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🎬 Cue Sheet Generator
Create an organized music cue sheet for film, television, video, advertising, online content, and other productions. Add individual music cues, usage details, writers, publishers, PRO information, ownership splits, and timecodes.Production InformationOptional overall runtime of the production.Music CuesUse HH:MM:SS, MM:SS, or seconds for start and end times. Duration is calculated automatically when possible.Music Cue Sheet
Music Cues 0Total Music Time 00:00Production Type —Release Date —# Music Title Usage Start End Duration Writer(s) Publisher(s) PRO Split Important: This generator helps organize cue-sheet information but does not submit the cue sheet to a performing rights organization, broadcaster, distributor, publisher, or licensing administrator. Required fields and terminology can vary by organization and territory. Verify the finished information against the requirements of the party receiving the cue sheet.What is a music cue sheet?
A cue sheet is a record of music used within an audiovisual production. It can identify the composition, writers, publishers, performing rights organizations, usage type, and the amount of time the music appears in the production.
Accurate cue information can be important for music-rights administration and performance-royalty tracking.Tip: Keep your writer names, publisher names, PRO affiliations, ownership information, and song titles consistent with your official registrations. Small differences in metadata can make music-rights administration more difficult. -
A Cue Sheet Generator helps composers, songwriters, music publishers, filmmakers, producers, music supervisors, and production teams organize information about music used in an audiovisual production. Cue sheets are commonly associated with films, television programs, documentaries, commercials, streaming productions, trailers, online videos, and other media containing music.
Enter your production information and add each piece of music as a separate cue. The generator organizes the information into a clean cue sheet and automatically calculates cue duration when valid start and end timecodes are provided.
What Is a Music Cue Sheet?
A music cue sheet documents the music appearing within a production. Depending on the project and organization receiving the sheet, it may contain information such as:
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Song or composition title
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Composer or songwriter
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Publisher
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Performing rights organization (PRO)
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Music usage
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Start and end time
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Duration
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Ownership or writer splits
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Production and episode information
Cue sheets can play an important role in music-rights administration and performance-royalty tracking.
Cue Start, End, and Duration
Enter the point where a piece of music begins and where it ends. The generator calculates the amount of time between those points automatically.
For example, if a cue starts at 01:20 and ends at 02:05, the calculated music duration is 45 seconds.
The generator also adds together calculated cue durations to show the approximate total amount of music used in the production.
Music Usage Types
Cue sheets may distinguish between different ways music appears within a production.
Background generally describes music accompanying a scene without being visually performed by an on-screen character.
Feature can refer to music given more prominent use within a production.
Visual Vocal can identify a situation where a performer is visibly singing the composition, while Visual Instrumental can identify visible instrumental performance.
Theme, Opening Theme, and Closing Theme can be used to distinguish music associated with recurring program or production themes.
Terminology and classifications can differ among broadcasters, PROs, territories, and other organizations, so always follow the requirements of the organization receiving the final cue sheet.
Writers, Publishers, and PROs
Accurate music metadata is extremely important.
Enter songwriter or composer names as they appear in official registrations whenever possible. Publisher names and performing rights organization affiliations should also match the applicable rights information.
Examples of U.S. performing rights organizations include ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and GMR, but writers and publishers may be affiliated with many different rights organizations around the world.
Music Ownership Splits
The Ownership / Split field can be used to record relevant percentage or split information, such as 100% or 50/50.
A cue sheet generator should not be used to guess ownership. Splits should come from the actual composition agreement, split sheet, publisher information, registration, or other authoritative rights documentation.
Cue Sheets and Music Royalties
Cue sheets can help rights organizations and other music-industry participants identify compositions used in audiovisual programming.
However, creating a cue sheet does not automatically register a composition, submit the cue sheet, establish copyright ownership, or guarantee royalty payment.
Submission procedures vary depending on the broadcaster, production company, distributor, performing rights organization, territory, and type of production.
Keep Your Music Metadata Consistent
Differences in spelling, writer names, publisher names, song titles, and ownership information can make rights administration more difficult.
If a composition is officially registered under one title, avoid casually changing that title on licensing and cue-sheet paperwork unless an alternate title is also properly documented.
Identifiers such as an ISWC, work number, catalog number, or other rights information may also be useful when requested. The generator's additional notes field can be used to keep this information alongside a cue.
Tip: Create the cue sheet while the production timeline and music information are still easy to access. Verify every song title, writer, publisher, PRO affiliation, split, usage type, and duration before submission. For professional productions, also check the exact cue-sheet format and required fields requested by the broadcaster, production company, distributor, or rights organization receiving it.
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