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BMG Production Music Announces Partnership with Film and TV Music Composers Ah2 Music

18/01/2022
Music & Sound
London, UK
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The BMGPM partnership takes in a publishing administration agreement and global representation of the Ah2 Filtered Music production music catalogue

BMG Production Music (BMGPM) has announced its partnership with Ah2 Music, creators of original music for film and television founded by renowned composers Jeff Lippencott and Mark T. Williams. The deal includes a worldwide, ex-US, publishing administration agreement, global representation of the Ah2 Filtered Music production music catalogue, and the addition of Lippencott, Williams, and the Ah2 team to the BMG Bespoke in-house composer offering.

Since founding Los Angeles-based Ah2 Music in 2003, Lippencott and Williams have established a reputation as one of the most well-respected and sought-after composing teams in the entertainment industry as a result of their high-profile work and deep relationships with TV producers and networks. Ah2 boasts music across some 22,000 episodes of television, including some of the best-known global franchises and hit shows.

The duo also created the Ah2 Filtered Music production music catalogue in 2013. With constant additions of new content melded with unprecedented insight from years of working with the top music and screen executives across Hollywood, the multi-genre catalogue consists of some 6,500 unique compositions, encompassing 42,000 total recordings. The Ah2 Filtered Music compositions have been meticulously crafted to be editor-friendly and can easily be tailored to any multimedia need. 

Lippencott and Williams have garnered numerous industry accolades including 53 ASCAP Film, TV and Screen Music Awards including 10 years of each receiving the prestigious Most Performed Themes and Underscore Award, and for hit shows such as American Idol (FOX/ABC), Shark Tank (ABC) and MasterChef (FOX). Additionally, Ah2 received seven BMI Television music awards and two Primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for Kid Nation (CBS), and Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg’s On The Lot (FOX).

Jeff Lippencott, composer and co-founder of Ah2 Music, said: “We describe our music as ‘compositions within compositions’. Through decades working with film and TV creatives, we’ve learned that, on top of providing quality music choices, these teams need to quickly and efficiently work various shapes and layers of musical sounds into their productions. We’re proud to provide our label Ah2 Filtered Music via BMGPM with carefully considered options to ensure that working with us has both artistic integrity and ease of practical application.”

Mark T. Williams, composer and co-founder of Ah2 Music, added: “We found immediate synergy with BMGPM and look forward to navigating the vision for our business with the BMGPM team as an extension to what Jeff and I have built over the last two decades. Their expertise and global reach in the production music space is highly impressive and this partnership provides a great home as we look to increase the exposure of our work.”

Amberly Crouse, BMGPM, VP creative licensing US, said: “Jeff and Mark have crafted a brilliant collection of music with Ah2 and Filtered. Partnering with them sees their expertise strengthen the BMGPM offering to clients, including exploring new creative and commercial opportunities with BMG artists and our extensive media partner network. Joining together our collective enthusiasm and high-caliber product, we aim to continue to build on their existing success.”

In the last few years, BMG has grown its production music business exponentially with a number of key senior hires and innovative deals, including partnering with ITV Studios, the Hidden Hit Maker’s lockdown Sample Challenge, teaming up with educational organization Expand Music on access-to-industry initiatives and won in seven categories at the Production Music Association’s Mark Awards. Its parent company BMG recently announced a long-term exclusive agreement with Netflix to administer its music publishing rights for the world, excluding the US.

View the Ah2 Filtered Music catalogue BMGPM label page here.

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