KPM Music is a company that creates and provides

library music 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. Often, the music is produced and owned by production music libraries. Backgrou ...

that was originally known as KPM Musichouse. It was formed by the merger of KPM (the initials of Keith-Prowse-Maurice, which was then a division of

EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...

) and Music House (a company that EMI acquired in 1997).

History

The firm's origins date back to the Keith, Prowse & Co. partnership established in 1830. KPM's music library has been utilised in many

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s and television programmes worldwide. The ''KPM 1000'' album series, mainly produced by

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, has become more commercially available in recent years.Oliver Lomax. ''The Mood Modern'' (2018) The music written by KPM's composers was intended for use as signature tunes or incidental music in film and television. KPM pieces became the theme tunes for ''

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'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', '' The Avengers'', '' Animal Magic'', '' This Is Your Life'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In the U.S. the recordings have been used on ''

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'', as well as sports documentarian

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' YouTube series, including ''Dorktown.'' In the United States, KPM is represented by

APM Music Associated Production Music, LLC (commonly known as APM Music) is an American production music company headquartered in Hollywood, California, a joint venture between Sony Music Publishing and Universal Music Publishing Group. APM Music's cata ...

. KPM Musichouse was rebranded as EMI Production Music in 2011 and is now part of

Sony Music Publishing Sony Music Publishing LLC (formerly Sony/ATV Music Publishing) is an American music publisher. Responsible for publishing the largest quantity of music, with over five million songs owned or administered as of end March 2021, it is part of Sony ...

. In January 2019, KPM's production library was fully digitized and became available for streaming online. EMI Production Music was rebranded again to KPM Music on 13 September 2021.

References

External links

KPM Music - The Story
history at APM (Associated Production Music)
KPM Music
the current official website of KPM British companies established in 1830 EMI Music publishing companies of the United Kingdom Production music Sony Music Publishing {{music-company-stub