HarbourView Buys Music Assets from OneRepublic & Maroon 5 Producer-Writer Noel Zancanella
HarbourView Equity Partners has acquired certain producer income streams and music publishing assets from record producer and songwriter Noel Zancanella, whose credits include OneRepublic’s “I Lived,” “Good Life” and “West Coast”; Ella Henderson’s “Ghost”; and Maroon 5’s hit “Maps,” among other songs. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Zancanella, whose been known to work across such genres as rock, pop and hip-hop, is a creative partner of OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder and has also collaborated with artists including Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Adele and The Smashing Pumpkins, among others, according to the HarbourView announcement.
HarbourView describes itself as an alternative asset management company with a diverse portfolio that includes more than 29,000 songs across both master recordings and musical compositions. Its acquisitions include income streams and/or music assets from such artists as Nelly, Wiz Khalifa and Jeremih; select works from Full Force, the music group and production team; and the songwriting and production duo Andre Harris and Vidal Davis, better known as Dre & Vidal, among others.
Moreover, HarbourView reiterates the following statement in all of its announcements to showcase its involvement in intellectual property beyond music: “The company strives to be the standard for excellence and integrity in investing in assets and companies driven by premier intellectual property, with experience in and around esoteric asset classes, including in music, film, TV, and sports.”
Derek Crownover, Megan Pekar and Rob Kouchoukos of Loeb & Loeb served as legal counsel to HarbourView in the transaction. Zancanella was represented by J. Reid Hunter, David Gold and Andrew Dunn at Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy Worob & Averill.
Chris Eggertsen
Billboard
