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Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries Financial Information - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2014
13.75% Holdings Notes due 2019    
Parent Company Only Financial Information [Line Items]    
Interest rate 13.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_ThirteenPointSevenFiveHoldingsNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember
13.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_ThirteenPointSevenFiveHoldingsNotesDueTwoThousandNineteenMember
Maturity date 2019 2019
5.625% Senior Secured Notes    
Parent Company Only Financial Information [Line Items]    
Interest rate 5.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_FivePointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember
5.625%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_FivePointSixTwoFivePercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember
Maturity date 2022 2022
6.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2021    
Parent Company Only Financial Information [Line Items]    
Interest rate 6.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_SixPointZeroPercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
6.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_SixPointZeroPercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
Maturity date 2021 2021
6.25% Senior Secured Notes    
Parent Company Only Financial Information [Line Items]    
Interest rate 6.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_SixPointTwoFivePercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueInTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
6.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_SixPointTwoFivePercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueInTwoThousandTwentyOneMember
Maturity date 2021 2021
6.75% Senior Notes due 2022    
Parent Company Only Financial Information [Line Items]    
Interest rate 6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_SixPointSevenFivePercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember
6.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis
= wmg_SixPointSevenFivePercentSeniorSecuredNotesDueTwoThousandTwentyTwoMember
Maturity date 2022 2022