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Wise Music Group acquires iconic Zombies songs in deal with Bocu Group
26th January 2021
Wise Music Group acquires iconic Zombies songs in deal with Bocu Group Wise Music Group has announced the purchase of the Marquis, Verulam, and Mistletoe Melodies music publishing companies from The Bocu Group. In doing so it has acquired...
WORLD PREMIERE: No Friend But The Mountains: A Symphonic Song Cycle
14th December 2020
2021 WORLD PREMIERE of a New Australian work by Luke Styles NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS: A SYMPHONIC SONG CYCLELibretto by Behrouz Boochani We are thrilled to announce the upcoming world premiere of a new Australian musical work No Friend...
Wise Music Group Acquires Catalogue Of Legendary Italian Film Composer Riz Ortolani
9th December 2020
Wise Music Group is proud to announce it has acquired the catalogue of legendary Italian composer Riziero ‘Riz’ Ortolani. Ortolani, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 87, was one of the most important Italian composers of the last...
Ólafur Arnalds Releases New Album 'some kind of peace'
6th November 2020
Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and composer Ólafur Arnalds has today released his new album, some kind of peace, on Mercury KX. The album is a vulnerable and daring exploration on what it means to be alive with Ólafur urging the listener...
Ludovico Einaudi Releases New Collection Of Work
21st September 2020
Ludovico Einaudi's latest album is out now, released last Friday 18th September. Einaudi Undiscovered is a special collection of hidden gems, unreleased tracks, live renditions and lesser-known material from his soundtrack work, all...
Toots and the Maytals release new single and announces album "Got To Be Tough"
17th June 2020
Roots reggae icons Toots and the Maytals have announced a new album, Got to Be Tough, to be released via Trojan Jamaica/BMG Records on 28th August. It marks the pioneer group's first studio album in a decade, following Flip and Twist in...
Wise Music Group Announces Renewed Publishing Relationship with Hildur Guðnadóttir
16th June 2020
Wise Music Group is delighted to announce a renewed worldwide publishing relationship with the Academy Award-winning Icelandic composer and cellist Hildur Guðnadóttir, including representation of her back catalogue albums, Saman (2014)...
Brandon Beal signs publishing deal
4th June 2020
Brandon Beal signs worldwide publishing deal with Edition Wilhelm Hansen, part of Wise Music Group We are very proud to announce Brandon Beal as the newest signing with Edition Wilhelm Hansen! The American hitmaker is a songwriter...
Frans Bak Signs To Wise Music Group
27th April 2020
Frans Bak has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Edition Wilhelm Hansen, part of Wise Muisic Group. Considered one of the pioneers of the 'Nordic Noir' genre of music, and with over thirty years of experience scoring for film...
Evan Dando & Ólafur Arnalds Sign to Wise Music Group
4th February 2020
Evan Dando of The Lemonheads has signed a publishing agreement with Wise Music USA, part of Wise Music Group. The worldwide deal includes all of Evan’s work to date, including hit songs such as “It’s a Shame About Ray,” “My Drug Buddy,”...
The Music Sales Group Re-brands As Wise Music Group
31st January 2020
We’ve just rebranded ourselves as Wise Music Group. This name-change, effective from Monday 3rd February 2020, is also reflected in our various international office titles. Our Chairman Robert Wise announced the name-change as follows: “As...
Luke Elliot's New Single 'All On Board' Out Now
24th January 2020
Luke Elliot has today released his new single 'All On Board' off his upcoming album due out on April 24th. A singer-songwriter from New Jersey with a background in rock ‘n’ roll and Americana, Elliot believes in breaking the boundaries of...
Hildur Guðnadóttir Wins At Golden Globes
6th January 2020
Hildur Guðnadóttir has won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score for her haunting soundtrack to Joker. Nominated alongside Randy Newman, Alexandre Desplat, Thomas Newman and Daniel Pemberton, Guðnadóttir's win makes her the...
Embassy Music Publishing signs publishing agreement with Australian pop duo The Beamish Brothers
20th August 2019
Embassy Music Publishing is excited to announce a worldwide* publishing agreement with rising Australian pop duo The Beamish Brothers, for their debut EP ‘Brutalism’. Ben and Jeremy Beamish, the multi-talented siblings who hail from...
2019 TIFF Premieres Announced
8th August 2019
The lineup of premieres for this year's Toronto International Film Festival has been announced and among the many high-profile features are a number of projects for which Music Sales composers have composed original scores. Hildur...
Ludovico Einaudi Commits Music Publishing Future To Music Sales Group
8th August 2019
The Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi has agreed a new, exclusive long-term publishing contract with Chester Music Limited, part of The Music Sales Group of Companies. Ludovico Einaudi comments: 'Music Sales is like a big...
MSC Catalog Acquisition: Curtis Knight feat. Jimi Hendrix / Harts Honours Hendrix
4th July 2019
MSC Catalog Acquisition - Curtis Knight feat. Jimi HendrixHarlem soul singer Curtis Knight met Jimi Hendrix at the Americana hotel in 1965 and their musical collaborating began. Several early recording sessions yielded such songs as “How...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Returns To Australia
15th January 2019
After sell-out seasons in 2017, Christopher Wheeldon’s madcap Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is coming to Brisbane this February 2019. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole into a world of colour, fun, and fantasy in this dazzling...
Zeal & Ardor Announce Australia and New Zealand Tour
14th January 2019
Avant-garde metal group Zeal & Ardor have announced their inaugural Australian and New Zealand tour. The one-time experiment of Swedish-American mastermind Manuel Gagneux, the group combines African American spirituals and black metal to...
G. Schirmer Acquires Worldwide Publishing Rights To Florence Price's Catalogue
29th November 2018
NEW YORK, NY November 15th, 2018 – G. Schirmer, Inc., part of The Music Sales Group, announces it has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to classical composer Florence Price's catalog.Florence Price was one of the first...