horus Music Publishing+ provides songwriters and artists with access to submit their songs for sync opportunities, on top of all the administrative benefits you receive with a Horus Music Publishing subscription.
We’ve recently introduced a yearly subscription, starting at £55 for the year, this means you get 1 month free!
Horus Music Publishing+ works on a monthly subscription basis, starting at £5 per month for an individual songwriter profile.
As a HMP+ member, your monthly subscription includes the following:
Your new Horus Music Publishing+ subscription provides you with exclusive access to a variety of sync briefs and publishing opportunities. This includes:
Priority sync briefs are specific and usually consist of a particular company looking for a song which meets stricter criteria.
For example, it could be a Netflix film looking for a romantic love song within the indie pop genre.
As a music publishing service, we notice a regular demand for certain types of music or themes. This could be seasonal (i.e. Christmas, Halloween, Valentines) or a style (french pop, popular song covers). Our team hold your submissions in our internal database, so if your song(s) are a good fit, we will put them forward for consideration.
Labels, artists and publishers are often looking for unreleased original songs for their artists to record and release. For example, a label working with K-pop artists may request a song for one of their artists to record and release under their artist’s name.
As a HMP+ subscriber you will also be notified of a variety of additional opportunities. This can be anything from applications for a songwriting camp, a producer asking for a topline to be composed and performed or a request for a new original song to be written about a specific theme or tell a certain story.
As a HMP+ member, your monthly subscription includes the following:
We have two methods of notifying your with new briefs:
On our private Discord Server: We add new opportunities to our Discord Server, on a regular basis. When providing new sync briefs we will share a summary of what the music supervisors are looking for, the submission deadline, and a link to an online form where you can input details about your songs
Through our monthly newsletters: Every month we will send out a newsletter to all our HMP+ members containing a Rolling Sync Brief to submit your music for, as well as any other ongoing priority sync briefs and song pitches you can submit for.
For more information, drop one of our publishing team an email, and they will be able to add you to our discord server and your email to the newsletter.
Our team will review all submissions to make sure they meet the brief requirements (i.e. match the genre they are wanting) and then they will submit your music to the relevant supervisor before their deadline.
Please note that submitting your songs for sync opportunities is not a guaranteed success. The music supervisors will need to review your music. Unfortunately if not selected, music supervisors are not able to provide feedback on your submissions.
If your song is successfully selected for a sync, our team will contact you directly over email to discuss next steps and ensure all the necessary assets are provided.
From here, we will talk you through the process and help liaise with external teams to ensure a smooth and efficient placement of your song. For any successful syncs obtained via your Horus Music Publishing+ service, you will receive 75% of the total flat fee.
In addition to this, as per your standard admin service as part of your HMP+ subscription, you will retain 90% of all royalties generated from the song. This is separate to the flat fee you will receive for any successful sync placement.
Firstly, we can only submit your songs for sync briefs if they have been uploaded to our My Music Publishing Zone system.
Your submissions are only valid if you have provided all of the following when uploading to your Horus Music Publishing account:
Registering your music with a PRO will ensure that you’re collecting performance royalties. If a song isn’t registered at the point of license, it can be licensed afterwards, just ensure that the licensee has the correct PRO information for the license.
It’s important to research your sync representative before deciding to work with them. This way you know that your goals and styles are aligned.
If you are at the early stages of looking for a representative, have a look into their catalogue, and what genres, formats and placements they’ve worked on before.
In short, Yes! Through sync your music is broadcasted to a new and larger audience.
Some well known examples of sync placement songs boosting streaming numbers are ‘Running Up That Hill’ by Kate Bush, this had a renewed resurgence when it was featured in the fourth season of ‘Stranger things’.
The result of this placement meant the song returned to the charts and became the song of the summer in 2022.
Other examples include, The Lumineers, who gained recognition through their songs being included in sync placements. The most notable is ‘Hey Ho’ which was included in a Bing Advertisement.
A music supervisor will choose (and license) music to be used in any visual media, for example, TV shows, films, and games. They will work closely with the director and producer on the visual media to find what music will work best for scenes.
It’s important to understand what makes a piece of music syncable. If you’re working on a brief, ensure that you’ve fully understood the brief and met all the acceptance criteria.
Hello, it looks like you are visiting from . Click to view content specific to your region or no thanks, don't show again.
