Cheap music suitable for a short film

[charliekins]

Me and a group of friends are making short tourist video for our seaside town, with a small amount of funding. we are looking for some background music to acompany it. It needs to be faily old, as then it won't cost as much. We are looking for orchestral pieces rather than classical, something fairly listenable and slow. Just wondered if anyone has suggestions?

[Memore]

you would still have to get copyright clearance I think music has to be something like over 40 or 50 years old to be outside copyright I cant remember now.

are you having same bit of music throughout the whole film? I wouldnt use old music it will make it seem like an old fashioned town unless that is what you want?

[evadjm]

on the beach by chris rea

[charliekins]

yeah we are going to clear copyright... just can;t cost us too much.. the town is pretty old fashioned.. so don't mind it being old fashioned, just wat a peice of music to put in the background, theres pleanty of talking so musics not overly important.. just dont know where to look!

[Mortartube]

You can buy CD's of copyright/royalty free music for around the �30.00 mark. One web site is here.

http://www.akmmusic.co.uk/

[NH]

Copyright usually expires 70 years after the death of the composer, so any orchestral pieces from the 19th century or older would definitely be OK.

Also, there's plenty of folk songs that are dubbed as "Traditional" so either recording or using a rendition of those are largely quibble-free.

You could always MIDI record something if you have a keyboard; not quite the real thing, but it has the advantage of the music being able to fit exactly with anything going on in the film.

[goaty69]

Lifetime and 70 years, that's right. But the composer doesn't normally own the recording - which in the case of the orchestral 19th-century or older was probably only recorded a few years ago.
Visit http://www.davidbeardmusic.com ex-music lecturer now writing music for film and TV - and short film scores for film students - low budget film projects with educational interest. I'm sure he would sort some music out for you with very little or no cost.

[charliekins]

wow cheers yeah ill look at it!

[Skreecheeboy]

Maybe something off Local Hero by Mark Knopfler?