Clear Wave Music

What Clear Wave Music does

Clear Wave Music Ltd is a privately held production music library company incorporated and headquartered in Wales, United Kingdom (Company Number: 8317647). The company operates a fully licensed MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society) catalog of downloadable audio tracks and albums, spanning 170+ releases across more than 150 genres, 180+ mood tags, and 100+ instrumentation categories. Its platform supports MP3 playback with both full and 30-second preview versions per track, enabling media professionals to browse, search, preview, and license music for use in TV, radio, advertising, film, games, and internet productions. Licensing for UK customers is handled through PRS for Music at standardized rate-card terms, while international licensing is conducted directly or via the company's worldwide representation partner, BMG Production Music.

The company's go-to-market operates on two parallel tracks. The first is a product-led, self-serve model in which registered users access the catalog directly through the Clear Wave Music website — this accounts for the bulk of distribution volume. The second is a sales-led bespoke commissioned music service, where clients with specific briefs engage the company to compose custom music to defined creative, deadline, and budget requirements. The company serves a diverse enterprise customer base that includes BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Netflix, Disney, Coca-Cola, IKEA, Toyota, Ford, MTV, Sky Sports, Fox Sports, Discovery Channel, McDonald's, and others across broadcast, streaming, advertising, retail, and automotive verticals.

Revenue is generated through two streams: licensing royalties from the catalog (rate-card-based via PRS for Music in the UK) and professional services fees from commissioned compositions. The company maintains an active presence on Facebook, Twitter/X, YouTube, and LinkedIn for top-of-funnel content marketing. No external institutional investment, parent company, M&A activity, leadership changes, patents, or AI/ML capabilities are disclosed in the available data, and the business is independently operated.

Name

Clear Wave Music

Legal name

Clear Wave Music Ltd

Website

https://clearwavemusic.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Clear Wave Music Ltd is a Wales-based, fully licensed MCPS production music library offering 170+ albums of downloadable tracks for media professionals across TV, radio, advertising, film, and games. It combines a self-serve catalog with a bespoke commissioned music service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Production Music Licensing

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230), Music Publishers (51223)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAIABAH

Production Music Libraries (Library Music, Trailer Music, Stock Cues)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Music Publishing (Songwriting, Rights Administration, Licensing)

SECONDARYMPAIALAC

Production Music Libraries (Catalogs)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Music & Audio (Recording, Publishing, Streaming)/Sync & Music Licensing Services (Film/TV/Ads/Games)

Keywords

• Production music
• Music licensing
• Royalty-free music
• Commissioned music
• Broadcast music

Headquarters

HQ city

Llanharan

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Production Music Licensing: Revenue is generated through licensing of production music tracks to media professionals for use in TV, Radio, Advertising, Film, Game, Internet and other media productions. Users must obtain licenses, with UK customers contacting PRS for Music directly.
2. Commissioned Music Services: Custom music composition services where composers write music to fit specific client briefs, within deadline and to budget.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Clear Wave Music operates a fully licensed MCPS production music library offering downloadable audio tracks and albums (171+ albums) for use in TV, radio, advertising, trailers, corporate production, film, games, and internet media. The catalog is organized by genre, mood, instrumentation, advertising use, country, and tempo, and is available to media professionals via a self-serve platform. The company additionally offers a commissioned music service that delivers bespoke compositions from a diverse pool of composers to fit specific client briefs, deadlines, and budgets.

Product overview

Clear Wave Music operates as a production music library company offering two core products: (1) a comprehensive production music library featuring downloadable audio tracks and albums licensed through MCPS/PRS for Music, and (2) a commissioned music service for bespoke music creation. The library contains albums organized across multiple genres (Gothic Rock, Electro, Orchestral, Folk, EDM, Hip Hop, World Music, etc.), moods, and instrumentation types, enabling media professionals to license pre-existing tracks for their productions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Production Music Library

Named customers20 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BMG Production MusiccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorClear Wave Music is represented worldwide by BMG Production Music. Territory specific contact details can be found through BMG's global contacts page.
• PRS for MusiccoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWithin the UK, customers obtain licenses through PRS for Music directly. The company is a fully licensed MCPS library. Rate cards and license applications are available through the PRS website.
• Droneboy LaundryminorOthersCreative partner providing artwork services for the Clear Wave Music library albums.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Artlist: Artlist operates a subscription-based production music platform targeting video creators and brands. While its model and customer focus differ somewhat from Clear Wave's enterprise-led approach, it increasingly competes for the same professional media licensing spend.
• Epidemic Sound: Epidemic Sound is a fast-growing subscription-based music licensing platform targeting YouTubers, brands, and digital content creators. It represents an emerging alternative model to traditional catalog licensing that Clear Wave's self-serve platform must increasingly compete against.

Direct peers

• Sonoton Music: Sonoton Music is a heritage production music library supplying tracks for film, TV, and advertising worldwide. It is a direct peer in terms of library model, licensing structure, and customer segments to Clear Wave Music.
• APM Music: APM Music (Associated Production Music) is a long-established production music library serving TV, advertising, and film. It competes directly with Clear Wave Music in licensing pre-cleared production music to media professionals globally.
• Musicbed: Musicbed licenses curated production music primarily to film, brand, and wedding videographers. While its genre mix skews more cinematic/indie, it is comparable to Clear Wave in providing licensed music to professional media creators.
• Universal Production Music: Universal Production Music is one of the world's largest production music libraries, offering pre-cleared tracks for film, TV, advertising, and digital media. It is a direct competitor to Clear Wave Music across the same media professional customer base and licensing model.
• BMG Production Music: BMG Production Music is Clear Wave's worldwide distribution partner but also operates its own proprietary catalogs (e.g., KPM, Atmosphere). It is a direct competitor in the production music licensing space, serving the same broadcast, advertising, and streaming buyers.
• Extreme Music: Extreme Music is a long-running production music library providing pre-licensed music for film, TV, advertising, and gaming. It competes directly with Clear Wave Music in the same media professional buyer segment.
• Audio Network: Audio Network operates a sizable production music catalog with both self-serve downloads and bespoke composition services. It mirrors Clear Wave's dual library-plus-commissioned model and shares the same enterprise media customer base.
• Warner Chappell Production Music: Warner Chappell Production Music offers a sizable catalog of pre-cleared tracks for broadcast, advertising, and digital media. It competes directly with Clear Wave Music for media professional licensing revenue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ClearWaveMusic
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ClearWaveMusic
• Facebookfacebook.com/ClearWaveMusic

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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