Topic: Movie Trailer Music (Read 5291 times)

ogbza · « **on:** 03 Feb 2011, 18:27 »

Hey everybody, i am a trailer editor in hollywood. everyone knows that the right piece of music can make a good trailer into something great. Check out the Battle: Los Angeles trailer below. Its these hidden gems and obscure tracks that can blow an audience away. i certainly would rather be cutting a trailer with a piece of interesting, evocative music than a piece top 40 trash. I have been lurking these threads for a while now and i have been amazed at the variety and depth of musical tastes here. Example, today i grabbed an album by Heinali out of the WinkWink thread and got so stoked to find a trailer to cut this into. Then i thought, there are probably tracks galore out there that would be great for something like this, but i don't have any chance of finding no matter how long i look.

So now i ask you . . . who has a great music cue that they would like to see in a future trailer? throw out some suggestions . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKC_ORM0vpo

JD · « **Reply #1 on:** 03 Feb 2011, 18:31 »

If you were to use any Moondog song in a trailer I think I would get a boner that would puncture the seat in front of me.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #2 on:** 03 Feb 2011, 19:43 »

yeah I gotta admit the use of that Johann Johannsson song in that trailer is pretty brilliant

I feel like Silk Rd by Grails could work in a trailer of some kind, perhaps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAnbR2a2IxA

Dimmukane · « **Reply #3 on:** 03 Feb 2011, 22:46 »

I concur with this statement.

Johnny C · « **Reply #4 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 09:36 »

huh. i'd have imagined your job would require you to use songs off the licensed soundtrack for the film, wouldn't it?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #5 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 10:08 »

In JC's world, a quarter of all film soundtracks begin with either Lux Aeterna or O Fortuna.

ogbza · « **Reply #6 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 11:06 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 04 Feb 2011, 09:36

huh. i'd have imagined your job would require you to use songs off the licensed soundtrack for the film, wouldn't it?

Nope. When we start cutting a trailer, the soundtrack nor score have even been created yet. We are free to use any piece of music we like.

There are however many times that a cue in the trailer is later incorporated into the film's soundtrack. Also, if a perfect song is being created for the film's soundtrack, there are times that we are asked by the studio to try and incorporate it into the marketing. In other words, there is some overlap and collaboration, but we are not at all limited to what the film uses.

ogbza · « **Reply #7 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 16:31 »

Just discovered 65daysofstatic. gonna kill in something, just gota wait for the right movie. anybody have other suggestions along those lines? don't know a lot about this genre of music.

JD · « **Reply #8 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 18:41 »

God Is An Astronaut?

Dimmukane · « **Reply #9 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 19:20 »

What he just said. They're a little less electronica-oriented than 65daysofstatic, but their songs are just as energetic and as far as I know they have a bigger discography to choose from.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #10 on:** 04 Feb 2011, 22:49 »

From Monuments to Masses, maybe?

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #11 on:** 05 Feb 2011, 05:29 »

Dear person, I want your job, how do I get your job?

edit: try some tracks off the new mogwai album, they're fairly electronic, and if you cut them up to make them a bit shorter you could probably come up with something good. Also, having talked to 65dos, and seen some of the stuff that they do, they'd probably be glad to arrange some music for a trailer or something like that (obviously depending on how busy they are and how much you're paying them, and how much they like the movie idea

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Vuk · « **Reply #12 on:** 05 Feb 2011, 22:07 »

An edited version of "How To Be a Werewolf" on the new Mogwai album was used in some kind of short film...pretty awesome too. I could see Mono's "Follow the Map" in an Anime film hahaha.

Honestly though, check out Sigur Ros' (), the ambient side of Rosetta's The Galilean Satellites and The Cleansing Undertones of Wake/Lift, and Lights Out Asia's In the Days of Jupiter.

TheFuriousWombat · « **Reply #13 on:** 05 Feb 2011, 23:29 »

Sigur Ros is a good one but they almost never let anyone ever use their music. They own all the rights to it themselves and only license it on really specific occasions

ogbza · « **Reply #14 on:** 06 Feb 2011, 14:55 »

some very cool suggestions. somebodies idea lead me to Gifts from Enola . . . awesome!

Patrick · « **Reply #15 on:** 08 Feb 2011, 00:09 »

Yesterday's New Quintet - "The Horse"

Car chase scene please.

ogbza · « **Reply #16 on:** 18 Feb 2011, 10:52 »

Can anybody tell me the best place to start w/ the band Maserati? Thanks!

JD · « **Reply #17 on:** 18 Feb 2011, 12:33 »

Inventions for a New Season

Vuk · « **Reply #18 on:** 19 Feb 2011, 13:36 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHgBzshuvG0

These guys are also into doing soundtracks, scores, and stuff like that. They did stuff for a few documentaries, and are looking into scoring some films in the future where the music sets the mood, so to speak.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Feb 2011, 17:13 »

I remember when I was about 15 having a discussion with a friend about how the (obviously given the context early material of the) Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica would be perfect for trailers etc. So here is my eight years past brains not necessarily on the ball offering.

Relevant videos:

Apocalyptica - Beyond Time
Apocalyptica - Hyperventilation
Apocalyptica - Path
Apocalyptica - master of Puppets(Metallica Cover)

Johnny C · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 Feb 2011, 01:10 »

Quote from: JD on 18 Feb 2011, 12:33

Inventions for a New Season

yeah. if you're going to use some guitar-based instrumental rock you might as well pull something off this record and just kick your audience in the balls

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