Dancing Near the Nile

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Music Supervisor

Eclectic orchestral blockbuster featuring middle Eastern style violin, electric guitar, harp and chorus. Seductive percussion and snaking violin and flute intertwine over a booming timpani and subtle electric guitar. Orchestral strings add drama and intrigue. Dark electric guitar gives way to a harp and vocal segment before an epic orchestral finale complete with dramatic chorus. Dramatic, emotional, historic, ancient, evokes a sense of awakening, the sun emerging from behind clouds after centuries, calling up mystical figures of yore. Perfect for film and TV epics.

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Seeking the Gold of Aztecs

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Music Supervisor

An epic orchestral journey evoking the spirit of ancient empires. Sustained strings set the scene, followed by folk-inspired flute, a driving violin motif, louder sustained strings, dynamic percussion, and additional strings providing a dramatic bass line. Urgent, dramatic and mystical, this track evokes an indigenous people under attack from machines and guns, Avatar-style, but standing strong and united in the face of persecution.

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Fool’s Paradise

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Music Supervisor

Chilled bleepy electronic slow jam. Underwater synth chords joined by drums and bongo samples. Flute-like synth samples flit overhead, adding a tropical colour. 90s hip hop drums and a bassy synth line add depth. After a drum break with flute samples, the silvery synth returns. Cool, mysterious and a little bit playful, perfect for ads for a fresh new product or a trippy, surreal or exotic film/TV sequence.

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Tango-esque!

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Music Supervisor

An orchestral tango-style number on clarinet, piano and percussion. Piano provides chordal accompaniment to drums and clarinet, with some electronic effects and a drum kit adding a contemporary spin to the traditional tango style. Relaxed, jazzy and modern, but not trendy, this quirky track feels like a European take on tango, and a Woody Allen-style love letter to Europe.

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Time

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Music Supervisor

A short, marimba-led percussive build. Layers of tense, dynamic percussion intensify over a repeated melodic motif on marimba and bass guitar. Nerve-wracking, mischievous and fluttering with excitement. Perfect for a tense movie scene, time passing too quickly- Will we make it, or will it be too late?

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Angry Boys

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Music Supervisor

Fuzzy trip hop instrumental. Stop/start rhythmic synth and drum riff. Robotic, fuzzy synth plays drum ‘n’ bass influenced riff, joined by laser beam samples over a trip hop drum beat. Cool and breezy but with a determined edge, a bit like an instrumental Thievery Corporation, suitable for a TV/Film drama focused on a gang of youths living in an unequal world, or an advert for 90s throwback garms.

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Between Time, Over A Secret Root

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Music Supervisor

Sparse piano solo. Fragmented piano phrases, plaintive harmonies emerge from the piano counterpoint. Slow and widely spaced snatches of melody. Contemplative, strange and questioning, a curious piano piece, would work well in contrast to a calamitous drama onscreen, or an equally reflective and thoughtful TV/Film/Doc scene.

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2009 AD

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Music Supervisor

Electronic trip hop instrumental track. Water sounds, electronic lasers, organ-like drone snatches. Naive riff on cutesy synth turns is joined by trip hop beats, shuffling drums and synthesised string interludes. Fleeting sitar samples and scratchy electronics punctuate the beat. Electronic/drone break before the riff and frantic electronics, like vinyl-scratching, rejoin until the end. Cool, laid-back and urban, a throwback to the baggy trouser days of the 90s, with a hint of Morcheeba. Would suit adverts for clothing or lifestyle products, or as background music for an urban drama or documentary.

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10,000 Steps

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Music Supervisor

Jittery acoustic track. Percussive intro with delay effects on acoustic guitar and synth effects. Building anticipation, repetitive electric guitar and dynamic percussion. Guitar starts to move to a darker place, creating a sombre mood. Guitar noodles over ann atmospheric drone and clattering percussion, the shifting chords altering the mood, ending on spacey sound effects. Dreamy, dynamic and strange, suitable for a tense TV scene, inner turmoil, a noisy internal monologue, a decision to be made.

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These Waters Remember Part 3

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Music Supervisor

Chiming guitar track with female vocals. Interweaving electric and acoustic guitars, reverb and delay effects, like an indie guitar track. Breathy female vocals introduced. Guitars duel and layer up, dark and brooding, an instrumental Interpol with slightly jazzy female vocals. African jazz and Spanish guitar influences. Mysterious and atmospheric, would suit a spellbinding TV/Film/Doc scene, spans cultures and eras, a cyclical guitar meditation.

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