Enterprises Sonor acquires production music from Eberhard Schoener

ZDF Enterprises - June 2015
 

 
ZDF Enterprises and Bavaria Media joint venture becomes involved in the field of production music

f.l.t.r.: Dr. Rolf Moser (CEO, Enterprises Sonor), Eberhard Schoener, Dr. Alexander Coridaß (CEO, ZDF Enterprises), Dr. Christian Franckenstein (CEO, Bavaria Film)
Enterprises Sonor Musik GmbH, a joint venture of ZDF Enterprises and Bavaria Media, will be involved in production music in the future. It starts off with a rights portfolio of more than 1,000 titles produced by world-famous musician, composer, conductor and musician, Eberhard Schoener and prepared with his team on behalf of Enterprises Sonor for exploitation in the field of production music.

Schoener: “The work was an extremely intensive analysis of all my compositional work. The challenge was to select, compile and technically prepare suitable recordings in order to create a work of art of both classical and modern film music from my extensive oeuvre. The professional and personal cooperation with the Enterprises Sonor team was a stroke of luck”.

Schoener has not only composed film music for over 300 film and TV productions, he has also worked with artists such as Sting, Procol Harum, Gianna Nannini, Andrea Bocelli and Deep Purple. Last year he received the award of honour of the Soundtrack Cologne.

There are currently other productions by famous artists in the studio or preparational phase at Enterprises Sonor. Managing Director Rolf Moser: “We will build an impressive production music catalogue with a spectrum ranging from world music to jazz/rock and children’s songs. Our publishing team and our experienced consultant, Corinna C. Poeszus, formerly General Manager at Universal Publishing Production Music, are highly motivated to continue our success in the publishing of original film music and in the marketing of already existing film music. We focus exclusively on premium quality and well-known artists, as well as fair remuneration models. We offer an attractive alternative to the interchangeable mass productions and royalty-free catalogues that flood this market”.

The worldwide partner is Warner/Chappell Production Music GmbH, which sells the catalogue of Enterprises Sonor under their own label in a kind of “shop in shop”. Markus Hedke, Executive Vice President of Warner/Chappell Music Germany: “We look forward to working with our publishing colleagues and the high quality catalogue which we will not only distribute online, but also offer to our customers on CD”. Sascha Peters, Head of the Production Music Unit of Warner/Chappell Music Germany: “It is a great enrichment for us to cooperate with such a well-known company as Enterprises Sonor Musik GmbH and to be able to offer our clients their top-class works and composers. We are delighted and motivated to breaking new ground together.