Cute or Comical?

Do You Want Comedy or Dramady?

You’ve got a scene that is, or has the potential to be funny.  All you need is the right underscore music to hit the mark. At CSS Music we’ve made distinctions between Cute, Comedy, Cartoon, Fun, Humorous and Quirky. In fact, we just released a new PowerTrax disc entitled “Funny Ha Ha and Happy.”

So what’s the difference between these styles? A track like “Drunk Clown” on the “Funny Ha Ha…” volume is somewhat explanatory—circus music with touches of cartoon punctuation. This track is great for those comedic scenes where you speed up video 2X or 4X ala Keystone Cops. Or like on America’s Funniest Home Videos.

But what if you need something subtler? Maybe a scene where someone is up to no good and your audience knows it? Project Platinum’s volume 19 “Light ‘n Easy II” contains “Sneaky Senorita” featuring pizzicato strings and Spanish guitar—perfect for just that scenario. This type of track is now being referred to as “dramady” since it only hints at comedy. While we haven’t yet included the term in keywords, you’ll find what you’re after within our other search words.

If you DO need more of a cartoon vibe, we suggest you scroll down our Keyword Search page to the Keyword Alpha List and select Cartoon from the A-G dropdown menu. There you will find 15 pages of some very creative cartoon music from a number of our composers. From “Cartoon Crazy” in Digital Ditties to “Inspector 12” and “Comedy Animals” in RepoFile Potpourri to “Cat Burger Lar” and “Plucky Pleasure” in Project Platinum, CSS Music has music to make you and your viewers smile! Our goal is to offer the styles of music you most often need and in the right balance to your overall production schedule. We hope you’ll give the tracks we’ve mentioned a listen!