“Best of Trailers” from Megatrax Production Music!
Are you working on the trailer for a film? Whether you’re prepping a preview for the next big blockbuster or putting the final touches on a teaser for Autumn’s buzziest indie, our Best of Trailers selection is sure to have something that meets your needs. Check out the list below, and click HERE to listen to any of them! TRAILERS Best Of Trailers – Action/Adventure/Fantasy Best Of Trailers – Epic Trailers Best Of Trailers – Heroic and Inspirational Best Of Trailers – Horror Best Of Trailers – Rock Hybrid Best Of Trailers – Sound Design – Drones & Rumblers Best Of Trailers – Sound Design – Hits & Boomers Best [...]
Freedom: An Audio Branding Package from Aircast Custom
This branding package was created originally for WTVC (ABC) in Chattanooga by Megatrax’s custom scoring division, Aircast. Are you looking for a new audio identity or branding package? Check out more work from Aircast on their YouTube channel and contact Randy Hart and Aircast to see what they can do for you!
From the Vaults: 5 Tips for a Successful Scored Promo
We are fortunate to work with a wide variety of clients with needs ranging from a musical brand for their animated logo (about :04 long) to longform songs related to a specific subject. However, much of our work is providing a local station with a music soundtrack or scored promo to enhance a marketing initiative. Our depth of experience in doing this allows us a unique perspective from which we can offer some tips for a client to keep in mind throughout the process of creation and production. Many of these ideas are related to a good lyric, but comments related to sonic quality apply to a music bed, too. [...]
From the vaults: a message from maureen crowe of the guild of music supervisors
When Thomas Golubic (Breaking Bad) brought Megatrax forward as a sponsor of the Guild we were delighted. The goals of the Guild of Music Supervisors is to promote the craft of music supervision and the marriage of quality music to help tell the story in media. We rely on quality music provided by Megatrax to fulfill that mission and know that they care as much as the supervisors that the creative, legal and financial needs are all addressed. We are both passionate companies that want to make the world of media a better place for music. Megatrax’s participation helps the Guild finance our awards and advertising, which we hope sends [...]
Phil Macko on Digital Production BuZZ
Each week Digital Production BuZZ works to keep people in touch with trends and technologies, people and practices that they need to know to keep up to date with digital production, postproduction and distribution opportunities, and last week they featured our SVP of Sales, Phil Macko. Check out the episode by clicking here or clicking on the image below. Phil’s section starts at the 28:00 mark! The Digital Production BuZZ airs LIVE Thursday from 6-7 PM Pacific Daylight Time at www.digitalproductionbuzz.com/live-this-week.
Megatrax Production Music to Rep. Robert Etoll’s Q-Factory in Latin America
Q-Factory, the boutique music library from renowned composer Robert Etoll, is the latest offering from Megatrax Production Music for the company’s South American, Central American and Mexican territories. After 16 years of working together on successful series The Trailer Collection and Tonal Injection, both companies are excited about this new chapter in their ongoing joint venture. Specializing in music for the highly-demanding motion picture and television advertising industry, Q-Factory offers cutting-edge, high-impact cues and sound design that cover the entire emotional spectrum in a wide range of musical styles — from dark and intense to high energy to intimate and heartfelt. The all-live orchestral EPIC ACTION and ADVENTURE have been extremely popular in the [...]
Are Tradeshows Still Worth It? Phil Macko Reflects on NAB
Tradeshows? Like everything in the digital age, the role and relevance of tradeshows is changing. In years past the decision to attend events like NAB was a ‘no brainer’. The new products, networking opportunities and client interaction opportunities it offered made the pay-off clear. With the advent of webinars, social media and video conferencing it is now so much easier to interact with clients than it was years ago. This has brought the whole topic of tradeshow attendance into question, especially when coupled with more conservative budgets, etc. With all of the above in mind I attended NAB 2013. My take-away…it’s still as important of a show to attend as [...]
New work from Aircast Custom Music
When you’re in the market for custom scoring, imaging elements, jingles, audio branding, etc, you couldn’t do better than our Aircast Custom music division. Under the guidance of Randy Hart, a talented musician whose career has spanned a lot of the music business, Aircast has produced stellar work for news teams around the world, new theme music for the Grand Ole Opry, and so much more. Here are a few samples of what they’ve been up to lately. You can find them at AircastMusic.com to find custom music solutions for your needs. This sports theme (audio only) is used across the entire GLR (Grupo Latino de Radio) network worldwide. This [...]
From the vaults: Let’s pay the holiday spirit forward into 2013
SVP of Sales, Phil Macko’s, message after the Newtown shootings last year seems apt in the wake of yesterday’s bombings in Boston. “Perhaps we can change tomorrow by the way we treat each other today.” Our theme for this month’s blogs is our year in review. I’m finding it difficult to look further back than a little more than a week ago when the horrific attack occurred in Connecticut. Perhaps, now that we have all survived the ‘Mayan deadline’ of 11:11 am on December 21, 2012, we can all move forward to the new stage of enlightenment that the Mayans actually predicted I hope that this new enlightenment begins [...]
SONGSTUFF by Cary Ginell: Ransacking the Public Domain, Part 4 Folk Songs on the Charts
Last time we focused on Elvis Presley’s use of traditional material in crafting some of the best-selling hits of his career. Today we look at how folk music has been a constant source for other popular performers to draw from, especially songs that told stories. Folk music has been used in popular music for as long as records have been made. From early renditions of Stephen Foster songs and spirituals on cylinders to today, the timelessness of familiar melodies have always been a surefire recipe for success, especially when you add in the fact that with public domain songs, there are no royalties to pay. Folk music has produced hits [...]
