The highest royalty ever disbursed for a composition used in a film was for AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.” In 1999, the producers of the film Varsity Blues paid $500,000 to license the track.
In the domain of music rights transactions, Bruce Springsteen currently holds the record. In 2021, he transferred the publishing rights and master rights to his entire catalog of recorded music to Sony for an estimated sum of 440 million.
Now, my friends, that’s a lot of money, and well done for the Boss.
