Library Music Themes

General Sharing & Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: placeboing on September 05, 2023, 04:06:06 AM

Title: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: placeboing on September 05, 2023, 04:06:06 AM: Hello, I am new to the library music other than KPM music I'd stumbled onto on Spotify a while ago.

I'm a bit confused how to go about finding more of what I'm looking for, which is ambient "tension"/horror tracks from 1950s and 1960s.

I feel like I need to find the names of some of these in order to search them. Searching for "tension" on archive.org got me a few from uploader "jakej"...

I also found some by searching for names from this article on Plan 9's music:
https://web.archive.org/web/20101013003604/http://sammel-surium.heimat.eu/soundtracks/P9FSM.html

How does everyone here find what they're looking for? Are there huge compilations that I should get from somewhere?

Thanks for any help!

edit: and do companies still license the old tracks from the 1950s/60s? Digitally available?
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Retronic on September 05, 2023, 07:02:20 AM: KPM, Chappell, DW Wolfe, Impress, all have tracks fitting this description. I can take a couple of pics of the Drama pages in 60’s catalogues and you can search those LPs here as a start. I did post a couple on FB yesterday as someone was talking about drama tracks used in The Tomorrow People.
I assume you have the impress Plan 9 compilation:
(https://i.postimg.cc/3xS94d6t/cover.jpg)
pixeldrain.com/u/1GoUuvia

I would search 'Archive' here and it'll uncover some stuff to start you off.
Atmosphere vintage archive comps here: https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=5673.0

(https://i.postimg.cc/xTW10Rj5/IMG-7878.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bn9JWnNw/IMG-7879.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4yHRMDcg/IMG-7877.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kML249fW/IMG-7875.jpg)(https://i.postimg.cc/8zmctvDb/IMG-7874.jpg)
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Retronic on September 05, 2023, 07:50:49 AM: (https://i.postimg.cc/q7rn70B1/R-14706422-1580034810-1155.jpg)
pixeldrain.com/u/fyvNTLDK
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: placeboing on September 05, 2023, 08:49:11 AM: Thank you! I didn't know about either of those. I'm hearing a few tracks on both that are what I was looking for :) and i'll check out the archives next.

Here is what got me started looking,
This track at 16:08 (from Van Phillips 1966 Impress ‎– IA 373):
https://youtu.be/-C6KnFY5HfE?t=968

reminded me of the first minute of this track from Angel's Egg (1985 anime):
https://youtu.be/8nO9bKL5o1M
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: nidostar on September 05, 2023, 09:19:58 AM: I have the Hammer Film Music Collection Vols 1 & 2 (ht**s://www.discogs.com/release/8921963-Various-The-Hammer-Film-Music-Collection-Volume-One and ht**s://www.discogs.com/release/8922017-Various-The-Hammer-Film-Music-Collection-Volume-Two) if you're interested. Though they're only in mp3 @192kbps.
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: nidostar on September 05, 2023, 09:40:12 AM: Quote from: Retronic on September 05, 2023, 07:02:20 AM
Atmosphere vintage archive comps here: https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=5673.0
AACD5 may fit the bill if it's drama/tension that you're after specifically.
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: KPMFan1000 on September 05, 2023, 11:52:24 AM: Quote from: nidostar on September 05, 2023, 09:40:12 AM
Quote from: Retronic on September 05, 2023, 07:02:20 AM
Atmosphere vintage archive comps here: https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=5673.0
AACD5 may fit the bill if it's drama/tension that you're after specifically.
AACD-3 as well.
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: The_Eleventh_Hour on September 05, 2023, 01:20:01 PM: If you go to production library websites (APM/DeWolfe etc.) and tap in the style of music you are looking for, it will typically come up with loads of titles that will be of that ilk.
A lot of companies are in the process of digitally transferring their back catalogue too, so always good to check them from time to time.
KPM have just done a merger with extreme, and sadly they have yet to transfer the back catalogue that KPM have (Conroy FDH etc) you can still utilise the KPM (NOT APM) website still though to browse and listen (for now at least)
Although this is your first venture into library music, i think it is suffice to say that you may wish to venture; if you have not done so already, in film score music.
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: placeboing on September 06, 2023, 01:58:21 AM: Thank you for all the help + info! I'm checking all of this out. ;D
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Moon Monkey on September 06, 2023, 12:28:07 PM: Quote from: Retronic on September 05, 2023, 07:02:20 AM

(https://i.postimg.cc/xTW10Rj5/IMG-7878.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Bn9JWnNw/IMG-7879.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4yHRMDcg/IMG-7877.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/kML249fW/IMG-7875.jpg)(https://i.postimg.cc/8zmctvDb/IMG-7874.jpg)

Thanks for these, brilliant to see these old catalogues.

If it's not too much trouble , would it be possible to see the drama pages from the De Wolfe catalogue please? :)
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Retronic on September 06, 2023, 08:20:57 PM: De Wolfe DRAMA:

pixeldrain.com/u/zc1dYTno
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Moon Monkey on September 06, 2023, 08:52:03 PM: That's really very kind, thank you for going to so much effort.
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Retronic on September 07, 2023, 06:40:38 AM: Some more- just snapshots.
(https://i.postimg.cc/13Hx9Wfx/DFGHJ.jpg)

In this file: pixeldrain.com/u/qZDDVaZ1

A taste of what's inside
(https://i.postimg.cc/85yPjpcS/CHAPPELL-6.jpg)
Title: Re: New to library music, looking for newbie help
Post by: Moon Monkey on September 07, 2023, 03:26:07 PM: Brilliant, fascinating stuff. Thank you again.