EMI Production Music Partners With Goldsmiths To Release Music By Students

EMI Production Music has partnered with Goldsmiths, University of London to release and market film and TV music composed by the university's students.

The leading production music business, which is a division of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, launches the new partnership this week with the release of Goldsmiths: Sounds One, a compilation album of 18 tracks composed by 15 students and recent graduates from the Department of Music's postgraduate programmes.

The album is being made available through EMI Production Music's search system, which is used by media clients worldwide who are looking for music for film, TV and other media projects. It will sit within the company's KPM catalogue, which is the most prestigious name in library music. Going forward, the aim is for EMI Production Music to release further albums of music composed and recorded by the University's students.

The Goldsmiths album is the brainchild of EMI Production Music Content and Distribution Manager Paul Sandell and is co-produced by the University's Associate Music Lecturer James Ewers and his colleague Ian Gardiner, who is Senior Lecturer and convenor for MMus module Composition and Moving Image Media. The album covers a number of genres, including traditional piano, classical, world music, ambient and electronic.

James Ewers said: "Paul Sandell approached us with the idea of publishing an album that would represent the sheer variety of cutting-edge work created by our students and place it on an international platform. At least 50 submissions from postgraduate students and recent alumni were whittled down to a final 18. It's such a strong body of work. It's fresh and eclectic, and has great potential to enhance all types of media."

EMI Production Music Global Director Alex Black said: "Giving talented composers the opportunity to create new copyrights and masters for our catalogues is at the heart of what we do at EMI Production Music. Goldsmiths University has a very strong history with the arts and it's a real privilege for us to be able to forge creative connections on a project like this."

EMI Production Music Content and Distribution Manager Paul Sandell said: "The students learn all about production music composition at the University so they have the skills to help them flourish as composers. The music submitted by the Goldsmiths students did not disappoint and we hope this is the first of many collaborations with Goldsmiths which will give many students the opportunity to start their professional composition careers."

Goldsmiths: Sounds One can be previewed here:

The album will be available for all film, TV and media clients to access on the EMI Production Music website.

Pictured left to right in the attached photo are Lamis Harper (one of the students who features on the album) and EMI Production Music Content and Distribution Manager Paul Sandell.

Sony/ATV Music Publishing, established in 1995, is the world's leading music publisher. Sony/ATV Music Publishing owns or administers more than 3 million copyrights, including those of EMI Music Publishing and iconic music catalogs such as Leiber & Stoller, Mijac Music, Motown and Famous Music. Sony/ATV also controls many of the best known songs ever written such as "New York, New York", "Hallelujah", "All You Need Is Love", "You've Got a Friend", "Moon River", "Jailhouse Rock", "The Mission Impossible Theme", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", "Over the Rainbow", "Stand By Me", "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" and "Singin' in the Rain". In addition, Sony/ATV represents the copyrights of such legendary artists as The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Carole King, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Dolly Parton, Queen, The Rolling Stones, Richie Sambora, Sting, The Supremes, Wyclef Jean, Hank Williams and Stevie Wonder, among others. Its ever-growing list of chart-topping artists, writers and producers includes Cardi B, The Chainsmokers, Drake, Calvin Harris, Alicia Keys, Khalid, Lady Gaga, P!nk, Travis Scott, Shakira, Ed Sheeran, Sia, Sam Smith, Stargate, Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Pharrell Williams.

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