The power of trailer music

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The power of trailer music

Trailer music; usually when you put trailer before something you imagine something just a little bit different; trailer park, trailer hitch, trailer park boys etc. and if we follow that line of thinking you’d be expecting banjos, a guitar and bucket being hit with a spoon. Well trailer music is something just a *tad* different, and in some cases, much, much different.

Most people imagine that when you are watching a movie trailer, TV show trailer or concert trailer you are hearing music from the actual production itself, but that is often not the case.
The majority of the time you are actually listening to music composed by someone completely apart from the production, and in some cases, music that had been composed prior to the trailer even being started called trailer music. Shocking right?
It fits so well! Well that’s because the composers produce this trailer music to fit a wide variety of different themes and styles to make it as versatile as possible.

Once you delve a little deeper into trailer music, you start to understand why it is becoming more and more popular. Because of its production quality and ease of use, these pieces are plug and play when you need a quick teaser trailer, or even a full-length trailer, making them a quick and easy alternative to custom music. But why don’t these multi-million dollar companies just commission original work for these trailers? Because it takes a special mind and way of thinking to compose these 2 minute on average, fully developing and complete pieces.
John Beal, a composer of over 2,000 different trailer music pieces, says that it “is something a lot of composers, including guys who are way better than I am … just can’t do” because of the difficulty in writing something that “develops so fully and extremely in two minutes” (The Guardian, 2011).

So yes it is a difficult thing to create on a whim, but who uses this pre-written trailer music and where do they find it? Well savvy reader, producers from all walks use it in lots of different circumstances like film trailers, TV promos and commercials or even in the shows themselves. Sports productions use trailer music for highlight reels, as do video games and more. They usually contact the people who run what’s called “trailer libraries” or the composers themselves.
These “trailer libraries” usually having a vast array of music to pick and choose from and they will license it out to be used by whoever is producing the trailer for various purposes, for a fee of course.
If you take a look at some of the huge libraries out there you will find things like action music, Brazilian beach, romance, adventure, sci-fi trailer music and more, all linking you to a multitude of music, each that can fit a variety of situations and trailers and all available for license. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me!
So in essence, trailer music is a versatile, vast, expanding business that produces music for motion picture advertising music production collective, specializing in original epic music and powerful sound design for theatrical trailers, television commercials and video game advertising campaigns.
The music is very adaptable, readily available and easy to use for all kinds of productions.
What more could you ask for?

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These nails biting compositions feature bombastic brass blasts, driving strings, massive hits, huge reverses, heart pumping rises, wooshes, reverse rises and pulse pounding percussion. Add high impact to your next project with these epically crafted music and bring your motion picture to life.

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Trailer music: that big Hollywood sound

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When you sit down to watch a movie, whether it’s on TV or at the cinema, you will no doubt come across the trailers for other movies that are coming on TV or out in the cinema soon. These trailers are usually action packed and go to show you the key parts of the movie that the directors want to try and show off; but if you think about any good trailer out there, the main thing that people tend to remember is the music!

Speaking to friends afterwards about the trailer, if you cannot remember the name you will no doubt be able to remind them of how the trailer music actually went! It’s important, then, to try and remember just how important the audio side of things can be when you are trying to make something really stand out.

The work that goes into creating unique trailer music is completely independent of the movie itself; it’s no something that you just decide to go with or hope for the best on, or even steal from the film. Most of the time, good trailer music will be uniquely composed for that trailer to expose the themes, emotions and energies behind the movie itself.

In a way, trailer music can be used to help set the tone for the thought process on the movie; without audio, it would just be muted scenes that would be hard to gauge.

With the help of some trailer music, though, things become far more engaged! It helps to create that element of hype of power, around any element of the trailer itself. By shining a light on the atmosphere of what is supposed to be conveyed form what you are seeing on the screen, trailer music can be the perfect icing on the cake for any trailer that feels it needs to stand out a little bit more. The composition style from trailer music to normal music is completely different, and tends to be built around a very meticulous style of work that makes every single second count

You might have a main theme song for the movie already, but it shouldn’t double as your trailer music; having a snippet from a song isn’t nearly as powerful as being able to call upon the unique sounds of trailer music. It helps to create a unique style of interaction with the audience that a typical song that is ripped for the trailer simply would not usually be able to attain, not with so much power and ease. Trailer music can be the difference between being remembered and researched by a viewer, or being forgotten about completely.

BUSINESS is based around helping to make sure that trailer music remains one of the standout aspects of any trailers that come out through creating epic music that’s built around capturing the emotions and attention of the audience. When music shines together and really sounds as it should, it can help empower the visuals so much more to create the perfect artistic experience; this is what we look to do with any trailer music that we take on.

Filmtv-tracks explores the exciting and creative process of epic trailer music composing and producing.

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