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massed media
LC 12350
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2019-08-01
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2022-11-07
An important sounding collection of driving, dramatic, inspirational tracks perfect for news, investigations, politics, elections and sports.
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VH008201
1:42
Propulsive, driving drama with a sense of importance, confidence and possibly some unearned entitlement. Begins provocatively with big hits and a global-sounding pulsing feel that's unafraid to ask the big questions: "Should our army invade?" "Can we fix our burning planet?" "Can a bottle of corn syrup claim 'No added corn syrup?'" Flowing section @:39 breaks down to percussion- and marimba- only @:59 and keeps building energy as it goes. This urgent, string-laced cue is great for news, politics, global conflicts, information deluges, data hacks or pretty much anything full-on alarming that's also true.
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VH008202
1:41
When harpists attack! Or robot harpists. Doesn't matter. Same personalities. Don't be fooled by the gentle mathematically precise and indefatigable loops of plucked harp-like guitars and shaken metal "ticking" that persist throughout, @:10 disasters/stomach cramps strike with blasts of synth-like brass, four-on-the-floor kick, pounding drums and a synth harp melodic counterpoint to suggest danger, tension and some hard-to-clean stains. After a climax @:29 the cut pares down to the time-is-passing loops and begins its climb to the hit-laden splatterfest @1:07. Good for technological crises, time-related disasters, bomb diffusing, espionage/spies and when plans go awry.
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VH008203
1:48
Sadly proud or proudly sad? Simple, regal and tastefully self-important, this cut features large, regal-sounding and room-shaking orchestral blasts of strings/brass (organic and synthetic) at regular intervals over delayed/reversed brass sound design, drum machines, timpanis, drums, tubular bells, arpeggiating electric guitars and synth pads, suggesting the introduction of something life-changing and enormous, like finding out that your Tinder date is an actual Apatosaurus (even though she's an herbivore, dinner at the salad place will still cost you $1200). A glissando rise starting @:40 leads to a short-lived drums-only bed, returning to the humongous main mix @:59, but this time adding more electric guitars, giving the cut a touch of wistfulness and compassion, like looking at vignettes of significant people who have died.
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VH008204
1:20
Weather? Sports? Fighting? Yes! Start/stop bursts of drums and staccato strings begin this tense, strident cue and suggest that the massive cloudy buildups you're seeing aren't just premature cataracts. Newsy and dramatic but not totally over-the-top, this one works perfectly for sports stories or natural disasters - or both, like when the Flame faced-off against the Oilers during that drought. Gets all emotional in the locker room and overshares @:46, dumping all the weight of its dissolving marriage on top of you. Mercifully the drums come back in @1:00 and at least let you put on a towel before you have to hear about your teammate's 'performance' problems.
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VH008205
1:41
Organic growth. The neutral-to-guardedly optimistic evolution of an important idea. Simple muted piano notes turn into a bed of percolating percussive pianos representing the germ of an initial thought. @:08 the idea transforms into complex research as acoustic guitars enter. @:17 dignified orchestral strings and four-on-the-floor kick drum grow in tenor, illustrating the product testing. @:29 the cut climaxes, realizing that another country has stolen the idea, beat you to production and even stole your product name, but due to linguistics, spelled it wrong. Now the world has a breakthrough drug for life-threatening "nut and penis allergies." The cut starts again @:30, with muted plucked strings, muted/unmuted acoustic piano, kick-drum, suspended viola notes and acoustic guitars, getting busier @1:13 with a "ticking" hi-hat and an insistent string/drum rhythm that crescendos to a final hit. Good for showing change, time-lapse/time-related spots, procedurals, corporate videos showing growth/progress and finding the same company was also responsible for the cure for "genital wars."
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VH008206
1:39
Fiercely competitive and combative percussive track that's perfect for elections/politics, entertainment and boxing - which are basically the same thing nowadays. Stripped down to drums and a rise, this track has fewer elements then the alternate versions, but actually feels bigger and more important. A start/stop section starting @:30 is great for titles/gfx. Section starting @1:06 adds four-on-the-floor kick to kick start (ugh) the final build. Also works for news, global events or any spot where lots of people's faces flash across a screen.
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VH008207
1:28
Stately and proud optimism but on a smaller, more intimate scale, like medical breakthroughs or watching a highlight reel of the week's most important moments in diplomacy. A hybrid of orchestral self-importance with Folk-tinged instrumentation and subtlety, the cut starts with a dignified bed of ostinato strings and waves of looped orchestral brass. @:09 the cut gains momentum with a four-on-the-floor kick, electric bass, strummed acoustic guitar, plucked nylon guitar melody and quirky tuned glass bottle-like accents. A churning bed of strings and acoustic guitar @:33 progressively builds back to the full, optimistic and slightly heartwarming mix @1:11. Good for environmental stories, local politics, morning show opens and celebrating the things that all people have in common, like love, joy and secretly worrying that store employees think we're shoplifting.
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VH008208
1:19
Expecting a tornado? Armageddon? Settling your political debate with machetes? Explosive, loud and cinematic overkill that lets you know something's going to try to kill you, rip you into bite-size morsels or overzealously tuck you into bed, leaving you swaddled in an inescapable, hospital-cornered hell. Every over-the-top movie trailer cliche is here: fast, determined staccato rhythmic orchestral strings, half-time Bonham-esque Rock drums (@:05), pounding toms, anthemic electric guitars and aggressive low brass players all get more strident and determined as they approach climaxes @:29 and @1:12. A brief respite @:41 with a ticking, suspense-invoking "time is running out" feeling, blowing back up into the main, overwhelmingly tense theme @1:00. Good for sports showdowns, news investigations, war, violent resolutions, movie trailer-like stress and when things just randomly explode, like your weatherman.
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VH008209
1:49
Confident, motivational and important-sounding, this positive, strutting, self-congratulatory Orchestral Rock track has a touch of street-smarts, attitude and poor eyesight due to excess self-pleasuring. I can't believe my mom was right. Starts with a rolling/delayed pizzicato string line that continues throughout most of the piece, accented by piano bass notes and orchestral strings that build up to an explosion @:16 with fanfare-like brass, pounding drums and hand claps suggesting a triumphant breakthrough or overzealous show open. The cut starts over again @:30, providing a variety of loopable beds, including the sports-ready rallying cry section @1:00 with an overdriven organ, marching band-like drums and hand claps that lead back to the main, full theme. Good for world-changing events, politics and victories.
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VH008210
1:32
A positive, celebratory and life-embracing musical anti-depressant. This mid-tempo Pop/Dance track is built around a Gospel-like acoustic piano figure and four-on-the-floor electronic kick drum that reminds us to enjoy the day, stay active and stay moving just in case there's a sniper. The cut kicks into high gear @:08 as drum machines, hand-claps, tambourine, synth bass, propulsive strings and soothing vocal pads work for morning show optimism, image spots, PSAs, happy/wholesome activities and hitting all the green lights. The cut starts again @:31, this time adding delayed electric guitar and provides a variety of smaller, more intro-like beds until the full, elated mix returns @1:06.
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VH008211
1:34
Positivity with a serious edge. News is unfolding all around you. How did it get folded in the first place? Probably Pilates. Expansive, modern and tech-savvy take on world events, the human nature side of information or just hinting that things are happening around us. A plaintive violin and synth lead melody intertwine around an insistent bed of ostinato orchestral strings, pulsing electronic drums and hand clap-like hits that propel the cut into a larger, moderately propulsive/insistent mood @:15 as synth pads and more drums enter. A string- and synth-driven bed @:32 implies a small amount of tension/mystery, returning to the main theme/mix @1:14. Good for image spots, news opens, giving things a sense of immediacy and personal importance.
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VH008212
1:35
This cinematic Rock orchestral end-of-the-world (or at least last-of-the-toilet-paper) cut gives you the impression that time is running out, enemy hordes are hoarding and someone made some 90s Grunge band angry enough to hire strings and brass to help express their flannel-fueled fury. Muted electric guitars, overdriven electric bass and ticking percussion and clock-like sound design create a tense open that builds into explosive excitement @:13 with a mid-tempo, climbing motif with blaring brass, doom-driving drums and strident strings into an alliterative Armageddon. The cut resets @:32, starting again with the tentative guitars (the ticking elements soloed @1:07) and building abruptly back to the main orchestral mix @1:20. Good for deadlines, 007-like adventure, action, time bombs and as a musical interpretation of a rabies-laden Ethan Hawke.
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VH008213
1:53
Something important is coming. Proud, celebratory and inspirational Americana/Copeland-esque orchestral fanfare-like call-to-action perfect for political debates, Olympic games, world-changing events, image spots, news themes/opens and for everyone who wears a cape and runs faster than a speeding train, excluding my late Uncle Rhett, who could apparently only do one of those things. This hit-filled cut's ostinato strings, clarion call-like trumpet/French horn-driven melody suggest sophistication and inflated self-worth. The cut provides a bed of loopable, busy strings and timpani @:30 that builds into a confident call/answer B-section between the brass and strings. The main theme returns even bigger and prouder @1:22.
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VH008214
1:58
Discover a cure for cancer? Or at least those little itchy purple blotches that appear all over one's hands? If the latter, please let me know. I'm really worried. Orchestral/Rock optimism and importance, perfect for political wins, sports victories, achieving one's goals or way over-promising image spots. Celebratory and impossibly motivational, this cut starts with churning cellos and swelling synths that adds drums @:06 and burst into life-affirming activity @:12 with impossibly cheery and fast-moving strings, pulsing bass synths, gated electric guitars and soaring synth lead that all build to a climax @:29. A throbbing, active bed of churning cello (@:30) and electric guitars/kick drums (@:52) building back to the main, full confidently happy theme @1:17, getting more anthemic and driving @1:32. And, to everyone who I shook hands with at Dave's party, if there's no cure for the purple blotches thing, I'm sorry.
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VH008215
1:43
Need to suggest your news team is aggressive, on top of current events and forceful even though they've been entirely replaced by those animated iPhone panda emojis? Uptempo immediacy is communicated by relentless ostinato strings, four-on-the-floor kick drum and pounding drums that bursts into action @:10 with bass, brass-like synths and a two-note melodic vocal-like synth hook that suggests investigations, intense activity, toughness, conflict and, judging by the percussive hits starting @:36, getting repeatedly hit by a bat. A fast, tough-sounding gritty percussive bed @:31 leads to a drum-free break @:55, returning to the main percussion-driving mix. Good for investigations, conveying a sense of determination/drive or just a warning that in a few seconds you'll probably be crushed by stampeding elephants.
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VH008216
1:52
Godzilla vs Mothra: the political debate. Dignified, street smart and important orchestral confrontation that's gotten out of hand as the first two minutes have killed the moderator and destroyed most of the city. French horn stabs/blasts and percolating synths introduce some obvious tension, but gets tougher @:08 with Hip Hop drums, hand claps and strident, churning strings suggesting that neither candidate is willing to take responsibility for tax reforms or the 2000-pound poop on the Capitol Building. A strings/bells-only breakdown @:58 gives the cut a moment of PBS-like stateliness that's swiftly erased by blaring brass/staccato string break @1:16, returning to the main beat-driven mix @1:24. Good for political standoffs, antagonistic political/sports rivalries, attitudinal declarations of machismo and when Mechagodzilla wins a seat on the Supreme Court.
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VH008217
1:43
An attitudinal, driving (and kind of bossy) fight-song-like electric bass-driven Alt Rock track that alternately reminds us to "get our hands up" and "follow me" which feels both motivational and/or like you're being boarded by pirates. Starts with overdriven bass, rising electric guitars and hand claps, then bursts into a driving, excitement-generating mid-tempo celebration of rowdiness and hostage-taking @:09 by adding more fuzz guitars, pounding drums and orchestral brass with the aforementioned vocal phrases providing a rhythmic hook. A bass/guitar break @:29 thins out the mix, with processed delayed vocals adding to the cacophonous build back to bass/drum-only bed @:59, with the full mix returning @1:17 with more brass and staccato orchestral strings adding a more cinematic feel. Good for important events, espionage/spies, sports, inspiring activity and getting one's hands up and or/following me.
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VH008218
1:31
Positive orchestral excitement and bluster. Elections? Political debates? Finally manage to pay off all those Columbia House records you got for one cent in 1978? This hit-filled track uses busy ostinato strings, staccato trumpets, blaring trombones, woodwinds, timpani, unrelenting piano, synth bass and a soaring brass-led melody @:16 to suggest that you've declared freedom, won the Olympic games or have finally gotten your 4-year old to stop mindlessly repeating the c-word. An industrious, forward-moving string- and piano-driven bed @:29 (with delayed synths @:49 giving it a more modern feel) builds back into the main theme @:54. Good for news, politics, sports, corporate "look-at-me"s and celebrating the beauty, grandeur and numerous coffee options that your country/city has to offer.
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VH008219
1:29
Urgent, stormy orchestral drama that's so furiously empowering it will make you want to fight your own face. (**this is possible? ok) Big drums, big strings, and big low brass (@:13) announce that there's a world-threatening crisis. It's your face. (**not super nice) Instantly takes whatever you're talking about and turns it into a full-blown catastrophe. Like your face. (**knock it off) Good for politics, news, competition, debates, sports, contests or anything truly terrifying, like (**careful") war. Solo cello and full mix trade phrases @:52 before finally building back up to the totally epic disaster that is your fa[grabs keyboard].
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VH008220
1:26
Inspirational concern. Alt Indie Rock track that has both a lilting, uplifting feel and still manages to seem like it wants to remind you to wear a raincoat during sex, but you can't tell if it's being literal or euphemistic. Anthemic electric guitar melody and four-on-the-floor drums start the cut with a stop/start feel that @:15 becomes more propulsive and life-affirming, with more guitars, electric bass, bouncy drum machines, and vocal-like synth pads. @:31 the piece meanders a bit with neutral-feeling, noodling electric guitar over drum machines and sampled hand claps that gain momentum @:55, returning to the catchy melody of the main theme. Good for human interest stories, investigations, environmental pieces and calling attention to important social issues without getting too preachy.
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VH008221
1:58
Celebratory modern orchestral pride. Flags flying, happy citizens, children gazing up excitedly as a parade marches through a small town, a giant inflatable Underdog still has yet to hit a power line, electrocuting the 40 Boy Scouts holding it. Winding ostinato strings, percolating woodwinds, pianos and procession-like snares create an active bed of positivity. Soaring brass and more propulsive drums enter @:13 to further cement the feeling of innocent, Americana-esque triumph. After a climactic hit @:31, the cut thins out for a spare, introspective piano and string bed that slowly and linearly builds back to an even more exciting and victorious-feeling driving section @1:41. Good for July 4th, elections/debates and sudden unexplainable feelings of patriotism.
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VH008222
1:26
The civilized, carpeted road to chaos and Armageddon. Sophisticated, refined way of saying the shit has hit the fan, someone has screwed the pooch and as a result that's the last time you let Larry house-sit for you. Impossibly fast chamber string ostinatos provide a brief call/answer with a heartbeat-like kick and drum hits until @:17 bigger drums, timpanis and low brass enter, making the cut more threatening, signaling imminent conflict on a world scale. After a climax @:28 the cut returns to a smaller-feeling flurry of intimate strings that linearly builds into a cinematic, over-the-top, pounding catastrophic crisis. Good for political standoffs, weather disasters, shark attacks, sports rivalries, fear, violent confrontations and when things aren't just bad/dangerous, they're excrementious.