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--- In [email protected], Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> wrote: > > Slumdog' composer reaches publishing dealBy STEVE CHAGOLLAN > > > A.R. Rahman, the singer-composer who walked away with two Oscars for his song > and score work in "Slumdog Millionaire," has inked an exclusive, worldwide > publishing pact, excluding India, with Universal Music Publishing Group. > The deal with Rahman -- whose Indian credits exceed 100 films and whose pic > scores and soundtracks have sold more than 100 millions units worldwide -- > includes large portions of his catalog as well as new music. Rights to the > "Slumdog" music will be included in the UMPG deal. > "That fact that he is a two-time Oscar winner has really elevated his > visibility and notoriety globally," David Renzer, chairman and CEO of UMPG, > told Daily Variety.The Rahman deal, Renzer said, fits the company's strategy > of film and television music being "one of the key areas that we are focused > on." > Rahman, who previously did not have an overall publishing deal, is finishing > the music for Universal's "Couples Retreat," starring Vince Vaughn, and will > soon be going into the studio with producer Jimmy Iovine, chairman of UMG > label Interscope Geffen A&M Records, to create the music for an album > featuring guest vocalists. > > > http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118005250.html?categoryId=16&cs=1 >
