But they're surprisingly consistent. You don't pay any more than the disk fee, until you've decided to use a particular piece. But the only limit is your creativity. Annual blankets are also available from the needle-down houses. You pay a fixed annual fee for everything you produce that year, and they usually throw in the disks for free.
Prices vary widely depending on the size of the library.
As with production blankets, bigger publishers' licenses are worth more because the music selection is wider. Buy-out libraries sell you the disks and licenses simultaneously. Almost all the publishers give discounts for multi-disk sales. This is a sample of Jay Rose's writing for Digital Video Magazine . He's love to hear from you, particularly if you want to spend a few bucks on a soundtrack or commercial.