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2 | [[caption-width-right:350:The [=DreamWorks=] Records logo, designed by Creator/RoyLichtenstein (his last commission).]] |
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4 | Founded in 1996, [=DreamWorks=] Records was a subsidiary of the Creator/DreamWorksSKG film studio. |
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6 | Run by Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker, the former heads of Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, the [=DreamWorks=] label issued the expected soundtracks to the parent company's movies[[note]]But there were exceptions like ''In Dreams'' and ''Film/MouseHunt''[[/note]] (as well as a cast recording of the original theatrical production of ''Theatre/{{Rent}}''), but most of its releases consisted of pop and rock music. [=DreamWorks=] attracted established acts like Music/GeorgeMichael, Music/HenryRollins and Music/TheIsleyBrothers, while also nurturing new artists like Music/RufusWainwright, Music/{{Eels}} and Music/{{Buckcherry}}. The label also had a CountryMusic arm, [=DreamWorks=] Nashville, whose main hitmakers were Music/TobyKeith, Music/RandyTravis, and Darryl Worley. [=DreamWorks=] also dabbled in RecordedAndStandUpComedy with releases by Creator/ChrisRock, Creator/JimmyFallon and Creator/JeffFoxworthy. |
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8 | However, all this talent couldn't protect [=DreamWorks=] from the social and technological changes that challenged the entire music industry at the TurnOfTheMillennium. By the middle of the 2000s, the label was acquired by Creator/UniversalMusicGroup, where its pop acts were switched to Creator/GeffenRecords, the label created by [=DreamWorks=] co-founder David Geffen ([[{{Irony}} which he'd stepped down from to help form the studio]]). [=DreamWorks=] Nashville continued a while longer before Universal shut it down as well. For all the promise it showed at the start, [=DreamWorks=] Records existed for less than a decade. |
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11 | !! [=DreamWorks=] Records performers with Website/TVTropes pages: |
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13 | [[index]] |
14 | * Music/{{AFI}} |
15 | * Music/AlienAntFarm |
16 | * Music/TheAllAmericanRejects |
17 | * Music/{{Ash}} (North America) |
18 | * Music/{{Deadsy}} |
19 | * Dr. Octagon (an alias for Music/KoolKeith) |
20 | * Music/{{Eels}} |
21 | * Creator/JimmyFallon |
22 | * Creator/JeffFoxworthy |
23 | * Music/NellyFurtado |
24 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers |
25 | * Music/JimmyEatWorld |
26 | * Music/TobyKeith |
27 | * Music/TracyLawrence |
28 | * Music/{{Lifehouse}} |
29 | * Music/GeorgeMichael (US and Canada only) |
30 | * Music/{{Morphine}} |
31 | * Music/RandyNewman |
32 | * Music/PapaRoach |
33 | * Music/{{Powerman 5000}} |
34 | * Music/RiseAgainst |
35 | * Creator/ChrisRock |
36 | * Music/HenryRollins |
37 | * Music/SavesTheDay |
38 | * Music/ElliottSmith |
39 | * Music/RandyTravis |
40 | * Music/RufusWainwright |
41 | [[/index]] |
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