SHORT: Where to get a score for low-budget short film

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Denialorcoped

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I have a short film in post-production; I have drained my budget and still need a score for it. I am looking at http://www.productiontrax.com/

It says it's royalty-free. I hope that's the same as a synchronization license so I can screen it at festivals. Anyone have any experience with that site??
 
Hoping isn't good enough in business. You can know if you read the license right on their site. You'll need the "License Option B: Commercial, for-profit, distribution, or broadcast, all Packages, and Photos"

Edit: What I don't get is why, with separate links under each piece of music for "buy license A" and "buy license B" you didn't check to see what the difference between the licenses were all about. Since, you know, in most cases their license B cost more. And right there at the top of all the music is the link that says, "Music End-User License". Kind of hitting you in the face, no?

I sort of get someone asking a question like, "Can someone explain music licensing to me and what I need to worry about when it comes to using it in a production I'm going to enter into festivals?" Although even that is easily answered using a nifty thing called google.

Anyway, I hope the link I provided answers all your questions.
 
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Actually, the point of the post was to see if anyone on the forum had used music from that site and for them to share their experience. But you seem to be a hater, so lets argue about it some more shall we?
 
Denialorcoped said:
It says it's royalty-free. I hope that's the same as a synchronization license so I can screen it at festivals. Anyone have any experience with that site??
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Sorry if I misunderstood your post. Seemed to me like that was what you were asking about, since you wondered aloud whether or not their mention of "royalty free" meant it included a sync license....
 
Haven't used that site, (actually didn't even click the link) but I'm gonna tell you 2 things I learned from doing my first short film later this month. Always save room in the budget for sound...It's very important, sound includes the soundtrack/licensing process...aaaannddd, most times when we view a film we don't even notice the score...but it's normally the thing that drives each scene from one to the next, especially in action/horror (which I dunno what your film is about).

Well, that's a lesson I'm sure you now know for next time anyway, so to address your question about doing music for this current film...I'd say your best bet is to find someone for free to do it. Check the music departments at the schools near you. Put an ad on craigslist maybe and ask someone if they'd like to trade experience for sound..offer them credit in the short etc...normal trading/bartering etc.

It's a short so it shouldn't take THAT much convincing..I'm only suggesting that because as you said, you have used up your entire budget already and have no money left, which I assume means no "plan B" licensing purchase from the above mentioned website. You could always try production hub/youtube/ or find a film on vimeo that you like that's in your same budget frame, contact the makers and ask them about their score, who did it...etc, and go from there..see if they can't help ya out!

Best of luck buddy!
 
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