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12 years, 3 months ago - Royston Deitch

Hi there. You may wish to check out http://www.stockmusicsite.com/ as well. We found some very suitable rock and roll to use over the closing credits of our short "Elvis Prestwick". You can hear the music too in our trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRVXwPqR8ew. I'm sure you'd be able to find some dance music on the site too. Good luck!
All the best
Royston Deitch
Thirty Seven Films Ltd.

12 years, 3 months ago - Chris W

Hi, I'm a music supervisor and have access to over 1000 rights cleared music tracks and can help with music searches and placement

Please email me fr more info or visit us online at www.soundcloud.com/full_werks

Cheers. Chris

www.fullwerksmusik.com

11 years, 9 months ago - Jules Bromley

Bear in mind that buying royalty-free music for a non-commercial project often doesn't make sense. You could use library music and wouldn't need to pay for a license unless and until it became 'commercial', at which point the licensing costs wouldn't really be an issue - they're pretty low anyway. Worth bearing in mind. Universal (UNIPPM) and Boost Music are two of the better library music companies.

12 years, 3 months ago - Chris Cardell

Hi,

You might try MusicRevolution.com https://www.musicrevolution.com , an innovative online marketplace for royalty-free music. The MusicRevolution.com production music library has over 23,000 tracks of affordable, high-quality royalty-free music suitable for film, video, TV, radio, websites, background music, on hold music and other business music applications. New music is being added every day. MusicRevolution.com offers four purchase options-- Single Tracks, CDs, Subscriptions and an Internet Music Stream for background music. Single tracks start at just $9.99. Most tracks are priced at $49.99. We will be happy to help you with a music search. I am the co-founder.

Regards,
Chris

11 years, 9 months ago - Vasco de Sousa

I agree with Jeremy Deacon that Audio Network is a pretty good site. http://audionetwork.com
I have no idea what he means by Universal. Maybe that's a site I missed.
Stockmusic.com and SmartSound.com both have deals today, and are worth checking out too.

I've written short reviews of these and a few others, with some details of pricing, usability and quality, if you're interested.

http://ptara.com/2013/12/01/royalty-free-music-websites/

12 years, 3 months ago - David Gosnell

Hi,

A simple Google search for 'Royalty Free Music' will yield many options to have a look at. Although the arrangements they have with their artists/ composers can vary, the deal they offer clients is pretty similar, as a producer you have options of which type of licence you need and the prices for each are clearly displayed .

The essence of 'Royalty Free' is that, as producer, you pay a one off fee - without having to negotiate with artists/labels or incur any legal costs. Should your work be broadcast, then you may well have to produce a 'cue sheet' in order that the broadcaster can pay the artist performance royalties - but that is their responsibility, not yours.

Prices can certainly vary between sites as can the quality of the music - but as music is a very personal choice, whether you pay £10 or £200 will depend on where you find something that meets your needs and fits your budget. Some sites may have over 500,000 tracks and a sophisticated search function, others under 5,000 and a basic genre search. If getting exactly the right track is important to you, be prepared to set aside a fair chunk of time to audition tracks online - especially as your definition of what you want and that of the person who enters the tracks onto the database may well not be the same.

Anyway, hope that helps a little to get you started,

Cheers,

David.

12 years, 3 months ago - Abass Collier

Check out Freestockmusic..com

12 years, 3 months ago - Jeremy Deacon

Hi,
The ones that people I've worked with have most used (to good effect) are AudioNetwork and Universal - people often go for blanket deals, which might be good if you do a lot of films. The other that I've heard good things about is istock (the photo site)

You could consider (and I'm sure you have considered it) getting something composed for you specially under a royalty free agreement. I know this is a bit of a cheeky answer and isn't what you are asking - but you may be surprised by how reasonable the rates can be.

It does cost more - but bear with me! - if you add up the time you spend trawling through stock sites and usually having to settle for something that only partly meets your ambitions, and monetize that in your own day rate - you may get very close to the cost of a bespoke piece.

Of course, the biggest benefit is that you can be much freer with your own narrative, your timings and tones can be less omnivorous - the music will be made to respond to you. I've had so many conversations over the years about this - that I can never resist putting my two-penneth in. Apologies for being off-track!

Please get in touch if you are interested in getting a price comparison.

Best regards,


Jeremy

11 years, 9 months ago - Chris W

I agree

Or you could simply fill this in http://www.fullwerksmusik.com/License-Form