THE ONLY HOPE PROJECT MUSIC COMPETITION
‘I wanna look like Michael Caine’
THE BRIEF:
An exciting opportunity to write a soundtrack for a scene in a film, produced to bring public attention to the problems GPs face in early diagnosis of terminal illnesses, and to the campaign to develop ground- breaking tools to support these doctors.
Only Hope, which stars real cancer patients, is a darkly comic tale of a Robin Hood character on a mission to raise money to save a young girl’s life. ‘Robin’, who thinks he looks like Michael Caine, is seen driving his classic mini off a cliff in an apparent murder / suicide…*
We would like to invite submissions for an original, upbeat dance track that will be played as the car is seen driving off the cliff to certain death…
PRIZE:
The winning entrant will work with acclaimed music producer, Allen George (see below bio), to develop and polish the clip into a full-length track which will feature and be credited in the final edit of the film.
GENRE:
Electronic dance music (EDM)
DURATION:
An initial, sample clip of between 45 and 60 seconds
FORMAT: MP3
HOW TO SUBMIT:
All entries should be uploaded to allengeorge@sciencewithsoul.org
START DATE: 2nd January 2023
ALLEN GEORGE – A SHORT BIO
Allen George is an internationally renowned music producer and grammy nominee who has worked with Madonna and Beyonce. Find out more about Allen here: https://www.theqgentleman.com/post/2022-11-show-me-love-allen-george-beyonce-break-my-soul
Allen and his production partner and life-long friend, Fred McFarlane, have produced and written numerous songs and created many stars in a career spanning more than 30 years. In 1984, disco queen Jocelyn Brown recorded their song, Somebody Else’s Guy, which became the first million-selling single for their company, Terrible Two Productions. Allen’s single, Show Me Love, has been recorded, released and sampled by more than 15 artists, including Beyonce, Clean Bandit and Pete Tong.
TERMS & CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1. The Only Hope music competition is open to anyone. There are no limitations on age, gender or nationality.
2. Tracks must be entirely original and must not infringe any copyrights or any other rights. Any snippet considered to contain elements of unoriginal work will be disqualified at the discretion of the Judge (see above).
3. All recordings and links must be submitted without passwords. Faulty or non-playing recordings, or those submitted in a form other than that specified, will be disqualified from the competition.
4. All submissions should clearly show the song title, writer’s name, and contact email address.
5. Entrants agree to sign all ownership rights and all copyrights to Allen George and the Only Hope Project. Any royalties from publication of either the track or the film will be distributed as follows: Only Hope Project – 40%; Allen George – 40%; Winning entrant – 20%
6. Entry to the competition constitutes your agreement that that OHP Ltd can use the song for any purpose associated with and to promote its mission, or any variation of it, and as declared on the OHP website.
4. Any and all royalties will be managed and distributed by Terrible Two Productions.
5. All parties agree that the Only Hope Project mission statement, or variation of the mission statement, will be linked to any promotion or publicity of the song.
6. The Judge’s decision is final and binding and, by entering the contest, all participants agree to accept and abide by that decision.
7. By participating in the Only Hope Project soundtrack competition, entrants agree to be bound by all of the above conditions, and any subsequent revisions, including but not limited to: permission to use winners' names, likenesses, recordings, videos and voices for promotional and publicity purposes for the Only Hope Project, on its own websites and on other third-party websites; in publicity and promotional materials and press releases.