Fresh From The Fire! New Releases 8/19/08

August 19, 2008August 22, 2008 Sarah

Be sure to check out our new releases from Blazed Out, Primrose, Focus and Trailer Trash music libraries! Whether it’s dramatic sound effects for a movie trailer you seek, the perfect urban rhyme, cocktail hour music on the Mediterranean or dramatic investigative news themes – we’ve got it all right here!

For these and other great tracks, visit our website – search.5alarmmusic.com !

Urban

BOM007 – West Coast

Hip Hop, gangsta raps and instrumentals from the West Coast.

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Edit Kits

TT007 – Dramatic Action Orchestral Drum Cues & Stems

Dramatic cues and stems made for movie trailers.

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TT008 – Action Dramatic Modern Rock – Cues & Stems

Rockin’ action packed cues and stems made for movie trailers.

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Specialty

PRCD177 – Caffe Roma

The Italian Soundtrack.

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News

FCD231 – News & Current Affairs

Beds, themes and links for news media, politics, business and investigations.

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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!

Hanging with RR artist – David Grossman

August 19, 2008August 19, 2008 Terrilynn

This Saturday proved to be a treat – Maddie and I got to hang with Rescue Records’ very own David Grossman at the Oyster House on Saturday afternoon. Oooh what fun we had! David performed with his band – both covers and some of his exclusive RR material – “It Takes Love” and “Billy Take The Long Way”. He was also more than willing to take requests – which is always a hoot!

If you have never been to The Oyster House in Studio City, you should try to make your way there sometime. It’s the epitomy of old school and they have a great nautical themed back patio that has a feel like you are somewhere in Topanga Canyon. Where else can you see a great, fun live band and have .75 cent oyster shooters ?

David perfoms there on most Saturdays from 4-7 PM and then hustles over the canyon evert other Saturday to Canter’s Kibbitz Room where he does a late set. Talk about dedication! Maybe we’ll bump into you at one or the other – I know this won’t be my last outing to see him play!

(PS – that’s me with my new friends!)

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UPDATE:
Here is a great video of David playing his song “Darkness” which has been ranked #1 on Garagebands.com. Congrats David!

Fresh From The Fire! New Releases – 8/14/08

August 8, 2008August 14, 2008 Sarah

Be sure to check out our new releases from Standard, Artful, Standard, Mediatracks and Abaco Music Libraries!! This week’s tracks will take you to tropical locales and relaxed breezy beaches, the cabarets of Paris, through the adventures of humorous spies and all the way back to American top 40 radio……

For these and other great tracks, visit our web site – search.5alarmmusic.com !

Specialty

PRCD178 – Special Agent 00X

Space age exotica pulp.

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Vocals

MML139 – Vocals: Pop

Full length pop songs and instrumentals.

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PRCD176 – Chez Felix – The French Album

Light hearted and sometimes humorous songs in the cabaret traditions of Paris. Tracks with French vocals and instrumentals.

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Jazz

ESL091 – Electro Jazz

A new conception of Jazz and Lounge moods.

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Electronica

ARTF32 – Groove Cafe 3

25 ultra-cool tracks and 30 second edits.

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Documentary

AB168 – Boutique Breaks

Light jazz grooves fused with deeper electronic dancefloor beats create a luxury leisure and travel companion.

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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!

Brag Reel: Entourage Season 5 Promo

August 8, 2008October 3, 2008 Cassie

This is a little section of the blog we like to call “The brag reel.” This is where we want to show off some great uses of our tunes in the hands of very talented producers, directors, and editors. Props to the HBO promo team for dropping “All Flossed Out” (from FA 44) into the teaser promo for the upcoming Season 5 of Entourage.

Did you use our production music in your commercial/promo/short film/etc? Send us the video! We want to put it here on the brag reel.

You can see all the latest from our reel at: blog.5alarmmusic.com/category/reel.

Shake Rattle & Roll!

July 29, 2008July 29, 2008 Cassie

Our little ol’ firehouse boded well in the earthquake…but not Maddie’s office!

We’re a bit shaken, but happy to have initiated a few 5alarmers to their very first earthquake.

Registered a 5.8– thanks Chino Hills!

Save the planet: Download Our Music.

July 28, 2008July 28, 2008 Cassie

Ok…that title might be a bit of a stretch. But I was inspired this afternoon after reading about the “PB&J Campaign” which points out–quite surprisingly–how large quantities natural resources can be saved by consuming plant based foods (Peanut Butter & Jelly being a warm and fuzzy example) just once per day, over meat, fish, eggs, or dairy products. If you don’t believe me, go read for yourself: pbjcampaign.org/.

As much as I love Peanut Butter & Jelly (chunky peanut butter with strawberry Jam and a glass of milk, please) and the thought that it could save the world, I couldn’t help but think of the parallels between that, and our own campaign to ship less CDs and hard drives, now that we are up and running with Search & Rescue.

Thanks to you, we’ve already dramatically reduced the number of CDs we ship on a weekly basis–which helped to reduce our own carbon footprint. It not only means we ship less from our office, but it also means we order less CDs from the libraries we represent. So all-in-all there are less CDs that need to be duplicated, packed, and shipped, all of which greatly helps Peanut Butter and Jelly–I mean the environment.

So…have you tried Search & Rescue yet? Register today you’ll be cruising through production music libraries in a way that will make nature thank you! Oh, and if you’re new here–check out these other posts quick tuturial on how to search, share, and download the production music on our site.

Fresh From The Fire! New Releases – 7/24/08

July 24, 2008September 2, 2008 Sarah

Check out our new releases from Focus, In-Spired and our very own 5 Alarm Music library!! This week we have music ranging in styles from Traditional Marching Band to Science and Technology to Chamber Music all the way to the outer reaches of things that go bump in the night. These tracks are sure to suit any mood!

For these volumes and so much more, visit our website at search.5alarmmusic.com

Specialty/Solo Instruments

05A068 – Marching Band

Various styles of Marching Band from amateur high school halftime rallies and solo drumlines to patriotic well known songs.

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Drama

IPM006 – Night Musik

Drama, dreams, nightlife and spooks!

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IPM007 – StringTheory

Contemporary strings with other things…

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FCD229 – Green Planet

Environment, ecology, conservation and global warming. Music for the green challenge facing the planet.

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Documentary

FCD230 – Life Science

Clinical music beds for health, medicine, science and

technology.

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ARTF29 – The Drone Zone Volume 3

Soundscapes for Drama, Documentary & Film.

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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 – 7/8/08

July 14, 2008September 2, 2008 Sarah

5 Alarm Music is proud to present our newest releases from Cinemasounds, Blazed Out Music, Online Production Music, Tone Row Music and Ridgeline Music Library! These titles and much more available now on our Search and Rescue website – search.5alarmmusic.com

Orchestral

CTM002 – Cinemasounds Trailer Music 2

Orchestral Music with Choirs and Sound Design Composed Specifically for Theatrical Trailer Use.

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OPM_A002 – Cinematic Moods

Classic orchestral themes suited for the big screen.

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Rock

BOM010 – Indie Rock

Powerful riffs propel this Indie rocker. Vocals, youthful energy and soaring guitar anthems abound.

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Documentary

RGL006 – Architect of Sound Vol.1

A collection of catchy synth melodies, dance elements and rhythmic beds.

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OPM_A003 – Lo-Fi Ambience

Ambient underscores and ethereal landscapes.

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Drama

OPM_E007 – Console Sounds

A rich palette of modern drama cues and investigative themes.

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TRM014 – Dramatic Guitar

A collection of dramatic acoustic and electric guitar styles.

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OPM_D003 – Emotional Drama

Suspenseful themes and ambient textures.

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World

OPM_E002 – Spiritual Mantra

Relaxed atmospheric world beat ambience.

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Sports

OPM_F005 – Xtreme Sports

Adrenelin fueled rock themes made for speed and action.

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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!

What Kind of Music Do We Need?

July 8, 2008July 8, 2008 Terrilynn

So, you wanna know what we need? You wonder what kind of music we are looking for? It’s really interesting because depending on what we are working on our needs run the gamut. That’s what makes things around here so fun – it’s like finding the missing puzzle piece!

Photo from Flickr User: billselak Sometimes it’s a really simple sparse piece of music we need – literally just vocals and piano or guitar. Other times we need something that builds slowly and explodes into a great rock piece. More often than not we find that less is more, except when it comes to female pop, which I can always use! You have to remember that we are working with dialogue most of the time so anything that may compete will be a problem. In the end, we are able to find something that will work 99.8% of the time. Not a bad average…

If you would like to submit your music for consideration for addition to our catalog please contact me – I am like a good friend, always willing to listen!

terrilynn (–at–) rescuerecords.net (use your noggin–I’m hoping the spambots won’t be able to)

We’re in Screen Magazine’s Production Music issue!

July 1, 2008October 3, 2008 Cassie

This past April at NAB I got the pleasure of meeting Robert Leach who is the editor of Screen Magazine, in Chicago. Robert had heard about our new Search & Rescue system, and wanted to see how it was different (ehem–better) than that of other production music companies, so he stopped by our booth to check it out. He interviewed me (I think I can safely say it was my first official interview by the “press”), and he later interviewed Cassie.

After the interview, we were shooting the breeze, and we realized that Robert and I grew up less than 4 miles away from each other, in Coon Rapids, MN of all places! (yes that’s really the name of the town where I’m from, yes I actually moved back there a couple years ago, yes it’s probably the worst town name since Disappointment, KY) ) We played baseball at the same parks, swam at the same pools, and got happy meals at the same McDonald’s.

Check out the latest article from Screen Mag’s “Production Music” edition (or something like that) from June 9th. Click the image to the right to be taken there.