The copyright holder is EMI Unart, but most uses can be licensed through Alfred.
Twentieth Century-Fox.
Nobody will tell me
The owner of the song 'I can see clearly now' is the SONY Music Entertainment.
Kubaney Music, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group Latin America.
Nobody owns copyright of music written two hundred years ago. The copyright of anything published before 1923 is irrelevant as it has expired. Copyright in an unpublished work would also expire according to the laws of the country in which it was created. For comparison, in the USA, an old work previously unpublished but recently issued would have a copyright that does not expire until 2047.
These are the only details that I found in regards to the lyrics: lyrics by - Brendan Graham © Peermusic (UK) Ltd; Universal Music Publications, AB
Word Music.
Rondor Music.
Songs of Universal.
Warner/Chappel Music
Various portions of it (the music, the French lyrics, and the English lyrics) are owned by Polygram, Universal, and WB Music. Most administration for the song itself can be handled through Hal Leonard. Certain performances and recordings will have their own protections.
Band of Brothers is administered by Sony/ATV.
Twentieth Century-Fox.
Nobody will tell me
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.
Copyright covers written word only, but there are other rights over property such as recorded sound. The recording company owns the rights to the sound, and the recording company got the rights to the song lyrics from whichever songwriter copyrighted the lyrics themselves.
I believe it isRodgers and Hammerstein in 1959 from the musical Sound of Music.