Music Library Company

Music libraries maintain a large collection of pre-recorded music that is ready for use in professional productions. They will stock music of every major genre using a wide range of instrumentations in order to have musical offerings for any given setting or mood that someone may need for their project. For productions without a composer or smaller endeavors without the budget to record their own music, music libraries offer professionally produced and recorded music at reasonable costs.

The collections of music that music library companies offer range from short musical cues and sound effects used to accent a moment to full length concert pieces used as background for scenes in a film. Short radio pop tunes heard on the car or radio in TV shows are another example of the content these companies produce.These musical works are first arranged and composed by the library company before being produced using professional music samples (see Sample Library Company) or by recording live musicians performing.

Work in this career often begins with degrees in performance, music production, music recording, or composition. Internships with music production and recording studios offer valuable studio experience. Because library companies are involved in every step of music production from composition to recording, a wide range of music industry knowledge is required.