West One Music Group
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| legal form | Ltd. |
| founding | 2002 |
| Seat | London , UK |
| management | Tony Prior, Edwin Cox |
| Branch | Music publishing , production music |
| Website | www.westonemusic.com |
West One Music Group is a music publisher for production music headquartered in London .
Company history
West One Music was founded in London in 2002 by Tony Prior and Richard Harvey . The company produces and publishes music for the dubbing of content on television, radio and the Internet as well as the dubbing of films, advertising, image films and video games.
West One Music Group operates in 62 territories worldwide and is represented there by its own offices or agents.
The catalog includes 6 labels with a total of around 600 published albums of production music (as of June 2015). Around 80 albums are added to this catalog each year, which are produced both in the in-house studios in London and externally. Today West One Music Group is one of the world's leading independent production music libraries.
Since 2010, the West One Music Group in Germany has been operating under Firstworks Music GmbH, which is a 100 percent subsidiary of West One Music Group Ltd. represents. Firstworks Music GmbH is a member of GEMA and the use of the music catalog is therefore subject to tax. Firstworks Music GmbH looks after the territories of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands from Munich.
Labels
West One Music
mainstream label with a wide range of music from different genres and eras. The repertoire includes all modern styles such as pop, rock, jazz, electro, country and ethnic music.
The Scoring House
label with a focus on more unconventional compositions, with both classical and modern instrumentation.
Fired Earth Music
Film and trailer music with an emphasis on dramatic staging of the various genres.
Refuel Music
Retro label with original recordings from the 60s and 70s from the fields of funk, swing, jazz and Latin.
EDS (Electronic Dance Series)
Electronic music of different genres such as dance, house, dubstep and electro.
Noise Refinery
Pop, rock and orchestral compositions for films, documentaries and trailers.