DOVA-SYNDROME Becomes OpenTracks As Free BGM Service Looks Overseas
The rebrand under TRACKS Inc. turns a long-running Japanese free BGM library into an internationally positioned one, and the agency deals give it a foothold with VTuber outfits whose stream soundtracks it already supplies.
Reporting from 1 source: VTuber NewsDrop.
DOVA-SYNDROME, the Japanese free background music service, changed its name to OpenTracks on September 15, following a March transition by management company TRACKS Inc. Representative director Yuichi Miyagawa says the catalog holds more than 19,000 BGM tracks and around 1,200 sound effects from roughly 250 composers. Agencies Glitch Stars, V4Mirai and Aegis-Link have announced partnerships, and Miyagawa describes the service as free to use and safe on YouTube.
The service now operates under TRACKS Inc., which took over management in March before the September 15 name change. Yuichi Miyagawa, the company's representative director, points to three traits he considers central: tracks are free to use, the library is large, and the music is safe to run on YouTube. He says OpenTracks has had direct contact with YouTube since 2015, which he describes as shortening response times when usage problems come up. The catalog is built by roughly 250 composers.
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