Trailer music

Trailer music is created either in a special department inside the film company, or in a separate production company - the trailer house, where commercials are also created. Trailer music is used for advertising of any type, for festivals, sports (figure skating, synchronized swimming, rhythmic gymnastics) and other events. The difference between trailer music and the soundtrack is that trailer music is not written for a specific movie, series, computer game, and so on; music is first written, then it is released in the form of albums or catalogs, after which customers select the appropriate composition, acquire rights and use it for some purpose. Another distinctive feature of trailer music is that it is tailored specifically for advertising editing, which has its own specifics. One trailer can use several tracks. Many compilers of trailer music creating it on the staff of a film company or trailer house are legally attached to trailer houses, film companies or their distribution divisions, and are not accessible to those who wish to obtain copyright in their works outside the company. There are also composers working outside the label ^[1] .

Trailer music is made flexible and easy to edit. The main thing in it is the rhythm and pauses. The composition consists of an intro, middle, final, additional ending, final boom for the title. Between the parts, large pauses can be set so that it is convenient to use only some specific part of the composition ^[2] . In trailer music, drums are widely used and it is almost not melodic ^[3] .

Trailer music can consist of musical fragments in other films ^[4] , popular music , classical music , neoclassical music , popular vocal compositions, library music written specifically for trailers, and original music written specifically for a specific trailer ^[5] . Most often in trailers there is epic music that creates the right atmosphere to attract the attention of the viewer.

The largest companies producing trailer music for computer games and Hollywood films are Globus , ES Posthumus , Immediate Music , Two Steps from Hell , Remote Control Productions , Pfeifer Broz. Music Since 2014, Imagine Music has existed in Russia ^[1] . Among independent composers in Russia are Anton Novoseltsev, Artyom Shevchenko ^[6] . There are also intermediary companies between free composers and clients. One of the most famous is the Really Slow Motion.