The Mood Modern: The story of two of the world's greatest recorded music libraries: KPM (1956-1977) and Bruton Music (1978-1980)

Library Music: Production Music, Mood Music; whichever title you prefer, it's all for the same purpose: to accompany broadcast programmes, commercials, documentaries, and even background music for shops, lifts and elsewhere. And yet it is irritatingly elusive as you can't walk into a shop and buy it or order it easily on the internet. Copyright law keeps it well away from the prying,buying general public. And this wonderful book explains why as well as introducing us to its origins, as witnessed through the history of KPM and Bruton Music, two of the most successful exponents of this aspect of professional composition, performance, recording and sales. Author Oliver Lomax deftlywends his way through this web of obscurity in a highly readable and comprehensive survey. Well worth the money!