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, initially as a joint venture between Zomba/Jive Production Music and EMI Production Music. APM Music's catalog contains more than 1,000,000 tracks and its libraries include

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, Bruton, Sonoton, Cezame, Hard and Kosinus, among others. Music tracks from APM Music are used in TV shows, including ''

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has a joint venture between the NFL and APM Music where music is composed for NFL-related media. The APM catalog includes recordings dating back to 1900, music representing 192 countries, and well-known tracks like "

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History

APM Music came to be as a joint venture between Zomba/Jive Production Music and EMI Production Music (which now are owned by Universal and Sony, respectively). Sam Trust, former head of ATV, founded APM as a joint-venture between what is now held by Universal (which owns the Kosinus and Bruton library) and Sony (which owns KPM). The company was primarily set up to distribute third-party music libraries and its core business revolves around curation and guiding, where most of the music is specifically conditioned to fill a market need. Instrumental to such curation is a dedicated team of expert Music Directors with whom clients consistently partner for creative collaboration.

Notable composers

Some notable composers who have worked with APM Music include:

References

External links

* {{Authority control Music companies of the United States Joint ventures EMI Universal Music Group Sony Music Publishing Production music

History

Notable composers

See also

References

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