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Old August 15th, 2011, 10:43 AM   #1
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Background Music, Soundtracks & Sound Effects?

Believe it or not, I spent the better part of Saturday driving around Dallas trying to find CD's w/ this content to use for video editing and I found NONE.

Question. Where do you find your background music? Online? If so, which do you like?

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Old August 15th, 2011, 10:53 AM   #2
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Try SmartSound

Royalty Free Music and Sound Effects Library with Soundtrack Editing Software Products

or Digital Juice

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There are plenty of others, I have used both of the above and found the quality to be first class.
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Old August 24th, 2011, 02:17 PM   #4
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Re: Background Music, Soundtracks & Sound Effects?

Thx for the list:
wich one has music that u can easyly use for free for a broadcast use?
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Old August 24th, 2011, 11:37 PM   #5
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Just take a look at each one's terms of use and see what they include. Generally most Royalty Free music can be used for anything, check the small print to confirm.
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Old August 25th, 2011, 06:17 AM   #6
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Thx for the list:
wich one has music that u can easyly use for free for a broadcast use?
Music and FX to use for broadcast is easy to find. FREE OF CHARGE for use for broadcast is a lot more difficult if you're looking for good musical quality. But with many royalty-free libraries such as the aformentioned SmartSounds the licensing fees are very reasonable.
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Old August 25th, 2011, 01:36 PM   #7
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I make my own using garage band on the mac!
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Old August 25th, 2011, 01:55 PM   #8
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John Williams also writes his own as does Hans Zimmer and others. Not everyone has their talent so stock or Royalty Free music has to fill in the gap.
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Old September 6th, 2011, 12:53 AM   #9
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Well, mostly I search for music in my own music library - because I have a lot of stuff and GB :D and if I want to use something for some kind of independent film or just for short movies I am writing to agencies asking for permission of using various songs. They are actually nicer than one would ever think :)
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Old September 6th, 2011, 01:10 AM   #10
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Pleased to hear it Sara, I was quoted £400 for a 30 second clip, licence to last for one year. Not all publishers are as generous as we would hope for.
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Old September 6th, 2011, 08:25 AM   #11
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Re: Background Music, Soundtracks & Sound Effects?

I found a site called Royalty Free Music Library from premiumbeat.com a few weeks ago and it is great. Easy to find the music you need and 90% of the music is fantastic. I have already finished three projects with music from there.
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Old September 6th, 2011, 09:25 AM   #12
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Old September 6th, 2011, 04:48 PM   #13
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I frequently use Killer Tracks - they have a good selection, but you gotta buy a few of their collections to have a good base as they sell them by genre and I need a lot to fit the variety of stuff I produce.
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Old September 14th, 2011, 01:09 PM   #14
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Someone mentioned: Royalty Free Music for Productions I agree, it's great. Choose "Quicktracks" in the menu to customize music online
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Old September 19th, 2011, 05:07 AM   #15
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Another vote for Audio Jungle. We use it quite a bit.

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