Check Out Our Library Music Episode! (funny, right?) - Episode 32

Highway Hi-Fi Podcast

If you haven’t yet been initiated into the fun that is Library Music, we’re hoping this episode will change that. This isn’t muzak. Well, the part of the industry we go over isn’t, at least. Library Music, also called Production Music and Incidental Music, is heard in most of the movies and TV shows you’ve ever seen. All those snippets of songs that are playing in the background that is designed to tell you how to feel when you’re watching a show or a movie. Sort of an invisible jumbotron telling you what to feel and when. These songs are usually recorded long before the show or movie ever even existed and they were recorded by people whose names you probably don’t know. And they didn’t care. In this episode, we spend our time focussing on the Golden Age of Library Music recordings, the 60s, and 70s. This book was invaluable to this episode: Unusual Sounds by David Hollander Another great book mentioned in this episode: The Music Library by Jonny Trunk Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music by Barry Mazor Documentary about Library Music COMING SOON!: The Library Music Film Clips used in this episode: Keith Mansfield - Funky Fanfare Keith Mansfield - Grandstand John Cameron - 49th Street Shakedown Alan Parker - You've Got What It Takes Mohawks - Champ Alan Hawkshaw - Beat Me Till I'm Blue Alan Hawkshaw - Mysterious Worlds Stringtronics - Mindbender Ron Geesin - Electrosound Sven Libaek - Inner Space Sven Libaek - Misty Canyon Basil Kirchin - Worlds Within Worlds Delia Derbyshire - Dr. Who Theme Joel Vandroogenbroek - Dark Plasma Alessandro Alessandroni - Fistful of Dollars (whistling & guitar) Subscribe to Highway Hi-Fi: iTunes | Stitcher | TuneIn | PocketCasts | Overcast | Google Play Twitter | Facebook | Spotif