#Production music license license#

Production music is frequently used as theme and/or background music in radio, film and television. The company originally scored music for use in silent film. The first production music library was set up by De Wolfe Music in 1927 with the advent of sound in film. Music libraries vary in size from a few hundred tracks up to many thousands. Production music libraries typically offer a broad range of musical styles and genres, enabling producers and editors to find diverse types of music within the same library.

Similarly, licensing a well-known piece of popular music could cost anywhere from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the prominence of the performer(s).

#Production music license license#

Production music is a convenient solution for media producers-they are able to license any piece of music in the library at a reasonable rate, whereas a specially commissioned work could be prohibitively expensive. This is because virtually all music created for music libraries is done on a work-for-hire basis. Thus, it can be licensed without the composer's permission, as is necessary in licensing music from normal publishers. Unlike popular and classical music publishers, who typically own less than 50 percent of the copyright in a composition, production music libraries own all of the copyrights of their music.

Often, the music is produced and owned by production music libraries. Production music (also known as stock music or library music) is recorded music that can be licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media.