- 615 Music
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company_name = 615 Music
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company_type = Private
foundation = 1984
location =Nashville ,Tennessee , USA
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industry = Broadcast Music Production
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homepage = [http://www.615music.com www.615music.com]615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in
Nashville, Tennessee . 615 Music composes television news music packages and custom image campaigns for many television networks around the world. 615 Music also operates out of Los Angeles. The name "615 Music" comes from Nashville'sArea Code (615), which is where the company is based.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 also has a production music library.
The company, along with other composers of news music such as Gari Communications, have seen a surge in business since the third quarter of 2006. This is due to the fact that licensing company
SESAC had raised the prices of licensing. In 2007, 615 Music signed a deal withBelo Corporation making them the exclusive provider of news music for the station group. [ [http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/briefingroom/2007/02/22/615-music-signs-music-deal-with-belo-corp-tv-stations/ The Briefing Room » 615 Music Signs Music Deal with BELO Corp. TV Stations ] ]The company's music has also been licensed for use in movie trailers. Their track "Goth" was used in the domestic trailer for Live Free Or Die Hard.
615 Music also produced the new official theme song for the
Atlanta Braves , "The Braves Play Here" byJames Otto . [ [http://atlanta.braves.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20080520&content_id=2735308&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp MLB.com » A New Voice for the Braves ] ]News music packages currently in syndication
*Alive (V.1, V.2)
*Always Worth Your Time (a.k.a. Battery V.4)
*Aurora
*Battery
*Chicago's Very Own
*Fahren-Hite
*Fastbreak (FormerlyUPN News & Action News)
*Firepower News (FormerlyWB News & Timeshifter)
*Flashpoint
*Full Contact
*The Hammer
*Heartland (V.1, V.2)
*High Velocity (V.1, V.2)
*Ignitor
*Impact (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, V.5)
*In-Sink (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4) (V.4 contains the motif ofBack Home Again in Indiana forWISH-TV )
*Interceptor
*Jim and Howard's News Package
*Magnum (V.1, V.2, V.3)
*Moving Forward
*News Attitude
*News Authority
*News One (V.1, V.2, Mini)
*Newsforce (FormerlyViacom V.2)
*Newstime (FormerlyViacom V.1)
*Newswatch 24
*Newswire
*Power News (V.1, V.2, V.3)
*Propulsion (exclusive for the Belo Broadcasting Group)
*The Rainmaker
*Right Here, Right Now (V.1, V.2NBC )
*Seize The Day
*Seize The Day - FOX Version
*Total Coverage
*The Tower (news music) (V.1, V.2, V.3) (for NBC affiliates)
*The Unexpected
*USA News
*The Viking
*The Viper (V.1, V.2)
*The Viper 2008
*Working For YouNews music packages no longer in syndication
*"Decade 90"
*"Heart Of..."
*"Let's Get Involved"
*"Pinnacle"
*"Something's Happening Here"
*"Together"External links
* [http://www.615music.com/ 615 Music website]
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