Company:APM Music
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| Type | Private company |
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| Industry | Music entertainment |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Hollywood, California , United States |
Area served | North America |
| Services | Production music |
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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. APM Music's catalog contains more than 1,000,000 tracks[1][2] and its libraries include KPM Music, Bruton, Sonoton, Cezame, Hard and Kosinus, among others.[3] Music tracks from APM Music are used in TV shows, including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, NCIS, Chicago Fire, The Bear, Ted Lasso, What We Do In The Shadows, Yellowjackets, All American, Loki, Poker Face, Only Murders in the Building, Reservation Dogs, Chopped, Family Guy, and Saturday Night Live; films, including Oppenheimer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, No Time to Die, Nope, Boyhood, Minions, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button;[4] and video games, including Skylanders, Call of Duty, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.[citation needed] They were also used in various Motorola phones as ringtones. NFL Films has a joint venture between the NFL and APM Music where music is composed for NFL-related media.[citation needed] The APM catalog includes recordings dating back to 1900, music representing 192 countries, and well-known tracks like "Heavy Action" (the theme for Monday Night Football), "The Big One" (the theme for The People's Court), and "Sweet Victory" (from the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Band Geeks").
History
APM Music came to be in 1983 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.[2]
Notable composers
Some notable composers who have worked with APM Music include:[5]
See also
- Trailer music
- EMI Production Music
References
- ↑ "Tech Focus: Production Music, Part 2 — Music Libraries Offer Lots of Choices for Sports, 2020". 2020-06-25. https://www.sportsvideo.org/2020/06/25/tech-focus-production-music-part-2-music-libraries-offer-lots-of-choices-for-sports/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Paula Parisi (2019-04-12). "APM Music Hits the Right Notes – Variety". https://variety.com/2019/music/features/apm-music-hits-the-right-notes-1203188405/.
- ↑ "About APM Music, 2016". https://www.apmmusic.com/about/.
- ↑ "APM Music – Film Credits Timeline". https://form.apmmusic.com/apm-films-credits-timeline/.
- ↑ "Notable APM Music Composers". http://www.apmmusic.com/composers/blog.
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