Downtown Music Acquires Good Soldier Songs, Publisher of 1975 – Variety

Downtown Music Publishing today announced the acquisition of independent London-based music publisher Good Soldier Song Limited, which includes more than 350 front-end works, including 19 due5’s publication catalog and the upcoming album, Notes in a Conditional Form.

Additionally, the acquisition includes the 1975 self-titled 2013 first title songs, their 2016 U.S. No. 1 and UK No. 1 album “I Like It It Will So, When You’re So Beautiful Yet Not Aware” and a brief investigation of 2018. Online Relations “- which also reached number one in the UK through the deal, Downtown Billy Lockett, Color, Dr. Vads, Fickle Friends, The Him, The Huna, KID, The Thief and Soldier have acquired the rights to the song. , Liam Pryor, Rahim Bakari, Tobtok and many more – as well as Bifi Clairo, songs from the band’s upcoming album “End of a Celebration”.

“Downtown is one of the most thoughtful publishers in the business with exceptional, well-equipped rosters and catalogs,” said former Christian Tutterfield, owner of the song Good Soldier of the acquisition. “I can’t think of a new home more suitable for our writers and their music, and I’m glad they’re in good hands.”

Teterfield, the former chief executive of Warner Music UK, founded Good Soldier in 2003. The company signed a worldwide publishing agreement in 2012, before releasing its first studio album in 1955.

“Christian Good Soldier has created an incredible, varied roster of songs that is not like Downtown, and we’re excited to add its music to our catalog,” said Roberto Neri, owner of Downtown Music’s executive vice president and head of European business development. . “We are also looking forward to the highly anticipated new album of 1975 and are thrilled to be working with the band and their director Jamie Auburn.”

Other recent acquisitions in downtown include the famous European music publisher’s strictly confidential purchase of more than 10,000 copyrighted songs, as well as nearly 700 works by the US-based Sully Isaac Music Limited and Sully Isaac Music Publishing Limited.