Why A Good Beat Moves Your Show
Composer Antonio Sanchez created one of the most ingenious
scores for the film Birdman (Or The
Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.) Were there soaring strings, evocative
woodwinds and triumphant brass statements? Nope. The entire score for this four
Oscar-winning film was played on the drums. And did it ever move this uniquely
unusual movie!
You probably notice
percussion tracks adding excitement to films and television shows more
frequently these days, particularly in action sequences. Without melodic
instruments, two things can be accomplished. First, you can mix the music much
louder to intensify a scene and secondly, you’ll find that dialog will
(usually) find a perfect place in the audio spectrum to be heard above the
drums.
The CSS Music library provides a couple ways to bring you
the power of percussion. If you’re looking for a driving Dance groove, there’s
typically a “breakdown” section in one of our Club-House-Trance-Electro tracks
that you’ll find on our Hand Picked Genre menu on our home page. We also have
an entire disc devoted to drums with Super Themes Volume 56 “Drumscapes.” This
collection covers everything from hip marching drum lines to cool hip-hop to
blazing fast percussive underscores.
Another option that doesn’t quite offer pure percussion but does give you stripped down rhythm
mixes can be found in the CSS Music PowerTrax library. In addition to full
mixes, each PowerTrax tune comes with a corresponding rhythm mix. You’ll also
find some useful mix-outs in some of our latest releases. Simply type “cue”
into our Build-A-Search engine and audition some of these odd-length tracks.
Maybe the poor drummer (Q: What do you call a drummer
without a girlfriend? A: homeless) will finally get some respect. Whether it’s
an African call-and-response, a funky groove or a jazzy drum set like in Birdman, the use of percussion will
really add new colors to your shows.
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