If you have ever watched “Monday Night Football”, Wimbledon or “Mastermind” you will have encountered the work of KPM’s composers and musicians
month a little piece of music history was restored. The news was easy to overlook. Sony Music, a record label, announced that one of its outermost divisions would be rebranding: what had beenMusic once again. The change may seem trivial, but it restores a name that has wielded a wide and surprising influence over popular culture., despite its roots stretching back to 1780, when Robert Keith set up a music shop in London. But you have almost certainly heard its music.
’s library, including “All Creatures Great and Small”, “Mastermind”, “Grange Hill”, “The Two Ronnies” and the BBC’s coverage of Wimbledon. Even if you never watch TV, though, you will know fragments of this music, especially if you like hip-hop.’s star composers, Brian Bennett has been sampled 114 times, by Drake, Nas, Kanye West and more. Les Baxter has been sampled 79 times by the Beastie Boys, Ghostface Killah andstalwart Alan Hawkshaw—specifically the song “Here Comes That Sound Again”.
Library music is not the rich trove of unexpected wonder it used to be. These days budgets are tighter and there is less inclination to hire whole orchestras for an afternoon, so there isn’t so much scope for the moments of brilliance a room full of musicians might create. Artificial-intelligence firms are also trying to muscle in on the market, offering computer-generated compositions to accompany video content for a fraction of the cost of real musicians.
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