FM-Film & Music Artist Platform Globally Launched

Gong Art Company, the organisation behind the annual FMC-Film Music Contest have announced the launch of a new networking platform dedicated to artists, companies and institutions working in the world of music and film.

The FM Platform is a new international platform for music and film artists. It doubles as an international directory of people, companies, institutions and organisations active in the music and film world.

About Membership

Basic membership is free for all music and film artists. The platform offers a wealth of features, cataloguing, categorisation, geographic zoning, and a space to link social media, music and film platforms. Artists on the platform can easily connect with people in same areas of interest. Membership on the platform can help them find new contacts, collaborators or friends anywhere in the world and it´s a promo source of information about each artist.

A premium membership option is available for €36 per year, which extends the platform’s feature set to include a promotional photo gallery, provides the option of incorporating music videos or films hosted on YouTube, and makes it possible to link to music hosted on streaming services such as Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music and more. A standard membership can be upgraded to premium status at any time.

Find out how to join and create a profile on the platform by following this link: https://fmartistplatform.com/how-to-enter-edit/

Categories

There are lots of categories to choose from in the music and film world that artists, companies and organisations can tag to their profiles based on which field they are artistically active and work in.  

All categories can be found at this link: https://fmartistplatform.com/categories/

Votes

Members of the FM platform can nominate and vote for their favorite films, series, albums, music and film performers throughout the year. The results will be announced during the FM 2024 Awards. The Votes section and nominations can be found here: https://fmartistplatform.com/fm-artists-votes/

To find out more, and sign up for the new platform, take a look at the link: www.fmartistplatform.com

Media Contact:Mgr. Vlado Zeleznak JR.
Director FMC-Film Music Contest,
Head of Press FM-Film & Music Artist Platform: press@fmartistplatform.com

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FMC: Film Music Contest & Awards 2023 VIP Artist Travel Stay in Budapest

The main organisers of the international competition and festival known as FMC – Film Music Contest and Awards – held an exclusive four-day FMC VIP Artist Travel Stay in Budapest, Hungary.

This event drew together artists from the film, music and fashion industries, media partners and representatives of tech companies producing specialist hardware and software products.

FMC partners, organizers and winners    

The participants were in for a busy and varied programme over the weekend with VIP guided tours around the city.

FMC 2023 award ceremony on the hotel rooftop with a panoramic view of the whole of Budapest in the presence of cameras

The FMC 2023 winners were: Shirley Choi – Symphonic Orchestral Music category winner (Hong Kong), Roman Miroshnichenko – Instrumental music winner (Russia), and Jack Kent – Action Game Soundtrack winner (Italy).

The special Grand Prix for the three winners with the highest scores in the FMC competition was a VIP Artist four-day stay in Budapest, including a prize-giving ceremony, where they were presented with their awards by the competition organisers. The lucky three were: Enea Astori – Music For Film, TV, Ads category winner (Italy), Eimear O’Sullivan – Scoring Retro SCI-FI Animation category winner (Ireland), and Lucian Marza – Animation, Films, Videos category winner (Romania).

With the cameras rolling, invited guests awarded the winners their prizes at a ceremony on the rooftop of a hotel affording an exclusive panoramic view of the whole of Budapest.

FMC partners, organizers and winners at the FMC 2023 award ceremony on the hotel rooftop

The gathering that personally presented awards to the winners included FMC director Vlado -Zeleznak Jr and FMC producer Vlado Zeleznak Snr — in attendance on behalf of the competition organisers — Also present were Antoni Ozynski (Poland), co-founder of PSPAudioware; Paul Gilby (UK) from Sound On Soundmagazine. Jozef Zeleňák, director of Prodex; Ruby Fang (Hong Kong), a successful fashion designer, CEO and chief design director.

As this year’s FMC comes to a close, special thanks are extended to the event’s media partners Acn Newswire, Indie-eye network. The organisers also express their gratitude to all the sponsors – Moog Music, PSPAudioware, Meze Audio, Best Service, UJAM, MakeMusic, Soundiron, Prodex, and D16 Group Audio Software.

Next year

The organisers are already working on the next FMC 2024 edition and future exclusive VIP Artist Travel Stay events. If you want to be a part of this, follow FMC on social media, subscribe to the newsletter and follow the official website at www.fmcontest.com

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Media Contact:
Mgr. Vlado Zeleznak Jr. 
Director
FMC-Film Music Contest
PRESS FMCE: press@fmcontest.com

FMC – Film Music Contest 2022: Now Open for Registration

This year’s unique international competition was officially launched for all music and film artists to enter their compositions and films featuring original scores.

FMC-Film Music Contest is the biggest international music competition and awards of its kind in Europe intended for composers of original music for Film, TV, Ads, Videogames. For sound designers, bands, musicians, instrumentalists, soloists, producers, filmmakers, and videographers, with no age limits and irrespective of nationality or country of origin.

The FMC 2022 organising team is excited to welcome all talented artists with their original music and audiovisual works and will be searching for them in all countries on all continents.

Along with the opening of the competition, FMC 2022’s official video trailer was also un-veiled: https://youtu.be/ocMPxEYAioc

Registration for the four competition categories is now open and offers several ways to enter. Contestants may enter musical compositions, films or videos with original scores they have already prepared in the following categories: 1. Instrumental Music; or 2. Music for Film, TV, Ads, Video Games. Alternatively, contestants have a unique opportunity to work on a visually appealing film-based or video-game competition material specially made for this year in the following categories: 3. Film Scoring “Casino.sk” or 4. Video Game Scoring “Die by the Blade”.

This year’s Music Score for the Visual Media competition categories will once again feature visually engaging materials for entrants to get creative in their music composition and hone their compositional skills.

You can register for FMC 2022 and all competition categories online at the official competition website here: www.fmcontest.com

“These categories are definitely open to any musician or composer, so everyone is sure to find the category they identify with in terms of composition and musical arrangement. The entire process of registering for the competition, composing a new song, working on attractive visuals, and doing the final mixing and mastering in your studio before delivering entries is very interesting and highly creative. Judging from the responses of our contestants in previous years, it is also a way for many artists to have some fun and take a break from their everyday work, which we’re very pleased about,” said FMC director Vlado Zeleznak Jr.

Who will decide the winners?

The prestigious international jury in the FMC are composers, musicians from the EU, USA, Asia, Australia the professional elite in the music and film industry, working for Hollywood, Asian and European film studios, TV broadcasters, Netflix, etc.

Past and present FMC judges, complete with short bios, have been posted in the jury section of the official website here: https://www.fmcontest.com/jury/

During the 75th International Film Festival in Cannes, France, and its film market event, the Marche du Film, where the people behind FMC pitched the event to new partners, the competition’s creators teamed up on a video call with the jury’s chairman Vlado Meller. Fresh from working on the latest album by the legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers, Meller said, “I’m looking forward to FMC 2022 and all the contestants and their original compositions very much, especially in the instrumental music category since it will be very interesting to compare the level to previous years.”

On the heels of its new media partnerships with SOS–Sound On Sound and Music Connection, the FMC-Film Music Contest is thrilled to welcome Universal Audio alongside its long-standing partners.

This new partner, one of the world’s premier music companies, probably needs no special introduction to any musician. For many, the first things that spring to mind upon hearing that name are pioneering sound recording, innovative recording products since the company’s very start, superlative product quality, cutting-edge design, and popular equipment and standards in recording studios around the world. We are honoured to welcome Universal Audio on board for FMC 2022: “The world’s leader in Thunderbolt audio interfaces, analogue recording hardware, and UAD audio plug-ins.” New high-value hardware from this partner will be included in the unique and highly desirable package of prizes for FMC 2022’s winners.

Not only that, winners will also gain plenty of media attention and receive other interesting and attractive media prizes.

FMC would also like to thank all the long-standing partners who have been with us from the start, such as D16 Group Audio Software, PSPaudioware, Meze Audio, and others who have worked with FMC to reward the very best contestants with high-quality music software and hardware.
Information about all the prizes can be found on our new official website here: https://www.fmcontest.com/prizes/

All contestants have just a few months left to register for FMC 2022. The deadline for registration and submission of all entries is 12 September 2022.

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Media Contact:
Mgr. Vlado Zeleznak JR.
Director FMC-Film Music Contest, PRESS FMC
E: press@fmcontest.com

Announcing FMC 2022; On June 12, the next chapter for musicians and filmmakers from around the world begins

Several months of intensive preparations are over, and the official countdown to the start and opening of registration for the FMC-Film Music Contest 2022 has begun.

FMC is a unique international music competition for composers of original music for film, TV, advertising and video games, and for filmmakers, videomakers and producers of audio-visual works of any genre.

The FMC international organizing team has prepared a number of changes and surprises for this year’s competitors, and after rigorous work, we are happy to present the shape of our new collaborations and gradually publish all of this year’s news.

Announcing the Launch of our New Website

The FMC organizing team is excited to announce the launch of our brand-new website! After months in the works, we are happy to officially share it with all of you. You can visit the official FMC 2022 website and check all the news and info here: www.fmcontest.com

New international media partnerships

FMC enjoys growing international popularity and media interest around the world. This year, we gladly and proudly welcome two truly exclusive top music media partners who will help FMC 2022 provide far-reaching international coverage.

Our first partner is a British music magazine which ranks among the world elite and has become a trusted and popular source over the last 35 years to professionals in the music industry for information about all the audio news.

SOS — Sound On Sound
SOS — Sound On Sound. “The world’s premier audio recording technology magazine and the trusted resource for all things audio.” Well-known and with a rich history, this magazine has informed musicians around the world for more than 35 years and is also a firm favourite of top record producers, mixing/sound engineers and recording artists.

SOS — Sound On Sound, the exclusive media sponsor of FMC 2022, will keep you informed of news from this year’s competition on its information channels. Our sponsor has also prepared special prizes for competitors.

Music Connection
We are also excited to announce a new media partner, the US monthly music-trade magazine Music Connection. Established in 1977, this magazine needs no introduction and is a reliable and popular source of information for professionals in the music industry.

Music Connection contains news about major events and festivals in the world and delivers all the important information from the global music industry. The magazine features interviews with the world’s biggest stars, such as Bruno Mars, Sting, Imagine Dragons, Billie Eilish, Taylor Swift, and others. It is a great honour to have this magazine on board, and we look forward to our partnership.

We are also pleased about ongoing media partnerships and cooperation with the ACN Newswire the globally recognized press release distributor.

Unique competition categories this year

This year’s competition categories will once again deliver visually appealing materials (a feature drama film and a premiere action video game) for creative composers and the space to improve their composing skills. Filmmakers, video makers and production studios will be able to re-engage their original films, videos and series with original music. In a separate competition, audio categories aimed at instrumentalists, instrumental groups, bands, chamber groups, small and large orchestras, soloists, and sound designers will allow submission of previously completed compositions.

International representation of FMC at prestigious events abroad

Members of the FMC organizing team will travel to major European national tours in the coming weeks and months and personally attend several of the most important film events, festivals and markets. At these meetings, they will represent FMC in person and negotiate with potential partners about new collaborations and partnerships to keep pushing the event forward to new levels and bring exclusive content to competitors and fans for many years to come.

More news and information will be published in other press releases and articles on the official competition website.

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Media Contact:
Mgr. Vlado Zeleznak Jr.
Director, FMC-Film Music Contest, PRESS FMC
E: press@fmcontest.com