West One Music Group

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West One Music Group

Industry	production music
Founded	2003 (in Soho, London)
Founder	Richard Harvey, , Edwin Cox
Headquarters	London, W1 United Kingdom
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Edwin Cox[1]
Divisions	And Then Some, Asia Record Collective, Electronic Dance Series, Fired Earth Music, Kaptain Music, Little Assembly, Real to Reel, Refuel Music, The Scoring House, SOMOS, West One Music, Zero Degrees

West One Music Group is a British global production music company^[2] that delivers music to clients worldwide. Founded in Soho, London, in 2003,^[3] the group consists of twelve labels, including And Then Some, Asia Record Collective, Electronic Dance Series, Fired Earth Music, Kaptain Music, Little Assembly, Real to Reel, Refuel Music, The Scoring House, SOMOS, West One Music and Zero Degrees.^{[failed verification]} Recording live music in locations around the world, such as Abbey Road Studios,^[4] West One Music Group focus on creating music, written and produced for use in media.

With offices and in-house recording facilities in London, Los Angeles, Munich, Paris, Hong-Kong and Bangkok,^[5] the company expanded in January 2016 into the United States, opening offices in both Los Angeles and New York, delivering music directly to US clients for the first time.^[1] One of the latest editions to the catalogue launched in January 2016. SOMOS, aims to bring Latin American music to the world.^[1] West One Music Group is deeply ingrained in the history of the British music scene and boast connections through its co-founder, Richard Harvey, with Hans Zimmer,^[6] John Williams, The Who and many other legendary musicians.

West One Music[]

West One Music is the signature label within West One Music Group and releases music across a wide range of genres. West One Music has seen its music placed in programmes aired on Sky Living,^[7] Showtime,^[8] ABC.^[9]

The West One Music label also releases 'Artist Focus' albums that are intended to deliver more commercial music for media use. Previous albums have featured artists such as George Timothy,^[10] London rock band Gem & The Deadheads ^[11] as well as Perfect Shadow, the latest release from LA-based, Greek-born singer-songwriter Kid Moxie.^[12]

Amber Carrington of The Voice USA featured on a 2014 album released on West One Music, Country Pop.^[13]

The Scoring House[]

The Scoring House^[14] is a label designed to deliver music perfectly composed and produced for corporate films and documentaries. The Scoring House is produced by Peter Cox, who was the longtime Managing Director of EMI's label KPM.^[15][16]

Fired Earth Music[]

Fired Earth Music is an LA-based label that focusses on delivering high-impact music for blockbuster trailers and TV promos. Most recently, ABC promoted Grey's Anatomy using "Shattered", a track from the album Unbreakable.^[17] Recently, BAFTA award-winning film Ex Machina was promoted using "Siren of the Damned" and "Submerged" from the album SoundDesign Vol.2.^[18] "Infinite, Immortal" was used by British dance troupe UDI for their performances on Britain's Got Talent.

SOMOS[]

SOMOS launched in January 2016 as part of West One Music Group's collection of independent labels and was created in partnership with Colombian-born producer Felipe Arévalo.^[1] The music released on the SOMOS label was recorded in and around Latin America as well as being composed and produced entirely by Latin American musicians.^[19] The first release on the label, Os Jogos, was created with the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in mind and was created in partnerships with Brazilian producers Comando S. The resulting album was described as "inspirational, vibrant and emotive Brazilian music for sports, action and leisure." by Brazil Music Exchange.^{[20][21][1][22][23][24][25]}

Since its release, SOMOS has had multiple nominations for its albums in local and international award ceremonies, including (2018 - "Album of The Year" Nominee; 2019 - "Album of The Year" 2 Nominations), The Mark Awards (2018 - "Best Use of Production Music in Commercial Advertisement" Nominee^[26]), The Production Music Awards (2019 - "Best Use of Production Music in Commercial Advertisement" Nominee^[27]) and the Jerry Goldsmith Awards (2018 - "Best Score for a Free Creation Form"^[28] Nominee).

Little Assembly[]

Little Assembly is the latest stage of West One Music Group's expansion and broadening of their music offering. Edwin Cox of West One Music Group is the Creative Director and Adam Le Blanc is Head of A&R. An independent commercial label, Little Assembly was created to imagine the future of the music industry for today's artists and focusses on experimental, often left-field pop music.^[29][30] Little Assembly launched in July 2017 with its first artist, Anna Lann. Anna Lann's single, Moist the first release from the label, was premiered by Bob Boilen of NPR Music.^[31] Anna Lann's previous releases had premiered with the likes of Wonderland.^[32]

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