The Orient Pacific Music publishing company was established in 1998 as the acquisitions division of ORiGiN. Orient Pacific Music began with the purchase of the UK Allied film music catalogue (Lawnmower Man, The Howling, Nostradamus). Orient also became co owner of Mike Brady’s Remix catalogue (Up There Cazaly, Shaddap You Face) and Australian film and TV composer Chris Neal’s vast catalogue.
More recently Orient Pacific Music purchased the rights to the majority of Warner Chappell Music’s Australian catalogue bringing to the ORiGiN Music Group a long list of prestigious and creative composers and songwriters including Garth Porter, Cezary Skubiszewski, Paul Grabowsky, Lee Kernaghan, Richard Clapton, Doug Ashdown, Paul Brandoli, Joe Creighton, Vince Jones, Frank Strangio, Allan Caswell, Tina Arena, Che Fu, Doug de Vries, Simon Hosford, James Kempster, Franciscus Henri, Rob Hirst, Jeff Lang, Charlie McMahon, Jenny Morris, Dobe Newton, Jet O’Rourke, Andrew Pendlebury, Kerri Simpson, John Swan, Andrew and Michael Tierney, Duncan James, Waldo G, the members of ZINC and Paul Wiltshire to name but a few.
The substantial increase in Australian talent combined with the growing international catalogues and interests has lifted ORiGiN’s profile and potential to become one of the few Australian owned and pro active independent music companies in this market.
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