Standard Uniform Popular Songwriters Contract | USA

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).

Obtain the rights to a musical composition from the composer with this Acquisition Agreement for Limited Rights in Music template.

• The composer was contracted on a work-for-hire basis to write the composition.
• The composer assigns all of his/her rights and title to the musical composition to the client.
• The client has the sole right to copyright the work.
• The client grants performance rights for the composition back to the composer.
• The Acquisition Agreement for Limited Rights is a MS Word template. You can customize it, edit it, use it as often as your business requires.

This Songwriting Contract with reversion rights allows a music publisher to acquire a songwriter's work for publishing while also providing a means for the songwriter to reacquire the rights.

• The songwriter transfers to the publisher all of the rights to a song, in return for royalty payments.
• The publisher agrees to publish the work within a certain time period, failing which the songwriter can demand that the rights to the song revert back to him/her (a right of reversion).
• The songwriter acknowledges that he/she will not receive any portion of monies paid to the publisher by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers).
• The form is available in MS Word format and is fully editable.
• This template can be used in the United States and Canada.

Music publishers can hire a songwriter on an exclusive basis with this downloadable template contract.

• The songwriter transfers to the publisher all rights to the compositions written during the term of the contract, in return for weekly advances and royalties on sales.
• The publisher will have exclusive access to the songwriter's services during the contract period.
• The publisher has the right to refuse any song, and any rejected song will remain the sole property of the songwriter.
• The songwriter has not and will not offer the compositions to any party other than the publisher as long as the contract is in effect.
• The publisher has the option to renew the contract.
• This digital legal form template is available in MS Word format and can be used in either the United States or Canada.

Recording companies can engage songwriters on a work-for-hire basis to supply musical compositions under the terms of this non-exclusive Songwriter Contract.

• The songwriter agrees to write songs on a work-for-hire basis for the record company.
• The recording company in turn agrees to record the songs in sessions with any of its various artists.
• The agreement covers only those songs written on a for-hire basis for the recording company, and excludes any other material written by the songwriter.
• The songwriter has the right to assign any songs to a performance rights society (ASCAP or BMI) and to receive all monies paid by the society.
• This digital template can be used in both the United States and Canada.
• Available in MS Word format.