615 Music

615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in Nashville. 615 Music was founded by Randy Wachtler and composes television news music packages as well as custom image campaigns for television networks around the world. 615 Music has operations in Los Angeles. The name 615 Music is derived from Nashville's area code (615), which is where the company is based.

615 Music

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Broadcast Music Production
Founded	1985
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Owner	Warner Music Group
Parent	Warner Chappell Music
Website	615music.com

The company composed the last three image campaigns for NBC's Today morning news/entertainment program: "Live for Today" (2005–2006), "It's a New Day" (2006–2007), and "Why I Love Today" (2008). The "Live for Today" theme was nominated for an Emmy. 615 Music has a production music library.^{[citation needed]}

The company and other composers of news music including Gari Communications, have seen a surge in business since the third quarter of 2006. Licensing companies had raised the prices of licensing leading to more profits. In 2007, 615 Music signed a deal with Belo Corporation becoming the exclusive provider of news music for the station group.^[1]

The company's music has also been licensed for use in movie trailers. Their track "Goth" was used in the domestic trailer for the critically acclaimed 2007 action film Live Free or Die Hard. 615 Music also produced the new official theme song for the Atlanta Braves, "The Braves Play Here" by James Otto.^[2]

On December 10, 2010, Warner Music Group announced that its Warner/Chappell publishing division had acquired 615 Music.^[3]

See also

• Trailer music

References

1. . Archived from the original on 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
2. MLB.com » A New Voice for the Braves
3. . Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

External links

• 615 Music website