Application for arrangement
The form is located at the bottom.
Application for permission to use music (arrangement permission)
This is the page for applying for permission to perform, sell, or record our managed music with an arrangement.
- If you are using an arrangement that has already been approved, or if there is no possibility of violating the arrangement rights (the right to maintain identity included in the moral rights of the author), you do not need to apply for permission from us. Please submit an application for use to JASRAC/Nextone (or the copyright management organization in the region of use if the use is outside Japan).
- Even if you have get the agreement for arrangement on this page, you must also apply to JASRAC/Nextone (or the copyright management organization in the region of use if you are outside Japan).
- Please attach your proposal and other materials to the email that will be sent automatically after your application, if you have.
- If you do not submit a proposal or other materials, please answer all the items.ease answer all items.
Click here for the general conditions for arrangement.
Songs to be applied for on this page
Most of Yoko Kanno’s music is managed by music publishers other than our company. Please contact the publishers for songs that we do not represent, such as Hana ha Saku (Flowers in Bloom) and anime songs. Some of our representative songs are Ray of Water (Journey to Harmony), China – Reform and Opening Up for 1.2 Billion People, Seeds of Life, etc.
If you do not receive a response from the publisher, or if you cannot find it in J-WID, please contact us here.
How to identify the publisher and management organization of a piece of music
Please search J-WID.
For example, if you search for “TANK!“, you will get many results, but if you add the author name: Yoko Kanno, you will find TANK! with the code of 057-7767-4.
Performances are marked with a 0, and other uses are marked with an x. This indicates that an application must be made to JASRAC for performance use and to non-JASRAC for all other uses (non-JASRAC is usually Nextone).
By the way, if you search for Nextone, you will find the following
For the above reasons, in order to use this music,
For performance-related activities (concerts, screenings, background music, social gatherings, karaoke, etc.), apply to JASRAC.
Application to Nextone for reproduction (sound recording, video, publication, advertising, etc.), distribution, broadcasting, publication, lending, and karaoke on telecommunications.
Negotiate directly with the publisher (Namco Bandai Music Live S2 Division) as neither games, movies, nor advertisements
Back to the story, if you click on the concert with a zero in J-wid and look at the management status details,
and that it is managed by the Namco Bandai Music Live S2 Division. If there is more than one publisher, the first line is the “representative publisher” to inquire about.
Application for Sound Source Licensing
If you want to use a CD or a distributed soundtrack, you must obtain the consent of the rights holder of that soundtrack (usually by paying our usage fee). In the case of soundtracks, this is usually the label.
We accept applications for CDs and distribution with our label (Captain Duckling Records) listed, as well as for soundtracks distributed through our Youtube channel.