Music Licensing

What We Do

Hidden Shoal manages a growing catalogue of label released, curated tracks, all available for your music licensing needs. We provide a one-stop shop, handling both master and sync rights worldwide and can turn clearance requests around as quickly as your project requires. We work with large and small clients alike from independent productions to big scale projects across film, tv, games, web and more. We also license tracks for compilations and manage licensing for covers of Hidden Shoal songs. Our client list includes MTV, ABC (US), Billabong, Foxtel, BBC, Greenpoint Pictures, Turn Left Productions, Victorian Government, ABC (Australia) and many more.

The Music

This wonderful selection of music covers a broad spectrum of sounds and styles, from filmic neo-classical and expansive and emotive ambient instrumentals through to inventive indie and post-rock, electronica and all the spaces in-between. To give you an introductory feel for what we have to offer you can sample a small selection of sonic delights from the catalogue via our SoundCloud playlist to the right or stream releases via our artist’s profiles on this website.

Licensing News

Hidden Shoal Artists Featured on Rudy Maxa Soundtrack
The new episode from the award winning Rudy Maxa’s World is airing tonight on PBS. Why should you care about this Emmy award winning tv show? Besides being a brilliant travel show that uses food and local producers to tell it’s stories, it also features music licensed by Hidden Shoal from Willem Gator, Apricot Rail, ...
New Slow Dancing Society Single, Forthcoming Album
We’re very excited to announce The Torchlight Parade, the forthcoming ninth album from US-based ambient artist Slow Dancing Society (Drew Sullivan). Sullivan’s debut, The Sound of Lights When Dim, which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year, is now considered one of the classics of modern ambient. The first cut from the new album, ‘East Sprague’, ...
Erik Nilsson “The Imperfect Tense” Out Now!
We’re very excited to announce the release of The Imperfect Tense, the brilliant new album by Swedish instrumental experimentalist Erik Nilsson. The album is available now via Bandcamp and all good 3rd party stores such as iTunes and Spotify. Stream the epic album closer, ‘Once, I Held You In My Arms Forever,’ via SoundCloud. From the ...
Todd Tobias “Massabu Evening Entertainments” Out Now!
We’re excited to announce the official release of Massabu Evening Entertainments, the new album from American experimental rockist and soundscaper Todd Tobias (Guided by Voices producer, Circus Devils, Robert Pollard collaborator). The album is out now via Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room Records and is available on CD, cassette and digital via Bandcamp and all ...
Connected View “Chun Pop” Out Now!
We’re very excited to finally be able to lay Chun Pop on you, the brilliant new album by experimental instrumental pop trio Connected View. The album follows on from single ‘Dark Dogs’, accompanied by a wonderful music video by Australian video artist and Hidden Shoal head honcho Cam Merton. Chun Pop is available now via ...
Test Card Signs to Hidden Shoal
Exciting times my friends as we get to to announce the signing of the wonderful Test Card to Hidden Shoal. Test Card’s stunning 2016 album Start Up Close Down is now part of our licensing catalogue and available for use across film, tv, games, web and beyond. Listen to the album and read more about ...
Beautiful New Crisopa Single – ‘Expectorant Ballad’
We’re very excited present ‘Expectorant Ballad’, the new single from the forthcoming album Transhumante by Spanish electronica producer Crisopa. The track is available to stream over at SoundCloud and download via Bandcamp ahead of the album’s release on the 1st of May 2018. Crisopa’s original 2017 release of Transhumante (via the Sound in Silence label) ...
Crisopa Signs to Hidden Shoal
We’re very excited to announce the signing of Spanish electronica producer Crisopa to the Hidden Shoal roster. Santiago Lizón (aka Crisopa) produced one of our favourite albums of 2017, Transhumante, which was originally released on the wonderful Sound in Silence label. We’re honoured to not only have Santiago on board but also to be releasing the ...
New Erik Nilsson Single, Forthcoming Album
Hidden Shoal is excited to announce the forthcoming release of The Imperfect Tense, the new album by Swedish instrumental experimentalist Erik Nilsson. The album features the stunning new single ‘A Tap at the Window’ (out now!) and will see release via Hidden Shoal on April 3 2018. From the cascading acoustic guitar loops of ‘A Tap ...
New Todd Tobias Single and Album Pre-Order!
We’re excited to present the rollicking mania of new single ‘Do The Massabu’ (featuring Italian vocalist Pat Moonchy) from American experimental rockist and soundscaper Todd Tobias (Guided by Voices producer, Circus Devils, Robert Pollard collaborator). The track is lifted from Massabu Evening Entertainments which will see release via Hidden Shoal and Tiny Room Records on ...