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Donald Keller
August 1997

Music and Sound Effects

Company	Product/Collection	Music/Sound FX	Number of Discs in Collection	Fee or Price per Disc	Fee or Price of Collection	Buyout License	Annual Blanket License	Per Use License?
AirCraft Production Library	AirCraft Music Library	music	93	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
BLC Productions	Professional Series	music	4	$60	$200	yes	no	no
Contempo Music	Production Music Library	music	11	$75	$660	yes	no	no
Creative Support Services	Targetrax	music	10	$60	$480	yes	no	no
	ReproFile	music	16	$100	$899	yes	no	no
	MAX trax	music	31	$149	$1,470	yes	no	no
	SuperThemes	music	7	$200	$2,300	yes	no	no
	MAX + FX	sound FX	7	n/a	$290	yes	no	no
Creative Video Images	Producer Series Vol. II	both	1	$50	$50	yes	no	no
Davenport Music	Davenport Music Library	music	13	$50	$430	yes	no	no
	Musikos Music Library	music	9	$50	$170	yes	no	no
	Davenport + Musikos Libraries	music	22	$50	$500	yes	no	no
Dimension Music and SFX	Gold Series	music	10	$25	$250	yes	no	no
	Platinum Series	music	10	$25	$250	yes	no	no
	Champion Series	music	8	$25	$250	yes	no	no
	SFX Series	sound FX	10	$35	$350	yes	no	no
	Tech Effects	sound FX	1	$50	$50	yes	no	no
Energetic Music	Broadcast Series	music	5	$100	$500	yes	no	no
	Sports and Action Series	music	3	$60	$180	yes	no	no
	Easy Listening Series	music	3	$60	$180	yes	no	no
	Romantic/Wedding Series	music	5	$60	$300	yes	no	no
	Sound Effects Starter Set	sound FX	5	n/a	$100	yes	no	no
FirstCom Music House	Personal Music Library	music	600+	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	Sound Ideas	sound FX	16	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	OneMusic Library	music	50	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
Fresh Music Library	Fresh Music	music	40	$60	$995	yes	no	no
Gene Michael Productions	GMP Music Library	music	58+	$85	$3,944	yes	no	no
	GMP Special Collection	music	4	$95 to $125	$470	yes	no	no
Ghostwriters	Sound Effects	sound FX	5	n/a	$90	yes	no	no
	MAX FX	sound FX	6	n/a	$200	yes	no	no
	Muscle Shoals Magic	music	9	n/a	$350	yes	no	no
	Beds & Bits	music	4	n/a	$200	yes	no	no
	Power Disc	sound FX	1	$100	$100	yes	no	no
Hollywood Edge	Sound FX	sound FX	20	$60	$895	yes	no	no
	Edge Edition	sound FX	4	n/a	$295	yes	no	no
Lifesongs	Wedding & Romance	music	1	$59	$59	yes	no	no
The Music Bakery	Production Music	music	30	$60	$1,770	yes	no	no
	Dimension Sound Effects	sound FX	10	$100	$495	yes	no	no
Music Services	Canary Music Library	both	30	$65	$995	yes	no	no
	Sirocco Sound Effects	sound FX	4	n/a	$395	yes	no	no
	Essential Music Library	music	18	n/a	varies	yes	yes	no
OGM Production Music	Premium Line	music	27	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	Professional Line	music	65	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
Omnimusic	Music Library	music	120	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	Sound Effects Library	sound FX	12	$75	$695	yes	no	no
QCCS Productions	Pro Background Theme Music (PBTM)	music	19*	varies	$60**	yes	no	no
River City Sound	Broadcast Series	music	7	$60	$420	yes	no	no
	Specialty Series	music	10	$60	$600	yes	no	no
Royalty Free Music	3PK	music	3	n/a	$150	yes	no	no
Signature Music	Production Music Library	music	31	$85	$1,495	yes	no	no
Soper Sound	Ambient Pathways	music	1	$125	$125	yes	no	no
	Action, Heroic & Patriotic	music	1	$125	$125	yes	no	no
	Tension, Danger & Mystery	music	1	$125	$125	yes	no	no
	Guitars (i-lektrik)	music	1	$125	$125	yes	no	no
	Classical & Americana	music	1	$125	$125	yes	no	no
Sound Ideas	Sound Ideas Music	music	96	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	Turner Broadcast	music	10	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	Turner Entertainment Co. SFX	sound FX	3	n/a	varies	yes
	General Series 6000	sound FX	40	n/a	varies	yes	no	no
	Series 6000 Extension	sound FX	15	n/a	varies	yes	no	no
	Ambience I	sound FX	12	no	$495	no	no	no
	AmbienceII	sound FX	15	no	$495	no	no	no
trF Production Music	Bosworth Music Library	music	198	varies	varies	no	no	yes
	Pyramid Music Library	music	20	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	MP2000 (Montparnasse)	music	147	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	International Ethnic Music	music	2,000	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
	Musictrack Library	music	6	varies	varies	no	yes	yes
Zedz Music	Production Music Library	music	6	$100	$600	yes	no	no

*19 CDs contain 20 volumes of music.
**Prices start at $60 with quantity discounts available.

This list is only a sampling; it is not meant to be comprehensive. Prices listed are manufacturer's suggested retail price to the nearest dollar. All information is supplied by the respective manufacturers and/or representative agencies and is subject to change without notice.

Explanation of Feature Headings

Music/Sound Effects The library is comprised of sound effects, music or both.
Number of Discs The number of CDs that make up the library.
Fee or Price The fee the user pays for a per-use or annual blanket license, or the price of buying out the library.
Buyout License The user buys the library outright, and has unlimited use of the selections for the life of the CD(s).
Annual Blanket License The user can use as many selections as he wants, as often as he wants, for one year.
Per Use License The user pays each time he uses a selection (sometimes called "needle drop" license).

Music and Sound Effects Library Manufacturers

AirCraft Production Library
162 Columbus Ave.
Boston, MA 02116
(800) 343-2514
BLC Productions
448 Lafleur
Vaudreuil, Quebec
Canada J7V 6N4
(800) 569-2827
Contempo Music
P.O. Box 2049
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(888) 687-4285
Creative Support Services
1948 Riverside Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(800) 468-6874
Creative Video Images
129 W. Evesham Rd.
Voorhees, NJ 08043
(800) 326-1387
Davenport Music
P.O. Box 25636
Charlotte, NC 28229
(800) 951-6666
Dimension Music and Sound Effects
P.O. Box 992
Newnan, GA 30264-0092
(800) 634-0091
Energetic Music
P.O. Box 84583
Seattle, WA 98124
(800) 323-2972
FirstCom Music House
13747 Montfort Drive, Ste. 220
Dallas, TX 75240
(800) 858-8880
Fresh Music Library
34 South Main Street
Hanover, NH 03755
(800) 545-0688
Gene Michael Productions
441 Post Rd.
Buchanan, MI 49107
(800) 955-0619
Ghostwriters
2412 Unity Ave. North
Minneapolis, MN 55422
(612) 522-6256
Hollywood Edge
7060 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 1120
Hollywood, CA 90028
(800) 292-3755
LifeSongs
4620 W. 72nd S t.
Prarie Valley, KS 66208
(800) 397-9403
The Music Bakery
7134-A Campbell Rd. #1
Dallas, TX 75248
(972) 414-0313
Music Services
121 Pennsylvania Ave.
Wayne, PA 19087
(800) 368-0033
OGM Production Music
6922 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 718
Hollywood, CA 90028
(800) 421-4163
Omnimusic
6255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 917
Hollywood, CA 90028
(800) 828-6664
QCCS Productions, Inc. (PBTM)
P.O. Box 11194
Eugene, OR 97440
(800) 345-7286
River City Sound
P.O. Box 750786
Memphis, TN 38175
(901) 274-7277
Royalty Free Music
P.O. Box 4100
Santa Cruz, CA 95063
(800) 772-7701
Signature Music
P.O. Box 921
Chesterton, IN 46304
(800) 888-7151
Soper Sound
P.O. Box 498
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(800) 227-9980
Sound Ideas
105 West Beaver Creek Rd. #4
Richmond Hill, OT L4B1C6
(800) 387-3030
trF Production Music
747 Chestnut Ridge Rd.
Chestnut Ridge, NY 10977
(800) 899-6874
Zedz Music
49 Hanover St.
Malden, MA 02148
(617) 324-1989

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