Hollywood Meets Silicon Valley: Major Motion Picture Producer Licenses Music Over the Internet For the First Time.Business Editors & High-Tech/Entertainment Writers SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000 LicenseMusic.com Ushers Film Industry into Internet Age, Provides Tracks for Star-Studded Film "The Company Man" LicenseMusic.com, the leading online provider of music for film, TV, advertising and multimedia productions, has announced that two tracks from its online catalog Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet. will be used in the forthcoming film, "The Company Man," scheduled for release this summer with international distribution through Intermedia Intermedia - A hypertext system developed by a research group at IRIS (Brown University). Film Equities. This production milestone marks the first high-visibility use of one-stop online music distribution channels in the film industry. "This is an excellent example of how today's film industry is seizing new formats and new ways of doing business," said LicenseMusic.com CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Gerd Leonhard This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. . "The Internet is providing creative professionals with immediate access to an amazing multitude of fresh, unused music from every culture around the world. "LicenseMusic.com dramatically simplifies music searches and copyright clearance procedures, and has provided music for numerous television, advertising, multimedia and corporate productions. Now, with this entry into the film industry, LicenseMusic.com is gearing up to become the standard." "The Company Man" stars Doug McGrath, Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. Early life Weaver is the daughter of late NBC television executive Pat Weaver (d. 2002) and Elizabeth Inglis, a former British actress (d. and John Turturro, with supporting appearances by Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. Leary, Ryan Phillipe, Anthony LaPaglia and Alan Cumming. The movie's plot follows Allen Quimp (McGrath), a 1960's high school teacher who becomes a CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). spy and finds himself in Cuba embroiled em·broil tr.v. em·broiled, em·broil·ing, em·broils 1. To involve in argument, contention, or hostile actions: "Avoid . . . in a plot to overthrow Castro. Karen Morrow, the film's freelance music supervisor, turned to LicenseMusic.com for two Latin tracks to complete several key scenes. Morrow worked with LicenseMusic.com, incorporating the assistance of the company's creative services team. "I wanted the insight of the people who work with the music everyday," she said. "They narrowed the entire selection down, then I chose 10 or so tracks. Once the final tracks were selected I was able to immediately obtain a license directly from the website." The team eventually selected "Eh, Pernambuco Pernambuco (pərnəmb  `k ), state (1991 pop. 7,127,855), 37,946 sq mi (98,280 sq km), NE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean. " by Pancho Cataneo Y Los Cubaztecas and "Besame" by Orchestre De Los Cubaztecas, both licensed through the record label Herisson Vert. The entire selection process took Morrow less than an hour, instead of the weeks it could have taken using more traditional search and licensing methods. "My experience with LicenseMusic.com couldn't have been better," said Morrow. "From the initial search for music to the issuing of the licenses, everything was handled fast and efficiently. I look forward to working with them on my future projects." About Licensemusic.com: Licensemusic.com represents the catalogs of 150 record labels and music publishers specifically for production use in the audio/visual industry. This collection currently contains more than 25,000 tracks online. |
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