Extreme Music Rolls out the Red Carpet for Sir George Martin and the Kings of the Control Room

Extreme Music Rolls out the Red Carpet for Sir George Martin and the Kings of the Control Room

LOS ANGELES, August 13/PRNewswire/ --

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Extreme Music, the worldwide production music library unit of
Sony/ATV Music Publishing, today announced an innovative partnership with Sir
George Martin CBE to create the Grandmaster Production Music Library.

Consistently way ahead of the production music curve, Extreme
is set to release a stunning, first-of-its-kind production music library that
captures the sounds of music super-producers. The deal marks the next in the
long line of star-studded signings by Extreme including Hans Zimmer, Quincy
Jones, Snoop Dogg, Rodney Jerkins and Vince Clarke among others.

The brainchild of Sir George, famously crowned "the fifth
Beatle," and acclaimed music business aficionado and entrepreneur Mark Ross,
Grandmaster focuses on the geniuses "behind the glass" whose creative and
innovative input transforms the recording studio into a place where the magic
happens.

Of the announcement, Sir George Martin, an Academy Award and
seven-time Grammy award winner, said, "The producer's challenge is to inspire
creativity, push the boundaries of performance and capture raw talent in a
way that allows artistry to flourish. The world's best producers are able to
achieve this time and again and with the Grandmaster series, our goal is to
deliver the sounds of these iconic producers to professional music users
everywhere."

Initial projects by Hugh Padgham, Jack Douglas, Terry Date and
Sir George himself are already deep in the post production stages and due for
release in late 2009. .

Mark Ross commented, "Having spent most of my life in the
studio, I am intimately familiar with the crucial role that the producer
plays in the success of an artist. What would 'Sgt. Peppers' have been
without Sir George Martin? 'Thriller' without Quincy Jones? 'Ghost in the
Machine' without Hugh Padgham? 'Toys in the Attic' without Jack Douglas?
Grandmaster puts the most influential producers of the last 50 years on
center stage and the results are truly mind blowing."

In making the announcement, Russell Emanuel, Co-CEO of Extreme
Music said, "When conceiving this series, George and Mark's vision was to
reach for the sky with their wish list. They have achieved a 100% success
rate with every producer they have approached and the results coming out of
the sessions have been off the chain. We are confident that the Extreme
Grandmaster series will evolve into a 'Who's Who' of producer mega talent."

About Extreme Music

Twelve-year-old Extreme Music is noted in the industry and
around the world for its boundary-pushing approach to production music. Its
A-list roster has yielded diverse and uniquely packaged, award-winning
collections from the flagship X-Series through Ultimate Classics, Q-Series,
Twisted, Easy Listening and Passport to the critically-acclaimed Directors
Cuts. In its short history, Extreme has become the industry's highest
grossing professional music catalogue and is considered the gold standard and
is renowned globally as the "music supervisor's weapon of choice".

Extreme's client and project list speaks for itself and
includes all major networks and studios, ad agencies and production companies
including FOX, HBO, NBC, BBC, MTV, SKY, ABC, Discovery, Nickelodeon, Turner
Entertainment Networks, Universal, Lions Gate, Miramax, Sony Pictures,
Touchstone and Disney; feature films and trailers include Ice Age 3, The
DaVinci Code, Angels & Demons, The Harry Potter Movies, The Bourne Trilogy,
Doubt, Monsters vs Aliens, Bee Movie, Transformers, The Departed, The Shrek
Trilogy, The Simpsons Movie, 3:10 To Yuma, High School Musical 3, The
Spiderman Trilogy, Blades of Glory, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wolverine,
Ocean's Eleven, Sicko, The X-Men Trilogy, Chicago, and Star Wars: Attack of
the Clones; TV programs including Mad Men, Heroes, Ugly Betty, Lost, House,
The Office, Law and Order, 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, The View, Desperate
Housewives, Medium, Big Love, The Sopranos, C.S.I., Nip Tuck, The O.C.,
Scrubs, Entourage, Lie to Me, Sex and the City, American Idol, SNL and
America's Next Top Model; ad campaigns for Coca-Cola, EA Games, Microsoft,
Direct TV, American Express, MasterCard, NASCAR, Kraft, L'Oreal, Toyota, AOL,
Nike, Mattel, X-Box, Budweiser, McDonalds, Revlon, Pepsi, Victoria's Secret,
IBM, Hugo Boss, Gillette, Johnny Walker, Sony Playstation and British
Airways, among many others.

With true worldwide reach, Extreme is the leading global brand
in the production music arena, headquartered in the UK with offices and
representation in Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Sydney, and Stockholm. For
more Extreme information visit http://www.extrememusic.com.

Notes to Editors

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA
Photowire. It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or
viewed at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

CONTACT:

Oli Khoury, +44(0)203-206-2500, oli@extrememusic.com

Source: Extreme Music

CONTACT: Oli Khoury, +44(0)203-206-2500, oli@extrememusic.com

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