Kraftbox Entertainment

What Kraftbox Entertainment does

Kraftbox Entertainment is a privately held production, management, and consulting company founded in 2013 by Oscar-nominated songwriter and former Fox Music President Robert Kraft. Headquartered in Los Angeles with a subsidiary in British Columbia (Kraftbox Entertainment Canada, established 2024), the firm operates with 1-10 employees and generates revenue across four streams: production services (soundtracks for film, TV, and digital media), content creation (music-themed content across formats), consulting and strategy services for major media companies and emerging entertainment ventures, and artist management for composers, songwriters, and producers. Pricing is custom and quote-based, with no publicly disclosed rates, reflecting the bespoke nature of each engagement.

The company's core products are organized around the 'Score' content franchise, comprising a documentary (2016), a podcast now in its fifth season, and a docu-series, alongside the 'Cue The Music' live performance series at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica. In parallel, Kraftbox is an active co-producer on major studio projects, including the Sylvia Robinson biopic with Warner Bros and TriStar Pictures, and 'Jazz Ambassadors' with Blumhouse TV and Quincy Jones Productions. Underlying technology is limited to conventional music composition, soundtrack production, and film-music expertise; there is no evidence of proprietary AI, software-as-a-service, or platform infrastructure. The go-to-market motion is relationship-driven and sales-led, anchored by the founder's three-decade network of studio executives, composers, and producers, with content marketing through the podcast and live events functioning as top-of-funnel awareness.

The customer base is concentrated among enterprise entertainment clients (Warner Bros, TriStar Pictures, Blumhouse TV, BroadStage, SOCAN, Berklee, Harvard), with project-based rather than recurring revenue. The firm has no institutional funding, no disclosed M&A, and a modest headcount, positioning it as a boutique, founder-led entertainment services business rather than a scaled content studio. Its strategic emphasis in 2024 on Canadian expansion, the SOCAN ambassadorship, and academic engagements at Harvard and Berklee points to a broadening of influence and pipeline rather than rapid scaling.

Name

Kraftbox Entertainment

Legal name

Kraftbox Entertainment

Website

https://kraftbox.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kraftbox Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based production, management, and consulting firm founded by former Fox Music President Robert Kraft, producing film soundtracks, managing artists, and co-developing studio projects with Warner Bros, TriStar, and Blumhouse TV.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Entertainment Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Music Publishers (51223)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Film music production
• Soundtrack scoring
• Artist management
• Entertainment consulting
• Music supervision

Headquarters

HQ city

Burbank

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Production Services: Produces award-winning soundtracks for motion pictures, TV series, independent films, documentaries, and web content. Revenue generated through production fees for scoring and soundtrack creation.
2. Content Creation: Creates music-themed content for film, television, digital media and radio
3. Consulting Services: Consults with major media companies on projects ranging from traditional productions to innovative digital media
4. Artist Management: Manages musical artists, songwriters, composers, and producers, developing careers in music and media. Revenue through management commissions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kraftbox Entertainment is a production, management, and consulting company that produces award-winning soundtracks for motion pictures, television series, independent films, documentaries, and web content. It manages musical artists, songwriters, composers, and producers, and consults with major media companies on projects spanning traditional productions to innovative digital media, leveraging founder Robert Kraft's network of Hollywood composers, producers, and studio relationships.

Product overview

Kraftbox Entertainment is a 21st century production, management and consulting company founded in 2013 by Oscar-nominated songwriter and former Fox Music President Robert Kraft. The company operates as a diversified entertainment enterprise offering multiple distinct products and services: production of award-winning soundtracks for films and television; music creation for various media; consulting with major media companies; strategy advisory for emerging companies; and artist management. The core products include the Score franchise (Score: A Film Music Documentary, Score: The Podcast, Score: Music in the Movies), the Cue The Music live series at The Broad Stage, and various film projects (Sylvia Robinson biopic, Jazz Ambassadors). The company also produces theatrical productions (The Lion, The Look of Love), documentary series (When Albums Ruled The World), and manages artists including Spencer Ludwig. Kraftbox leverages a network of production partners to create cutting-edge content across multiple platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Score: The Podcast: Weekly podcast featuring interviews with top Hollywood film composers, based on the film SCORE: A Film Music Documentary.
• Cue The Music
• Sylvia Robinson: Rapper's Delight
• Jazz Ambassadors

Products and services

• Score: The Podcast Weekly podcast featuring conversations with Hollywood composers, musical demonstrations, and interviews with top film, television, and video game composers; currently in its fifth season and distributed globally via podcast platforms.
• Sylvia Robinson: Rapper's Delight Feature film about Sylvia Robinson, founder of hip-hop's first label Sugar Hill Records and producer of the first hip-hop record 'Rapper's Delight'; co-produced with Warner Bros Studios and TriStar Pictures.
• Cue The Music Original Broad Stage production featuring a live lecture/performance series celebrating film scores by today's most game-changing composers, with conversations, live music, film clips, and audience Q&A at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
• Jazz Ambassadors Television project developed with Blumhouse TV and Quincy Jones Productions, telling the true story of a jazz band that toured the world during the Cold War as cultural ambassadors.
• Score: A Film Music Documentary Award-winning documentary tracking the progress of modern-day film score development, showcasing creative struggles of major motion picture scores and featuring world-renowned film composers.
• The Look of Love Production of Mark Morris Dance Group in association with BAM and BroadStage, a homage to Burt Bacharach's chart-topping songs, premiered October 20, 2022.
• The Lion Award-winning Off-Broadway musical featuring songwriter Benjamin Scheuer performing with six guitars and telling his coming-of-age story.
• Score: Music in the Movies Docu-series capturing how music has played an essential role in cinema since the silent days, hosted by world-class composers.
• Everything Is an Emergency Feature film in development based on the best-seller by Jason Katzenstein about a cartoonist whose OCD turns everyday life into high-stakes drama.
• When Albums Ruled The World Documentary series about the era of the long-playing record from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s and its impact on popular music, featuring contributions from major recording artists.
• The World Cup of Hip Hop Multi-platform music competition series in which fans bring local hip-hop legends to compete globally, using the fan-engagement platform amp.it to power audience participation.
• Production Services Produces award-winning soundtracks for motion pictures, TV series, independent films, documentaries, and web content, charging production fees for scoring and soundtrack creation.
• Creation Services Creates music-themed content for film, television, digital media, and radio on a professional-services basis.
• Consulting Services Consults with major media companies on projects ranging from traditional productions to innovative digital media.
• Strategy Services Advises emerging companies on developing creative, revenue-generating content strategies for the entertainment industry.
• Management Services Manages musical artists, songwriters, composers, and producers, developing their careers in music and media and earning revenue through management commissions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11 Academy Award nominations and 4 wins during Robert Kraft's tenure at Fox Music (1994-2012)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Robert Kraft appointed as first-ever SOCAN 'Ambassador to Hollywood' in 2024. Kraft assists Canadian screen composers in identifying opportunities in the US entertainment industry, strengthens relationships with members on the East Coast and in Los Angeles, and provides career advice to support members' creative growth.
• Warner Bros StudioscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 October 2018Co-producing the Sylvia Robinson biopic 'The Message (Rapper's Delight)' with Warner Bros and TriStar Pictures. Film tells the life story of hip-hop's first label founder, produced by Paula Wagner and Stephanie Allain.
• Blumhouse TVcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloping 'Jazz Ambassadors' - the true story of a jazz band that toured the world during the Cold War - in partnership with Quincy Jones Productions and Blumhouse TV
• BroadStagecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing 'Cue The Music' lecture/performance series celebrating the power of film scores by today's most game-changing composers at The Broad Stage in Santa Monica
• Paula Wagner (Chestnut Ridge Productions)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegendary film producer co-producing the Sylvia Robinson biopic. Acquired film rights to Robinson's life story and producing through Chestnut Ridge Productions.
• Stephanie Allain (Homegrown Pictures)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFilm producer co-producing the Sylvia Robinson biopic. Key in bringing Justin Simien aboard to the Warner Bros feature.
• Quincy Jones ProductionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developing 'Jazz Ambassadors' project about the legendary Jazz Band sent by the US Government during the Cold War
• Berklee College of MusicminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRobert Kraft serves as Visiting Professor of Music and Media at Berklee's Valencia campus, lecturing to students in the master's program in scoring for film, TV, and video games
• Harvard UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRobert Kraft on Board of Directors of Harvard Alumni Association since 2008 and Co-chair of Advisory Committee of Harvard Office for The Arts. In 2024, inaugurating first Harvard Music Department course devoted to Film Music.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Primary Wave Music Publishing: Independent music publisher and talent management firm operating at much larger scale across publishing, recorded music, and artist management. Overlaps with Kraftbox on the songwriter/composer management and publishing-administration side.
• APM Music: Part of Sony Music, APM is one of the world's largest production music libraries supplying pre-cleared cues to film, TV, advertising, and trailers. Adjacent to Kraftbox's soundtrack production business as the incumbent library alternative to custom scoring.
• Concord Music Publishing: Major independent music publisher administering catalogs across pop, film/TV, and theatrical. Comparable to Kraftbox in the songwriter/composer representation and sync-licensing activities that support studio soundtrack work.
• Spirit Music Group: Independent music publisher focused on catalogue administration, royalty management, and sync licensing for film, TV, and advertising. Overlaps with Kraftbox's rights-administration and sync exposure on studio projects.

Emerging players

• Position Music: Los Angeles-based independent production music library and publisher supplying original cues and trailers to film, TV, and advertising clients. Comparable to the scoring/soundtrack production side of Kraftbox, though distribution-led rather than custom-led.
• Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency: Talent agency representing film and television composers (Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Bear McCreary, etc.). Comparable to Kraftbox because Kraft's score-franchise and network-driven composer representation overlaps with what GSA does commercially.

Direct peers

• Bleeding Fingers Music: Russell Emanuel's Los Angeles-based scoring and soundtrack production company serving film, television, gaming, and advertising clients. Closely comparable to Kraftbox in size, founder-led structure, and project-based scoring work for major media buyers.
• Remote Control Productions: Hans Zimmer's Santa Monica-based film scoring company that produces original scores for tentpole motion pictures, television, and trailers. Directly comparable to Kraftbox as a boutique, founder-led shop providing custom film music to major studios.
• Cutting Room Music: Music supervision and licensing boutique placing original songs and pre-cleared cues into film, TV, advertising, and trailer campaigns. Comparable to Kraftbox's creator-managed music supervision work for studios and brands.
• Du Vinage Music Supervision: Boutique music supervision firm led by Liz Du Vinage handling music clearance, supervision, and soundtrack curation for film and TV. Comparable to Kraftbox's soundtrack supervision and consulting offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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