obviously producers and music writers and creators. who ever wrote it..... owns it.
Sony RCA owns the music book of Elvis Presley.
Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc. owns the rights and licenses both the musical (play) and the music from it.
While Koji Kondo did write the music and compose it, the music was implemented in a game series that is owned and licensed by Nintendo who also owns the copyright laws to the music since the company published the music.
Word Music.
Rondor Music.
Brentwood-Benson.
Songs of Universal.
Irving Berlin. It is with Irving Berlin Enterprises, or Corporation, or Publishing Firm, and/or Company. He and with him what he corporates or incorporates owns his music and receives the sales results.
The Beatles music is owned by EMI. They have licensed Apple to distribute the music via the iTunes store.
Frances Bean Cobain does.
clerance jey and patrice willison
she owns her own label