Creating arrangements of League of Legends music

Emcee Mikey·1/22/2016, 2:52:56 AM·1 votes·1,650 views

Some diehard Nintendo fanboys who play an instrument may know there is a little website called "NinSheetMusic", dedicated to providing free Nintendo sheet music (as well as other sheet music) for piano players everywhere. I occasionally arrange pieces for this site with Finale PrintMusic, a gift from my mom that I'm very grateful for. I was wondering a few things: A) As far as legality issues are concerned, how acceptable is it for me to arrange some of the awesome League of Legends soundtrack? B) Regardless of legality, how COMFORTABLE is Riot with the idea of their music being arranged? C) Can I get an internship with riot's music people? Sounds like they all have a slammin' time.

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Ed the Conqueror1/24/2016, 6:39:55 AM5 votes

Hey Emcee Mikey!

I'm going to try to answer your questions the best I can.

TL;DR - go for it!

_A) As far as legality issues are concerned, how acceptable is it for me to arrange some of the awesome League of Legends soundtrack? _

I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty certain you're in the clear. If you are going to release the recording of those arrangements (= profit from them, uploading a video to YT probably doesn't count), then I assume you'd need a mechanical license (that's what you typically need to release a cover). _ B) Regardless of legality, how COMFORTABLE is Riot with the idea of their music being arranged?_

Super comfortable! Go for it! We feel truly elated when our players put time and effort into performing/arranging/covering our stuff. _ C) Can I get an internship with riot's music people? Sounds like they all have a slammin' time._

As far as I know, we are not planning on having an intern in the near future.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for playing!

Ed the Conqueror

Emcee Mikey1/22/2016, 4:49:21 AM1 votes

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