ABOUT SYNCSMITH

 

CAST YOUR MIND BACK, CAN YOU REMEMBER A GLORIOUS SEPIA-INFUSED ERA WHERE PEOPLE COMMUNICATED, I MEAN REALLY COMMUNICATED; PRE-EMAIL, PRE-ROLODEX, PRE-ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. RELATIONSHIPS IMPLIED A TACTILE LEVEL OF CARE, THAT WARMING GLINT IN THE EYE, TIP OF THE HAT AND ROBUST HANDSHAKE GAVE CONFIDENCE - A TIME WHEN LASTING FRIENDSHIPS WERE CREATED THROUGH BELIEF IN EACH OTHERS ABILITIES AND ABOVE ALL TRUST. 

LIFE ITSELF HAD AN ENIGMATIC SOUNDTRACK BACK THEN, IT WASN'T FOCUSED ON AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES & ETHEREAL COMPOSITIONS, NOR WAS IT FOCUSED ON GRANULAR SYNTHESIS, FIELD RECORDINGS AND FOUND SOUND. THE MUSIC WHETHER PLUCKED OR SUNG, GAELIC OR AFRICAN, WAS A COHESIVE FORCE. IT ENHANCED INDIGENOUS CULTURE, AMALGAMATED WORKERS AND PROVIDED A MUCH NEEDED RELEASE FROM ADVERSITY AND HARDSHIP, SETTING LIFE ITSELF FREE. IT WASN'T COMMERCIALISED, MONETISED, GENRE FOCUSED OR FUELLED BY POPULAR CULTURE, THERE WAS A GRITTY AND AUTHENTIC SONIC PALETTE, DRIVEN BY EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS AND RAW EMOTION. 

SYNCSMITH WAS HAND-FORGED IN THIS INDUSTRIAL EPOCH, A STEAM-DRIVEN TIME WHEN MASTER CRAFTSMEN AND THE BRUNELS OF THIS WORLD WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR CRAFT AND THROUGH HARD WORK AND DETERMINATION, GALVANISED A REVOLUTION. THE CARBON STAINED, MECHANICALLY SCARRED HANDS OF THE "SMITH" SIGNIFIED YEARS OF EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND DISCRETELY WITHHELD LAYERS OF LAMENT IN ATTAINING MASTER STATUS OF THEIR CHOSEN DISCIPLINE. ABOVE ALL, THESE ARTIFICERS WERE GENUINE FOLK, GREAT LISTENERS AND INFLUENCERS OF SOCIETY WHO ADVISED AND GUIDED, REFUSING SELF-GRATIFYING ADORNMENT AS HELPING OTHERS AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE WAS ALWAYS WAY MORE SIGNIFICANT.

THESE VALUES SHAPED AND CONTINUE TO FUEL THE VERY ARTERIES OF SYNCSMITH, WHILST FUTURISTIC IN CONTENT WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT ETHICS, VALUES AND TRADITIONAL DELIVERY. WE'RE HERE TO HELP - TO EASE YOUR AUDIO ACQUISITION PROCESS, TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FINEST AVANT-GARDE SOUNDS FOR YOUR PROJECTS AND TO GIVE YOU UNPARALLELED ACCESS TO GROUND BREAKING EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS AND COMPOSERS.

“AN ASTERISK MAKES A LIGHT SHINE WHEREAS THE OBELISK CUTS & PIERCES” - ST. JEROME C. 347-420

 
 
 
 
 
 

  • Syncsmith is a London and Somerset-based music supervision and sound design company, founded in 2016 - operating at the precise intersection of music, image and emotion. We source, license and compose sound for the world's most discerning luxury brands, agencies, directors and production houses.

    Our disciplines span music supervision, sync, music licensing, bespoke composition, sound design, audio branding, post-production and audio strategy. Embedded at the heart of the creative process from treatment stage. Working globally across the UK, United States, France, Germany and the Netherlands.

    We are not a library. We are not a search engine. We are passionate Music Supervisors. We are curatorial intelligence - built on intimate relationships, encyclopaedic knowledge of experimental music, and an unwavering belief that the right piece of music, placed with precision, changes everything.

    That belief has earned us a seat at the table on the most ambitious commercial productions of the last decade - fashion, motorsport, experiential and luxury automotive.

    When a brief lands with us, it enters a conversation with people who know how to find, clear and deliver exactly what a project needs, with no compromises.

  • Syncsmith has provided music supervision, sound design and bespoke composition to some of the world's most recognised luxury brands and creative institutions.

    We work with freelance directors, agency producers, production houses and editors - anyone with a music acquisition challenge who needs a trusted partner to remove the burden entirely.

    Luxury fashion and beauty: Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chloé, Chanel, Loewe, Gucci, Prada, Moncler and Burberry.

    Automotive and Motorsport: Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, BMW, Kia and Formula One.

    Sport, Tech & Entertainment: Nike, Adidas, Campari, Suntory Toki, Meta, Google and Bang & Olufsen.

    Our work includes the Campari Red Passion global campaign, the Range Rover Sport Spillway filmed at Iceland's Karahnjukar Dam, and the Nike On Air experiential event set against the Olympics.

    Behind every brief: a catalogue of over 8,000 tracks, direct access to composers including KÁRYYN, KMRU, Vessel, Aïsha Devi, Laurel Halo, Rrose and Carrier, and an extended network of experimental and avant-garde voices in music today.

  • Every Syncsmith project begins with a conversation, not a keyword search. We read briefs the way a director reads a script - looking for what isn't said as much as what is. The emotional subtext, the visual rhythm, the brand tension that needs resolving. From that we build a sonic strategy that serves the project, not the algorithm.

    We work across three modes. Music Supervision - sourcing brilliance from our catalogue, external catalogues and label network, clearing rights and delivering music ready for picture. Bespoke Composition - commissioning original work from our composer roster for projects that require something that has never existed before. Sound Design - hyper-realistic, immersive SFX and audio environments for advertising, film and experiential work.

    Our composer roster is curated with sync specifically in mind - Grammy-winning composers selected not only for the quality of their work but for their ability to translate brief into sound, deliver to broadcast specification and collaborate under commercial pressures.

    We commit fully to each project, embedding ourselves as an extension of your team. Our results and your awards speak for themselves.

    Submit a brief here or call on +44 (0)20 7123 6612