615 Music is a broadcast production music company based in

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. Founded by Randy Wachtler. 615 Music composes television news music packages and custom image campaigns for many television networks around the world. 615 Music also operates in

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. The name ''615 Music'' comes from Nashville's

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(615), which is where the company is based. The company composed the last three image campaigns for

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's ''

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'' 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

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making them the exclusive provider of news music for the station group. 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 ''

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''. 615 Music also produced the new official theme song for the

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, "The Braves Play Here" by

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. On December 10, 2010,

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announced its

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publishing division had acquired 615 Music.{{Cite web , url=http://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af8122cc56f48012cd18931580388 , title=Warner/Chappell Music Acquires Renowned Production Music Company 615 Music , access-date=2011-01-01 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711014230/http://www.wmg.com/newsdetails/id/8a0af8122cc56f48012cd18931580388 , archive-date=2011-07-11 , url-status=dead

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615 Music website
Television production companies of the United States Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee Warner Music Group

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