KPM Music is a company that creates and provides

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that was originally known as KPM Musichouse. It was formed by the merger of KPM (the initials of Keith-Prowse-Maurice, which was then a division of

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

) and Musichouse (a company that EMI acquired in 1997).

History

The firm's origins date back to the Keith, Prowse & Co. partnership established in 1830. KPM's music library has been utilised in many films and television programmes worldwide. The music written by KPM's composers was intended for use as signature tunes or incidental music in film and television. KPM pieces became the theme tunes for ''

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'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', '' The Avengers'', '' Animal Magic'', '' This Is Your Life'', ''

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''.in the U.S. the recordings have been used on Sesame Street In the United States, KPM is represented by

APM Music Associated Production Music, LLC (commonly known as APM Music) is an American production music company headquartered in Hollywood, California, initially as a joint venture between Zomba/Jive Production Music and EMI Production Music. APM Music ...

. KPM Musichouse was rebranded as EMI Production Music in 2011 and is now part of Sony Music Publishing. In January 2019, KPM's production library was fully digitized and became available for streaming online. EMI Production Music was rebranded again to KPM Music on 13 September 2021.

References

External links

KPM Music - The Story
history at APM (Associated Production Music)
KPM Music
the current official website of KPM Music publishing companies of the United Kingdom British companies established in 1830 Production music NFL Films Sony Music Publishing EMI {{music-company-stub