North Star Media, a family-owned music licensing and publishing company based in the Detroit area, has acquired royalty rights to all the original music written for the award-winning Shrek motion picture franchise. North Star’s largest acquisition to date comes as the company is marking its 20th anniversary in business as an international provider of music for film, television, advertising, and video games.
North Star Media is spearheaded by Jordan Dorfman, president and CEO, and John Sepetys, SVP of A&R. Dorfman said, “Shrek is one of the most original, creative, and beloved animated characters in recent entertainment history. With theme park attractions, toy lines and a Broadway show, it’s a story and character that have become culturally significant, with reach that stretches far beyond just movie and TV screens. And, coincidentally, like us, Shrek also turned 20 years old this year. We couldn’t have selected a better catalog to help us celebrate our mutual milestone.” Adding to the allure of the franchise is the much-anticipated release of Shrek 5: Rebooted in 2022.”
The Shrek original music catalog includes music from all four feature films in the franchise (Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After). The catalog is comprised of 643 tracks written by Harry Gregson-Williams, an English composer and producer. His credits include: both the Call of Duty and Metal Gear video game series; The Chronicles of Narnia film series; the X-Men film series, the films Enemy of the State, The Rock, Antz, and many more.
Over the past 20 years, North Star’s brand clients have included Adidas, American Airlines, Burton, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, Converse, Delta, EA Games, Ford, Fox Sports, GoPro, Hilton, MasterClass, Maybelline, Michael Kors, Microsoft, NASCAR, Nike, Nintendo, Nissan, Nordstrom, Panasonic, Porsche, Pepsi, Reebok, Samsung, Sephora, Taco Bell, Tanqueray, Target, T-Mobile, Tostitos, Truly Spiked & Sparkling, Victoria’s Secret, Volkswagen, and WWE.
