Production Music - The Burst Collective, the Music People Ltd., Jingle Punks Music, Kpm Musichouse, Black Toast Music, Killer Tracks (Paperback)

Chapters: The Burst Collective, the Music People Ltd., Jingle Punks Music, Kpm Musichouse, Black Toast Music, Killer Tracks, Themusicase.com. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 30. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Production music is the name given to the music owned by production music libraries and licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media. Unlike popular and classical music publishers, who typically own less than 50 percent of the copyright in a composition, music production libraries own all of the copyrights of their music, meaning that it can be licensed without seeking the composer's permission, as is necessary in licensing music from normal publishers. This is because virtually all music created for music libraries is done on a work for hire basis. Production music is therefore a convenient medium for media producersthey can be assured that they will be able to license any piece of music in the library at a reasonable rate. Production music libraries will typically offer a broad range of musical styles and genres, enabling producers and editors to find much of what they need in the same library. Music libraries vary in size from a few hundred tracks up to many thousands. The first production music library was setup by De Wolfe Music in 1927 with the advent of sound in film, the company originally scored music for use in silent film. The business model of production music libraries is based on two income streams: The production music market is dominated by libraries affiliated with the large record and publishing companies: KPM is owned by EMI; Universal Music Publishing Group has music libraries under their own name as well as others owned by them such as FirstCom and KillerTracks; Boosey