Our music podcast has been discontinued. This episode can still be listened to on YouTube. Exclusive Music Leasing Our music is available for non-exclusive licensing from our music libraries MediaMusicNow and BeastalkAudio. We may be able to offer Exclusive Leasing too (if not already licensed). Please get in touch if this is of interest. New […]
Emotional Piano and Strings Collection
Reflective piano and poignant strings, a collection of emotive and beautiful music perfect for cinematic storytelling. This collection of emotional piano and strings music sets the mood for emotive, sentimental and cinematic storytelling. Perfect music for film, video, documentary, drama, romance, beauty, nature and personal stories. It includes 10 tracks that come with all versions […]
Covert Binaural Ambience Recording
Okay, I know that sounds a bit like something 007 would say, but it will all make sense. Sound ambiences are a crucial part of media and filmmaking. It is standard practice for editors to source and add sound to a film at a later stage after filming. As someone who records and sells sound […]
Copyright in Music Soundalikes
Using music soundalikes can be much less costly than using the real thing. A sound-alike or Pastiche is a long used technique used by composers. For example, using the original James Bond theme in your project would be very expensive, but using a track that sounds like it will be much more cost-effective. For example, […]
Orchestral Christmas Music to Get You in the Festive Mood
2020 has been a difficult year, so this year more than ever we are all in need of some festive cheer. Why not start by listening to a selection of our Christmas orchestral music? This playlist features orchestral instrumentals of these classic Christmas carols: The Holly And The Ivy, Away In A Manger, Deck The […]
Why Can’t You Make a Song with Royalty-Free Music?
People often ask whether they can sing over a track and sell it as their own. There is a lot of incorrect information out there regarding this. This article covers the facts and the reasons that you cannot use royalty-free music, stock music or library music as your backing track. Why do people want to […]
Sampling & Permission Explained
What is sampling? In music technology, sampling is the technique of digitally encoding music or sound and reusing it as part of a composition or recording. This started to become popular in the 1980’s but synthesisers and samplers were limited by the ability of the technology of the day and early samplers would only be […]
The One-Shot Movie
If you are interested in the process of filmmaking this film is a must-see. The behind the scenes feature (below) suggests that you will be following the main characters in one long shot. No cuts, just one long scene. The concept of producing a movie in one shot is mind-blowing to me. While I am […]
Why Are We Still Using 44.1kHz 16bit for Music?
Somewhere in digital music history, audio at 44.1kHz 16bit became the accepted standard for CD. Our stock music library uses this standard (as do most) and all consumer music still uses it in 2019. However, it is an old standard now. It is believed that these sample/bit rates were established from a balance between two […]
Get Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Say Whatever You Like!
Well, almost! Clearly, this is not actually possible as our new Prime Minister will be very careful with his words. And he won’t be voicing for Media Music Now any time soon – unless being PM goes really bad. However, we have the next best thing… a talented impressionist on our voice roster… have a […]
