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music sync licensing companies, compared.

Studio Raine publishes this page and does not pitch sync, so it is on the page only for the part it does build: the catalog and its licensing page on the owner's own domain. the others are the agents, libraries and distributor add-ons a label, publisher or producer is offered for sync, each read from its own pages.

every row is read from the company's own pages on November 4, 2026, linked, and paraphrased; commission lines are quoted as printed. no scores and no ranking: the companies are sorted by model, then alphabetically.

the firmsthe catalog on your own domain

the firms, by kind.

the catalog on your own domain

the works, the credits and the licensing page a supervisor lands on, built on a domain the owner keeps. we don't pitch sync.

Studio Raine

publisher of this page

for record labels, publishers and catalog owners, producers and management companies

from studioraine.art/music-catalog-store.

model and what it does, as published
the catalog as a storefront and licensing page on the owner's own domain: every work with its credits, splits and audio, a licence a supervisor can read and buy without an email, the press record on the same domain, and the AI answer about the catalog. it does not pitch sync or represent a catalog. music industry only.
commission or price, as published
a catalog store from $50,000, fixed in a written scope; the marketing retainer from $25,000 a month.
placements and clients named on the page
Burn County's label platform and Jake Angel's beat store, each with a licence written at checkout, both live and linked.
office and submissions, as published
Brooklyn, New York.

sync agents

a company that pitches a represented catalog to supervisors and negotiates each licence, for a share of the fee.

Crucial Music

for artists who own both master and publishing; independent labels and publishers by contact; not majors

read November 4, 2026, from crucialmusic.com, the deal.

model and what it does, as published
a non-exclusive agent: pitches a pre-cleared catalog to supervisors in film, TV and ads and negotiates each licence. its page says the grant is only a non-exclusive right to pitch, negotiate and issue non-exclusive licences, on a three-year term that renews.
commission or price, as published
"Crucial Music will collect and send you 50% of all up front revenue generated by the placements we secure for you." it is also paid the publisher's share of performance royalties on the uses it generates, as its page states.
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read. open submissions, up to three songs.

Position Music

for artists, songwriters and composers

read November 4, 2026, from positionmusic.com/synch.

model and what it does, as published
an independent publisher and label with a sync arm, placing its roster in film, TV, trailers, ads and games.
commission or price, as published
no figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read. submissions by email, terms not stated.

Secret Road

for artists on its roster, with publisher partnerships

read November 4, 2026, from secretroad.com.

model and what it does, as published
a licensing, management and publishing company that pitches its roster to music supervisors and ad agencies.
commission or price, as published
no figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
Ted Lasso, Dark Matter, Love Island and Lexus named on its page.
office and submissions, as published
Los Angeles. "We do not accept any unsolicited submissions."

Zync

for artists, songwriters, labels and publishers

read November 4, 2026, from zyncmusic.com/licensing.

model and what it does, as published
a licensing and publishing company built around sync, pitching a represented catalog for ads, film, TV, trailers and games, with sub-publishing outside the United States. a Round Hill company.
commission or price, as published
no figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
Hulu, Google, Netflix, Apple TV, Samsung and Target named on its page.
office and submissions, as published
Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and London. "We don't accept unsolicited submissions."

licensing libraries and marketplaces

a catalog buyers license by subscription or per project; the artist's share is on the company's page where it prints one.

Artlist

for creators and brands as buyers

read November 4, 2026, from artlist.io, pricing.

model and what it does, as published
a subscription library for creators with AI tools in the plans.
commission or price, as published
buyer plans from "$19.99" to "$69.99" a month; no artist share on the pages read. "Artlist is currently not accepting submissions for the music catalog."
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read.

Audiosocket

for artists who fully own their music

read November 4, 2026, from audiosocket.com, artist registration.

model and what it does, as published
a subscription catalog for creators and brands with custom licensing on top, representing submitted music on an exclusive or a non-exclusive basis.
commission or price, as published
"The Non-exclusive Deal is 25/75." "The Exclusive Deal is 50/50." buyers pay "$10/mo" personal or "$25/mo" commercial.
placements and clients named on the page
a Netflix series named on its page, with Disney, HBO, Amazon and ESPN among the logos.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read. open submissions, four original songs, reply within ninety days.

Epidemic Sound

for artists and composers it signs

read November 4, 2026, from epidemicsound.com, for artists.

model and what it does, as published
a buyout library it owns outright, licensed by subscription to creators and brands.
commission or price, as published
"Upfront payment for every track" and "50/50 streaming royalty splits, forever", on agreements its page calls short and non-exclusive. "Epidemic Sound isn't accepting new artist applications right now."
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read.

Marmoset

for independent artists

read November 4, 2026, from marmosetmusic.com, artists.

model and what it does, as published
a licensing agency and library that finds and licenses songs for client projects, with a subscription brand, Track Club.
commission or price, as published
no figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
Portland, Oregon, with New York and Los Angeles. submissions open one week each month.

Music Vine

for artists it accepts

read November 4, 2026, from musicvine.com/about.

model and what it does, as published
a library sold by subscription and per use.
commission or price, as published
no figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
Google, Nike and Ogilvy among the logos on its page.
office and submissions, as published
Leeds, England.

Musicbed

for artists and composers

read November 4, 2026, from musicbed.com, submissions.

model and what it does, as published
a curated library licensed to filmmakers, agencies and brands per project or by subscription.
commission or price, as published
no artist figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read. submissions by email.

Songtradr

for brands as buyers; artists and rightsholders as suppliers, with no sync intake on the pages read

read November 4, 2026, from songtradr.com.

model and what it does, as published
a licensing platform for brands, games and apps, with blanket and per-use licences, supervision and sonic branding.
commission or price, as published
no figure on the pages read.
placements and clients named on the page
Troye Sivan and Self Esteem named on its page; no placements named.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read.

distributor and publishing add-ons

sync pitching sold alongside distribution or publishing administration, at a published commission.

Sentric

for songwriters, artists and labels it administers

read November 4, 2026, from Sentric knowledge base, sync commission rates.

model and what it does, as published
sync pitching inside publishing administration, with a different rate for a placement it found and one it did not.
commission or price, as published
"Publishing side 'procured' sync rate: 50/50"; "Publishing side 'non-procured' sync rate: 85/15 in your favour"; "Master/recording side admin rate (procured & non-procured): 85/15 in your favour".
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read.

TuneCore

for artists distributing through it

read November 4, 2026, from TuneCore support, the commission for synchronization licenses.

model and what it does, as published
optional sync pitching alongside distribution and publishing administration.
commission or price, as published
"TuneCore's commission rate for sync licensing has been updated to 50%, effective July 1, 2023." the page says the 50% applies to the licence fee itself and that its publishing collection commission stays at 20%.
placements and clients named on the page
none named on the pages read.
office and submissions, as published
no city on the pages read. "Having us pitch your music for sync is optional."

questions.

who gets my catalog placed in TV, film and ads, and what commission do sync agents take?

the commissions printed on the companies' own pages: Crucial Music sends you 50% of the upfront fee on placements it secures; Audiosocket's non-exclusive deal is 25/75 and its exclusive deal 50/50; TuneCore's sync commission is 50% of the licence fee; Sentric is 50/50 on a publishing placement it procured and 85/15 in your favour on one it did not. Secret Road, Zync and Position Music print no figure and two of them take no unsolicited submissions. each row links the page it was read from.

exclusive or non-exclusive?

it is on the company's page. Crucial Music's grant is non-exclusive by its own wording. Audiosocket offers both at different splits. Epidemic Sound buys tracks outright and owns them. Secret Road, Zync and Position Music do not state it on the pages read, so ask before signing.

can an independent label or producer submit directly?

to Crucial Music (up to three songs), Audiosocket (four originals) and Marmoset (one week a month): yes, from their pages. Musicbed and Position Music take submissions by email. Secret Road and Zync say they take none unsolicited. Epidemic Sound and Artlist say they are not accepting new artists on the day read.

does Studio Raine pitch sync?

no. we do not represent catalogs or pitch supervisors. what we build is the catalog a supervisor lands on: the storefront and licensing page on your own domain, every work with its credits and a licence that can be bought without an email, with the press record on the same domain and the AI answer about the catalog. a catalog store is from $50,000, fixed in a written scope.

what should a catalog owner ask a sync company before signing?

whether the grant is exclusive, and for how long, with the renewal terms in writing. the split on the upfront fee and on the performance royalties separately, because one company on this page takes the publisher's share of the second. whether you can see every licence issued. and where the catalog lives online while they pitch it, since a work a supervisor cannot find and hear on a page you own is a work that waits for the agent's email.

why is this list not ranked?

because the publisher of a list should not grade a category it has an interest in, and because every figure here is the company's own, read from its page on one day. the rows carry what each page says and link it; the order is by model, then the alphabet.

text us the catalog.

send us one message with the label or the catalog, and we'll tell you what Google and the AI tools say about it today.