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)

 

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