New to library music, looking for newbie help

[placeboing]

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?

[Retronic]

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:

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

[Retronic]

pixeldrain.com/u/fyvNTLDK

[placeboing]

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

[nidostar]

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.

[nidostar]

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.

[KPMFan1000]

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.

[The_Eleventh_Hour]

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.

[placeboing]

Thank you for all the help + info! I'm checking all of this out. 

[Moon Monkey]

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?

[Retronic]

De Wolfe DRAMA:


pixeldrain.com/u/zc1dYTno

[Moon Monkey]

That's really very kind, thank you for going to so much effort.

[Retronic]

Some more- just snapshots.



In this file: pixeldrain.com/u/qZDDVaZ1

A taste of what's inside

[Moon Monkey]

Brilliant, fascinating stuff. Thank you again.