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Sara Connally
SVP, Head of Creative - Music Curation + Sync A&R
Universal Music Group

SANTA MONICA, USA // With 14 years of experience in sync licensing, and now as the head of creative for the newly launched Sync A&R division at Universal Music Group, Sara Connally oversees a team of creatives who work directly with UMG artists globally customizing and creating new tracks A&R’d for sync.

Connally’s team was responsible for creating and landing “Home” by Vince Staples in the Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse teaser, film & soundtrack, “When I Sleep” by JID for The Hate U Give film trailer, “Unstatus Quo” by Duckwrth for the Palm’s Unstatus Quo campaign, Sam Smith’s version of the Donna Summer classic “I Feel Love” for the Target Thinking Of You holiday campaign, the Four Tops “Reach Out I’ll Be There” remix for the Don’t Let Go film trailer, the Maggie Rogers “Back In My Body” remix for the Google Year In Search 2019 campaign, and most recently the Vince Staples “FUN!” remix for the Gatorade Fueled By The Best campaign, to name a few.