News - Wise Music Creative

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...
Tan Dun Australian Premiere of 'Buddha Passion' With Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
29th November 2018
'The composer follows a highly individual path but the work’s emotional character serves as a modern-day transformation of one of Western music’s more impressive structures.' - The Sydney Morning Herald 'Flawlessly combining the classic...
Hauschka Releases New Single, 'Curious', From Upcoming Album
25th October 2018
Hauschka has released the first single, 'Curious', from their forthcoming new album, A Different Forest. The new album, which will be released by Sony Classical in February 2019, was first recorded with unprepared piano. The new pieces are...
Harts New Single 'Shake Ya Pants' Out Now!
26th September 2018
Singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music producer, Harts aka Darren Harts, has released a brand new track, 'Shake Ya Pants' ahead of his National tour and imminent album release. “Shake Ya Pants is a light-hearted and...
Tan Dun Australian Premiere Of 'Buddha Passion' With The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
26th September 2018
Tan Dun, world-renowned artist and UNESCO Global Goodwill Ambassador, has made an indelible mark on the world's music scene with a creative repertoire that spans the boundaries of classical music, multimedia performance, and Eastern and...
Sydney Dance Company Perform 'Frame Of Mind' with Australian String Quartet
13th September 2018
Sydney Dance Company's award-winning production 'Frame Of Mind' will return to Sydney theatres this October, following extensive international performances. Choreographed by Rafael Bonachela, this piece is set to three emotionally charged...
The Australian Ballet Premiere Alice Topp's 'Aurum'
13th September 2018
The Australian Ballet premiered 'Aurum', a brand-new work by Alice Topp, as part of their triple bill programme 'Verve' to stunned crowds. Set to three works by Ludovico Einaudi - 'Run', 'Underwood' and 'Choros' - the premiere of 'Aurum'...