Editing DreamWorks Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name        = DreamWorks Records
| image       = DreamWorks Records logo.svg
| parent      = [[Interscope Geffen A&M Records|Interscope Geffen A&M]]<br>{{small|([[Universal Music Group]])}}
| founded     = {{start date and age|1996}}
| defunct     = {{end date and age|2005|01|09}}
| founder     = {{hlist|[[David Geffen]]|[[Mo Ostin]]|[[Michael Ostin]]| [[Lenny Waronker]]}}
| distributor = {{hlist|US: [[Geffen Records]]|International: [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Music]] (before 1999)|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] (starting in 1999)}}
| genre       = Various
| country     = United States
| location    = {{hlist|[[Universal City, California]] (1996–1999)|[[Beverly Hills, California]] (1999–2006)}}
| url         = 
}}
'''DreamWorks Records''' (often referred in copyright notices as '''SKG Music, LLC''') was an American [[record label]] founded in 1996 by [[Mo Ostin]], his son Michael Ostin and [[Lenny Waronker]] as a subsidiary of [[DreamWorks Pictures]].<ref name = deseret>{{cite web | url = https://www.deseret.com/2003/11/12/19795199/universal-music-to-buy-dreamworks-records | publisher = Deseret News | title = Universal Music to buy DreamWorks Records| date = 12 November 2003 | access-date = 5 March 2021}}</ref> The label operated until 2004 when it was sold to [[Universal Music Group]].<ref name = bbc>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3262215.stm | publisher = BBC | title=Universal buys Dreamworks Records | date = 11 November 2003 | access-date = 5 March 2021}}</ref> The label itself also featured a [[Nashville, Tennessee]]-based subsidiary, '''DreamWorks Nashville''', which specialized in [[country music]] and was shut down in 2005 then moved to [[Universal Music Group Nashville|MCA Nashville]]. The company's logo was designed by [[Roy Lichtenstein]] and was his last commission before his death in 1997.<ref name = thought>{{cite web | url = https://www.thoughtco.com/biography-of-roy-lichtenstein-pioneer-of-pop-art-4165701 | publisher = Thought Co | title = The Life and Work of Roy Lichtenstein, Pop Art Pioneer| access-date = 5 March 2021}}</ref>