Finding the right music can make all the difference to your project. Whether it’s creating a brand’s identity or story, coming up with memorable theme music, scoring a breakneck action sequence, ratcheting up the tension in a thriller, or making your dramedy ad feel quirky and fun, never underestimate the power of music as one of the most vital tools you have to make your content and brand stand out.
We know creatives are time-poor and that no-one has the luxury of spending hours – or even days – listening to tracks in order to put together a longlist. The solution? Use Audio Network’s music briefing service for fast, accurate results – we can put together a playlist for you within a business day.
Our music is all original and recorded and mixed at some of the world’s best studios. Our talented roster of musicians, artists, composers and producers are drawn from every genre, and cover the world. Our licensing is straightforward, as we own all the rights. We’ve got over 200,000 tracks in our catalogue – but if that sounds overwhelming, then we have the solution: send us your music brief. Our expert team will pull together playlists of suggested tracks to take your brand or project – from finding music for ads to podcasts, TV shows to trailers and blockbusters to digital content – to the next level.
What Is a Music Brief?
A music brief gets both us and you on the same page in terms of what kind of music you’re looking for. Mapping out what your brand identity is – thinking about your industry, your brand attributes and audience – gives us the DNA of your potential audio identity.
The same is true if you’re on the hunt for tracks for a TV, film or corporate project. Putting together a brief detailing the genre, potential audience and some comparison shows/movies helps us get a feel for the music that will fit the brief.
The brief also tells us whether you’re looking for background music, a theme song, sound effects, stings or stems, meaning we can focus our energy on curating playlists of suggested tracks that are exactly right for the project. Plus, a music brief usually includes a ballpark figure for your project’s music budget.
A solid, detailed music brief will get you the results you need faster, so put in as much as you can!
What Are the Benefits of Audio Network’s Music Briefing Service?
- Work faster, not harder
- Hit the right note
- Enjoy a huge range of options
Work Faster, Not Harder
Our expert team search on your behalf, with a fast turnaround. No more wasted money spending hours in edit suits trying out tracks that aren’t right – you’ll get results within a business day of us receiving your brief.
Hit the Right Note
We’ll curate a selection of tracks perfectly tailored to your project.
Enjoy a Huge Range of Options
As well as providing a personalised playlist, we offer mixes and stems on selected tracks.
How to Get the Best Results from a Music Brief
- Include a reference track
- Know the emotion
- Vocals or no vocals?
How to create a music brief (with Audio Network)? We asked our expert in-house team to provide their top three best tips to give you some more pointers:
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Include a Reference Track
Whether it’s a pop banger that’s topping the streaming charts, or a blast of hybrid orchestral from a blockbuster trailer, having a reference track means that our experts can easily find a match in terms of genre, feel, BPM, instruments or vocal style. Reference tracks give us a road map for what we’ll search for. Tell us on the brief what’s most relevant about these tracks and why you think they’re effective – is it the emotion, a powerful female vocal, particular instruments or the genre? Or, alterntatively, is there anything you want to avoid?
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Know the Emotion
Following on from this, knowing what emotion the content is conveying means we can find the ideal music to fit your story. Do you need to build suspense, or create a moment of total heartbreak? Conjure up some quirky comedy, or have your audience on the edge of their seat with thrilling action? Put yourself in the viewer’s seat and get us in the mood
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Vocals or No Vocals?
Specifics on this kind of element help to define the results even further, for a faster search. Plus, even if a track we suggest has vocals, most of our tracks have an alternative version with the vocals stripped out
Want more info? Take a look at our Music Licensing guide, or if you’re good to go, head straight to our music briefing page.
And why not explore our catalogue – we have new releases every fortnight, a handy Trending On playlist, to see what other brands are loving and hundreds of hand-picked playlists for inspiration.
For more on how music can create standout brands, read our expert guides on the power of music, music for production, and selecting the right music for your brand.
Need Music for Your Project?
At Audio Network we create original music, of the highest quality, for broadcasters, brands, creators, agencies and music fans everywhere. Through clear and simple licensing, we can offer you a huge variety of the best quality music across every conceivable mood and genre. Find out how we can connect you with the perfect collaborator today by clicking the button below!
