Tampa-headquartered music technology and services company Symphonic has signed a deal with Roblox to make “hundreds of thousands of curated songs” distributed by the company available on the gaming and creation platform. The agreement was announced on Thursday, November 12.
How the arrangement works#
According to Symphonic, artists will receive royalties for all plays of their music on Roblox. Symphonic says it will collect those royalties and pay them to rightsholders in line with their publishing contracts.
The songs are now available in the Roblox Creator Store, where developers can hear a 15-second preview of each track before adding it to a game. Symphonic says tracks can be placed in games through sound objects, jukeboxes, and other items.
The agreement also covers use of the music in Moments, a tab in the Roblox app that shows players clips of other users’ gameplay and lets them launch into the games featured. Roblox first introduced Moments in beta in 2025, allowing users to record gameplay clips of up to 30 seconds, edit them, add music, and share them.
Catalogue and company statements#
Symphonic says the songs come from “up-and-coming and established artists” across the following genres:
- Latin
- Hip-hop
- Pop
- Rock
- Electronic
Jorge Brea, Founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Symphonic, said: “We are always looking for new ways to put our artists in front of listeners, so working with Roblox just makes sense. They have already done such a great job integrating music into their platform through live online events, and we want to be a big part of their move into music discovery across environments.”
Jessica Meehan, Head of Music Partnerships at Roblox, said: “Our priority is empowering our global creator community with the tools to build exceptional games, and music is an essential part of that. Partnering with Symphonic enriches our library with sounds that reflect our community’s diverse preferences, especially with their expansive library of music from Latin American artists mirroring our creator population’s growth in the region. At the same time, we’re able to provide artists an immersive platform to reach new listeners and cultivate dedicated fans.”
Earlier music deals on Roblox#
The deal follows a partnership between Roblox and Too Lost in July, which added thousands of Too Lost-distributed tracks to the Roblox Creator Store.
In 2024, Roblox struck a deal with DistroKid that let independent artists opt in to having their music made available on the platform through an invite-only beta. Artists who took part granted Roblox developers rights to use their music “on a gratis basis,” according to an opt-in form reviewed at the time. Participating DistroKid artists were also required to own 100% of their publishing and not be registered with a performing rights organization such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) or Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).
Roblox formally announced the DistroKid integration in September 2024, alongside plans to launch music charts as part of a push into music discovery.
About Symphonic#
Brea founded Symphonic in 2006, and the company describes itself as 100% independent. Its recent activity includes:
- In March, it acquired Distro Nation, a music distribution and YouTube monetization platform.
- The following month, it launched Symphonic NEXT, a program offering catalog financing, royalty advances, and acquisitions to independent artists, labels, and managers.
In 2022, Symphonic raised $37 million in a Series B funding round led by NewSpring and Ballast Point Ventures.
