The choice of (background) music is crucial for an effective, engaging film. However, the red tape and royalties associated with the use of existing music tracks, or the limited choices of 'off-the-rack' royalty-free music, has resulted in georgetown media offering a more creative solution.
For most of our films we have produced our own music, often so-called 'sound-alikes' which resemble the sound and feel of existing songs, but use different harmonies and melodies, becoming oevres of their own. These tracks are customised for each production and can be re-arranged to match all edits (short version, long version etc.).
For a reasonable flat fee, the client is subsequently able to screen or stream their films – featuring our music – in all and any media, for all time, without ever having to worry about music royalties again.
These videos feature music composed and produced by Nicholas Feustel.
Doing HIV Justice
With somewhat unearthly yet modern, electronic sounds, the opening and end credits tracks appear to be mysterious at first, to then resolve into a rather positive outlook.
Oslo Declaration on HIV Criminalisation
A loungy and slightly jazzy, foot tipping groove, that doesn't distract from the spoken statements, but comes with enough variation to keep the tension throughout the five minutes of the film.
German PLHIV Stigma Index
Conclusions of the interviewers
A positive, motivational feel good track, mixing piano and electronic sounds, featuring several elements that were used separately as jingles in alternative edits of this film.
Symposium 'Marginalisation. Power(s). Illness.'
The follow-up meeting of the German PLHIV Stigma Index
Since this symposium was sort of a 'sequal' to the German PLHIV Stigma Index film, it uses the same melody and harmonies, but this time in a more energetic arrangement, with harder drum sounds to typify the progress of the process.
Finally Family Films – Gay wedding videos
Arrival of the guests
The 'wedding theme' comes with a royal sound incorporating rich and modern orchestral strings and a classical piano, as well as groovy percussions and spacey synthesizers.
The ceremony
This track is a sound-alike of the main theme of Hollywood film Terms Of Endearment. It uses the same orchestral and drums arrangement, with its piano, flute and oboe leads, but the melody lines go differently. To match the other tracks in this production, it also features the staccato strings from our own 'wedding theme' (see above).
Champagne reception
Both relaxing and energising, this track conveys the relief and joy after the ceremony with chilling e-pianos, a groovy drum pattern and funky rhythm piano and clavs.
A surprise boat trip
Starting with a spherical synthesizer pad, this track bursts into an up-tempo drifty groove with modern percussion, an uplifting bassline and funky wah-guitars as well as the reoccuring pizzicato and staccato strings, to create the aural experience of spindrift splashing against the yacht and a lively Summer day out.
Play Safe Please 2012
A modern, jazzy groove with lots of latin percussion, pleasing harmonies and a groovy swing-along dum-dee-dum bassline. This track is ideal for longer background music sections, for it can easily be re-arranged and extended, still keeping the tension over several minutes without sounding monotonous.
JAY
Eerie and angst-inducing 'suspense strings' provide a true soundtrack for a thriller, ending with a hard and aggressive electro-groove for the credits.
[Music starts at 3 mins 13 sec into the film]