29944 25 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 There are some composers who have created their own labels, and have used them to release scores. Here are some examples, does anyone know any others? Physical (Discogs links): Richard Band: Little Gems Records / self-released Vince DiCola: 3H Enterprises Jim Dooley: Pelagic Music George Fenton: Shogun Music Ltd. Elliot Goldenthal: Zarathustra Music Joel Goldsmith: FreeClyde Music Christopher Gordon: Magic Fire Music Pty Ltd / self-released Joe Harnell: Five Jays Music / Five Jays Records Kevin Kaska: Denouement Records Bear McCreary: Sparks & Shadows Lolita Ritmanis: MarLo Songs John Scott: JOS Records Batu Sener: bsMx Publishing Howard Shore: Howe Records Christopher L. Stone: Dragonsense Inc. Chris Tilton: self-released Digital (Qobuz links): Richard Band: RFM Music / RFM Productions Jeff Beal: Categorical Records Paul Buckley: self-released Kostas Christides: White Tower Music Helena Czajka: self-released Jim Dooley: Pelagic Music George Fenton: Shogun Music Ltd Germaine Franco: Metate Music Christopher Gordon: self-released Joe Harnell: Five Jays Music Carl Johnson: self-released Kevin Kaska: Denouement Records Rafael May: self-released Bear McCreary: Sparks & Shadows Mark R Poff: self-released Conrad Pope: Morning Star Music John Powell: 5 Cat Label Sean Renner: self-released Lolita Ritmanis: Higher Purpose Music, Marlo Songs / Marlo Songs Batu Sener: self-released Christopher L. Stone: Dragonsense Patrick Stump: self-released Chris Tilton: Exploding Tuba Music Mike Verta: Tudor-Ford Music Unsure: TRIPTE (Don Davis? "PTE" could be "Pacific Time Entertainment Company," which released the CD) Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Howe Records (Howard Shore) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29944 25 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 Thanks. Also added Denouement Records (Kevin Kaska). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TolkienSS 417 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 How much does it cost running a label to release your own music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29944 25 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, TolkienSS said: How much does it cost running a label to release your own music? Most of the composers listed use CDBaby or TuneCore to distribute their music, the pricing of those services can be found here: https://cdbaby.com/cd-baby-cost/ https://www.tunecore.com/pricing Patrick Stump apparently distributed his Black Friday score without the use of a service, but I'm not sure how that works/what the costs might be. If the composer doesn't own the rights to the music (or if they decide to use the film artwork on the front cover), presumably they would have to get permission from/pay the film company to use it. And, if they are doing a physical release, they will have to pay for the manufacturing costs. Also, if other people master the album and/or design the artwork, presumably that would also add to the costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stark 370 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I believe John Scott has his own label as well, and Vince DiCola (albeit he’s mostly written other music). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,822 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Elliot Goldenthal - Zarathustra Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29944 25 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Stark said: I believe John Scott has his own label as well, and Vince DiCola (albeit he’s mostly written other music). 53 minutes ago, Thor said: Elliot Goldenthal - Zarathustra Music Added: Vince DiCola: 3H Enterprises Elliot Goldenthal: Zarathustra Music John Scott: JOS Records Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,680 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 How has nobody mentioned Bear McCreary's Sparks and Shadows yet? https://sparksandshadows.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29944 25 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Share Posted July 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jay said: How has nobody mentioned Bear McCreary's Sparks and Shadows yet? https://sparksandshadows.com/ Added (Discogs and Qobuz). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvan 13 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Joel Goldsmith had FreeClyde Music while he was still with us. He is so deeply missed https://www.discogs.com/label/376375-FreeClyde-Music 29944 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977 1,743 Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 I wish John Scott would start releasing his stuff digitally. How is it that he seemingly holds the (mechanical?) rights to so many of his scores? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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