Jaskin Fendrix (Image: Media Eye)
LONDON (CelebrityAccess) – Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) signs award-winning composers and musicians Jaskin Fendrix Global publishing agreement with Classics and Film and Television divisions.
director Yorgos Lanthimos Discovered Fendrix through his debut solo album, Winter travel. Lanthimos subsequently commissioned Fendrix to score his first film poor thing. The score earned Fendrix the 2024 Ivor Novello Award for Best Motion Picture Score and was nominated for a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Score, making him the first person ever to win The youngest composer nominated for these honors.
Fendrix also signed on to score two of Lanthimos’ subsequent films, including Kinds of Kindnessreleased last month.
Fendrix expressed his excitement about the collaboration: “I am delighted to be working with Tash Baldwin, Anna Jaskiewicz and the team at UMPG Classics & Screen/Decca Publishing. I have great trust in them for the protection and dissemination of my work. It is an honor to be signed to UMPG along with so many outstanding artists, especially Led by a trailblazing and passionate music champion like Jody Gerson.
Natasha BaldwinUMPG’s executive vice president of classics and screen praised Fendrix’s achievement: “Jerskin’s meteoric rise in the soundtrack world has been remarkable and he fully deserves all the accolades he has received to date. Jerskin has quietly developed an exciting artist/composer and songwriting style that initially caught our attention A&R team, so I’m delighted we can welcome Jerskin to a publishing company that truly supports and amplifies what it means to be a composer.”
Anna Jaskiewicz, The creative director of UMPG Classics and Screen added: “We are extremely honored to be working with the unparalleled talent of Jaskin Fendrix. Jaskin is also an accomplished singer-songwriter with multiple artistic projects in the pipeline that are expected to be released in the coming years.
Fendrix joins a distinguished list of composers including Nicholas Brittle, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Max Richter, Hildur Guznadottir, Danny Elfman, James Newton- Howard, David Lynch, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gustavo Santallara, and more.
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