Cherry Lane and Icon Productions

Source: Film Music Magazine
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company, Inc. has extended its multi-year publishing administration agreement with Icon Productions. Cherry Lane is the publishing administrator to film companies including DreamWorks Animation and DreamWorks Pictures, The Weinstein Company, Lakeshore Entertainment and Walden Media. Under the terms of the agreement, Cherry Lane will represent and exploit all Icon owned music while collecting all of Icon’s worldwide music publishing royalty income.
Icon Productions is one of the leading independent theatrical feature film companies founded by actor/director Mel Gibson. Upcoming films include “Infestation.” Titles under the agreement with Cherry Lane include tracks from “The Passion of the Christ,” “Apocalypto,” “Seraphim Falls,” and “We Were Soldiers.”
In announcing the renewal, Mike Connelly, EVP of Business Development at Cherry Lane, noted: “Icon Productions is committed to producing some of the most memorable and significant films of our time; Cherry Lane is very pleased to be working with their music assets.”
Icon chairman Bruce Davey commented: “It was an easy decision for Icon to renew with Cherry Lane. The past relationship has been more than successful. We look forward to working with them in the future.”