Getty Images Scores Partnership with Lionsgate
Oscar®-Nominated "3:10 To Yuma" Score Kicks Off Lionsgate Licensing Deal
With Getty Images; More Lionsgate Soundtracks to Follow
Santa Monica, CA, Vancouver, BC, and Seattle, WA, Feb. 22, 2008. Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), the world´s leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media, and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), the leading independent filmed entertainment studio, today announced a new partnership that will make Lionsgate film scores and soundtracks available for commercial licensing through Getty Images´ music licensing business.
The first offering will be the Academy Award®-nominated score from Lionsgate´s critically acclaimed box office hit, "3:10 to Yuma". The score was composed by first-time Oscar®-nominee Marco Beltrami, a composer known for his unique approaches to recording.
"With the progressive and suspenseful ‘3:10 To Yuma’ score and Lionsgate´s other original musical content, we will continue providing the richest and most diverse archive of music available for licensing online", said Nick Evans-Lombe, executive vice president of imagery, products and services, Getty Images.
"From its acquisition of Pump Audio to the launch of Soundtrack last year, Getty Images has made significant investments in music and music licensing. We provide unparalleled choice and access to all the content that today’s creative professionals need".
"The Soundtrack tool from Getty Images allows creative professionals to easily find, license and use the broad array of exciting content in Lionsgate´s growing music library", said Jay Faires, Lionsgate president of music and publishing.
"Because the gettyimages.com site receives four million unique visitors per month, bringing our music to Getty Images exponentially increases consumer access to our product. Our partnership reflects Lionsgate’s commitment to unique relationships incorporating state-of-the-art technology to continue growing our music business".
As part of Getty Images’ initiative to offer an expanded online musical platform for a broad range of commercial uses, popular artists and titles will soon be added to its impressive alternative music collection.
Additional musical content from Lionsgate that will soon be available for licensing includes scores from Lionsgate’s critically acclaimed television drama "Mad Men" on AMC; the hit television comedy series "Weeds" on Showtime, which features an eclectic mix of pop icons covering the classic "Little Boxes" for the opening theme song; and music from such Academy Award®-winning Lionsgate feature films as "Crash" and "Monster´s Ball".
To access Getty Images´ vast collection of music from independent artists, visit: www.GettyImages.com/Music.
About Getty Images
Getty Images is the world´s leading creator and distributor of still imagery, footage and multimedia products, as well as a recognized provider of other forms of premium digital content, including music. Getty Images serves business customers in more than 100 countries and is the first place creative and media professionals turn to discover, purchase and manage images and other digital content. Its award-winning photographers and imagery help customers produce inspiring work which appears every day in the world´s most influential newspapers, magazines, advertising campaigns, films, television programs, books and Web sites. Pump Audio, a division of Getty Images, is the leader in music licensing, giving customers direct access to more than 20,000 original tracks by some of the world’s best independent artists and bands for use in broadcast and film production, advertising and other media projects.
Visit Getty Images at http://www.GettyImages.com to learn more about how the company is advancing the unique role of digital media communications and business, and enabling creative ideas to come to life.
About LIONSGATE®
Lionsgate is the leading independent producer and distributor of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. Its prestigious and prolific library of nearly 12,000 motion picture titles and television episodes is a stable source of recurring revenue and is a foundation for the growth of the Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate brand name is synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the globe.
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