Chair: Lol Hammond [Music Supervisor/Composer]
Speakers: Allan Niblo [Music Supervisor - Vertigo Films], Vicky Williams [Music Supervisor - Williams Music Agency], Nick Angel [Music Supervisor - 45RMP] & Catherine Grieves [Music Supervisor - 45RMP]
Get an inside look at the world of sync from the experts who have placed music recently in iconic TV shows and films. This panel brings together top sync professionals who will share their personal experiences and successes. They’ll walk through standout moments from their portfolios, shedding light on how they matched music to screen and how those placements came to life.
Whether you’re an artist, songwriter, or industry professional, this session will offer a rare, practical perspective on the power of music in media.
Speaker Information:
Lol Hammond [Music Supervisor/Composer]
Born in Stoke Newington North London in 1969 Lol began making Electronic dance music with renegade sound system Spiral Tribe in 1991 . A year later he formed the seminal dance act “ The Drum Club " with London based DJ Charlie Hall . There was also there club of the same name which was voted the club of the nineties by the Big Issue . They released three critically acclaimed albums and toured the world extensively with the likes of the Prodigy and Orbital . There was numerous club anthems including “ U make me feel so good “ ,“ Alchemy “ and “ Sound System “ the later also charted in the main stream charts . Hot producers as well as live act they remixed many bands including The Fall , Killing Joke , Lush , Chapter House , Curve , Jah Wobble and the Alabama 3 .
Whilst hosting and running several nights in the Brixton area in 2001 Lol was asked to perform a cameo in the film “ SW9” being filmed in the area and directed by Richard Parry . It turned out Richard was a huge fan of the Drum club and in particular the “ Alchemy “ track . Lol rerecorded the song with vocalist Lindy Layton (Who sang the beats interntional No1 single “ Dub be good to me) and happily for everyone it worked in the film . Richard and Lol struck up a friendship which lasts to this day and Richard asked him to be his music supervisor on the film . So began a career which has seen him go on to work on nearly forty films to date .
Either in the capacity as music supervisor or as composer . Often now as both . Credits include “ Football Factory " , “ The Business " , “ Bronson " , “ The Sweeney " , “ Its all gone Pete Tong " , ‘ Monsters ", “ The Firm " , “ London to Brighton " , “ The Escapist " , “Pusher “ , “ Street dance 1&2 " , “ Horrid Henry ", “ All Stars “ , “ Dirty Sanchez " and the “ Hatton Garden Job " .
Recently he has moved into the field of Television working on the “ Bullet proof “ series for Sky . Released at Christmas worldwide was the film “ Accident Man : A hitman’s holiday “ where Lol did both composition and music supervision . Lead track for the film “ Biff Bang Pow ! “ written & performed by the band “ Are We Super Heroes ‘ he is part of was released at the same time as a single and there is an Ep coming shortly . He has also recorded an album with Alabama 3 main man Larry Love and has just finished working on the legendary Ray Liottas last film “ Dangerous Waters ‘ . He did Composition and Music Supervision on Dangerous Waters. He is currently working on the feature film “ Trap House “ starring Dave Bautista for Signature Entertainment in the US. There is a single released this month “ Red Book ‘ with the exciting new artist SAINT LEONARD. Lol wrote the music along with the legendary producer/artist Brian Eno.
Allan Niblo [Music Supervisor - Vertigo Films]
Alllan Niblo is a graduate of The National Film and Televsion School and his first film was the BAFTA winning cult classic Human Traffic which was a commercial and critical smash hit. He established Vertigo Films in 2002 with partner James Richardson and the company has consistently been a leading player in Film and Television in the UK since then.
Previous output includes The Football Factory (the UK’s biggest selling independent film on DVD), Its All Gone Pete Tong (which won Best Feature at Toronto FF), Bronson (Sundance winner), Europe’s first 3D live action movie Streetdance 3D (entering the UK Box Office charts at No.1 and becoming one of the most successful UK independent films of all time), to the genre busting Monsters (winner of three British Independent Film Awards), Ajami (nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film), The Sweeney starring Ray Winstone and Plan B which straight to No.1 at the UK Box Office), the smash hit and family favourite Horrid Henry 3D and a portrait of the world famous Theoretical Pyhsicist Hawking (SXSW Festival headline slot).
Recent television output includes the big budget historical epic Britannia for SKY Atlantic which was written by Jez Butterworth and the action-packed buddy cop series Bulletproof for SKY One. The six part drama series for Amazon called Mammals starring James Corden and Sally Hawkins and Nick Love’s gangster epic A Town Called Malice for SKY. In post-production for an Oct 24 release is Curfew for Paramount.
Vicki Williams [Music Supervisor - Williams Music Agency
Vicki Williams has used her knowledge of music to help shape over 70 Film and TV projects. Beginning her career at Working Title Films, where over the course of nine years she was the Music Co-ordinator on films such as Atonement, Hot Fuzz, The Golden Age, The Boat that Rocked and Green Zone.
Since being freelance, she has worked on Ron Howard’s Rush, Danny Boyle’s Trance, Richard Curtis’ About Time and Matthew Warchus’ Pride. Serving as the Music Coordinator on the 3D movie, Street Dance, Street Dance 2, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Paddington 2.
As a Music Supervisor she oversaw the BBC drama Restless composed by Lorne Balfe. Which recvived an Emmy nomination for best original dramatic score.
She has Music Consulted on many documentary films including, Grace Jones, worked with Idris Elba on his directed film Yardie and Music Supervised Rude Boy: 50 Years of Trojan Records.
Working on Fleabag was a career highlight along with hard hitting drama The Long Shadow, and recent Grime film, Gassed up.
Vicki is currently on her sixth series of Call the Midwife, and feature film Turn up the Sun with James McAvoy.
Nick Angel - [Music Supervisor - 45RPM]
Nick Angel is one of the leading Music Supervisors working in the industry today. From 1999, he was Head of Music for Working Title, receiving a Grammy nomination for the Bridget Jones soundtrack, and supervising some of the UK's most iconic films, including Billy Elliot, Love Actually, Johnny English, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End and many more.
Recent credits include the phenomenally successful No. 1 Netflix movie Wham!, alongside Iain Cooke, Blueprint Pictures' Wicked Little Letters, Working Title’s romcom What’s Love Got To Do With It, and most recently, ITV's 80s hit drama series Joan, Amazon's action comedy feature Role Play and Film 4's We Live In Time, starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield.
Nick is also an active executive producer, with credits including the Working Title movie Yesterday, the Grammy nominated Judy soundtrack album featuring Renee Zellweger, with duets with Sam Smith and Rufus Wainwright, the Steven Knight series about a fictional two-tone band, This Town, for Kudos/BBC, the Anton Corbijn documentary Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) and The Score starring Naomi Ackie and Johnny Flynn.
Nick’s current music supervision projects include Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy for Working Title, That Christmas for Locksmith Animation, Paddington In Peru for Heyday/StudioCanal, and A Thousand Blows for Disney+.
Catherine Grieves [Music Supervisor - 45RPM]
Catherine is an award-winning and twice EMMY nominated Music Supervisor, working across television and film. She is best known for her work on international hit series Killing Eve (EMMY nominated for Outstanding Music Supervision, Hollywood Music and Media Award winner), Baby Reindeer (EMMY nominated for Outstanding Music Supervision), Lynne Ramsay’s feature You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix (Music Week Award winner for Outstanding Film Soundtrack), and critically acclaimed dramas Slow Horses starring Gary Oldman and featuring an original titles song by Mick Jagger, Extraordinary for Disney+, Candice Carty-Williams’ drama Queenie for Channel4/Hulu and BAFTA nominated British feature How To Have Sex.
Recent credits include Netflix's smash hit thriller Fool Me Once, See-Saw Films One Life, HBO series Rain Dogs, Sherwood for BBC, Amazon’s The Devil’s Hour and Stephen Merchant's comedy drama series The Outlaws for BBC and Amazon. Catherine was also score co-ordinator for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Upcoming projects include Day Of The Jackal for Sky/Peacock and Paddington In Peru for Studio Canal.
Catherine is a graduate of the prestigious Tonmeister course, a specialist degree program in sound engineering and music. Her experience and understanding of the recording process and music production has helped her to develop strong creative relationships with composers, and encourages a collaborative approach across a soundtrack.