{{Short description|Musical collective}} {{Use American English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Bleeding Fingers Music | logo = Bleeding_Fingers_Music_Logo.jpg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = | trading_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | romanized_name = | former_name = | type = [[Subsidiary]] | traded_as = | ISIN = | industry = Music production | genre = | fate = | predecessor = | successor = | founded = {{start date and age|2013}} | founders = [[Russell Emanuel]], [[Hans Zimmer]] and Steve Kofsky | defunct = | hq_location = [[Santa Monica, California]] | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | coordinates = | num_locations = | num_locations_year = | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | products = | brands = | production = | production_year = | services = Score music for film, television, and digital media | revenue = | revenue_year = | operating_income = | income_year = | net_income = | net_income_year = | aum = | assets = | assets_year = | equity = | equity_year = | owner = | members = | members_year = | num_employees = | num_employees_year = | parent = [[Sony Music Publishing]] | divisions = | subsid = | slogan = | module = | ratio = | rating = | footnotes = | intl = | website = {{official URL}} }} '''Bleeding Fingers Music''' is a collective of composers that create film and television scores.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/bleedingfingersmusic/ | title=Bleeding Fingers Music (@bleedingfingersmusic) • Instagram photos and videos }}</ref> A joint venture between composer [[Hans Zimmer]], his business partner Steve Kofsky, and [[Extreme Music]], the production arm of [[Sony Music Publishing]], it is a custom scoring company in the film and television industry.<ref name="VarietyBF">{{cite news|last1=Grieving|first1=Tim|title=Bleeding Fingers Stretches Its Grasp With 'Planet Earth II'|url=https://variety.com/2016/music/spotlight/bleeding-fingers-planet-earth-ii-1201843|accessdate=21 September 2016|work=Variety|date=24 August 2016}}</ref>
==History== Zimmer began composing music for the Extreme production library in the late 1990s, and when Extreme expanded from the UK to the United States in 2001, it set up its offices at Zimmer's [[Remote Control Productions (American company)|Remote Control Productions]] in Santa Monica, California.<ref name="Variety Remote Control">{{cite news|last1=Burlingame|first1=Jon|title=Remote Control Prods.: Hans Zimmer's Music Factory as a Breeding Ground|url=https://variety.com/2014/music/news/remote-control-prods-music-factory-as-breeding-ground-1201173763/|accessdate=4 January 2018|work=Variety|date=May 7, 2014}}</ref> In 2012, as Extreme sought to meet increased requests from clients for custom scores for television productions, it partnered with Kofsky and Zimmer to develop what would become Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop. During an eight-month test run prior to the company's launch, it created music for 30 television shows, and in August 2013, Bleeding Fingers was officially founded. Extreme's [[Russell Emanuel]] served as its CEO and chief creative officer and Kofsky its chairman.<ref name="billboard bleeding">{{cite magazine|last1=Galo|first1=Phil|title=Sony/ATV's Extreme Music and Hans Zimmer Form Joint Venture: The Bleeding Fingers Custom Music Shop|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/tv-film/5640673/sonyatvs-extreme-music-and-hans-zimmer-form-joint-venture-the|accessdate=5 July 2016|magazine=Billboard|date=August 12, 2013}}</ref>
With a staff of experienced TV and film composers assembled by Zimmer, Bleeding Fingers initially focused on unscripted, reality, documentary and light drama television productions, developing custom micro-libraries for client properties in keeping with each program's style and tone.<ref name="billboard bleeding" /><ref name="Post 2013" /> Its early work included scores for ''[[Survivor (U.S. TV series)|Survivor]]'', ''[[Hatfields & McCoys (miniseries)|Hatfields & McCoys]]'', ''[[The Men Who Built America]]'' and ''[[Mountain Men]],'' for which it won both [[ASCAP]] and [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] awards.<ref name="Post 2013">{{cite news|last1=Post staff|title=Hans Zimmer & Extreme Music launch 'Bleeding Fingers'|url=http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-News/2013/Hans-Zimmer-Extreme-Music-launch-Bleeding-Finger.aspx|accessdate=4 January 2018|work=Post Magazine|date=August 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name="WSJ">{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Christopher M.|title=When Things Get Real on TV, Music Pays Real Well|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hot-gig-in-hollywood-composing-background-music-for-the-bachelorette-1438036366|accessdate=18 July 2016|work=Wall Street Journal|date=July 28, 2015}}</ref>
In 2016, Bleeding Fingers was selected to score the [[BBC]] docu-series ''[[Planet Earth II]]''. The theme was written by Zimmer, and composers Jacob Shea and Jasha Klebe wrote the score. More than a year was spent composing the score for the series, which was recorded by an 80-piece orchestra at [[Air Studios]] in London. Zimmer, Shea and Klebe were nominated for a [[2017 British Academy Television Craft Awards|British Academy of Television Craft award]] in the Best Original Television Music category, and Shea and Klebe were nominated for the [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] in [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)]].<ref name="monet">{{cite news|last1=Griffiths|first1=Eleanor Bley|title=How Claude Monet inspired Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for Blue Planet II|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-29/blue-planet-2-soundtrack/|accessdate=5 January 2018|work=Radio Times|date=October 29, 2017}}</ref>
Bleeding Fingers also composed the score for the BBC's ''[[Blue Planet II]]'', a sequel to the 2001 documentary ''[[The Blue Planet]].'' To promote the series, Zimmer collaborated with [[Radiohead]] to create "(ocean) Bloom," an orchestral reworking of Radiohead's song "Bloom" from the 2011 album ''[[The King of Limbs]].'' Emanuel produced the track, which debuted in September 2017. Zimmer co-wrote the score with Shea and Dave Fleming.<ref name="NME">{{cite news|last1=Maine|first1=Samantha|title=Radiohead and Hans Zimmer are creating a track together|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-hans-zimmer-blue-planet-2140609|accessdate=31 December 2017|work=NME|date=September 14, 2017}}</ref><ref name="iNew">{{cite news|last1=Greig|first1=Finlay|title=How I recorded the Blue Planet II score with Radiohead and Hans Zimmer|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/music/blue-planet-radiohead-hans-zimmer/|accessdate=7 January 2018|work=iNews|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref>
In October 2017, it was announced that Bleeding Fingers would replace longtime composer [[Alf Clausen]] for ''[[The Simpsons]]'', beginning with [[The Simpsons (season 29)|season 29]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Bleeding Fingers Music Taking Over Scoring Duties on 'The Simpsons'|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2017/10/01/bleeding-fingers-music-taking-over-scoring-duties-on-the-simpsons/|accessdate=2 October 2017|work=Film Music Reporter|date=October 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Inc">{{cite news|last1=Far|first1=Samira|title=How to Create a Business Model That is 'Reassuringly Expensive' to Your Clients|url=https://www.inc.com/samira-far/bleeding-fingers-on-staying-ahead-in-an-industry-aim-to-be-reassuringly-expensive-to-your-clientele.html|accessdate=7 January 2018|work=Inc.|date=January 4, 2018}}</ref>
In 2020, Bleeding Fingers wrote the music package for the ''[[Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time]]'' special which aired in January of that year on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The following year, they wrote music cues for ''[[Wheel of Fortune (American game show)|Celebrity Wheel of Fortune]]''. When both ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and ''Wheel of Fortune'' premiered their respective 38th and 39th seasons in syndication on September 13, 2021, Bleeding Fingers re-arranged the main theme on the former while overhauling the music package on the latter featuring an arrangement of the longtime "Changing Keys" theme song, which was used on ''Wheel'' during the 1980s and 1990s. Bleeding Fingers also did the music package for the ''[[Jeopardy! National College Championship]]'' in 2022.
Bleeding Fingers is based at Remote Control's Santa Monica complex, known as "The Stanford of Score."<ref name="Fast Company">{{cite news|last1=Gray|first1=Tyler|title=Can Hans Zimmer Make Reality TV Music Suck Less?|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3015529/generation-flux/can-hans-zimmer-make-reality-tv-suck-less|accessdate=5 July 2016|work=Fast Company|date=August 9, 2013}}</ref> As of 2018, there were 11 full-time composers on the Bleeding Fingers staff, many of whom had apprenticed with Zimmer.<ref name="billboard bleeding" /><ref name="VarietyBF" /> Bleeding Fingers Music worked on the music for the [[Stop motion|stop-motion]] [[Netflix]] television special ''[[Alien Xmas]]''.
In January 2026, it was announced that Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers would compose the score for the upcoming [[HBO]] adaptation of the ''[[Harry Potter (TV Series)|Harry Potter]]'' series.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tangcay|first1=Jazz|title=Hans Zimmer to Compose ‘Harry Potter’ HBO Series Original Score With Bleeding Fingers Music|url=https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/harry-potter-series-hans-zimmer-original-score-1236631551/|accessdate=15 January 2026|work=Variety|date=January 15, 2026}}</ref> The following month, it was announced Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers would compose the music for the forthcoming Netflix limited series adaption of [[All the Sinners Bleed (TV series)|All the Sinners Bleed]], based on the [[Southern noir]] novel of the [[All the Sinners Bleed|same name]] by [[S. A. Cosby]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/all-the-sinners-bleed-series-cast-release-date-news|title=In All the Sinners Bleed, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù Hunts an Unholy Serial Killer|last=Agard|first=Chancellor|publisher=Netflix|date=2026-02-23|access-date=2026-04-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260304000712/https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/all-the-sinners-bleed-series-cast-release-date-news|archive-date=2026-03-04}}</ref>
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