The important thing is that the tracks really talk to you.
KPM currently spends more than $1.5 million a year producing new recordings in a wide variety of genres and styles. EMI's Abbey Road studio, where the Beatles recorded almost all of their albums, has been the birth place of many KPM albums. KPM is constantly searching out fresh, young talent in America and around the world.įrom the beginning, KPM believed its fundamental principle is to use the best technology, equipment, and musicians available to produce the highest quality production music. Music from Jan Cyrka and Toby Bricheno, Jim Copperthwaite, Oliver Vessey and Rupert Gregson-Williams joined the established works by Keith Mansfield, Neil Richardson, Alan Moorhouse, Dave Hewson, Andy Clark, Curtis Schwartz, Richard Myhill and Dick Walter. KPM became the first music library to move away from vinyl and work exclusively in CD format.ĭuring this time KPM's composer roster moved into new waters, reflecting the changes in pop and dance music. In November 1984, KPM released the album "Surprise Surprise" on compact disk one of the first CDs ever made in the UK. KPM has always embraced new technology both in the way music is recorded and pressed. Peter Cox was named head of KPM in 1977 Peter Cox was named head of KPM in 1977 and immediately worked to progress the library business into what the clients of tomorrow would need. EMI acquired Affiliated Music Companies in 1972, and the new grouping become EMI Music Publishing Ltd, today the top music publishing company in the world. By that time the library was so well-known and highly respected around the world that the distinctive KPM name was retained.
#Universal production music sweden series#
KPM 1000 series KPM 1000 series were fondly known as "Greensleeves" KPM Music Group became part of the world-renowned EMI family in 1969. The library's repertoire and recognition grew exponentially.
During this time KPM music became the sound of modern television with themes like Monday Night Football's "Heavy Action" which are still instantly recognizable. Robin Phillips-head of KPM after Desmond Irwin-launched the KPM 1000 series (fondly known as "Greensleeves," due to the uniform dark green LP covers) introducing writers from jazz, pop and other contemporary fields. In 1959, the library merged with Peter Maurice Publishing to form the new KPM Music Group.
#Universal production music sweden archive#
Many of the original recordings have been remastered and reissued on the KPM Archive Series, such as "Famous Radio & TV Themes." In fact, several of the first KPM tracks are still regularly used today. The first twenty-five 78 rpm records were recorded with a budget of $7,500. The following year the original KP library was established under the management of Patrick Howgill. In 1955, with the advent of commercial television, the music publishing department became a separate company and was acquired by a London commercial television franchise, Rediffusion.
After the turn of the century the men opened retail outlets to sell theatre tickets, instruments, music and eventually records. Over the next fifty years the business expanded into music publishing and Keith took on a partner, William Prowse. The origins of KPM go back to 1780 when Robert Keith, an instrument maker, set up a small shop in London. KPM is an acronym for its founding fathers "Keith-Prowse-Maurice," but who are these men and what does KPM really stand for? Music styles vary from symphonic to cutting-edge, through dramatic, ethnic, historic, and more. Currently KPM consists of over 30,000 recorded tracks and 800 CDs. KPM is a huge, diverse, and growing library of recordings, specifically produced for use in films, television, radio and new media. The benchmark for high quality production music.
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