Be A Sport

Using CSS Royalty Free Music For Less Well Known/Unusual Sports

You may run into situations where you face underscoring a scene for golf, cliff diving, cricket, bowling, jai alai, synchronized swimming or other less known sports. There’s no arguing that finding music for football, baseball, basketball, track or auto racing is fairly easy in the CSS Music library. But what if you find you’re searching for music to compliment a polo match or an equestrian contest?

We believe that you first need to assess the mood you’re attempting to create. Will you be using multiple cuts with close-up of horse hooves, polo mallets striking the ball and riders hunched over their stallions? You know, a real adrenaline-driven mood. Or are you covering the event with long shots interspersed with the crowd shots as you attempt to capture a Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous vibe? As you might envision, the former scenario would be well served with a track like “Wild Beast” (Super Themes 79) whereas the later might benefit from something like “Positive Experience.” (Super Themes 43)

Even a sport as benign as billiards might be viewed using the same approach. A series of close ups, shot at table level and edited in a fast paced manner could be enhanced with a track like “Amped.” (Super Themes 70) Or if you were shooting for (no pun intended) the tension as found in the classic film, The Hustler, a tune like “Right Where I Want You” (Super Themes 68) will have viewers biting their nails.

No matter what sort of unusual sport is thrown your way, (again, no pun intended) you simply need to evaluate the direction you’ll be taking and establish some keywords to search the CSS Music library. Even something as unusual as scuba diving (keyword “underwater”) can be underscored with a track like “Tension At 20,000 Leagues.” (Project Platinum 17) Just decide on your point of view and use your imagination; we’ll be here with music to meet any situation—or any uncommon sporting event—that may come across your DAW.