Reference song
Angel by Sarah McLachlan is included in the MRP music-supervisor reference catalog as a discovery and research track. Use this page for music-reference research across film, television, advertising, trailers, branded content and creative pitches. Inclusion does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents the recording or publishing rights.
Creative reference
For Music Supervisors
For music supervisors researching Angel by Sarah McLachlan, use this page as a reference point for film, TV, advertising, trailer and branded-content music research.
Licensing & clearance
Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- Sarah McLachlan / Primary Wave Music (catalog stake)
- Administrator
- Research Required
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- Research Required
- Licensing / contact information
- Primary Wave Music contact: https://primarywave.com/contact/; exact publishing-sync routing and represented share should be confirmed for the requested territory/use
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-30
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Sarah McLachlan – Angel (original 1997 Surfacing album recording)
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Arista Records / Sony Music Entertainment
- Record label
- Arista Records
- Distributor / administrator
- Sony Music Entertainment
- Master licensing / contact information
- Sony Music SyncShop master licensing: https://syncshop.sonymusic.com/requestform/
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-30
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. MFP can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Era
- 1990s
- Categories
- Loss · compassion · charity · parody
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