There's a particular thrill in watching a film scene and hearing the music that could have been there instead. That instinct, the one that makes you reach for a pen, a piano, or a notation tab, is exactly what the Film Sync Awards are built around.
Now in its third edition, the contest from the French Association of Music Supervisors (ASM), the Spanish-Speaking Music Supervision Association, and Bridge.audio invites composers to place their own music against a scene that already lives in cinema history. We're proud to partner with them again this year, and we want to make sure every composer in the Flat community knows the door is open.
The concept: one scene, your music
Pick one of four film scenes, each from a film previously nominated at the Cannes Film Festival, and submit your music as an alternative. There are two categories you can enter:
- Best Sync Alternative: submit a track from your existing catalog (you must own the rights).
- Best Original Score Alternative: compose an original track specifically for this contest and scene.
The contest is free to enter and open to independent artists, composers, songwriters, labels, and publishers.
The four scenes
- Laurence Anyways — Xavier Dolan (2012), contemplation
- Enter the Void — Gaspar Noé (2009), Tokyo
- La Tortue Rouge — Michael Dudok de Wit (2016), swim with the turtles
- Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn (2011), opening credits
How to enter
- Choose your scene from the four above.
- Choose your category: Best Sync Alternative or Best Original Score Alternative.
- Prepare your track: a catalog track for Sync (you must own the rights), or an original composition for Score.
- Submit through the contest page. Subject line must be "Sync:" or "Score:" followed by the film title. In the message, include a one-sentence pitch justifying your track choice. Audio only at this stage (.mp3, .wav, .flac, .aiff), no video. One entry per participant: one track for one scene.
- If nominated, you move to The Finals: create a video montage combining your track with the chosen scene and submit it in a Bridge Project.
💡 All the info is here.
Key dates
- June 6: Submission deadline for The Nominations
- June 9: Nominees announced
- June 16: Submission deadline for The Finals
- June 25: Winners announced during the Festival "Les Soeurs Jumelles"
Prizes
Two prize pools, one for each category, with five awards each.
1st place: an exclusive meeting with the members of the jury, a spotlight on your music during the Festival Soeurs Jumelles, and spots on Bridge Sync or Bridge Score (depending on your category) for three years.
2nd to 5th place: spots on Bridge Sync or Bridge Score (depending on your category) for two years.
All nominees: presence on the Music Supervisors Association's official playlist.
For context: the winner of the 2024 FSAs composed music for the Apple TV+ series Drops of God. That sync was made possible by Thibault Deboaisne, music supervisor and president of the 2025 jury.
The jury
This year's jury brings together music supervisors working across film, television, and advertising:
- Patricia Carrera — music supervisor and licensing expert for audiovisual productions (Netflix, Amazon, Disney, HBO). President of the Spanish-Speaking Music Supervision Association.
- Everton Lewis Jr. — board member of the Guild of Music Supervisors Canada, founder of Wracket Music Supervision Inc., former Director of Music Supervision at VICE Canada.
- Beth Urdang — longtime music supervisor in advertising, film, television, and non-broadcast media. First in-house music supervisor at Wieden & Kennedy (Portland and Amsterdam), with campaigns for Nike, Coca-Cola, and Microsoft.
- Raquel Bettencourt — Director of Communications and Music Supervisor at Wracket Music Supervision Inc.
- Abi Leland — founder of Leland, a London-based music supervision company. Named Music Supervisor of the Year twice by Music Week.
- Janet Lopez — Emmy-nominated music supervisor and founder of AGAVE Music & Media, winner of a Guild of Music Supervisors Award for The White Lotus Season 1. Credits include The Gilded Age, VEEP, and The Twilight Zone.
- Jeanne Trellu — music supervisor and executive music producer (Oxygen, Revenge, Stalk, La Vallée Fracturée).
- Sasha White — Head of Music at Mediawan, previously at West One Music Group.
- Ingrid Visquis — Director of Bonne Pioche Music Library (Les Têtes Givrées, On ira, Les Sentinelles, Acid).
- Stéphanie Sfeir — Paris-based music supervisor (Revenge, Diamantino, Papicha, Stalk), part of the music supervision team at My Melody / Artistic Palace.
How Flat fits in
If you're entering the Best Original Score Alternative category, or if preparing your submission involves arranging, transcribing, or sketching ideas, Flat is built for that kind of work. You can write and edit scores directly in your browser, hear them back with high-quality playback, and share them with collaborators in real time, no download needed.
Whether you're a film scorer, a songwriter, a hybrid producer, or a notation-first arranger, the Flat editor gives you a fast, focused space to shape your musical ideas before they go anywhere else.
Ready to enter?
The scenes are waiting. Pick the one that won't leave your head, choose your category, and send your submission in before June 6.
Head over to the Film Sync Awards to see the scenes and submit. And if you want a space to compose, arrange, or refine your music, try Flat free.