NextWave Tracks: Royalty Free Music
NextWave has launched a Film Score Series with 13 track packs, all priced at $29.99 each. Read More
Music Rights
Licensing Prerecorded Music
Since American Graffiti, the modern film musical has been reinvented as a greatest hits collection of popular or cutting-edge genre music. But if a filmmaker wishes to use recordings of popular songs, she must enter the byzantine world of music licensing.Read More
Copyright: Music, Composers and Performers
By Jon M. Garon Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC This is part of a series of book excerpts from Independent Filmmaking, The Law & Business Guide for Financing, Shooting & Distributing Independent & Digital Films designed as an introduction to the many legal issues involved in the filmmaking process. Music & Sound For most modern Read MoreRead More
Anatomy of a Film Music Agreement
By Jon M. Garon Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC This is part of a series of book excerpts from Independent Filmmaking, The Law & Business Guide for Financing, Shooting & Distributing Independent & Digital Films designed as an introduction to the many legal issues involved in the filmmaking process. The industry tradition has been to Read MoreRead More
How To Acquire Music For Films
Frequently Asked Questions For Students and Independent Filmmakers Q: WHAT LICENSES MUST I GET TO USE A SONG IN MY FILM? A: If you are using a pre-recorded song or another pre-recorded piece of music in your film, there are two rights you need to clear; that is to say, you need to get two Read MoreRead More