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Cavendish Music
What Cavendish Music is
Cavendish Music is a web-based production music publisher offering licensing, music searches, custom composition and studio services. The company describes itself as the UK's largest independent production music publisher and part of Slipstream Music. Its catalogue contains more than 100,000 tracks across eras and genres. Users can submit a brief for a free search and receive a playlist of suitable tracks. Cavendish also composes and produces bespoke music or reworks catalogue tracks. Its King's Cross recording studio offers bookable sessions with in-house sound engineers. Licenses are issued by PRS Production Music, with rates set by territory and production type. Corporate rates cover specified internal or informational uses, excluding productions promoting goods or services to the general public. Listed advertising and branded-content rates allow unlimited revisions, cutdowns and tag-ending changes per track. International productions can receive help replacing music using submitted cue sheets.
Who it suits
Cavendish suits production teams seeking catalogue music, bespoke composition, licensing support or recording sessions. It also serves international productions needing territory-cleared replacement tracks.
What it does well
- More than 100,000 catalogue tracks
- Free searches return suitable-track playlists
- Custom composition and catalogue reworking
- King's Cross studio with sound engineers
- Unlimited listed advertising revisions
What to know first
- Pricing is available only on request
- Corporate rates exclude public promotional productions
- Service is listed for web only
Limits
Corporate licensing rates cover specified internal or informational uses and do not cover productions focused on promoting goods or services to the general public. Listed advertising and branded-content rates permit unlimited revisions, cutdowns and tag-ending changes per track.
Getting started
- Open the Cavendish Music website
- Submit a project brief for a free music search
- Review the returned playlist of suitable tracks
- Contact Cavendish about licensing, bespoke composition or reworking
- Book a King's Cross studio session if needed
- Use the catalogue search site and login link for catalogue access
Verdict
Cavendish combines a large catalogue with custom music, licensing and studio services. Its licensing terms vary by territory and production type, so projects should confirm the applicable rate and permitted use.
Questions
What does Cavendish Music offer?
It provides production music licensing, free brief-based searches, bespoke composition, catalogue reworking and studio sessions.
How is licensing priced?
Licensing rates are set by territory and production type, with pricing provided through PRS Production Music.
Can it support international productions?
Yes. Cavendish can help replace music with internationally cleared tracks based on submitted cue sheets.
Where is its recording studio?
The studio is in King's Cross and offers bookable sessions with in-house sound engineers.
When did Cavendish begin?
The company says it started in 1937 as the Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music Library.
Facts from Cavendish Music's own pages
- Bespoke composition
- The company composes and produces custom music and can rework tracks from its catalogue. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Business
- Cavendish describes itself as the UK's largest independent production music publisher and part of Slipstream Music. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Catalogue
- Its catalogue contains more than 100,000 tracks across eras and genres. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- The contact page lists its address as Unit 16, 1st Floor, Tileyard Road, Kings Cross, London, N7 9AH. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- History
- Cavendish says it began in 1937 as Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music Library. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- License limits
- The licensing page says corporate rates are for specified internal or informational uses and exclude productions focused on promoting goods or services to the general public. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Licensing
- The licensing page says all licenses are issued by PRS Production Music and provides rates by territory and production type. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Login and search
- The site links to a separate catalogue search site and provides a login link. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Music search
- Cavendish offers free music searches: users can share a brief and receive a playlist of suitable tracks. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Privacy and security
- The opened pages do not state security or compliance certifications. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Reversioning
- For productions going global, Cavendish can help replace music with internationally cleared tracks based on submitted cue sheets. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Studio
- Cavendish has a recording studio in King's Cross with bookable sessions with its in-house sound engineers. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The What We Do page lists [email protected] and 020 3868 1933 for inquiries about its services. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
- Track revisions
- For listed advertising and branded content rates, the page says the per-track rate allows unlimited revisions, cutdowns and tag-ending changes. · cavendishmusic.com, 5 Oct 2026
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