AKM Music
For my animatic the music I used consisted of the music by the Ink Spots and some music that I made on Garageband, a program that comes with every Apple Macintosh system to create music by mixing copyright free tracks with the ability to make your own music electronically. This worked efficiently enough for just the animatic, however, I wasn’t completely pleased with the outcome, as Garageband didn’t supply all the things I needed to create a convincing horror track full of sinister tones and sharp audio. For instance, it wasn’t really possible to create the eerie backwards drums effective I wanted, nor was it possible to create the manic arrangement of shrill violins rising to a crescendo. As a result I went scouting for copyright free music tracks, and they would be able to supply the sound I wanted which I could use in my project without the risk of crossing copyright laws.
I came across a site named AKM music. This is the first thing you’ll read on its homepage:
‘Welcome to AKM MUSIC: the
Our music is sold and used worldwide as producers in the media industry see the benefits of using pre-cleared Copyright Free Music / Royalty Free Music in their productions.
Our simple no restriction licence allows you to use the music on all commercial projects and the music can be purchased as CDs, CD Roms or MP3 instant downloads.’
Furthermore it continues to say:
‘We believe that our Royalty Free Music library has grown into one of the finest in the
The site delivers what it promises as it has a wide range of track collections, from theatrical scores, to romance and comedies, to thrillers and horrors, to sound effects to urban fusion, orchestral symphonies and rock and roll ballads. Also compared to any other site I found, the site offers the most reasonable prices for the tracks, as with any other site if I wanted to get music that was completely copyright free and not just copyright owned for a year or so, it would occasionally cost in the region of £500.
I found the horror soundtrack on the website, sampled it and felt that it wouldn’t be appropriate for our trailer, and so I suggested it to both Tom and Josh for use in our trailer. http://www.akmmusic.co.uk/musicdetails.php?transactioncurrency=GBP&s=0&id=501
The Horror soundtrack cost us £40 in total to purchase, as it was £34 for the CD and around £8 for the delivery. Below is a copy of the e-mail received by AKM music after placing my order:
Thank you for your order just placed via our web site www.akmmusic.co.uk
Name : Jacob Merrick-Wolf
Transaction Reference Number : ********
Transaction Date : 2010-02-24
Transaction Time : 18:45:59
Transaction Amount : 40.96
Please keep this email for your reference
CD ORDERS
If you have purchased a CD or CDs an email will be sent to your email address detailing delivery times.
TRACK DOWNLOADS : After submitting your order you would have been taken to a page informing you that your transaction was successful. On this page your track selection would be available for you to instantly download by right clicking and saving the file onto your computer. The track selection is always in a blue font. If you have failed to do this, don't worry , simply send us an email with your transaction number and we can send your track by email .If you experience any other problems please email akm@akmmusic.co.uk or call 01926 864068 You are registered to use the music on your productions from the time of purchase. A receipt will be sent to your email address or despatched with your goods.
Thank you for your order
Best Regards
AKM Music
After the track arrived we place dthe music tracks on our music library as mp3s for use in our trailer. Eventually Josh used the muic from track 2 ‘The End’ where there are many sharp crescendo’s as well as dark sinister tones that aren’t too stereotypical and have the feel of a haunted house film that has a psychological element to the paranormal activity. Rather than something like Ghostbusters.
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