Around the World in 7 Days: Playlist 05/05/17
Here at Tracks & Fields we work with clients from all over the world and believe that to find the best possible music for advertising and film, it is important to draw on artists...
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From the Vault #3: Crocodile Dundee promotes cigarettes in front of a live Orchestra
Sometimes with great ads it’s not necessarily the ad itself that is entertaining but the time and context in which it existed. Nowhere is that more prevalent than in Cigarette advertising. For most people...
Top Scores #2: Jóhann Jóhannsson & Sicario
When it comes to composing scores for thrillers, there is often a trap that many composers fall into, one that can only be described as ‘Hans Zimmer syndrome’. From Gladiator to Batman to Pirates...
What’s that Genre? #2: Gabber
Seen as the edgier, alternative younger brother of Amsterdam, Rotterdam has always been synonymous with new movements and rejecting the mainstream trends of it’s older brother. Which gives you the perfect contextual background when...
Around the World in 7 Days: Playlist 27/04/17
Here at Tracks & Fields we work with clients from all over the world and believe that to find the best possible music for advertising and film, it is important to draw on artists...
From the Vault #2: Rolling Stones collab with Bill Gates for Windows 95 launch
If like myself, you grew up through the 90’s, chances are you would have had first hand experience with a particular computer operating system. One that became legend and according to many, including Forbes...
Top Scores #1: Jon Brion & The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The powerful significance a film’s score can have over the entire production is indisputable. In many instances it can help convey feelings and emotions that visuals cannot. From nostalgia, to heartbreak, to elation and...
What’s that Genre? #1: Dolewave
If there’s one thing that never ceases to entertain us here at Tracks & Fields, it’s the bizarre and often obtuse ways some artists, labels, publishers and publicists qualify their music through genres. It...
From the Vault #1: Bulova, Gibbs SR and the beginning of TV advertising
This week we’re kicking off a new segment on the Tracks & Fields blog. From The Vault sees us digging back into the archives of video advertising to bring you the best of the...
Ad digger special: Tracks & Fields’ top 10 picks of music licensing in commercials 2016
Nothing sells a TV commercial like good music! In 2016, the advertising industry saw the creation of great soundtracks to TV commercials through ad music or sync licensing. The outcome was great commercials that...