music is our business

Founded in 1996 by Grahame Maclean, a BBC film and television composer and conductor, NorthStar is a truly international music publishing company based in the UK and working with clients in every corner of the globe.

With more than twenty years of careful growth, NorthStar has become an established force in the music publishing industry. As administrators we are meticulous in the protection, accounting and collection of our clients copyrights and combine a highly personalised service with advanced technology in order to maximise copyright protection and collection services. Through an international network of associates and sub publishers we also provide exposure in every field of the music industry within the film and television sector in the UK , Europe, New York and LA with clients including: Universal, Sony, Paramount, Fox, CBS, Lionsgate, Sky, C4, Discovery Channel, Moving Picture Co. History Channel, BBC, ITV, Jim Henson International, Warner NY, Pioneer, Nickelodeon, Cosgrove Hall.

NorthStar offers a large catalogue of 100% cleared both sides music for synchronisation and licensing and works with supervisors in all main territories.

Commissioned music is an area where NorthStar writers are totally at home with commissions which include the Finale for HM The Queens Jubilee Year performed by the Halle Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra commissions for Samsung, Thames Television Ident and Classic FM idents with the London Session Orchestra, hundreds of television programs including music to picture for world-wide series including World Class Trains for PBS. The Stars Channel 4, Trash Nickelodeon.

Clients Include:

BOSS. Lionsgate Films
British Lions Tour of New Zealand, Sky
Football Manager, ITV
HRH The Queen’s Jubilee finale with the Halle Orchestra
Class One Power Boats, Sky
Extreme Adventures, Channel 5
The Tube, Sky
Oprah Winfrey Show, Australian Films
World Class Trains, PBS
Houses and Heritage, Channel 4
DIY Surgery, Channel 4
The Collectors, BBC
Vets in the Wild, Channel 4
Who Killed Kennedy, BBC1
RBS Golf, Sky
Eurotrash, Channel 4
Rich Girls, Channel 4
Great Escapes, Anglia Television
The Stars, Channel 4
Neptune Encounter, Yorkshire Television
100 Years of Football, Thames Television
Blackpool Pleasure Beach, ITV
Scrapheap Challenge, Channel 4
Main Ident, Thames Television
Rescue International, Discovery Channel
There’s No Discouragement, Channel 4
The Ancient Art of Cookery, Channel 4
Classic FM Weather Ident
Bulgaria Television Ident
Laureat Sports Awards Monaco, PBS
Trash, Nickelodion
Games Climbers Play, Pioneer/PBS
The Cones, Midnight Films
Bring it On, BBC 2
The Cassius Clay Story, PBS
Disney Club. Mexican Fils
Bruno Bear, Classic Pictures
Apache Uprising, Sky
Big Brother Nominations, Australian Films
Wales This Week, HTV Wales
Father of the Pride, Sky
Sunday Pastimes, BBC2
Love Soup, BB1
Tales from the Country, Carlton
Dodgeball, Sky
Bad Boys of Comedy, Channel 4
Celebrity Death Match, MTV Central
Great Welsh Cafes, HTV Wales
Totally Wild, Australian Films
Great Outdoors, Australian Films
Sharks the Silent Killers, ITV
Eastenders,
UKTV Gold

ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS INCLUDE: Tiger Beer, Honda/Asimo, Honda Crazy Sensible, Yell.com, Transport for London, Learn Direct, Murray Mints, Gossard, Sensodyne, Citibank, Braun, TDK, BMW, Airbus, Kraft, Pearl Assurance, NET Britannia, British Aerospace, Smith Kline Beecham, IBM, Ford, British Gas, Robian, Albright and Wilson, Aspen, Milas, Vinten, Marconi. Honda, Mastercard, Toyota, Kia, Mercedes, Sanyo, Canon, Galaxy Promises and Transport for London.