Yes. Nigel Hess has 12 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 12

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including The Lochnagar Suite: II. Dark Lochnagar, The Lochnagar Suite: III. Dance of the Eagle, New London Pictures: III. Congestion Charge

Listed under the artist name 12 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

The Lochnagar Suite: II. Dark Lochnagar

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – The Lochnagar Suite: II. Dark Lochnagar (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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The Lochnagar Suite: III. Dance of the Eagle

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – The Lochnagar Suite: III. Dance of the Eagle (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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New London Pictures: III. Congestion Charge

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – New London Pictures: III. Congestion Charge (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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New London Pictures: I. Millennium Bridge

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – New London Pictures: I. Millennium Bridge (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Hess: Main Theme (From "Ladies in Lavender")

Listed as Nicola Benedetti, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits, Nigel Hess – Hess: Main Theme (From "Ladies in Lavender") (The Silver Violin) · Watch on YouTube

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Shakespeare Pictures: I. Much Ado about Nothing

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – Shakespeare Pictures: I. Much Ado about Nothing (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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The Lochnagar Suite: I. Scottish Dances

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – The Lochnagar Suite: I. Scottish Dances (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Shakespeare Pictures: II. The Winter's Tale. The Statue

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – Shakespeare Pictures: II. The Winter's Tale. The Statue (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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A Christmas Overture

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – A Christmas Overture (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Monck's March

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – Monck's March (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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Shakespeare Pictures: III. Julius Caesar. The Entry to the Senate

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – Shakespeare Pictures: III. Julius Caesar. The Entry to the Senate (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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New London Pictures: II. London Eye

Listed as Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Nigel Hess – New London Pictures: II. London Eye (Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Vol. 2) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.