615 Music

615 Music
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Broadcast Music Production
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Owner	Warner Music Group
Parent	Warner/Chappell Music
Website	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's Area 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 because licensing companies had raised the prices of licensing. In 2007, 615 Music signed a deal with Belo Corporation making them 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 its Warner/Chappell publishing division had acquired 615 Music.^[3]

News music packages currently in syndication

A New Wish (exclusive to WISH-TV)
Action News (Formerly "UPN News" and "Fastbreak")
Alive (V.1, V.2)
Always Worth Your Time (a.k.a. Battery V.4)
Aurora (originally called "Texasize")
Battery
Chicago's Very Own (exclusive to WGN-TV)
Connect (exclusive to KTLA)
Coverage (for WSB-TV)
Fahren-Hite
Firepower News (Formerly "WB News '99", "WB News" & "Timeshifter")
First Report (exclusive to WSFL)
Flashpoint
Full Contact
The Hammer
Heartland (V.1, V.2)
High Velocity (V.1, V.2, V.3)
Icon News Music Package (formerly KTVU, still in use on KTVA and WLEX)
Ignitor
Impact (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, V.5, V.6)
In-Sink (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4) originally created for WRAL-TV in 1988.^[4](V.4 contains the motif of Back Home Again in Indiana for WISH-TV; "In-Sink" was originally spelled as "In-Sync")
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 (Formerly Viacom News Package V.2)
Newstime (Formerly Viacom News Package V.1)
Newswatch 24
Newswire
Power News (V.1, V.2, V.3)
Propulsion (exclusive for the Belo Broadcasting Group; Gannett-owned WKYC in Cleveland also utilizes some cuts for their evening and weekend newscasts)
The Rainmaker
Right Here, Right Now (V.1, V.2; V.2 contains the NBC chimes)
Seize The Day
Seize The Day - Fox Version
Sinclair News Package (exclusive for Sinclair Broadcast Group stations)
Total Coverage
The Tower (V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, V.5) (for NBC affiliates)
The Unexpected
USA News
The Viking
The Viper (V.1, V.2)
The Viper 2008
Working For You

News music packages no longer in syndication

Decade 90
Heart Of...
Let's Get Involved
Pinnacle
Power News (V.1 V.2 V.3)
Something's Happening Here
Together

Production music tracks (small listing)

This Just In (Move Closer to Your World)
Packages based on Frank Gari's The One for All: Healthwatch, Serving the Public, Late Report
Bulletin
Tonight's Top Stories
Dramatic Finish
Reporting Live
Prosperity (originally known as Newsmark and offered as a regular package)
Around the Globe
Deadlines

References

External links

615 Music website

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