# V4 Composer Work-for-Hire Template

## Parties

This template is for each launch composer assignment between the V4 publisher
and an individual composer or composer loan-out company.

## Work-for-Hire and IP Assignment

The legal term is work made for hire.

All commissioned compositions, stems, arrangements, session files, mixes,
masters, metadata, and implementation-ready exports are authored as a work made
for hire to the fullest extent allowed by law. Where work-for-hire treatment is
unavailable, the composer assigns all copyright, neighboring rights,
synchronization rights, master rights, and game implementation rights to the
publisher on delivery.

## Stem Ownership

The publisher owns all delivered stems, MIDI, MusicXML, DAW sessions, loop
points, adaptive-music layers, alternate mixes, and mastered cues. The composer
may use short approved portfolio excerpts only after public release and only
without unreleased game footage, spoilers, or isolated stem packs.

## Royalty Model

The launch game license is a flat-fee buyout with no in-game royalty. The
official soundtrack release may include a negotiated net-receipts participation
stated in each composer order form. Public performance royalties for composer
writer shares remain payable through the relevant PRO where legally applicable.

## Deliverables

Each composer order form must define cue counts, stem counts, adaptive layer
requirements, revision rounds, milestone dates, metadata, localization-safe
titles, and soundtrack inclusion status.

## Approvals and Revisions

Creative approval requires audio direction, implementation review, legal
clearance, and final mastering signoff. Revisions are tracked per milestone so
content-lock, alpha, beta, and gold builds have explicit music status.

## Credits and Soundtrack Use

The public composer credit, soundtrack artist credit, and interview permission
are recorded in the order form. Soundtrack exploitation, vinyl manufacturing,
streaming distribution, and collector edition packaging are governed by the
soundtrack-release addendum.