WaterTower Music

WaterTower Music Inc.

Company type	Proprietary record label
Industry	Music
Predecessor	New Line Records
Founded	2000
Founder	Jason Linn
Headquarters	Burbank, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Paul Broucek (President of Music at Warner Bros. Pictures)
Parent	Warner Bros. (Warner Bros. Discovery)

WaterTower Music Inc.—known as New Line Records until 2010—is the proprietary record label of the entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros., which operates under the umbrella of Warner Bros. Discovery. Its name and logo are inspired by the famed Warner Bros. Water Tower.

History

Established in 2000 by Jason Linn, the founder of the company, the label originally operated as New Line Records. On January 15, 2010, it underwent a rebranding to become WaterTower Music, coinciding with its integration under Paul Broucek, who serves as president of music at Warner Bros. Pictures. The label's distribution began with Warner Music Group’s Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), transitioned to Fontana—a distribution branch of Universal Music Group—in March 2010, and eventually returned to ADA in 2019, thereby consolidating distribution within its parent company, Warner Bros.

Artists

• Hans Zimmer
• Junkie XL
• Howard Shore
• Benson Taylor
• Ryan Shore
• Alan Silvestri
• Ramin Djawadi
• Lorne Balfe
• Steven Price
• Ludwig Göransson
• John Powell
• Daniel Pemberton
• Andrew Lockington
• Michael Giacchino
• Thomas Newman
• Danny Elfman
• Joseph Bishara
• Christophe Beck
• Alexandre Desplat
• Rupert Gregson-Williams
• John Debney
• Mychael Danna
• Jeff Danna
• Mark Mothersbaugh
• James Horner
• Max Richter
• John Murphy
• Benjamin Wallfisch

New Line Records

Artist	Album	Details
The Blank Theory	Beyond the Calm of the Corridor	Release date: September 24, 2002
The Sounds	Living in America	Release date: November 11, 2002
Paris, Texas	Like You Like an Arsonist	Release date: May 4, 2004
Rolfe Kent	Sideways	Release date: October 12, 2004
Various artists	Blade: Trinity	Release date: November 23, 2004
Robbers on High Street	Tree City	Release date: February 22, 2005
Various artists	Just Friends	Release date: November 22, 2005
The Sounds	Dying to Say This to You	Released on March 21, 2006; reached US chart position #107
Various artists	A Prairie Home Companion	Released May 23, 2006; peaked at US #160
Various artists	Snakes on a Plane: The Album	Released August 15, 2006
Thomas Newman	Little Children Score	Released December 11, 2006
Midnight Movies	Lion the Girl	Released April 24, 2007
Various artists	Hairspray Soundtrack	Released July 10, 2007; reached US #2 on charts
Robbers on High Street	Grand Animals	Released July 24, 2007
Various artists	Sex and the City Movie Soundtrack	Released May 26, 2008; peaked at US #2; certified Gold by RIAA
Various artists	Sex and the City Vol. 2	Released May 26, 2008; reached US #2

WaterTower Music

Artist	Album	Information
Various Artists	The Hangover: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: June 9, 2009
Hans Zimmer	Sherlock Holmes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: January 12, 2010
Various Artists	Valentine's Day: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: February 9, 2010 Chart peak: US #20
Ramin Djawadi	Clash of the Titans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: March 30, 2010
David Hirschfelder	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: September 21, 2010
Various Artists	Pretty Little Liars: Television Soundtrack	Release date: February 15, 2011
Various Artists	Sucker Punch: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: March 22, 2011 Chart peak: US #22
Various Artists	Mortal Kombat: Songs Inspired by the Warriors	Release date: April 5, 2011
Various Artists	The Hangover Part II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: May 23, 2011
James Newton Howard	Green Lantern: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: June 14, 2011
Various Artists	Horrible Bosses: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: July 5, 2011
Various Artists	A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: September 6, 2011
Various Artists	New Year's Eve: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: December 6, 2011
Hans Zimmer	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: December 13, 2011
Various Artists	Project X (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Release date: February 28, 2012
Javier Navarrete	Wrath of the Titans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: March 27, 2012
Various Artists	Dark Shadows: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: May 8, 2012
Various Artists	Rock of Ages: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: June 5, 2012 Chart peak position: US #5
Various Artists	Magic Mike: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: June 26, 2012
Hans Zimmer	The Dark Knight Rises: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack	Release date: July 17, 2012

• Among the prominent releases are soundtracks tied to well-known franchises and television shows such as:
  • The Batman trilogy including Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises composed by Hans Zimmer and collaborators.
  • Several seasons and accompanying albums from the series Game of Thrones.
  • Key film scores from the Harry Potter saga.
  • The soundtrack collections for the three films in The Hobbit series.
  • Multiple soundtrack albums for TV programs like Westworld, Riverdale, and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
  • Recent major motion pictures including Joker, scored by Hildur Guðnadóttir, and Hans Zimmer's work on Dune.
  • Animated productions such as various installments from the LEGO Movie franchise.

See also

• Lists of record labels
• Warner Records
• Warner Sunset Records