Midem 2010, the place were the global music community comes together, will feature a number of exclusive licensing events. Are your songs good enough for the next DJ Hero® videogame, a movie trailer, a US popular show, or even a Pantene campaign?

If you’re attending Midem, submit them for up to five Listening Sessions via Activision Blizzard, Grey Advertising, RipTide Music, MTV and Zync Music, all taking place only at MIDEM 2010, January 23-26, 2010 in Cannes!

The European developer community is about to meet at the Develop Conference & Expo, 14-16 July 2009 in Brighton, UK. The event will enable participants to get up to date with the latest development tools and techniques, make new contacts and catch keynote speeches and workshops. Innovation and achievement will be celebrated at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards. The event could be of interest to game music writers and sound editors.

EDIT: It’s worth noting that the early bird rate of £150 closes June 10. Click through for details.
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Award-winning Canadian composer Michael McCann has signed to music publisher Licence To Thrill. McCann’s credits include Deutsch Inc., Fox, MTV, Ogilvy & Mather, NBC, Alliance Atlantis and Ubisoft. He has created music for US branding spots, (BP, The Gap / Old Navy); title music for multiple television series including ReGenesis (nominated for Best TV Theme at the Hollywood Music Awards); film and videogame trailers (Tom Clancy’s EndWar, The Law of Enclosures); full game scores (including his award-winning music to Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent). Licence To Thrill provides music for brand owners’ campaigns and interactive marketing.

The upcoming London Songwriters’ Week (May 18-22) features a number of interesting events, including two discussions on “Writing for Film & TV” and “Writing for Games and Advertising”. This is in addition to more traditional songwriting concerns, and a number of showcases and concerts. Full details at London Songwriters Week.

Garry Schyman’s soundtrack for the “Resistance: Retribution” game has been picking up excellent reviews. Music 4 Games says it, “takes the rawest Stravinskian power and explodes musically in a way not heard since the death of Jerry Goldsmith”. User reviews have consistently given it five stars.

Check it out on iTunes.

The video game business is the largest and fastest growing segment of the entertainment industry. The American PRO Ascap is organising an event for songwriters in Los Angeles April 23-25 that will include talks about how top music professionals in video games create the cutting edge scores and song compilations that help create the completely immersive environments found in the best games on the market. The panel will also discuss our their career paths and what new opportunities are out there for the aspiring composer or songwriter. Details on the ASCAP site.
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