{"id":2367,"date":"2018-10-25T17:49:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T16:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2018-10-25T17:49:25","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T16:49:25","slug":"unusual-sounds-the-hidden-history-of-library-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2367","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cool short film about those fab ole library music sounds and the people that made them. Album due, November 9th, on Anthology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-2CgmA0-X-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2368\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB.jpg 576w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/david_hollanderWEB-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who needed a soundtrack for their commercial entertainments could reach for a selection of library music: LPs of stock recordings whose contents fit any mood required. Though at the time, the use of such records was mostly a cost-cutting maneuver for productions that couldn\u2019t afford to hire their own composer, the industry soon took on its own life: library publishers became major financial successes, and much of the work they released was truly extraordinary. In fact, many of these anonymous or pseudonymous scores-on-demand were crafted by the some of the greatest musical minds of the late 20th century\u2014expert musicians and innovative composers who reveled in the freedoms offered, paradoxically, by this most corporate of fields.<\/p>\n<p><em>Unusual Sounds<\/em> is a deep dive into a musical universe that has, until now, been accessible only to producers and record collectors; a celebration of this strange industry and an examination of its unique place at the nexus of art and commerce.<\/p>\n<p>The perfect companion to the David Hollander curated book Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music (out now on Anthology Editions), these 20 tracks encapsulate the niche and fascinating subculture of library music. Genres were spliced, conventions dispensed with, and often times hybrid music of astonishing complexity was produced. Elements of rock, jazz, soul, even twentieth-century avant-garde composition were all utilized, and no stone was left unturned. As a result, some of the best library music defies all categorization, reflecting the individualistic quirks and artistry of the various musicians who made it.<\/p>\n<p>Today, library music turns up in cartoons, video games, and is sampled by the likes of Jay-Z, DANGER DOOM and Gnarls Barkley\u00a0 It scores the work of Quentin Tarantino and Wes Anderson and turns up on a wide range of TV shows and film such as <em>Scream Queens<\/em>, <em>Dancing With The Stars<\/em>, <em>Parks &amp; Recreation<\/em>, <em>August: Osage County, SpongeBob Squarepants<\/em>, <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em> and more than a couple of adult films.<\/p>\n<p>This compilation includes compositions by Brainticket founder Joel Vandroogenbroeck, KPM Allstars John Cameron and Keith Mansfield, Montenegrin-born composer Janko Nilovi\u0107, and the Italian film composer Stefano Torossi amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>David Hollander is a producer, music supervisor, writer and collector living in Texas. A lifelong record collector, his library music collection is considered by many to be one of the finest of its kind in the world.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"Textbody\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tracklist:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n1. Keith Mansfield &#8211; Funky Fanfare<br \/>\n2. Stefano Torossi &#8211; Running Fast (track not available digitally)<br \/>\n3. D. Patucchi &#8211; La Dimostrazione<br \/>\n4. Klaus Weiss &#8211; Survivor<br \/>\n5. Janko Nilovic &#8211; Xenos Cosmos<br \/>\n6. V. Geminiani &#8211; Ophis Le Serpentaire<br \/>\n7. Stringtronics &#8211; Tropicola<br \/>\n8. Stefano Torossi &#8211; Feeling Tense (track not available digitally)<br \/>\n9. Gary Pacific Orchestra &#8211; Soft Wind<br \/>\n10. John Cameron &#8211; Half Forgotten Daydreams<br \/>\n11. F. Micalizzi &#8211; Night Breeze<br \/>\n12. Les Hurdle, Kathleen Poppy &amp; Madeline Bell &#8211; You&#8217;ve Got What It Takes<br \/>\n13. Electric Machine &#8211; Fancy Good<br \/>\n14. C. Cordio &amp; F. Vinciguerra &#8211; Quips and Cranks<br \/>\n15. Les Hurdle &amp; Frank Ricotti &#8211; Dissolves<br \/>\n16. Joel Vandroogenbroeck &amp; Walt Rockman &#8211; Fairy Tale<br \/>\n17. Mladen Franko &#8211; Weeping Eelgrass<br \/>\n18. Peter Patzer &#8211; Mild Maniac<br \/>\n19. Joel Vandroogenbroeck &amp; Marc Monsen\u00a0 &#8211; Group Meditation<br \/>\n20. 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