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Universal Production Music

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American production music company

Universal Production Music (UPM), formerly known as Killer Tracks, is a company that produces and licenses production music for use in film, television, advertising and interactive media. The company was founded in Hollywood, California, in 1989 with an original catalog of 30 CDs. Today, the UPM's catalog contains over 2,000 CDs of music from 21 global libraries including Atmosphere, Killer Tracks, Koka, Match, and Network Music.2 It is headquartered in United States.1 It is part of Universal Music Publishing Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Universal Production Music (UPM), formerly known as Killer Tracks, is a company that produces and licenses production music for use in film, television, advertising and interactive media. The company was founded in Hollywood, California, in 1989 with an original catalog of 30 CDs. Today, the UPM's catalog contains over 2,000 CDs of music from 21 global libraries including Atmosphere, Killer Tracks, Koka, Match, and Network Music. The company continues to expand its catalog by acquiring new music collections and by producing over 100 new CDs of music each year. (Universal Production Music, founded in 2003 as BMG Zomba Production Music, is a production music distributor that folded the recently acquired Zomba Production Music unit into BMG. In 2007, Universal Music Publishing acquired BMG Music Publishing and its production music library.)2

Corporate structure

Universal Production Music is part of a group headed by Universal Music Publishing Group. 5 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Universal Music Publishing Group Santa Monica
    • Universal Production Music United States
    • APM Music Subsidiary · Hollywood
    • Universal Music Publishing (Malaysia) Subsidiary · Malaysia
    • Universal Music Publishing MGB Brasil, Ltda. Subsidiary · Barra da Tijuca, Brazil

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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Sources

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