How to obtain sync rights

To obtain a synchronization request, please contact the song’s copyright owner(s), as listed in the copyright notice, to secure the necessary permission. Find the copyright notice at the bottom of the first page of your music.

You may obtain contact information for song copyright owners from the following performance rights societies:

If the copyright notice includes a Hal Leonard owned publisher, please submit a formal request online at www.halleonard.com/licensing.com and choose Record/Broadcast: Broadcast or make videos of your performance (TV, online streaming, or DVDs)

Hal Leonard owned publishers are:

  • Curnow Music Press
  • De Haske Publications
  • Emersongs
  • Hal Leonard Corporation / Hal Leonard LLC
  • Hal Leonard - Milwin Music Corp.
  • Jenson Publications
  • King's Singers / KS Music
  • MJQ Music
  • Musicworks
  • Ralph Jusko Publications
  • Rubank, Inc.
  • Willis Music Ralph Jusko Publications

Additionally, while Shawnee Press, Inc. (Shawnee Press, GlorySound, Malcom Music, Harold Flammer, Fostco Music) was purchased by Hal Leonard LLC, contractually Wise Music still retains these rights for compositions copyrighted prior to 2010. Please contact them at the following address for the appropriate permission:

Wise Music (formerly Music Sales Corporation)
1247 6th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tel: 310-393-9900
Fax: 310-393-9925
(www.wisemusic.com)