West One Music News
West One Music is excited to announce that several tracks from Enlightenment (WOM 207)have been selected for use in Submarine, the latest release from Warp Films, whose past work includes such critically acclaimed features as Dead Man’s Shoes, This is England and the recent Four Lions.
The film stars Noah Taylor (Shine, The Life Aquatic…) and Paddy Considine (The Bourne Ultimatum, Hot Fuzz). It is the feature film debut of actor/writer/director Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh).
Warp Films have hand-picked the West One Music tracks to sit alongside an original soundtrack composed by Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys, Last Shadow Puppets) and James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco).
In the last few years, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning American series Mad Men has become something of a phenomenon (even Barack Obama is a fan!), and West One Music is proud to be playing its part with Paul Reeves' ‘Charleston being one of the tracks chosen to appear in the third season of the critically acclaimed show (the scene in question even entering the very definition of the Charleston in Wikipedia).
The track, from Quirky Vintage (WOM 140) also recently featured in major hit series Gossip Girl, while ‘We Take It All‘ from WOM 123 has been selected for use in the opening moments of each and every episode of series 7 of the HBO smash Entourage.
Ancestry.co.uk, the UK’s number one family history website, has launched a major new marketing campaign and West One Music provides the soundtrack. The track chosen was ‘Alley Cat’ by Paul Reeves from West One Music’s album of rip-roaring nostalgia Quirky Vintage.Check it out below...
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West One Music's killer track ‘Son of Thigh Rolled’ by Paul Borg & Toby Baker has been chosen to provide the soundtrack to the new trailer for DC Entertainment's major blockbuster release ‘The Losers’!
Check out 'The Losers' official site here...
Universal Pictures have chosen the powerful epic action cue 'From Within' by Daniel Nielsen and the haunting 'End of the World' by Terry Devine-King to feature in the trailer for their massively hyped blockbuster release 'The Wolfman'.
Inspired by the classic Universal Film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins.
The Wolfman's all-star cast includes Benicio del Torro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt and is currently on
general release.
Check out the movie site at www.thewolfmanmovie.com
A collection of cues from the West One Music album Heroic Action Trailers feature in the promo video for James Cameron's latest epic blockbuster, Avatar.
Avatar is released worldwide on the 18th December 2009. Check out the movie site at www.avatarmovie.com.
Heroic Action Trailers was composed by trailer music legend, Daniel Nielsen. His credits include trailers for The Lord of The Rings, The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Read more about him here.
Starbucks select Chasing Milk Floats from our original Acoustic & Quirky album to launch their new instant coffee, VIA.
Acoustic & Quirky features the wonderfully eclectic talents of Ali Friend and Ted Barnes, playing everything from Melodica to bicycle pump to scissors!
Check out Acoustic & Quirky and Acoustic & Quirky 2 here!
West One Music's team of music consultants source and clear Strauss' opera
Die Fledermaus for the upcoming, highly anticipated Twilight sequel, New Moon.
Die Fledermaus will be featured in the movie and on the original soundtrack recording. The soundtrack is currently available for pre-order on the iTunes store.
For help and advice sourcing classical music for your production, please contact us.
Clairol's latest Nice'n Easy campaign features The Office (USA) star, Angela Kinsey as the character 'Gigi' and uses a selection of upbeat, retro tracks from the fantastic Quirky Vintage album.
Check out the Clairol site here: www.clairol.com/niceneasy
Quirky Vintage was composed by Paul Reeves and covers a multitude of musical styles of upbeat nostalgia, including Swing Band, Rumba, Hot Club, Bossa Nova and wild Argentine Tango!
West One Music track, Something is Wrong by David Ayers and Felix Tod, features as the theme tune for the advertising of The Shift: Season 2 on the Investigation Discovery channel.
The Shift is a gritty, real world drama that follows an all-star squad of homicide detectives out on the streets of Indianapolis.
Something is Wrong is available to license from West One Music. If you would like to purchase the song for your personal use, it is available now on the iTunes store.
Massive thanks to everyone who came down to the West One Music Unsigned Gig on the 23rd of September. Another brilliant night had by all. The night featured performances from three wonderfully talented unsigned acts: Hafdis Huld, Hepcats and Melox Marvels, whose tracks can now be licensed through West One Music. Please contact Rachel Menziesfor a sampler or more information.
We're having a little break from our West One Music Unsigned nights for the time being but we'll be sure to keep in touch regarding upcoming events! PS: for those who were there, photos are now on the West One Music Facebook page!
West One Music track, Ready to Fight by Daniel Holter and Matt Smith, provides the heavyweight soundtrack to the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter.
Ready to Fight is currently being aired on worldwide advertising for the UFC and is available to license from West One Music. If you would like to purchase the song for your personal use, it is available now on the iTunes store.
West One Music track Feeling Filthy, features as the theme tune in The Station's Zombies Take Over YouTube Halloween offering.
Since making an appearance on the channel, the banging porn track Feeling Filthy has been creating a huge buzz all over the Internet and is available to purchase worldwide on the iTunes store. Look out for additional remixes, coming soon to the iTunes store, USA!
The Station is a new Network for YouTube. Check out their channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheStation
To find out more about our custom music and sound design, please visit our about page.
West One Music cue, Jitterbug, has been selected for Procter & Gamble’s new, innovative, multi-brand advertising campaign on UK television.The TV advert, featuring household names such as Max Factor, Olay and Aussie, launched during the first ad break of the latest series of Big Brother.
Hyundai have selected West One Music for the advertising campaign of the new i20 car.
The engaging modern folk track, To the End, which features on the album Organic Acoustica helps create a magic world of huge shells and massive butterflies!
Check out the new i20 at www.hyundai.co.uk
The dramatic cue, Connectivity, has been used for the promotional trailer for the highly anticipated chick flick Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.Connectivity is from the beautifully orchestrated Life In Motion album by Paul Reeves.
The epic cue, Day of Victory, has been used in the trailer for the blockbuster movie, Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh jackman. Day of Victory is from the mighty JVJ album, Epic Action & Adventure.
The monster track also features in the theatrical trailer for the new movie from Universal Pictures, The Express, which is due out later this year.
The guys at JVJ are working hard in the studio at present, so keep an eye out for a second massive release later in the year.
Eurostar needed just the right music to represent two different customer experiences: Business and Leisure, to feature in two short promotional films.
Working closely with the guys at Tomboy Films, West One Music's in-house engineer, Sara Gilchrist, tailored two lush orchestral works from the album Life in Motion to provide the perfect soundtracks.
To find out more about custom music and sound design visit the West One Music about page.
Under commission from multi-award winning agency BBH, West One Music and composer Sam Sutton (from The Fontanas) produced the quirky soundtrack to the latest Robinsons 'Taste Buddies' commercials.Visit the 'Taste Buddies' here
To find out more about commissioned music and sound design visit the About page
Christmas is officially here.During the run up to the big day, ITV are broadcasting a number of special ‘Festive Promos’ featuring West One Music.
West One Music’s custom music team were commissioned to produce a suitably Christmassy track befitting the likes of Duffy and Macy Gray.
Working with ITV, the composer James Wallace and singer Rahel, West One Music produced a contemporary version of Deck the Halls.
Buy it soon on iTunes!
Where the dead walk and bullets talk.
Retro, psychedelic breakbeat track Snake Eyes features on the trailer for Sega’s The House of the Dead – Overkill game.
Snake Eyes provides the perfect soundtrack to this 70s pulp-horror, B-movie style trailer. The House of Dead – Overkill is available on the Wii early in 2009.
Check out the uncut trailer on youTube
