Soundtracks and Scores

Secure the rights to use certain music for a motion picture with this Blanket Synchronization, Performing, Master Use and Mechanical License.

• The copyright owner grants the film producer a nonexclusive perpetual worldwide right to record, reproduce, distribute, perform, export, sell and otherwise use the musical composition only in synchronization or timed relation with the motion picture.
• The film producer also has the right to record, distribute, sell and promote a soundtrack album using the composition, and to release the composition as a single.
• The producer will pay the owner a specified license fee immediately following the commercial release of the film.
• The producer will also pay ongoing royalties for sales of the soundtrack album.
• If the music is used in the finished film, the copyright owner will be given a credit in the titles.
• Available in MS Word format and fully customizable ti fit your needs.

If you want to use specific music for the soundtrack of your movie, you'll need to obtain the rights from the owner with this Broad Rights Synchronization License.

• The music owner or publisher grants the producers a perpetual non-exclusive worldwide right to record, dub and/or synchronize the composition in or as part of the soundtrack for a film production.
• The producers also have the right to perform and exhibit the work wherever the movie is shown in movie theaters throughout North America.
• The license does NOT grant the right to broadcast the film on television, pay per view, satellite, subscription TV or otherwise, except with the consent of the applicable performing rights society.
• License fees are based on a sliding scale according to the number of recording units sold (i.e. CDs, DVDs, videos, etc).

Every film contracts library should have a Broad Rights Synchronization License for music. Download yours today.

Sign a well-known composer to write and arrange a musical score for your next film project with this Film Score Composer Agreement.

• The composer is hired as an independent contractor on a creative fee basis.
• The film producer will pay for all production and recording costs.
• The producer will own all worldwide master rights to the music used in the film.
• The composer will receive a royalty on sales of printed sheet music, sound track albums, synchronization licenses, etc.
• Available as a fully editable MS Word document.

A composer with a recognized name brings cachet to your film. It's worth extra consideration and compromises. That's the purpose of this Film Score Composer Agreement (Creative Fee Basis).

Hire a composer to write and arrange a musical score for a motion picture under the terms of this Film Score Composer Agreement.

• The work will be deemed a work for hire. The composer will write, arrange, record, conduct, prepare and produce the film score as an employee-for-hire.
• The score, recordings, copyrights and intellectual property rights will be the property of the producer.
• The composer will receive 100% of the writer's share of performance royalties for the musical score.
• The template includes a schedule which explains the method of calculating gross receipts ⁄ royalties payable to the composer in the event of a recording contract for the score.
• You can customize the Film Score Composer Agreement and use it on subsequent film projects. Once you download it, you own it.

This USA Soundtrack Recording Agreement allows a film producer to hire a musical artist as a loan-out to record the soundtrack for a motion picture.

• The artist's services constitute a work made for hire under the US Copyright Act.
• The artist grants the producer an exclusive, perpetual and worldwide synch license to use the master recording for purposes of producing, recording, distributing and marketing the motion picture and any soundtrack album.
• The producer also has the right to re-record and edit the master, and is not obligated to employ the artist in connection with same.
• The artist's loan-out corporation will be paid minimum scale for the artist's services, plus royalties on the net sales of albums containing the master.
• The digital template also includes an Inducement Letter covering the artist's representations and warranties which are given to induce the producers to sign the Agreement.
• The Agreement is governed by United States laws.

You can use the Soundtrack Recording Agreement for multiple artists and on multiple movie projects.