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Taxi Music Forward - Inspiring, Building Cinematic Orchestral Inst. 

Which means: “Hey cool track, I'm going to pass this on. It may be usable to the TV/Film/Publishing pro that will hear it next."
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A Bunch of INSPIRING, BUILDING CINEMATIC ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTAL CUES are needed by an internationally distributed Music Licensing Company that's landed some really high-end placements for TAXI members, recently.

This Company is looking for quite a few Instrumentals in the general stylistic ballpark of the examples below:

"Cloud Atlas Finale" by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek & Reinhold Heil

"Moving Skies" by Daniele Carmosino

"One Day" by Hans Zimmer

"We Have To Go" by Steve Jablonsky

Please submit well-crafted Orchestral Instrumentals that slowly build to create an inspiring, cinematic feel to a scene! Uplifting motifs with dynamic arrangements that have a slow-building forward motion should work well for this request. Orchestral instrumentation that's in the general stylistic ballpark of the references will work best. Please be sure that any virtual instruments or samples you use are high-quality and very realistic-sounding.

Your submissions should be about 90 seconds to 2 minutes long, give or take. Non-faded, buttoned/stinger endings will work best. Do NOT copy the referenced material in any way, shape, or form. Use it only as a general guide for tempo, tone, and overall vibe. Do NOT submit any material with unauthorized samples of any other artists’ music, sounds, or any other form of media. Broadcast Quality is needed.

2 Taxi Music Forwards - Inspiring, Cinematic Orchestral Instrumentals 

Which means: “Hey cool track, I'm going to pass this on. It may be usable to the TV/Film/Publishing pro that will hear it next."
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Several INSPIRING, CINEMATIC ORCHESTRAL INSTRUMENTALS are needed by a Music Library with International distribution, that has landed a lot of Major Network placements.

This Company is looking for Instrumentals in the general stylistic ballpark of the examples below:

"Kiss of Sunlight" by Cody Martin

"Feel The Heartbeat" by Melodality

"Arrival of the Birds & Transformation" by the Cinematic Orchestra

"Bittersweet" by Michael Maas

Quoting The Client: "Looking for inspiring cinematic instrumentals with orchestral instrumentation that features acoustic piano or nylon string acoustic guitar. They should be inspiring, hopeful, and beautiful sounding, with a touch of romance (nothing sad or dramatic)."

Please submit Orchestral Instrumentals with an inspiring, Cinematic sound that could work well for a variety of sync placements! Your submissions should have hopeful-sounding melodies and dynamic arrangements with lots of forward motion and interest throughout. Orchestral instrumentation that features acoustic piano or nylon string guitar, and is in the general wheelhouse of the references will work best for this pitch. Please make sure that any virtual instruments or samples you use are high quality and realistic.

Your submissions should be about 90 seconds to 2 minutes long, give or take. Non-faded, buttoned/stinger endings will work best. Do NOT copy the referenced material in any way, shape, or form. Use it only as a general guide for tempo, tone, and overall vibe. Do NOT submit any material with unauthorized samples of any other artists’ music, sounds, or any other form of media. Broadcast Quality is needed.

On Assignment - Magical Orchestral #3 

Here's the third of three tracks that has been signed with a music library for use in TV and film. I had an assignment to write “Magical Orchestral”. The title: “The Forest Path”.

I used a small bit of video through a… forest path (see below)… to get the idea started. You can get an idea of what the tempo of a piece of music should be from the movement of the visual and and then write according to that. (Notice the very slight up and down movement of the camera. Seemed like a good tempo to me!)

And once again, many thanks to a couple of new friends and veteran composers with the music library who helped me dial in the mix to get things where it needed to be.

 

A No for Now 

I'm always posting about the "yes's" that make it through a pitch. Well, here's a "no". It needed to be less somber and more “inspirational” for the client. You live/write and you learn to respect the feedback, knowing the track could find a home somewhere else. And every time a track is written, new insights about the skills required to get to the final product are gained. 

On Assignment - Magical Orchestral #2 

Here's the second of three tracks that has been signed with a music library for use in TV and film. I had an assignment to write “Magical Orchestral”. After perusing a huge list of titles given for the task, this one peaked my interest, “The Knowledge of Good and Evil”.

I used no visual aides to get this one started like I had for the previous track posted.

I couldn't help but think of Adam and Eve and that infamous tree of forbidden fruit.  But the genre is in a magical, possibly “Harry Potter-ish” kind of setting so I did't want the mood to get too dark. I thought it should have a little mysterious “good” mixed with “playful” evil (if that's even possible!) Hence the beginning comes in, ends at 0:40 with an “edit point” and that brings you into, oh I don't know, the wizardly evil section?

And once again, many thanks to a couple of new friends and veteran composers with the music library who helped me dial in the mix to get things where it needed to be.

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