LOS ANGELES (February 8, 2017) – Spirit Music Group has appointed Angie Maggini to Vice President, Film & Television, as announced today by Peter Shane, Senior Vice President, Creative Services, Spirit Music Group. Maggini, who will be based in Los Angeles and will report to Shane, will work with the film, television, and trailer communities to create opportunities for Spirit’s writers.
“We’re very excited to welcome Angie to Spirit. Her work over the years demonstrates how much value she brings to our songwriters with her ability to successfully place music, and it’s also earned her tremendous respect among her peers. She’s a wonderful addition to our team and we’re very glad to have her,” said Peter Shane.
“Spirit’s synch team is a great group and I’ve known many of them for years, so it’s wonderful to have the opportunity to work with them. I’m also looking forward to working with such a talented roster of songwriters and incredible catalog, and continuing my work with Global writers as part of Spirit’s new partnership with Global,” said Angie Maggini.
In September of 2016, Spirit Music Group announced a long-term strategic administration and co-publishing deal with the music publishing division of UK powerhouse Global Entertainment. The deals encompass the Global music publishing catalogs in the US, UK and Canada. Together, Spirit and Global will focus on maximizing creative and administration opportunities for Global’s songwriters and their full music publishing catalog, featuring a number of globally successful artists and songwriters, including Ellie Goulding, Corinne Bailey Rae, Jungle, The Script, LMFAO, The Vaccines, The Vamps, The Horrors, Coin, Mike Taylor, writer and producer Jeff Gitelman, Dawin, and Jarami, to name a few.
Prior to joining Spirit, Angie Maggini was Vice President of Film & TV Music Licensing at Global Entertainment, where she was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company’s synch licensing, including creative and administrative functions. She also served as Director of Synch Marketing at BMG, where she placed songs in television shows, television promos, films, film trailers, and video games.
Maggini has a long track record of successfully placing music in prominent projects. Some of her placement highlights include ‘Supergirl’ (CBS), ‘Rosewood’ (FOX), ‘The Vampire Diaries’ (CW), ‘The Real O’Neals’ (NBC), ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ (ABC), ‘Silicon Valley’ promos (HBO), ‘Chicago PD’ promos (NBC), ‘Chicago Fire’ promos (NBC), ‘Central Intelligence’ (Warner Bros. Pictures), ‘Now You See Me 2’ trailer, ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ trailer, ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ (STX), and various ESPN and FOX Sports programming.
As the premier global independent music publisher, Spirit Music Group’s roster features some of the most legendary names in popular music. Its repertoire includes music by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Santana, The Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Alice Cooper, Chicago, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Eagles, Brad Paisley, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, The Go-Go’s, Madonna, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Ricky Martin, Keith Urban, Usher, Dido, Jewel, Jason Aldean and Mary J. Blige; and the breakthrough work of newer artists such as James Bay, John Newman, Chris Stapleton, and Sam Hunt, to name a few. The company also publishes the complete catalogs of such icons as Pete Townshend, Marc Bolan, Boz Scaggs, The Marshall Tucker Band, Toto, Billy Squier, Graham Nash, Joe Walsh, Charles Mingus, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Henry Mancini, and T.Bone Burnett.
ABOUT SPIRIT MUSIC:
Spirit Music Group, founded in 1995, is one of the world’s leading independent music publishers, owning and/or managing more than 75,000 songs spanning seven decades and every musical genre. The company’s repertoire reflects some of the most beloved songs and songwriters of all time, including hits by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Elvis Presley, Dion, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Santana, The Beach Boys, Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Alice Cooper, Pure Prairie League, Chicago, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Eagles, Brad Paisley, Chaka Khan, Anita Baker, The Go-Go’s, Madonna, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Mariah Carey, Jay-Z, Ricky Martin, Keith Urban, Usher, Dido, Jewel, Jason Aldean and Mary J. Blige; the complete catalogs of such iconic songwriters and writer/artists as Pete Townshend, Marc Bolan, Boz Scaggs, The Marshall Tucker Band, Toto, Billy Squier, Graham Nash, Joe Walsh, Charles Mingus, Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Henry Mancini, T.Bone Burnett, Rick Nowels, C&C Music Factory; and the breakthrough work of such newer artists as James Bay, John Newman, Chris Stapleton, Sam Hunt, Scissor Sisters, Matt & Kim, Kodaline, Zooey Deschanel, Eric Paslay, and Big Data.
Spirit has earned a strong reputation as an aggressive royalty administrator and a peerless promoter of its songs into film, television and advertising productions as well as a wide range of new media. In recent years, Spirit has helped transform the publisher’s role beyond royalty collection and song promotion to proactive career and legacy partnership by creating and executing marketing plans to revitalize its clients’ songs and expand their brands.
Spirit Music Group is headquartered in New York with offices in London, Los Angeles, Nashville and the Netherlands. Spirit is a portfolio company of Pegasus Capital Advisors, the New York-based private equity fund manager that has been providing creative capital and strategic solutions to growth companies since 1996.
