Music company
Reservoir Media (also known asReservoir Media Management ,Reservoir ,[ 1] Reservoir Holdings, Inc. [ 2] New York City with additional offices inLos Angeles ,Nashville ,[ 3] Toronto ,London , andAbu Dhabi .[ 4]
Reservoir was included inBillboard [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Reservoir was founded in 2007 as aMusic Publishing Company by Iranian-CanadianGolnar Khosrowshahi ,[ 14] [ 15]
The publishing catalog includes pieces written and performed byBilly Strayhorn ,Hoagy Carmichael ,John Denver ,Sheryl Crow ,Phantogram (band) ,Lady Gaga ,[ 16] Camila Cabello ,Bruno Mars ,Cardi B andThomas McClary ofThe Commodores .[ 17] Levi Hummon ,[ 18] James Fauntleroy ,Ali Tamposi , andJamie Hartman .
Reservoir’s collection of film music includes rights to scores to motion pictures The Lion King , thePirates of the Caribbean series, Gladiator and The Dark Knight trilogy created by composer-producer Hans Zimmer .
The company expanded in 2010 by acquiringTVT Music Enterprises [ 19] Scott Storch ,[ 20] Lil Jon andThe Cinematics ), Reverb Music in 2012, P&P Songs in 2013, First State Media Group (fromBMG Rights Management ) in 2014,[ 21] Century Media 's songwriters[ 22] [ 23] Chrysalis Records in 2019,Shapiro Bernstein [ 24] Atlantic Screen Music [ 25]
Reservoir also has a partnership with PopArabia,[ 26] Spek [ 27] EVP of International &Emerging Markets .
The company also represents recorded music throughChrysalis Records ,[ 28] Tommy Boy Records ,[ 29] Philly Groove Records [ 30] Blue Raincoat Music [ 31] [ 32]
Reservoir was named "Publisher of the Year" Award at Music Business Worldwide ’s A&R Awards in 2017 and 2019. The company also wonMusic Week ’s[ 33] [ 34]
Reservoir’s President[ 35] COO ,Rell Lafargue also serves on the board of directors for theMechanical Licensing Collective (MLC),[ 36] [ 37] [ 38]
In 2021, Reservoir also became a publicly traded company,[ 39] [ 40] Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker RSVR. TheIPO was the result of a business combination withspecial-purpose acquisition company Roth CH Acquisition Co. II.[ 41] [ 42]
In March 2022, Reservoir acquired rights to the catalog of film-score composerHenry Jackman .[ 43] Miles Davis publishing catalog in September 2025.[ 44]
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