Reference song
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen 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 Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen, 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
- Sony/ATV Songs LLC (existing U.S. publisher lead); Sony Music Publishing (acquired Recognition income interest)
- Administrator
- Research Required
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- Research Required
- Licensing / contact information
- Sony Music Publishing: request exact-work territorial administration and sync-share confirmation; acquisition does not establish control of every interest.
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-09-09
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Research Required
- Historical ℗ owner / credit
- Research Required
- Current ℗ metadata credit
- Research Required
- Master representation / control
- Research Required
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Sony Music Entertainment (℗ 1984 exact Various Positions recording evidence)
- Record label
- Research Required
- Distributor / administrator
- Research Required
- Master licensing / contact information
- Research Required
- ISRC, when verified
- USSM10026643
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-09-04
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. Our partner Music For Productions (MFP) can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Era
- 1980s
- Categories
- Loss · reflection · spiritual · drama
- ISRC
- USSM10026643
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