Lionsgate Teams Up With Wind-Up Records For Joint Publishing Venture

Lionsgate, the leading next generation filmed entertainment studio, has entered into a unique partnership with Wind-up Records, the leading independently owned and operated mid-size label in the US, the two companies announced yesterday, signaling a continued expansion of Lionsgate's music publishing operations.

The deal kicks off with five of Wind-up's principal acts including the recent VH1 "You Oughta Know" artist Thriving Ivory, South African trio Civil Twilight, whose music has been featured on television series "House," "One Tree Hill," "Without a Trace," and "Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles," and emerging rock band Tickle Me Pink, currently touring with Hawthorne Heights. Additionally, Lionsgate will exclusively use music from Wind-up Records for its VH1 reality show "Scream Queens," and prominently features Wind-up acts such as Seether in the upcoming action thriller Punisher: War Zone, premiering December 5th, with the soundtrack dropping on November 26th.

Lionsgate Music President Jay Faires said, "Wind-up is the most influential rock-leaning independent label in America and a natural fit for our next generation consumers. We see this as the first in a series of deals with genre leaders, and we're very excited to be in business with them as our growing film and TV slate calls for more rock music."

Wind-up President Edward Vetri added, "Wind-up is very excited to be in this new strategic relationship with Lionsgate. Wind-up and Lionsgate are like-minded companies that are committed to developing and breaking artists. Lionsgate's belief in Wind-up's A&R and commitment to its artists, and our belief in Lionsgate's ability to use its film and TV properties and its corporate relationships to expose our artists, will ultimately and significantly increase the value of the publishing we hold together. This relationship is a key strategic driver in Wind-up's overall vision of success within our 360 artist structure."

In Wind-up's eleven years, the company has discovered and built the careers of Creed, Evanescence, Seether, Finger Eleven, and 12 Stones, has achieved cumulative sales exceeding 50 million albums and features such upcoming stars as Thriving Ivory, Civil Twilight, Company of Thieves, Endless Hallway, Stars of Track and Field, Tickle Me Pink and others.

Lionsgate Music oversees music for Lionsgate's film and TV slate, releases its soundtracks and scores, and signs artists for publishing and records. The music team has received two Oscar(r) nominations with Marco Beltrami's score for 3:10 To Yuma and Bird York's song "In The Deep" for Best Picture Winner Crash. On the film and TV music front, they have brought in new music from Linkin Park, Serj Tankian, The Flaming Lips, Dr. Dre, Elvis Costello, John Legend, James Blunt, Amy Winehouse, and Gladys Knight. Upcoming soundtracks include Punisher: War Zone featuring cues from Justice and Seether, Vol. 2 of the critically-acclaimed television series "Mad Men," featuring songs from Chubby Checker and Peter, Paul and Mary and the next volume in the "Weeds" series. Building on Lionsgate's top 10 iTunes album for Paramount's Iron Man, later in the year the studio will release the score for Frank Miller's The Spirit. On the heels of signing Grammy(r) winning reggae legend Lee Scratch Perry, three-time International Bluegrass Music Association(r) award winners The Infamous Stringdusters, and breaking alternative act Glacier Hiking, the music team is releasing the upcoming album from Grammy-nominated Cajun act the Pine Leaf Boys.

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