New phone, family sharing music all gone

Hello all,
I just replaced my wife's phone. We are both on iOS8. I set up family sharing and I am the organizer. When I set up her ID on her last phone we went into purchased music, movies, etc. and downloaded them to her phone. When I replaced her phone today and restored from a iCloud backup, no music or movies are there. With family sharing will my wife how to re-download music and movies every time she upgrades phones? Do we have to go back through the long process of weeding though all my purchased albums etc. I would've thought that once she downloaded everything she wanted once, iCloud would keep it all intact.
Any info is appreciated!
Bob

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