Soho Production Music

What Soho Production Music does

Soho Production Music operates a digital production music licensing platform serving media production professionals across TV, film, advertising, broadcast, and video content creation. The company is headquartered in Soho, London, with a 7-person team, and distributes globally through its self-serve website at sohoproductionmusic.com. Its primary user base consists of TV producers, film editors, advertising creative teams, broadcast professionals, and video content creators who require licensed production music and structured cue documentation for their projects.

The company's core product is Soho Player, a cloud-based music library platform that combines catalog search, preview, tagging, playlist management, and licensed track download in a single web interface. The platform's distinguishing technical capability is EDL (Edit Decision List) file upload and processing, which automatically converts edit decision lists into cuesheets in .XLSX format, with email delivery used for long-format productions. The platform is built on infrastructure provided by Harvest.Music, identified in the source data as a core technology partner, and the company operates a sub-brand relationship between the Soho Production Music identity and the Soho Player product surface.

Soho Production Music generates revenue through two streams: subscription-based production music licensing for ongoing catalog access and transaction-based cuesheet processing services. The go-to-market motion is fully self-serve PLG: users register accounts, browse and search the catalog, manage tagged tracks and playlists, and purchase or download tracks directly through the web interface, with a shopping cart and email-based delivery of cue documentation. Pricing tiers and subscription terms are not publicly disclosed, and there are no named enterprise customers, funding rounds, awards, certifications, or leadership disclosures in the available data.

Name

Soho Production Music

Legal name

Soho Production Music

Website

https://sohoproductionmusic.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Soho Production Music operates Soho Player, a cloud-based production music licensing platform serving TV, film, and advertising professionals with track search, tagging, EDL-to-cuesheet conversion, and download capabilities. The London-based company runs a self-serve model powered by Harvest.Music technology.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Production Music Library

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230)

SIC

Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation (7374)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Production Workflow & Project Management Tools (Session management, asset/versioning) (MPAIAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Production Management & Studio Support Services (Studio Managers, Techs) (MPAIAHAO)

Keywords

• Production music licensing
• Music library platform
• Cuesheet generation
• Royalty-free music
• Media production audio

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Production Music Licensing: Music library licensing revenue generated through subscription or per-track licensing fees for TV, film, advertising, and media production professionals. Users access the catalog to search, tag, and download tracks for their productions.
2. Cuesheet Processing Services: EDL file upload and conversion to cuesheets service, potentially offered as part of subscription or as a standalone service for production professionals needing detailed cue documentation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Soho Production Music operates the Soho Player web platform, a self-serve production music library where media professionals search, preview, tag, and license music tracks for TV, film, advertising, broadcast, and video productions. The platform also accepts EDL (Edit Decision List) file uploads and converts them into downloadable cuesheets (.XLSX), supporting post-production music documentation workflows. The technology is powered by partner Harvest.Music.

Product overview

Soho Production Music operates as a single unified platform called Soho Player, providing production music search, preview, licensing, and download capabilities for media professionals. The platform offers core features including EDL file upload for automated cuesheet generation, track tagging, playlist management, search by style and category, and a shopping cart system. The site also displays 'Powered by Harvest.Music' attribution indicating underlying technology infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Soho Player: Online platform for uploading EDL files and generating cuesheets for production music tracks.

Products and services

• Soho Player Soho Player is the company's web-based production music platform for media production professionals (TV producers, film editors, advertising creatives, broadcast and video producers). Users register an account, search and preview the production music catalog by style, category, and playlists, tag and favorite tracks for production planning, license and download tracks via cart-based checkout, and upload EDL files to receive downloadable .XLSX cuesheets (emailed for extensive long-format productions).

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Harvest.MusiccoreTechnology or IntegrationThe platform is powered by Harvest.Music, indicating a technology infrastructure partnership for the music library platform. Harvest.Music provides the underlying platform technology for Soho Production Music's online music licensing operations.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Musicbed: Production music licensing service focused on film, TV, advertising, and branded content — highly comparable premium positioning vs. Soho.
• Audio Network: UK-based production music library licensing music for film, TV, advertising, and broadcast — the closest like-for-like competitor to Soho, with similar targeting of professional media buyers.
• Warner Chappell Production Music: Warner-owned production music arm licensing tracks for media productions globally — same end customer base and licensing workflow as Soho.
• APM Music: Major production music library serving film, TV, advertising, and broadcast, with a long-standing catalog and pre-cleared licensing model that competes head-on with Soho.
• Musicrafts: UK production music library providing pre-cleared cues for TV, film, and advertising — most directly analogous to Soho by geography and customer profile.
• Universal Production Music: One of the largest global production music catalogs, licensing pre-cleared tracks for TV, film, advertising, and digital media — directly overlaps Soho's value proposition.
• Artlist: Subscription music and SFX licensing platform with clear pricing and global creator/professional subscriber base — directly competitive on self-serve licensing UX.
• De Wolfe Music: Long-established UK production music library licensing cues for film, TV, and advertising — similar niche and heritage catalog model.
• Epidemic Sound: Subscription-based music licensing platform for video creators and media producers — overlapping target buyers and self-serve digital licensing model.

Broad incumbents

• Pond5: Broad stock media marketplace (now part of Shutterstock) including a production music catalog for film and video — competes for the same licensing budget with a wider asset portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/soho-production-music

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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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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