Music 4 is a creator of custom music for

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and production libraries. It has worked with many TV and radio stations in the United Kingdom, including

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and

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. The company produced the majority of the jingles for the

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show on Radio 1 which attracted over eight million listeners every morning.

History

In 1997, Vibe Music Imaging was formed to produce audio branding for radio stations. In 2003, the company changed their name to Music4 and established hi-end studio facilities in central London. In 2013, the Music4 Studios in

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, London W1 were sold, enabling the business to concentrate on its music publishing interests.

Work

Television music

The company has produced theme tunes and backing music for many TV shows including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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, ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' An Audience with The Spice Girls'' for

and ''

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'' for Channel 5.

Radio jingles

As well as being heavily associated with ''

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'', Music 4 has made jingles for

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, Spin South West,

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, Absolute Radio and

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. Music4 has performed extensive work for

over the years; it produced the music imaging for

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bulletins and programmes between the years 2000 and 2009, with the exception of 2003 and 2004. It produced the full station imaging packages for Radio 1 in the years 1998–2002, the imaging for The Official Chart Show in 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2012, and the 1tros (custom power intros) between 2008–2010. It prepared full station imaging packages for various BBC Local Radio stations including

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and

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. In 2015, Music4 were again invited to compose the themes for the new Chris Moyles Show on Radio X which first aired in September that year.

Production music

Music4 has been involved in creating several production music libraries over the years. V - The Production Library was started in 2001, and was used extensively by BBC Radio 1. It was sold to Warner/Chappell in 2009. Plan 8 Music is a joint project between Music4 and Barry Blue.

Released tracks

The company took this partnership with BBC Radio 1 further by releasing the Chris Moyles' World Cup Song, a parody on traditional

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songs supporting the England team.

References

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External links

Music 4's Homepage

Jingle All the Way article

Chris Moyles at Music4
Jingle companies Music companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in the City of Westminster