Cezame

Cezame
Founded	1975
Country	France
Owner	Independent (1975-1996, 2007-present) BMG Music (50%) / Frédéric Leibovitz (50%) (1996-2007) Universal Music Group (2007-present)
Key people	Frédéric Leibovitz (founder) Jean-Michel Gallois-Montbrun (founder)

Cezame is a French production music library founded in 1975 by Frédéric Leibovitz and Jean-Michel Gallois-Montbrun. It originally started as a folk label. In 1982, the company set-up RCA Media joint-venture with RCA. After few years of waiting for financial results, RCA sold shares back to Leibovitz and Gallois-Montburn, who decided to rename the project as Koka Media.

In 1992, Cezame started releasing its own library music CD albums under its name, but distributed as a Koka Media sub-label.

In 1996, a 50% stake in Koka has been acquired by BMG Music, with the remaining shares being kept by Leibovitz. After Universal Publishing Production Music acquired the remaining shares in Koka Media in 2007 from Leibovitz, he later took rights to the Cezame label and set-up Cezame Music Agency. UPPM continued to distribute the label worldwide (including through Killer Tracks in North America) until December 2010, when Cezame started handling distribution of its labels through its own branches or third-party distributors.

Sub-Labels

• Cezame
• Cezame Virtual (2008)
• Cezame Carte Blanche (2008)
• Cezame Original Scores (2013)
• Cezame Global Investigation (2018)
• Cezame Trailers (2018)
• Cezame Brasil (2024)
• Cezame China (2019)
• Cezame Latin (2020)
• Cezame Metal Factory (2020)
• Cezame Sound Design (2024)
• Alpha Music & Sounds (2023)
• Art Melodies (2013)
• Infinity Scores (2021)
• Magnetic Records (2015)

Albums

• List of Cezame CD/digital albums
• List of miscellaneous Cezame albums

Used By

Series

• Emily in Paris
• Komisarz Alex
• Lokatorzy
• The Loud House
• SpongeBob SquarePants

TV Networks

• TCM (USA)
• Telewizja Polska

Logos

1975-1993

1993-2006

2006-2014

2014-present

Foreign distributors

• Europe
• Other territories

• The Baltics
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (until December 31, 2010)
  • Upright Music (January 1, 2011-present)

• Belgium:
  • Caracol Music / G-7 Music (1992-2013)
  • Cezame (2013-present)

• Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • A-Tempo Verlag (1990's-early 2010's)
  • Cezame (early 2010's-present)

• Denmark
  • Match Music (late 1990's-2004)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2004-December 31, 2010)
  • Upright Music (January 1, 2011-present)

• Germany
  • Lion Music Library (until 1993)
  • Koka Media (1993-2003)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2003-2010)
  • UBM Media (2011-December 2013)
  • Cezame Germany (January 2014-present)

• Hungary
  • Editio Musica Budapest / Universal Music Group Hungary (1990s-December 2010)
  • A-Tempo Verlag (January 2011-early 2010's)
  • Cezame (early 2010's-present)

• Italy
  • Flippermusic (until mid-1990's, 2011-2014)
  • BMG Music Publishing / BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (mid-1990's-2010)
  • Cezame Italy (2015-present)

• Netherlands
  • AV Music Publishers (until 2002)
  • Zomba Production Music (2002-2004)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2004-December 2010)
  • MusicDirector NL / BMG Production Music (2011-present)

• Norway
  • Frost Musik (until late 1990's)
  • Match Music (late 1990's-2004)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2004-December 31, 2010)
  • Upright Music (January 1, 2011-present)

• Poland:
  • Paris Music (1990s-December 31, 2010)
  • Upright Music (January 1, 2011-present)

• Portugal:
  • Caparca (until mid-2000's)
  • Universal Production Music (mid-2000's-December 2010)
  • Cezame (mid-2010s-present)

• Spain:
  • Music Contact (1990's-2001)
  • BMG Ariola / BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2001-December 2010)
  • Konga Music (January 2011-mid-2010s)
  • Cezame (mid-2010s-present)

• Sweden and Finland
  • Match Music (late 1990's-2004)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2004-December 31, 2010)
  • Upright Music (January 1, 2011-present)

• United Kingdom
  • Amphonic Music (1992-Fall 1999)
  • Atmosphere Music / BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (Fall 1999-December 2010)
  • Cezame UK (January 2011-present)

• Australia and New Zealand:
  • Fable Music (early 1990's-Summer 1999, 2011-mid-2010s)
  • Zomba Production Music (Summer 1999-2004)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2004-December 2010)
  • Cezame (mid-2010s-early 2020's)
  • Mushroom Production Music (early 2020's-present)

• Brazil
  • Cezame Brasil (2023-present)

• Canada:
  • The Music People Ltd. (until February 2010)
  • Killer Tracks / Universal Production Music (February-December 2010)
  • Cezame USA (January 2011-2013)
  • Associated Production Music (2013-present)

• China
  • Cezame China

• Japan
  • Sakura Notes (until September 2010, 2013-present)
  • Nichion (October 2010-2013)

• South Korea:
  • Modoocom (April 2001-2005)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2005-2009)
  • Mediacube (2009-December 2010)
  • Hi-Five (2011-early 2020's)
  • Leeway (early 2020's-present)

• Taiwan:
  • Horng Muh Studio (until 2001)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (2001-December 2010)
  • Point Culture (2012-present)

• Turkey
  • Muzikotek (February 2001-late 2006; 2012-present)
  • BMG Zomba Production Music / Universal Production Music (early 2007-December 31, 2010)

• United States:
  • Audio Action (until 1997)
  • Killer Tracks / Universal Production Music (1997-December 2010)
  • Cezame USA (January 2011-2013)
  • Associated Production Music (2013-present)