5 Alarm Music Blog

New And Noteworthy Placements

Sarah
Autumn marks a time when the days get shorter and new seasons of your favorite TV shows are unveiled.  Daylight savings also spares us from battling the dreaded Summer sunlight glare obscuring the screen!  Break out your coziest knit sweater and check out our latest and greatest music placements in your favorite TV shows and feature films:
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Hear our music in NBC’s Parks And Recreation
Music in nine episodes of the Food Network’s Unwrapped
The CW Network’s Gossip Girl
NBC’s Saturday Night Live with hosts Ryan Reynolds and Gerard Butler
Music in five episodes of the CW Network’s Melrose Place

Spoooooookkky!

Sarah

“Did you just hear that?”  Darlene asks with a hint of terror mounting in her voice.  “Hear what?  You’re imagining things.  I go to Look Out Point all of the time, there’s nobody here.”  Luke says with false bravado only a teenage boy can muster.  Far in the distance, the masked knife wielding maniac slowly creeps out of the woods….

It’s almost Halloween, tis’ the season to be scary!  5 Alarm has lots of blood curdling soundtracks that are sure to scare you senseless.  Check out these hair raising tracks….. if you dare.  Muah-ha-ha-ha!

FCD211_14 Motel Murder

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05A043_18 Hitchcock

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PRCD169_15 Violent Impulses

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AMY014_02 Orchestral Comedy In Seven

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PML1238A_33 Aerial Combat

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FCD243_06 Haunted Castle

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05A032_07 Disturbances

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Down Home Zone: New Releases – 10/30/09

Sarah

There’s no place like home!  Whether you’re home for the Holidays or just sitting in the yard strumming an acoustic guitar, it’s good to be in that familiar space.  These tracks from Zone Music’s newest sub label Zone Plus are as warm as a fuzzy blanket on a billowy Winter’s night.  ZONE501 Homespun Acoustic is an endearing collection of indie folk and youthful vocal tracks reminiscent of the music featured in the film Juno.  It’s bound to warm your heart!  Up next we have two more for the holiday collection.  ZONE503 Jazz Piano Trio Christmas is a swinging slant on all of your holiday favorites.  Be sure to tip the piano man on your way out of the cocktail lounge!  Dance Christmas Eve away with ZONE504 Countdown To Christmas!  These bouncy and inventive holiday standards and originals are full of excitement and anticipation for Santa to make his yearly rounds.  Hold your loved ones close and enjoy these sounds of home sweet home!

For these and many other great tracks from Zone Music, visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Rock

ZONE501 – Homespun Acoustic

Warm acoustic guitar folk

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Specialty

ZONE503 – Jazz Piano Trio Christmas

Good time Jazz renditions of your favorite Christmas songs

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ZONE504 – Countdown To Christmas

Holiday cheer with expectant youthful spirit, orchestral originals and feel good themes

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you set up on the Search & Rescue site.

Can I Get A Witness?

Sarah

We at 5 Alarm Music pride ourselves on providing great music coupled with unbeatable customer service but it’s always nice to hear it from our clients!  After wrapping up a corporate video production featuring music from our catalog, Scott W. Smith from River Run Productions had this to say:

“In a creative industry crowded with musical choices it’s great that 5 Alarm Music  can help you and your productions rise above the mundane and the ordinary. And they do it with not only a large, varied and high quality musical selection, but they offer personal service that is hard to find in any industry.”

Finding the perfect track for your project is our priority!  Just give us a call at 800.322.7879 and we’ll help you find exactly what you’re looking for.

Mysterious Traveler: New Releases – 10/23/09

Sarah

Imagine you’re on a train traveling through the scenic Spanish countryside.  An intriguing stranger takes the seat next to you and you can sense there’s a lifetime of fascinating stories living inside of them.  This week’s new releases come from the musically magnanimous Pennybank Tunes music library and are loaded with stories to share.  PNBT1001B Gypsy Journey is a diverse collection of European styles that span Hot Club Gypsy Jazz, festive Flamenco fiestas, acoustic guitar jazz from the Balkan Peninsula and Klezmer styled frenzied violin tracks.  Your nomadic European journey will feel complete upon your first listen!  PNBT1007 Kooky Kats is a zany collection of upbeat and quirky songs that appeals to the kid in you.  It’s hard to listen to this one without a huge smile your face.  Hit play and appease the youthful wayfaring traveler hiding within!

For these and many other great tracks from Pennybank Tunes, visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Various Categories

PNBT1001B – Gypsy Journey

An uplifting blend of Gypsy Jazz, Eastern European and Spanish styles.

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Children

PNBT1007 – Kooky Kats

Kid’s quirky comedy, fun and playful themes.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you set up on the Search & Rescue site.

Ho Ho Ho! New Releases – 10/16/09

Sarah

It’s getting to be that time of year!  The thermostat is creeping up to warmer temperatures and sweaters have found their way out of storage.  Before you know it, the streets will be lit up and the festive spirit will be in the air!  The Abaco Music Library ramps up the holiday cheer with three new jolly Christmas CD’s.  AB179 Christmas is a collection of well loved Christmas classics that will make you feel as warm and fuzzy as an evening spent cuddling by the fireplace.  Lush and flowing, this CD features a string quartet and piano for a more intimate feel.  What holiday season is complete without Christmas carolers stopping by?  AB184 Christmas Carols adds carolers into the mix for a heartwarming experience.  For those who like to rock there’s AB180 Christmas Remixed.  These Pop, Ska, Country and Metal renditions of Christmas classics will spice up the holiday season more than the nutmeg in your egg nog.  Rock on Santa, Rock on!

For these and many other great tracks from the Abaco Music Library, visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Specialty

AB179 – Christmas

A collection of traditional and well known Christmas carols performed by string quartet and piano.

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AB184 – Christmas Carols

Online Only: A collection of traditional and well known Christmas carols performed by a small choir accompanied with string quartet and piano.  Instrumental versions of these carols can be found on AB179 Christmas

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AB180 – Christmas Remixed

A selection of traditional and well known carols remixed for current times.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you set up on the Search & Rescue site.

The Party’s Over Here! New Releases – 10/9/09

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Humidity lingers in the air deep into the night in the great American South.  The nights are hot and the parties don’t stop!  Blazed Out Music’s Durty South Rap exemplifies the Southern vibe and flow with thumping tracks that are equal parts swagger and seduction and 100% larger than life.  Hear accounts of life in the fast lane, merciless tales of survival in the streets and snapshots of honeys flashing bling in tha club.  East Coast Vs. West Coast?  Ya’ll pay no mind and party Durty South style!

For these and many other great tracks from Blazed Out Music visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Urban

BOM008 – Durty South Rap

Atlanta and Texas based artists rep their Southern Rap styles.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you set up on the Search & Rescue site.

5 Alarm Music and Rescue Records all over Fall Lineup!

Sarah

School is back in session and thank goodness, all the shows are coming back on.  Networks are also debuting new series, unfortunately not all of them will make the cut.   Near and dear clients of ours like Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, and The Office returned a couple weeks ago.  Nip/Tuck has yet to premiere its final season opener, waiting until October 14th.  Over at 5 Alarm and Rescue Records, we love this time of year.

Here are just a few examples of where our music (5 Alarm as well as our Rescue Records artists) has been featured this month on your television.

Tim the tool man Taylor would be impressed.  On the home improvement front, HGTV will be using our music in Paint Over and My First Place and the DIY Network chose 5 Alarm for their new pilot Stud Finder

On basic cable you can find us on  Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

as well as on CSI Crime Scene Investigation

Rescue Records artists have been used in episodes of ABC’s One Life To Live and All My Children as well as on Fox’s Lie To Me. If the cable channels are more your speed, check us out on USA Network’s Psych , A&E’s The Cleaner the new Discovery Channel series How It’s Made,and FX’s Damages

Vampires are still hot these days, and 5 alarm music got yet another song in a recent episode of HBO’s True Blood


October is a great month for 5 Alarm on the big screen as well!

Whip It! starring Drew Barrymore in her directorial debut, hit theaters October 2nd.

Michael Moore’s latest, Capitalism: A Love Story, also features a 5 Alarm track.

Hilary Swank is already getting Oscar buzz for her turn as Amelia Earhart in the biopic Amelia, in theaters October 23rd, which includes SIX 5 Alarm songs.

We went into our studio to record a custom piece for the George Clooney film Men Who Stare at Goats, and licensed three other tracks for the film as well.

Closing out this month of October, Fox Searchlight presents Gentleman Broncos, coming out October 30th.

Congrats to our artists and composers featured on the small and silver screen this month!


Shake, Rattle And Roll! New Releases – 10/2/09

Sarah

The six new releases from the Sonic Quiver Music library are like a high quality box of truffles – much variety and you know that anything you get is going to be downright delicious!  Shaking it up this week are ear grabbing tracks with a plethora of emotions bound to tickle your fancy.  Emo Rock is an edgy yet uplifting collection with the teenage mindset intact.  Stop by the Beds Boutique and sample these catchy slices of musical heaven.  Punk Reborn celebrates all of the incarnations of Punk through the ages with empowering anthems that will make you want to jump into the mosh pit with reckless abandon!  Curl up with Contemporary Modern Acoustic for a warm and cozy experience.  For those nerve wracking scenes, there’s the stimulating electro-orchestral Dramatek composed by TV and Film music heavyweight Tim Kelly.  Last and certainly not least, there’s the endearing Kooky & Carefree to put a smile on your face and allow you to revel in your youthful optimism.  Experience all of these tasty flavors without the drawback of needing to add extra notches in your belt!

For these and many other great tracks from Sonic Quiver, visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Rock

SQ018 – Emo Rock

A quintessential collection of emotionally charged punk & pop rock.

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Various Categories

SQ019 – Beds Boutique

User-friendly musical backgrounds to enhance visual productions in a variety of genres and atmospheres.

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Rock

SQ020 – Punk Reborn

Capturing the many faces and sounds of punk rock through the ages. From uplifting and energetic power pop rockers to hard edged, menacing and twisted contemporary cuts

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Rock

SQ021 – Contemporary Modern Acoustic

A fresh and modern selection of acoustic soundtracks – from inspiring, positive acoustic pop to serene, electronic/acoustic fusions.

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Drama

SQ022 – Dramatek

Electro-orchestral underscores for drama, suspense, action and space.

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Comedy

SQ023 – Kooky & Carefree

A charming and quirky mix of uplifting, cheeky, carefree acoustic tunes – ukuleles, banjos, harmonicas and melodicas are just some of the live instruments that make up this intoxicating blend of engaging modern classics.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you set up on the Search & Rescue site.

Fresh From The Fire! New Releases – 9/25/09

Sarah

Focus Music puts the “Class” back into Classical with their new Focus Classics Series.  Elegant yes, but this isn’t your Grandmother’s tea party music!  Classical Greats is overflowing with emotive and recognizable symphonies and operas that will make you want to hum along.  Classical Chill allows you to float off into dream land with warm and sophisticated melodies from Tchaikovsky, Brahms and Beethoven among others.  It’s no secret that Classical music makes for great movie soundtracks.  Relive those scenes in your favorite films like Apocalypse Now, A Clockwork Orange or There’s Something About Mary with Classical Movie Themes.  It just goes to show that they just don’t write them like they used to!

For these and many other great tracks from the Focus Music Library, visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Classical

FCLS001 – Classical Greats

A collection of the world’s greatest classical masterpieces performed by The Prague Symphony Orchestra

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FCLS002 – Classical Chill

Some of the best loved classical works brought together as a collection of gentle and relaxing chillout tracks.

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FCLS003 – Classical Movie Themes

Classical masterpieces from big screen epics.

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*If you love what you hear and need a music search, call our music director Tyler Harp at 626.304.1698. We’re happy to get you set up on the Search & Rescue site.