Library Music Themes

Info Database => Track IDs => Topic started by: iBenx_Neb on May 08, 2025, 01:29:17 PM

Title: ID'ing Ad Music
Post by: iBenx_Neb on May 08, 2025, 01:29:17 PM

Hello

This is a 30 second clip I found on an advert DAT tape with no description. It had the raw music track then three versions of the ad with dialogue over the top

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PEyBPpN3jIj8V061okHRDGFyg-5i4hWy/view?usp=sharing

Does anybody recognise it?

Thanks

Title: Re: ID'ing Ad Music
Post by: ζBUS on May 10, 2025, 12:16:15 AM

Not me, sorry!

I ran this through the fingerprinter and got two false matches: "Cyclic Squash" [#30] by Rob Miller (No Boyfriend Music) and "Hypnosis" by Olivier Renoir (Koka Media). I repeat, both of these answers are *incorrect*.

Often times agencies will commission music tracks specifically for advertisments even though it sounds like library.

Hopefully you will accept this response and forgive us instead of not getting a reply at all (which happens to roughly 30% of all posts in the Track IDs section, though to me it feels more like 90%).

Title: Re: ID'ing Ad Music
Post by: iBenx_Neb on May 11, 2025, 08:48:51 AM

No worries, thanks for your help

What do you normally use for fingerprinting? Shazam and Aha Music don't normally work for some of the No Boyfriend Music ones that I put through it

Thanks

Title: Re: ID'ing Ad Music
Post by: ζBUS on May 11, 2025, 09:46:46 PM

Most if not all of us here at LMT recommend the Audio Fingerprinter by Mitin1001, which runs on Python.

Here are some links to help you get started:

Quick install guide: https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=7213.0

Databases: https://www.musrc.com/fingerprints/ and https://s3.amazonaws.com/writecomments.com/librarymusicthemes/index.html

Changing the fingerprinter's strength from "2" to "5" (requires a hex editor): https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=7771.msg54448

Title: Re: ID'ing Ad Music
Post by: nidostar on May 11, 2025, 11:09:27 PM

I'm also aware of Shazam's shortcomings. I've tried using Audio Fingerprinter in the past but I have to say so far I've failed to get it working on my Mac. Instructions on GitHub, while well-intentioned, haven't helped. So if anyone has any idiot-proof instructions I'd be more than happy to receive them in a PM.