FAQs

Production music is specially produced to work with media, whether in-shows, documentaries, films, TV ads, YouTube or social media clips, etc. It is easy to synchronize to media and picture regarding edit points and is also available without vocals, particular instrumentation and underscores. It is sometimes also referred to as stock or library music.

It is simple to obtain a licence to use a production music track as most production music companies own all the rights needed for you to use a track (or tracks) anywhere in the world.

Head to our production music page to learn more about our production music, including our past placements and usages.

Royalty-free music means that for the initial user, there is an up-front fee, and then once purchased, that piece of music can be used as many times as needed forever. However, royalty-free music doesn’t pay any royalties back to composers or artists. Production music pays the composers and artists royalties, usually via the local music society networks. This royalty opportunity for the creative talent facilitates a more sustainable ecosystem.

Custom music is music that is specially commissioned to your brief for a specific use, whether it be a film, TV ad, audio branding, documentary and more. Find out more about our Custom music offerings, including past credits, on our dedicated custom music page.

To make it as easy as possible, we have a price list that starts at just £99.

If you have any questions about licensing costs, please do get in touch with us.

Creating an account with West One Music is free, but you will need a licence to use the music in your production. Please contact a member of our team to discuss specific pricing and to get a licence to use our music.

You can license our tracks for any use, all over the world. You just need to let our team know whether it is, for example, a video for YouTube, a documentary or a commercial.

If your company has a blanket music licence agreement in place either with us or your local rights society, then it’s possible that you may be able to use our music under those agreements. However, you may still need to get a licence from us depending on the type of production you are working on. Please do contact us or your music department if you have any questions.

A cue sheet contains the copyright information for the tracks that have been used in a TV show, documentary or film and enables the right artists and composers to get paid. Some cue sheets are manually completed by the production teams and some broadcasters use advanced technology to complete them, but they all follow a standard structure that is used worldwide.

You can find the information you need for your cue sheet by hovering over the “i” icon next to the track on our web site.

Our music is for professional use only and needs to be licensed and paid for before use. An account offers the ability to create projects and download our music in various formats. Registering for an account will instantly connect you with your local West One Music Group office.

Yes, you can search and listen to any of the tracks without setting up an account. If you would like to download any tracks, however, you will need to set up an account.

Just click on the ‘Register’ link at the top of this page and complete your details. For instant support you can click on the ‘Chat’ icon on the bottom of this page to talk to our team.

All registrations are picked up by your local team and are approved as quickly as possible during working hours. Please do get in touch directly if you’d like to follow up on the approval of your account.

The best way to get started is to type keywords (e.g. mood, genre, instrument, programme type) into the search bar and press enter! This can be single words or any combination.

For more advanced information on our search tools check out our ‘how to guide‘.

Yes, to search by lyrics, select the advanced search cog. Discover our music search tools here.

To add tracks to your projects simply click the ‘+’ icon next to any track. Discover how to use all our music search tools in our handy guide here.

If you can’t get into your account, please do get in touch with our team either by phone, email or by using the live chat icon below.

You can download tracks as MP3, WAV and AIFF files. Stems are also available on request.

Yes, please do contact our teams if you would like to access stems or to request a remix.

Advertising runs on most videos that use rights-protected music. In most cases, we can remove these ads if you let us know the YouTube channel ID and video URL. Please provide 48 hours’ notice for the ads to be removed.

If you need to remove the ads on your video, please get in touch with our team with the YouTube channel ID and video URL.

Content ID is YouTube’s automated system that enables copyright owners to identify and control the use of their music on YouTube.

All our tracks can be used on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Vimeo as long as you have the correct licence. Please contact our team for any licensing requests.

Yes, all our music is available on all major streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Tidal and many more streaming and subscription platforms.

Yes, please get in touch with one of our team if you would like access to our Adobe Premier Pro plugin.

Yes, please get in touch with our team if you would like one of our new Avid ready hard drives or access to Avid-compatible bins.

We’re always on the lookout for new music from exciting artists and composers around the world. Please send over a streaming link featuring a few tracks in your best style, alongside a bit of information about yourself to a&r@westonemusic.com. We look forward to listening!

Find out more on our dedicated A&R page here.

We work with artists and composers from all corners of the world, creating every kind of music imaginable to the highest standards. Explore our catalogue to find out more.

Check out some of our composers here and listen to our monthly releases in our blog.

All our vacancies are listed on our LinkedIn page here as well as our news page here.

You can apply by following the link on LinkedIn All our vacancies are listed on our LinkedIn page here as well as our news page here. Or you can send your resume/CV and cover letter to jobs@westonemusic.com.

Firstworks Music is part of West One Music Group, the leading global, independent music company with offices and studios in 15 countries.

Firstworks gmbh is the exclusive representative of West One Music Group in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. All tracks and labels across our catalogue are available to license from the relevant local collection society. GEMA and GVL in Germany, AKM in Austria and SUISA in Switzerland.

Find out more about Firstworks here.

Read more here.

Plug in the drive and either ingest the contents of the drive into your existing repository, or use the drive as a plug-and-play solution by moving the bins into your projects directly.

Once the bins are in your project, you can search the embedded metadata for a specific keyword, genre or mood. Please ensure you type in the exact match you are looking for.

Please note: Avid searches the “Name” column by default, so to enable full metadata search, go to

File > Settings > User > Bin and change the setting to “Search all Columns.”

Once you’ve performed your search, browse through the results and click on a track to audition/download.

You’ll find all the information you need for your cue sheet in the bin view or by right-clicking on a track and clicking “Get Info.”

Every network is different, please contact us for support.

No, transferring files off the drive will make them unusable in Avid.

Please send send an email to avid@westonemusic.com with as much information as possible.

If you have a licence with West One Music to use our audio, you can appeal the copyright claim by clicking the following link and submitting the relevant information.