De Wolfe Limited (previously known as Music de Wolfe, often referred to as De Wolfe Music) is a British

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company, recognised as the originator of what has become known as

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. De Wolfe Music was established by Meyer de Wolfe in 1909 and began its recorded library in 1927 with the advent of '

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'. Music from the library has been used in a number of well-known productions, including ''

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'', '' Dawn of the Dead'', '' American Gangster'', ''

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'', '' Little Big Planet'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Top Gear'' and ''

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''. Well known theme tunes include ''

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'', '' Van der Valk'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In recent years has been sampled by the likes of

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and

Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. List of awards and nominations received by Lily Allen, Her accolades include a Brit Award, alongside nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivi ...

Peshay Paul Pesce (born 18 December 1970), better known as Peshay, is a British drum and bass and electronic music producer and DJ. Early life Peshay is of British and Italian heritage. His first introduction to music was at an early age through h ...

, Swing Out Sister,

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and

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. De Wolfe built and owns Angel Recording Studios, a recording and mixing complex situated at The Angel,

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. Artists who have recorded there in recent years include

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, Cee Lo Green,

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(BAFTA and EMMY winner for his scores to the BBC's '' The Blue Planet'' and ''

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, and

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. Its specially composed department is called Inter Angel. De Wolfe is still a family-run company.

History

De Wolfe Ltd was founded in London by Dutch musician Meyer de Wolfe in 1909. In early cinema the soundtrack to movies was provided by musicians playing live in the theatres. Meyer de Wolfe offered a

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library of original compositions to accompany

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, often produced in collaboration with other musicians from the orchestras of London. These collaborators included conductor Sir Landon Ronald, violinist and conductor Sir Eugene Goossens, composers Giuseppe Becce and

Ivor Novello Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. He was born into a musical ...

, and violinist

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. By the late 1920s de Wolfe Music began recording with the '

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' technique and '

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', on the 35mm

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. This film was explosive if improperly stored, which proved to be the cause of an explosion in the basement of the company's

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office. Examples of compositions from this time include ''Keep Your Face To The Sunshine'' (1926), ''Odiele'', performed by Ivor Novello, from the film '' The Rat'' (1925), and ''Policeman's Holiday'' (1931) by

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. In the 1930s de Wolfe created soundtracks for newsreels, working with

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, and British Gaumont Cinemas. This work continued throughout the Second World War and on in to the 1960s. The company was still providing music for film, including '' Fame Is the Spur'' (with a soundtrack composed by Dam Busters pilot John Wooldridge) and '' Edward, My Son'' (1948). After the Second World War, de Wolfe expanded in to North America through a partnership with Corelli and Jacobs, two film editors from Paramount Pictures. In 1955 the company provided the music for the first televised commercial in the U.K. for Gibbs Toothpaste. In 1962 de Wolfe began distributing 10" vinyl records, with cover designs by Rolf Webster and Nick Bantock. These LPs are now widely sought after by record collectors. At this time de Wolfe provided the theme to '' The Power Game'' (earning de Wolfe and Wayne Hill an

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for Instrumental Composition of the Year), and for a number of episodes of ''

''. The Pretty Things (Phil May, Dick Taylor, John Povey, John Alder and Wally Allen) recorded five albums for the Music de Wolfe library under the name 'Electric Banana' from 1967-1978 that were used in the film 'Dawn Of The Dead', the Doctor Who story 'The Green Death' and the TV series 'The Sweeney'. These albums were released in the UK as a 3-CD Box Set by Grapefruit Records on Sep 27 2019. In 1973 a

Jack Trombey Jan Stoeckart (3 November 1927 – 13 January 2017) was a Dutch composer, conductor, trombonist and former radio producer, who often worked under various pseudonyms such as Willy Faust, Peter Milray, Julius Steffaro and Jack Trombey. In the UK ...

composition was used as the theme for the detective series '' Van Der Valk''. ''

Eye Level "Eye Level" is a 1972 single by the Simon Park Orchestra. It was produced originally for the De Wolfe Music Library and selected by Thames Television to be the theme tune for their Netherlands-based detective series ''Van der Valk (1972 TV series) ...

'' became a million-selling number one single, topping the U.K charts for six weeks. Around this time de Wolfe music could be heard in Kung Fu movies by

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, British comedies '' Zeta One'' and ''

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'', and the

films. The 1970s was a period of further expansion for the company, with the addition of the Rouge catalogue in 1975 and the establishing of Angel Recording Studios in 1979. Digital technology brought changes to the

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in the 1980s, particularly with the evolution of CDs. In 1985 de Wolfe launched its DWCD collection of 6 CDs, becoming the world's first digital production music library. De Wolfe ultimately ended the production of its vinyl series in 1988, and the end of the production of CDs would come in 2014 as de Wolfe shifted focus to online delivery. De Wolfe Ltd celebrated its centenary year in 2009, with the company at that time claiming offices and agents in 40 countries.

Labels

De Wolfe Ltd produces audio for a variety of genres and usage, which are organised in to a number of labels.

De Wolfe Music (DWCD)

De Wolfe's primary label, and where a majority of the new releases are housed. Releases on this label keep up to date with current popular music, but it also features albums from more experimental genres.

De Wolfe Vinyl (DWLP)

Home to the vast archive of de Wolfe tracks, primarily recorded between the 1930s and 1980s. The company is in the process of digitising, restoring and remastering this catalogue. The label has a large cult following.

20th Century Archive (DWMIL)

A limited CD series containing a number of well-known recordings from de Wolfe's past. A large number of tracks, particularly those used in Pathé films and in iconic movies, were remastered for these albums.

De Wolfe Jazz (DWJAZZ)

De Wolfe's collection of jazz recordings, including a number of albums written in styles associated with the 1920s - 1940s.

De Wolfe Classical (DWC)

Classical recordings, a number of which were recorded at Angel Recording Studios. Most of this catalogue is yet to be made available online.

Commercial Breaks (DWCOM)

Short and punchy songs, designed for commercials.

Sold State Music (DWUSA)

Developed to produce Americana and American rock music, now home to a more general rock and sports rock catalogue.

De Wolfe RPO (DWRPO)

Classical Library, with tracks performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Rouge Music (RMCD)

Created in the 1970s Rouge features pop, sports rock, modern rock and corporate music. It includes the Club Rouge and Jazz collections, as well as the Rouge Vinyl (RMSLP) records.

Hudson (HMCD)

Bought by de Wolfe, Hudson is known for quirky and clichéd tunes, but also features the HMCLP collection of vinyl records.

Sylvester (SMCLP)

Part of the de Wolfe roster since the early days, Sylvester Music (SMCLP) has its origins in France. It features a number of progressive Jazz recordings from the likes of

Vladimir Cosma Vladimir Cosma (born 13 April 1940) is a Romanian composer, conductor and violinist, who has made his career in France and the United States. He was born into a family of Jewish musicians. His father, Teodor Cosma, was a pianist and conductor, h ...

Martial Solal Martial Solal (23 August 1927 – 12 December 2024) was a French jazz pianist and composer. Life and career Solal was born in Algiers, French Algeria on 23 August 1927, to Algerian Jewish parents. He was persuaded to study clarinet, saxophone, ...

and Pierre Arvay.

Widescreen (WIDE)

Launched in 2016 Widescreen features trailer music and cinematic compositions, including 5.1 options.

Bite Hard (BITE)

The newest label, Bite Hard features albums made through collaborations with American record producers. Primarily these albums feature samples from de Wolfe archive tracks, and have been made commercially available.

Sound Effects

As well as music, de Wolfe supplies sound effects. Its collection includes sounds from the

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Sound Ideas Sound Ideas Canada Ltd. (also known as Sound Ideas) is a Canadian audio company and the archive of one of the largest commercially available sound effects libraries in the world. It has accumulated the sound effects, which it releases in collect ...

and the DWSFX collection.

De Wolfe Commercial (DWCR)

Commercially available albums made up of film soundtracks, including '' Witchfinder General'' and ''

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'', compilations of well-known tunes, and albums from the likes of Deux Filles.

Angel Recording Studios

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One Direction One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik (until his departure in 2015), Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. The group sold o ...

Take That Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer ...

Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Frequently referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Princess of Pop", she has achieved recognition in both the music industry and fas ...

Sam Smith Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. In 2012, they rose to prominence when they featured on Disclosure (band), Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch (song), Latch", which peaked at number eleven on ...

and

for his work on the soundtrack for the BBC series ''

'' and '' The Blue Planet''. Angel Studios closed in 2019, before reopening as part of the Abbey Road Institute

Inter Angel

Specially composed tracks, commissioned to a roster of composers and produced at Angel Recording Studios. Inter Angel has provided theme tunes for shows including ''

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'', ''

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'',

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, '' Thronecast'',

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and ''

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''.

De Wolfe USA

For a number of years, de Wolfe had a presence in the United States through its partnership with Corelli & Jacobs. In 2013 steps were taken to officially launch De Wolfe USA to increase the company's presence on the other side of the Atlantic. The office was set up in New York and since then the company has worked on a number of projects with

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and many other US-based production companies. De Wolfe USA was also key to establishing of the Bite Hard label.

Composers

De Wolfe composers past and present include:

Simon Park The Simon Park Orchestra is a group best remembered for performing "Eye Level", the theme tune for the television series '' Van der Valk'' composed by Jan Stoeckart, which spent four weeks at the number one position in the UK Singles Chart in Sep ...

, Tim Souster, Barbara Moore, Pierre Arvay, Andy Quin, Anthony Mawer, Alex Heffes,

Stanley Myers Stanley Myers (6 October 19309 November 1993) was an English composer and conductor, who scored over sixty films and television series, working closely with filmmakers Nicolas Roeg, Jerzy Skolimowski and Volker Schlöndorff. He is best known fo ...

Stephane Grappelli Stephane may refer to: * Stéphane, a French given name * Stephane (headdress) A stephane (''ancient Greek'' στέφανος, from ''στέφω'' (stéphō, “I encircle”), '' Lat.'' Stephanus = wreath, decorative wreath worn on the head; cr ...

, Henry Farrar, John Altman, John Reids, Janos Lehar, Stanley Black, David Bradnum, John Saunders, Frank Mcdonald and Chris Rae, Paul Lawler, Harold East, Frederic Talgorn,

York Bowen Edwin York Bowen (22 February 1884 – 23 November 1961) was an English composer and pianist. Bowen's musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a tal ...

Johnny Hawksworth Johnny Hawksworth (2 February 1924 – 13 February 2009) was a British jazz bass player and composer of library music widely used for television. He lived and worked in Australia from 1984. Biography Born in London in 1924, Hawksworth in ...

, Keith Papworth, Earl Ward, Paul Ferris, Steve Sidwell, Ivor Slaney,

Reg Tilsley Reginald Longueville Tilsley (16 August 192615 October 1987) was a British composer, arranger, and conductor born at Croydon. He was a prolific composer of library music, whose work has been featured in various films and television programmes. ...

Ronald Binge Ronald Binge (15 July 1910 – 6 September 1979) was a British composer and arranger of light music. He arranged many of Mantovani's most famous pieces before composing his own music, which included '' Elizabethan Serenade'' and ''Sailing By''.A ...

, Y Ngani, David Kelly, Cy Jack, Duncan Aran,

Hampton Hawes Hampton Barnett Hawes Jr. (November 13, 1928 – May 22, 1977) was an American jazz pianist. He was the author of the memoir ''Raise Up Off Me'', which won the Deems-Taylor Award for music writing in 1975. Early life Hampton Hawes was born on No ...

Basil Kirchin Basil Kirchin (8 August 1927 – 18 June 2005) was an English drummer and composer. His career spanned from playing drums in his father's big band at the age of 13, through scoring films, to electronic music featuring tape manipulation of the ...

Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After abo ...

, Ena Baga, Roger Webb,

, Oliver Armstrong, Colin Kiddy, Howie, David Hubbard,

Kenneth Gamble Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production duo credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as P ...

, Ronald Waterworth, Nigel Mullaney, Danny Davies, Jonathan Jowett, Simon Stewart, Troy Banarzi, Ross Hardy, John Leach,

Paul Leonard-Morgan Paul Leonard-Morgan (born 1974) is a Scottish composer particularly known for his work in scoring for television and film. He won a Scottish BAFTA for the film ''Reflections upon the Origin of the Pineapple'' (2000), which was his first film s ...

, Terry Keating, Ian Boddy, Sam Fonteyn, Paul Lewis,

Karl Jenkins Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins, , Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, HonFLSW (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus (song), Adiemus" (1995, from the Adi ...

, Terry Gadsden, Edmund Jolliffe, Hermann Langschwert and

Nick Ingman Nicholas Ingman (born 29 April 1948) is an English arranger, composer and conductor in the commercial music field. His collaborators include Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Björk, and the British X-factor. Born and educated in London, Ingman move ...

Usage

De Wolfe credits and usage include:

TV

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'', '' Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk'', '' The Power Game'', ''

The Sweeney ''The Sweeney'' is a British police drama television series focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective ...

'', ''

Henry's Cat ''Henry's Cat'' is a British animated children's television series, created by Stan Hayward and directed by Bob Godfrey, who was also the producer of '' Roobarb'' and '' Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk''. The show starring a yellow feline, known o ...

'', '' George and Mildred'', ''

Man About The House ''Man About the House'' is a British sitcom created by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. It starred Richard O'Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy (actor), Brian Murphy. Six series were broadcast on ITV (TV netw ...

'', ''

NFL Today ''The NFL Today'' is an American football television program on CBS that serves as the pre-game show for the network's National Football League (NFL) game telecasts under the ''NFL on CBS'' brand. The program features commentary on the latest ne ...

'', '' Mindhunter'', ''

Master of None ''Master of None'' is an American comedy drama television series, which was released for streaming on November 6, 2015, on Netflix. The series was created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, with the first two seasons starring Ansari in the lead rol ...

'', '' The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Madame Gusto's Circus'', '' Springwatch'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

Balamory ''Balamory'' is a Scottish live-action children's programme on CBeebies for pre-school children, about a fictional small island community off the west coast of Scotland, named ''Balamory''. Four series were produced from 2002 to 2005 by BBC Sco ...

'', ''

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20th Century Archive (DWMIL)

De Wolfe Jazz (DWJAZZ)

De Wolfe Classical (DWC)

Commercial Breaks (DWCOM)

Sold State Music (DWUSA)

De Wolfe RPO (DWRPO)

Rouge Music (RMCD)

Hudson (HMCD)

Sylvester (SMCLP)

Widescreen (WIDE)

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