Music

I enjoy composing music, especially short pieces that are great for social media content. If you’re looking for music to use in your documentaries, news reports and non-profit projects feel free to browse and download from my library. Content is available under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. When you publish videos which use my music please include my name in the credits and a link back to this website.

Notes

• Most files are .wav 44.1khz (therefore previews may take a few seconds to load depending on your internet connection), others are mp3 format,
• If you need longer than 30 seconds simply edit and loop sections of the music.

CATEGORIES

• Action
• Celebration
• Confident
• Happy
• Quirky
• Relaxing
• Other
• Torakina magic
• All

Torakina magic

This category contains magical music that seems to work with almost any human interest style story or documentary.

It’s the result of regular jam sessions with musicians: Ian Brunskill, Matt Hill, Matt Curnock, Alex Salvador, Rebecca McHutchinson, myself and occasionally Dave Gaylard and Dean Miller. Many others would drop in to our sessions to play and add their life and musical experiences to the mix.

Do you prefer producing music or video?

I started with music and music is often where the emotion is, so it’s a useful skill to have, being able to write and produce music when you’re telling a story. You learn a lot about tempo, pacing and narrative through music. The joy, though, is combining the emotion of music with visual storytelling. What you see and hear translates to what you feel; it’s the craft of successfully infusing emotion into a visual message that gets me excited. So it’s both.

What’s something interesting on your work desk?

Storyboard templates; when inspiration strikes I can quickly sketch an idea. Business development books and conceptual infographics that help me quickly communicate an idea.

What do you love about making content?

The creativity and collaboration; there are many moving pieces in film production – locations, props, talent availability, equipment, crew – so it’s the challenge of ‘here’s our idea, let’s work together to make it happen.’ The journey from idea to finished product is a wonderfully arduous experience, although it’s not the end of the journey; we then hand our work over to the audience – look what we made for you; go and play with it; have fun, be inspired.