My Favorite Movie Soundtracks and Royalty Free Soundtrack Music

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I really love a movie where the soundtrack fits perfectly with the scenes. I especially like a soundtrack that has a deeply moving or haunting theme that plays over and over. There are many great movie soundtracks filled with hit songs that play well when listening to the CD by itself, but I’m talking about soundtracks that compliment the scenes of the movie and are meant to enhance the feeling of the visuals.

One of my favorite movie soundtracks is the Shawshank Redemption. The music is pretty sparse and monotone but really works well. When the aerial view of the prison is first shown, a single moody Cello starts to play. The feeling that is conveyed is one of loneliness, hopelessness and despair. This Cello part repeats itself throughout the movie and works incredibly well.

Another brilliant soundtrack is A Clockwork Orange. The music was intended to sound futuristic even though it was arrangements of very old composers such as Beethoven. This soundtrack stands very well on it’s own but works especially well with the movie. In particular, the music ‘the Thieving Magpie’ is used as a background to a brawl between rival gangs. The timing and editing of that scene is masterful.

The Godfather is pretty much the gold standard of movie soundtracks. Almost everyone can hum the theme to the Godfather and the melody recurs numerous times throughout the film. My astonishment is in the feeling it evokes each time it is played. Sometimes it seems to convey honor, or the passing of time, or the loss of something important, or even the closeness of family. Whatever it is, it hits the mark over and over again.

Sometimes a movie soundtrack can get on your nerves. A particular one that comes to mind is the movie ‘There will be Blood’ with Daniel Day Lewis. The main theme of the movie is a piece that moves along like a centipede on speed. It is antsy and full of motion and this music could probably be used to torture someone to madness. At first it seemed to work quite well with the beginning scenes, but after the 5th, 10th and 20th time it is played, I was crawling the walls!

Some movies stand out for that one song that seems to punctuate or sum it all up. I have 2 favorites that come to mind. ‘The Exorcist’ only played the song ‘Tubular Bells’ by Mike Oldfield in one scene and it was only for a few seconds but it left an indelible mark on the viewer. It was known as the ‘theme song to the Exorcist’ even though it was hardly intended when the movie was first released. The second movie is ‘The Mothman Prophecies’. At the very end when the credits start to roll, there is a song that comes on that seems to sum up the entire, eerie creepy supernatural feeling of the film. It is called ‘Half Light’ by TomandAndy and it is wonderful!

Are you creating a movie or video? Do you want your soundtrack to stand out with that one great memorable song? Have a listen to our incredible catalog of original music that is totally ‘royalty-free’ and instantly downloadable. at www.freemusicpublicdomain.com there’s a lot of great royalty free soundtrack music to choose from.

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Why use Royalty-free Music?

 

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When creating your own videos for Youtube or posting a video on Facebook, you may decide to add a little background music. Beware- Youtube and Facebook can shut down your video for copyright infringement. This happened to me when I created a memorial video that was posted on Facebook. Somehow Facebook ‘knew’ that the music I was using for the background was copyrighted. It did not allow the post to stay up.

I worked around the problem by finding royalty-free music on the web. I was able to use someone else’s music by simply adding a credit at the end of the video. Like everything else, it was a learning curve to first find royalty-free or ‘public domain’ music on the internet and then search through the tons of stuff out there that is available to download.

Having a large catalog of music from my record company, Exzel Music, spanning over 20 years, I decided to create my own website offering royalty-free music to anyone out there that could use it. It was surprising to me that I started to receive offers from other artists expressing interest in sharing their music as well. Each month new songs are added to the total.

Royalty-free music can eliminate a lot of hassle when creating your videos. You may not be pinged immediately, but chances are, if you are using copyrighted material, someone is going to find out and insist that you ‘cease and desist’. Why not just free yourself from the worry and pick from an ever-growing catalog of great royalty-free music? For the average Joe out there, our Creative Commons license is perfect for obtaining music without paying a licensing fee.

For corporations and businesses that want the protection of licensing, we offer a standard license for $25 that allows you to use a song for things like the music played while you are ‘on hold’, radio advertisements or corporate Intros where you either don’t want to or can’t give the proper credit in writing. Why hire someone to write the music or pay a royalty fee if your budget won’t allow it?

Our website, freemusicpublicdomain.com is set up in several categories to help you navigate to music you want quickly. First choose the genre of music such as rock or country or orchestral. From there it’s easy to sample songs, look at the visual representation photo, or just read through the brief description below each song to get a quick ‘feel’ for what might work for you. We also have a separate ‘Instrumentals’ category, but most of our vocal songs have a no-vocal version right below the vocal version if you want just the music by itself.

We are hoping to add more categories such as Christmas Music and also some true classical pieces in the near future. So please peruse through our catalog of music, download anything you like, take advantage of our licensing agreements and if you’re feeling generous, send us a donation to keep this site up and running. Thanks!

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Hi Everyone! Welcome to Free Music Pubic Domain.

I love a great movie soundtrack where the music creates the perfect mood and compliments the on-screen action. Sometimes it can be a single instrument or strange tone that at first you can hardly notice, but somehow it works!

It doesn’t have to be a feature length movie. Even a simple home video posted on Facebook  or a Youtube video can be greatly enhanced by the right music. I’ve set up our website with some great visual pictures and a short description for each song to help the visitor along with choosing just the right song to fit the mood of their video project. I want your video to be great and I hope my music makes it into your movie!

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