Professional and semi pro filmmakers are aware of the huge impact a great music score can make on their production. But the temptation is to cut costs on music so that more of the budget can be invested in the costly visual & post production side of film making. So how do you trim […]
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Some old tracks being pruned today
Unlike most stock music libraries, here at Shockwave-Sound.com we actually remove some tracks. We consider the track’s age, its sound, its production, its sales and its genre, and a few times per year we “prune” some oldies and replace them with more fresh new material. Even though we do occasionally remove some tracks, keep in […]
Lots of new Percussion-Only tracks and CD collections
Some times when you’re working on a project, be it a video game, a film / video or another type of project, you find yourself really needing music consisting of only drums! Rather than a whole orchestra, band, or synth ensemble filling every possible frequency range, you need the transparency and open, expansive feel of […]
Shockwave-Sound presents “Massive Impact, Vol. 12”
Here at Shockwave-Sound.com we are very proud to present our new collection of “epic music”, entitled Massive Impact, Vol. 12. Our Massive Impact series has always been popular, thanks to the, well, massive impact of these epic, cinematic tracks. No expense is spared when we develop a new volume in this series, and similar to […]
Updates to License Selection screen
First of all, Happy New Year, good people! We are kicking off 2014 with a somewhat refreshed and redesigned License selection screen. That’s the screen you see after you click the “Add to shopping cart” button on any page, as well as the License page that displays what you can and cannot do with our […]
New release: “Pure Luxury, Vol. 7”
We’re releasing a new music collection today: “Pure Luxury, Vol. 7“. This collection features 11 tracks composed by Dan Phillipson, Bjorn Lynne, Felipe Adorno Vassao and Danny Duberstein. This is a chilled-out and smooth sounding collection of music that’s not quite as “floaty” or ambient as our “Relaxation & Mediation” series, but is rather rich […]
Thoughts and insights on our latest collection: “Dark Cues Vol. 7: bZombie”
We have just released a new album of horror / mystery underscore music to our catalogue: “Dark Cues Vol. 7: bZombie“. This is a collection of 12 eerie and creepy film score / underscore tracks for use with death and horror. Each track is available to license separately, as well as together as a collection […]
Maximizing composer agreements for the mutual benefit of composer and company
Kole has written a nice article for our site, about how composers of original music for games, apps, TV and more can maximize their income and benefits of working under contract with a production company. In this article he shares several ideas and methods for setting up agreements that are mutually beneficial for composer and […]
New article on how to create depth and space in the mix, for musicians
Piotr Pacyna, a seasoned music performer and producer, has written this highly useful two-part article for Shockwave-Sound.com, about how to make a good sounding mix and how to bring out certain elements in the mix using a combination of levels, compression, EQ, reverb and pre-delay. A recommended read for all music producers out there. Check […]
Zero Emission Shockwave-Sound-mobile :-)
Forget the Batmobile – here is the “Batt-mobile”. 🙂 Shockwave-Sound.com landed its own environmentally sound, funky Nissan Leaf vehicle this week. Here is the zero CO2 emission company car running on clean, renewable, electric energy. The car is obviously fitted with a Bose high-end stereo system with a considerable portion of the trunk space taken […]
