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All 4,150 recordings are ours to license for film, TV, advertising and documentary, and every composition is in the public domain.

Who has licensed or represented our recordings

These 21 cards show what each placement covered.

  1. Fox Searchlight Pictures
    Fox Searchlight, The Favourite (2018)Our recording of the Largo from Händel's Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 7, licensed for the film and its trailer
  2. Universal Music
    Universal Music / Decca, The Favourite (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)The soundtrack album, physical and digital, carries our master of Händel's Op. 6 No. 7 Largo
  3. Universal Pictures
    Universal, CandymanOur recording of the Gori Women's Choir, licensed for the trailer
  4. Lionsgate
    Lionsgate, The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)Our recording of O Fortuna from Orff's Carmina Burana, licensed for about 25 seconds as background in trailers and ads for the film
  5. Picrow
    Amazon, Mozart in the Jungle (2015)A recording from our catalogue, licensed for an episode in the second season
  6. DIOR
    DIOR, Versailles DIOR (jewellery campaign)Our recording of the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, licensed for online advertising, social media included
  7. Samsa Film
    X-Verleih, Es war einmal in Deutschland (Sam Garbarski, 2017)Rosl Seegers' 1938 recording of Mamatschi, from our catalogue, licensed for the film released internationally as Bye Bye Germany
  8. Scottish Ballet
    Scottish Ballet, licensee for Dance GB (2012)Our recordings of Ravel's Boléro and the Epilogue from Valses nobles et sentimentales, licensed for a live ballet programme
  9. De Wolfe Music
    De Wolfe, music libraryOur classical catalogue was represented for sync worldwide under a signed agreement
  10. BalletMet Columbus
    BalletMet Columbus, InnovationsWhispering by the Benny Goodman Trio and Quartet, from our catalogue, licensed for a live ballet performance
  1. Universal, Us (Jordan Peele, 2019)Kali Var Bagrativnisa and Kartis Hangebi - Satchidavo, in our recordings by the Gori Women's Choir, licensed for the trailer
  2. FX / Disney, American Crime Story: Impeachment (2021)Our recording of the Allegretto from Beethoven's Seventh, licensed for an episode of the series
  3. Nove / Discovery, Sento la terra girare (Teresa Mannino)Our recording of the waltz from Sviridov's Snowstorm, licensed for the stage show and its TV, VOD and home video release
  4. Louder Than Bombs (Joachim Trier, 2015)Five seconds of our recording of Bach's Badinerie, featured in a film that ran in Competition at Cannes 2015
  5. PBS / David Grubin, Destination America: The Art of Departure (2005)Nani Bregvadze's Why Is It So Melancholy, from our catalogue, licensed for the documentary
  6. Bull (Paul Andrew Williams, 2021), UK feature filmOur recording of Valse et Jalousie from Delibes' Coppélia, licensed for the film
  7. How Deep Is Your Love (Eleanor Mortimer, 2025), documentaryOur recording of the finale of Mendelssohn's Scottish Symphony, licensed for one 1:15 cue in the documentary
  8. Nord-Ouest, feature film by Serge FrydmanOur recording of Dvořák's Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 10, licensed for the film, trailer included
  9. Mômerade, Rey (Niles Atallah, 2017)Our Gori Women's Choir recordings from the album Archaica: Chorali and two of the Five Funeral Songs, licensed for four extracts in the film
  10. Margaux Chouraqui, documentary on the refugee crisisBeethoven's Egmont Overture, in our recording, licensed for the documentary
  11. Violet (Luiso Berdejo, 2013)Our recording of the Adagio from Marcello's Oboe Concerto in C minor, licensed for one cue in the film

If the temp track is one of these, start with our recording of it.

Mood

20 recordings

Moods

  1. Swan Lake

    Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyMusical Boxes Spieluhren

    • Emotional
    • Atmospheric

  2. The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297, “Winter”

    I. Allegro Non Molto

    Antonio VivaldiSaint Petersburg Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Gorkovenko

    • Dramatic
    • Strong

  3. Goldberg-Variationen, BWV 988

    Aria

    Johann Sebastian BachNodar Gabunia

    • Relaxed
    • Optimistic

  4. Serenade No. 13 In G Major, K. 525 “Eine kleine Nachtmusik”

    I. Allegro

    Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSaint Petersburg Musical Theatre Zazerkalye Chamber Orchestra, Pavel Bubelnikov

    • Energetic
    • Humorous

  5. Suite Bergamasque, L. 75

    No. 3, Clair De Lune

    Claude DebussyBogdan Kutakowski, Natalia Stolarska

    • Atmospheric
    • Relaxed

  6. The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315, “Summer”

    I. Allegro Non Molto

    Antonio VivaldiSaint Petersburg Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Gorkovenko

    • Dramatic
    • Sad

  7. Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”

    I. Adagio Sostenuto

    Ludwig van BeethovenElisso Bolkvadze

    • Sad
    • Atmospheric

  8. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

    II. Adagio Sostenuto

    Sergei RachmaninoffTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze

    • Romantic
    • Emotional

  9. The Four Seasons - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269, “Spring”

    I. Allegro

    Antonio VivaldiSaint Petersburg Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Gorkovenko

    • Optimistic
    • Energetic

  10. The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II, Scene 3

    No. 13, Waltz of the Flowers

    Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze

    • Romantic
    • Relaxed

  11. Romeo and Juliet, TH 42

    Overture-Fantasy

    Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Vakhtang Kakhidze

    • Atmospheric
    • Dramatic

  12. Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 “Fate”

    II. Andante con moto

    Ludwig van BeethovenTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze

    • Strong
    • Atmospheric

  13. Ave Maria, D. 839

    Franz SchubertCapriccio Quintet

    • Sad
    • Relaxed

  14. Canon and Gigue in D Major

    I. Canon

    Johann PachelbelChamber Orchestra Renaissance, Leo Korchin

    • Optimistic
    • Emotional

  15. Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 “From the New World”

    II. Largo

    Antonín DvořákSaint Petersburg Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Gorkovenko

    • Relaxed
    • Emotional

  16. Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46

    I. Morning Mood

    Edvard GriegTbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze

    • Relaxed
    • Abstract

  17. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622

    II. Adagio

    Wolfgang Amadeus MozartSaint Petersburg Orchestra of the State Hermitage Museum Camerata, Alexander Titov

    • Relaxed
    • Atmospheric

  18. The Blue Danube, Op. 314

    Johann Strauss IIMusical Boxes Spieluhren

    • Emotional
    • Humorous

  19. Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

    2. Air

    Johann Sebastian BachCapriccio Quintet

    • Relaxed
    • Atmospheric

  20. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Johann Sebastian BachBernardas Vasiliauskas

    • Dramatic
    • Strong