Warner/Chappell Music, the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp., has acquired Groove Addicts Production Music Library. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Per the agreement, the Groove Addicts Production Music Library catalog will be exclusively marketed and licensed by Non-Stop Music, an Emmy Award-winning production music company and a division of Warner/Chappell Music since 2007.
Not part of the Warner/Chappell deal is Groove Addicts’ longstanding original music and sound design business, which has been rebranded under the GrooveWorx banner and will continue to create custom scores for commercials, TV shows and other forms of content under the aegis of its president Dain Blair. Maintaining its state-of-the-art recording studio and offices in Santa Monica, Calif., GrooveWorx will build on a Groove Addicts’ track record of creating custom music and sound for hundreds of national television commercials (GE. Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Pepsi, Levi’s, AT&T, Coca-Cola, et al), radio and TV station and network branding IDs and promos, and TV shows such as Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Deal or No Deal, Super Nanny, The Goode Family and Tattoo Highway.
GrooveWorx will also update the Groove Addicts Music Library over the next three years for Non-Stop through top drawer composers, compositions and production.
Inventory infusion
Via Groove Addicts Production Music Library, Non-Stop gains an inventory of more than 44,000 songs and cues. Over the years, the Grooove Addicts Library has provided production music for all media including film, TV, Internet and corporate clients worldwide. Groove Addicts has licensed more than 1,300 cues from its trailer libraries for assorted feature films, among the most recent and upcoming being Alice in Wonderland, Avatar, Clash of the Titans, Cop Out, District 9, Inglourious Basterds, Invictus, Nightmare on Elm Street, Prince of Persia, Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, Star Trek and Wolverine.
In a separate transaction, Warner/Chappell has also acquired London-based Carlin Recorded Music Library (CRML). Non-Stop will also handle marketing and licensing for the CRML catalogs.
Dave Johnson, chairman/CEO of Warner/Chappell Music, said, “The acquisitions of Groove Addicts and CRML further expand our global presence in a fast growing, high margin segment of the music publishing business and provide many more opportunities to showcase the songs in the Warner/Chappell catalog on a wide array of music platforms and services. Together with Non-Stop Music, these valuable libraries will strengthen our standing in the production music business and allow us to offer the music licensing community an even broader and deeper range of music from our catalog.”
Robert Eggers and Willem Dafoe Reunite For “Nosferatu”
When Willem Dafoe enjoys working with a filmmaker, he'll often jump at the chance to do it again.
The list of directors with whom the 69-year-old has worked with more than once is extensive, including Wes Anderson,Yorgos Lanthimos,Paul Schrader,Lars von Trier and, now for a third time, Robert Eggers. "If it's good, you come back," Dafoe said plainly.
The pair spoke about Eggers' adaptation of "Nosferatu" that hits theaters Wednesday, some of the challenges they faced making "The Lighthouse" — their first project together released in 2019 — and the unique relationship that exists between actors and directors.
The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.
Q: Willem, I read that you called Robert after you saw "The Witch." What did you say?
DAFOE: I want to meet you and I want to know who this filmmaker is.
Q: What is it about him that keeps bringing you back?
DAFOE: Well, if it's good, you come back. When I saw "The Witch," I thought, "Wow, this is a film about a period that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about, but I enter it so easily. This is relevant. It's rooted. It's my story. I'm with these people."
That's quite an incredible trick because a lot of period films, they're always pointing to themselves. They're always sending messages. They're always showing. This had a kind of energy and the kind of physicality and sensuality that I thought, "Who does this? I gotta see this guy." And then I had a wonderful experience in "The Lighthouse" and I played a part that was really fun in "The Northman." So, when he wants to do this passion project and offers me this beautiful role of Professor Von Franz, I say,... Read More