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Dirk Maassen Signs To Music Sales
22nd February 2019
German composer Dirk Maassen has signed to Music Sales. In the 1980s he was member of several bands and projects and started some experimental cross genre productions experimenting with different styles. In the 1990s Dirk toured with his...
Dylan Henner Releases Debut EP
22nd February 2019
Newcomer Dylan Henner, who describes his work as ‘bliss-out ambient’, releases his debut EP A Reason For Living through Phantom Limb on 22 February. The album was largely formed during Henner’s travels across India, the Middle East...
The Piano - Live in concert at the Barbican
21st February 2019
On Tuesday February 26 the world premiere of a special screening of the 1993 Academy-Award-winning Jane Campion film The Piano will be presented live to the renowned score by Michael Nyman by members of the London Contemporary Orchestra...
Queen Of Hearts Wins Sundance Audience Award
8th February 2019
A new Danish feature film premiered at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The film features numerous tracks from the Music Sales and Storyville catalogues. The film, titled Dronningen (English title: Queen Of Hearts) was directed by...
Hauschka Releases A Different Forest
4th February 2019
On February 8th, Oscar-nominated film composer and renowned pianist Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) releases his latest album A Different Forest via Sony Classical. The album is his first for the label and sees him strip away his customary...
Music Sales at the 2019 Oscars
23rd January 2019
Following on from the announcement of the nominations for the 2019 Oscars, we are please two announce that two films with soundtracks released through Node Records have been nominated: The Wife (original score by Jocelyn Pook) - Actress in...
Music Sales at the 2019 BAFTAs
10th January 2019
A number of films using Music Sales songs or featuring music by Music Sales composers have been nominated in the 2019 BAFTA Awards. The Favourite - Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Leading Actress (Olivia...
Yumeji's Theme (A Cappella) at No.1 in Singapore
10th January 2019
The recently released a cappella version of Shigeru Umebayashi's 'Yumeji's Theme' has reached No. 1 on the Singaporean Classical Charts, as well as No. 9 on the Classcal chart in the Netherlands. Since the first digital release of the...
Music Sales Acquires Vernon Duke's Catalogue
2nd January 2019
Music Sales Corporation, Inc. announces it has acquired the worldwide publishing rights to Vernon Duke's catalogue, including the Great American Songbook gems 'April in Paris', 'Autumn In New York', and 'Taking a Chance on Love' - the...
Stan & Ollie Released
2nd January 2019
The new biopic telling the story of Laurel & Hardy's UK tour directed by Jon S. Baird will be released on 11th January. The film will feature the iconic 'Dance of the Cuckoos' by Marvin Hatley, known to many as the theme of Laurel & Hardy...
Music Sales At 2019 Sundance Film Festival
6th December 2018
The 2019 Sundance Film Festival has announced their programme and there are several films featuring soundtracks by Music Sales composers. - Biggest Little Farm - Jeff Beal - The Nightingale - Jed Kurzel - Mustang - Jed Kurzel - Weinstein ...
Ariel Marx Signs To Music Sales
3rd December 2018
Music Sales are thrilled to announce the signing of award-winning film / TV composer and multi-instrumentalist Ariel Marx to a worldwide co-publishing deal. Recently hailed as ‘a film composer to watch’ by Filmmaker Magazine, Ariel is...
Marco Beltrami’s Free Solo Released By Node Records
3rd December 2018
Marco Beltrami’s original score for the film Free Solo has been released via Music Sales’ own label Node Records. The film outlines professional climber Alex Honnold’s free solo ascent of the notorious 3,200 foot El Capitan in Yosemite...
Anne Nikitin Scores Mrs Wilson
21st November 2018
Anne Nikitin has scored the new television series Mrs Wilson, which airs on BBC 1 from November 27th. The drama, set in the 1940s and 1950s, was written by Anna Symon, directed by Richard Laxton and produced by Jackie Larkin. Based on...
50 Years Of 'The Champ'
16th November 2018
This year sees the 50 years since the release of 'The Champ' by The Mowhawks. The iconic track is a favourite among funk afifionados and record collectors but is best known through more than 600 tracks in which it has been sampled. To...
Harts Releases Queens, Kings & All Big Things
9th November 2018
Harts has released his latest album Queens, Kings And All Big Things, a contextual continuation to his last album Smoke Fire Hope Desire. "Throughout the process of writing this album, I was back and forth between Australia and the U.S. I...
New Phantom Limb Signings
9th November 2018
Label management and publishing company Phantom Limb, administed by Music Sales, have recently signed two new composers. The critically-acclaimed Dublin-based woodwind instrumentalist and composer Seán Mac Erlaine has joined the roster...
Federico Albanese Signs To Music Sales
6th November 2018
Italian composer and pianist Federico Albanese has signed to Music Sales in a deal which sees us represent his forthcoming material on an exclusive basis. Based in Berlin, Federico has released three critically revered solo albums, the...
Civilisations Nominated For Two RTS Craft & Design Awards
5th November 2018
Tandis Jenhudon's score for the BBC series Civilisations is nominated in two categories of the 2018 RTS Craft & Design Awards - Music: Original Title and Music: Original Score. The shortlist was announced on November 5th, ahead of the...
Barbour Brings The Snowman To Life
2nd November 2018
For their Christmas ad this year, Barbour has retold the classic story of The Snowman, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. The perennial favourite was created by author and illustrator Raymond Briggs with the well-known and...