Sony/ATV and SOLAR have extended their pan-European digital licence administration agreement. The deal will see SOLAR will continue to provide administration services in connection with licences that cover the exploitation of the combined Anglo-American catalogs of Sony/ATV and EMI Music Publishing for digital services across Europe and other territories. SOLAR is a jointly-owned subsidiary of […]
From the talking drums of Senegal to influence of Dutch electronica and New Orleans jazz, the globalization of world music was on display at the inaugural Variety Music for Screens Conference, where music Jon Burlingame speculated the powerhouse posse assembled for the “High Scorers – Composer Roundtable” session might be “the most diverse composer panel […]
WaterTower Music today announced the details of the original motion picture soundtrack for Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, the second of five all new adventures in the Wizarding World created by J.K. Rowling. The film opens in theaters Nov.16. Grammy and Emmy award-winner and multiple Oscar nominee James Newton Howard (Fantastic Beasts and Where […]
With Kid Rock and Sam &Dave’s Sam Moore looking on as witnesses, President Donald Trump today signed the Music Modernization Act into law. Various iterations of the bill, which updates antiquated copyright payment policies and is heralded as bringing music into the digital era, have kicked around the hill over the past sessions of congress. […]
