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positude
LC 12350
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2013-12-12
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2022-11-07
A musical wonderbra: keeps things uplifting and perky. No matter how low your spirits sag. Good For: Positive News, Image Spots, Olympics
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VH004701
1:25
This saucy, attitudinal, action-oriented, videogame-ish, slap-in-the-pancreas is perfect for reality shows, manufactured feuds or competition in general. A pulsing synth bed and vocal pads are interrupted by huge, distorted electric guitars/synths, electric bass, dysfunctional computer sounds and drums all create a TechnoMetal cut with a Reggae-like lilt. Also works for investigations in a "we're on the case" kinda way. Becomes more dramatic as the elements appear in different mix-outs, back to the main mix @:43.
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VH004702
1:24
Positive, warm electric guitar-driven Rock that suggests the American West, cheery morning show anchors and how your heart feels after a third energy drink. And meth. Anthemic, chiming, delayed guitars and insistent electric bass linearly suggest insistent motion. Added piano and drums introduce a full mix @ :13, suggesting optimism and celebration. A slide guitar lead @:21 enters, acting like a happiness waterbra. The second half starts again with a soloed bassline, building back to a series of more background-friendly, loopable beds. The main theme/mix returns @1:03. Good for soft-focus shots of families playing, people working together and happy reunions.
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VH004703
1:16
Feel-good, confident and joyful celebration of all things Home Depot. This Pop/Alt Folk/Rock cut starts with dream-like delayed rhythmic piano/dulcimer that adds strings, drums, acoustic/electric guitars and synths, until @:16 it explodes into a huge, life-affirming, clap-driven celebration of triumph, kindness and humanity's indefatigable quest to misuse apostrophes and semi-colons. The second half repeats the same curve compositionally, adding a pulsing synth bass @:32 and a slightly smaller main theme @:54. Good for PSAs, shots of people helping each other, confident optimism and enjoying a hard-earned victory, unless it was a "who dies a horrible death first" contest.
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VH004704
1:20
Upbeat, chipper bed of activity that suggests you're "get'n it done," assuming "it" refers to completely misspelling "getting." Starts busy and innocuous, but musically "grows a pair" in the middle of each half, transforming into a catchy, pounding attitudinal 80s Alt Rock cut. Starts as an industrious and positive bed of chugging strings, four-on-the-floor-kick, electric guitar/bass and synths, growing in tenor and size until @:19 the cut bursts into an anthemic, chiming electric guitar-driven head-nodder. @:29 the strings lead a quieter, more newsy, bed-like middle section that returns to over-the-top Rock @1:02. Good for image spots, people working together, suggesting industriousness and PSAs.
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VH004705
2:03
Standing in the rain, fists clenched, singing about your lost love? Well, have we got a cut for you! And maybe an umbrella. Delayed electric guitars, simple drum machine and shimmering synths create a slow-to-mid tempo, hopeful, but still melancholy beginning to this piece which @:14 develops into a bittersweet/proud, almost triumphant crescendo of buzzing synths, drums and piano. @:37, the drums drop out again for more melancholy guitars, but the drummer and synths return @:59 to send shivers down your spine. Alternate lead guitar melody starts @1:28, invoking a sense of peaceful comfort and warmth. Good for PSAs, stories that pull at the heartstrings, reunions and love stories.
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VH004706
1:34
Rousing, orchestral, feel-good celebratory news-theme-wannabe that works for elections, sports highlights, Olympic backstories, image spots and overcoming the odds. Pulsing electric guitars create movement beneath a syncopated, soaring string melody with brass/percussion hits throughout. @:39 the cut gets quieter and more introspective, returning to the main pounding theme at @:49.
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VH004707
2:04
Fast, pulsing excitement-building positive tension in two flavors. The first: staccato strings, acoustic four-on-the-floor kick and electric bass create an expectant bed. @:11 the tension blows up into the second flavor: a proud major-key Rock-tinged celebration with anthemic electric guitars, more orchestral strings and driving drums. For those who don't like change, the second half repeats the flavors, but offers longer takes and a wider array of melodic/mix variations. Good for announcing important events, sports victories, year-end reviews and slo-motion finish line crossings.
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VH004708
1:41
Driving, kid-friendly and impossible to house-train, this cut is the epitome of modern, playful immaturity. This happy Power Pop starts with pulsing pads, driving electric bass, synth lead foreshadow something big. A huge electric guitar, pounding drums and synth strings arrive @:12, heralding the arrival of modern, immature playful antics - like crazy-gluing your tongue to the dog or not telling mom the babysitter's dead. Lots of hits, breaks and mix-outs, like the bass/drum bed @:32. Good for kid's programming, extreme sports, suggesting progress and that your program will end with all the lead characters freezing in a mid-air cheer.
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VH004709
1:15
Simple, friendly complexity. Busy, informational and non-threatening gamelan- and xylophone-driven rhythms suggest documentaries, financial news, intelligent insights, computers or pharmaceutical ads that are trying to take attention away from the fact that "mild, chronic paralysis" may occur. Drum machines, synth strings and a simple melody tie it together. Starts again @:29, but this time adds a new, still bubbly, melody @:46. Here's to a bright future - and according to the contraindications, "random colon seizures".
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VH004710
1:44
It's the big night: either a presidential vote or the final round of the Olympic Biathalon. Important, stately and attention-getting, this uptempo cut features brash horns playing triumphant chords over urgent, sweeping string arpeggios and huge batteries of percussion. Appropriate for world events, news opens/themes, or if you need entrance music for a new wrestler: the Anchorman. Smaller, loopable beds after :30 slowly build back a fake-out ending @1:06, with the main theme back shortly afterwards. If you are not on your feet by the end, you are probably dead and should call someone.
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VH004711
2:53
Sometimes we need a big dose of hopefulness. Unless you have dropsy - then Web MD suggests tetracycline. Ethereal, quiet Indie Rock that goes from introspective to triumphant features multi-tracked boy's vocals, piano, acoustic guitar and synths. Starts with slow, measured layered child-like vocals, piano and backwards synths creating a feeling of isolation, which builds in tenor and complexity until drums enter @1:16, building to climaxes @1:20 and 1:45. Things take a turn for the sunny and uplifting @1:57 with drums, driving electric bass, delayed electric guitars and waves of vocals. Trippy bed of vocals follows the last hit @2:34. Good for suggesting heaven-like tranquility, soft-focus memories and dropsy.
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VH004712
1:20
Happy, whistle-while-you-work feeling Indie Rock, perfect for suggesting progress, people working together (like seven dwarves, perhaps), positive technology and image spots. Acoustic guitar, bass and stop/start strings play a syncopated four-chord sequence in unison over a simple drum beat, while ethereal whistling and harp-like synth take the melody. Spare guitar strums @:31 increase in frequency until @:46, it introduces an eighth dwarf: Glitchy, who introduces a stuttering remix, complete with simple thumb piano/marimba in the background.
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VH004713
1:14
Someone's running breathlessly, either towards their lost love, towards the finish line, or away from a rampaging hippo. Triumphant, anthemic Rock track that shifts abruptly between quiet introspection (acoustic piano playing a simple melody over shifting radio-like synths) and mid-tempo, over-driven happiness (@:05, for example, as drums, electric/acoustic guitars, pulsing synths and strings). The cut starts over again @:32, with less aplomb, although who needs aplomb anyway? Good for stories of overcoming the odds, happy reunions, PSAs and important emotional climaxes. We smell Oscar!
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VH004714
1:34
A majestic, heroic orchestral brass-driven news theme, celebration of freedom or what it sounds like when French Horns stampede. A soaring brass melody starts the piece above a low-frequency, syncopated pulsing kick and delayed gamelan, building linearly with orchestral percussion until it becomes a huge-sounding wall of pride and percussive accents. The second half offers a variety of newsy beds, culminating in a proud, positive, anthemic alternate brass melody propelled by a four-on-the-floor kick and percussion. A fitting soundtrack for when an inspiring athlete transforms into an embarrassing shill for a razor or energy drink.
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VH004715
1:41
Ultra-positive twee Indie Folk Rock-meets-SynthPop. Optimistic, chipper and a "hugger," this adorable cut uses hi-tuned acoustic guitars, sprightly drum machines, pert, bouncy synths and almost every synonym for "perky" in the thesaurus. A stop/start neutral, guitar-driven introduction becomes an uptempo, positive frolic @:14 with driving electric bass, tambourine and synths that suggests progress and innocent, childlike happiness. After :30 you'll find a bunch of alternate introductory beds, including the pulsing synth-driven Techno version @1:02, with the main theme back in @1:09. Jaunty. Shit. I forgot jaunty. Good for PSAs, family celebrations and all-Smurf news team image spots.
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VH004716
1:48
This award-winning ("Worst Track Title Ever," 2013), attention-getting, hit-filled orchestral remix suggests a no-bullshit approach for hard-edged politics or world news. Stuttering, buzzy, artificially-tinged trombones and horns set the rhythm over a battery of martial-sounding drums and timpanis, joined by strings and delayed metallics. @:32 episodic string and drum phrases build into a variety of stately, loopable beds, returning to the main theme @1:12. Good as a modern take on a news theme, adding gravity and importance to events.
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VH004717
1:30
The thinking person's News Rock. Beds of active strings provide complex movement along with mid-tempo drums and electric bass contrasting beneath a simple melody from heavily reverbed stadium Rock electric guitar and piano. This cut works for opens, image spots and positive news with an edge. The second half provides a string/drum bed @:32 and a guitar/bass break @:53 returning to the main mix @1:08. Side note: at concerts, it is now illegal to hold up a phone with a picture of a lighter on it. Well, it isn't, but it should be.
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VH004718
2:01
Sad and touching memories of friends we've left behind and lovers whose behinds we've left. Deliberate and unhurried cello, delayed electric guitar, simple cardboard-box drums, clock-like hi-hat ticking and reverbed church-like pipe organ put a modern Art Rock spin on funerals, somber events and any loss that we still carry with us - like when your conjoined twin dies. The cut features many spare, striking moments but always returns to the full, bittersweet mix, giving a sense of hope. Great for PSAs and memorials for tragic events.
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VH004719
1:18
A dramatic, fun, explosion-filled, gritty - but not too serious or threatening - theme song for the super villain who has everything. Winding processed violin creates activity and an attempt at decorum as it's battered by larger-than-life synth stings and drum machines. @:11 all intelligence is crushed into the ground as pants-shitting Industrial/Rock electric guitars and drums smash in, suggesting a giant, angry koala clog-dancing on Detroit. All seasoned with Reggae-like lilt which lends it a cartoony, more humorous feel. Features plenty of dynamics, bouncing between loud and soft throughout. Good for intense sports, attitudinal image spots, investigations, highlight reels and over-the-top evil.
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VH004720
1:47
Fanfare for the Busy Man. An uptempo, positive, motion-filled, syncopated orchestral piece - brass, winds, strings and light percussion - with interlocking string/brass parts. Delayed, processed Rhodes electric piano adds a modern, almost technical subtext throughout. Various mix-minus, clock-like beds after @:30 let you catch your breath before the proud, pounding, pompousness returns @1:02. Good for news opens, big events, dignified celebrations, telling the world you've completed Angry Birds or as a schizophrenic fanfare for the ADD Olympics.
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VH004721
1:31
Urgency, meet Hope. Hope, Urgency. We'll let you two get acquainted. Chugging orchestral strings and piano play an important-sounding, throbbing pattern over a driving uptempo four-on-the-floor beat and simple synth bass. @:15 the moods bursts into a happier, faster-feeling, more propulsive feel as bell-like synths/string lead create a bouncy melody over authoritative low synth pads. @:32 the mix begins building linearly from strings-only to the full mix @1:12, but this time with an alternate, more subdued melody. Good for informational spots, Euro/International/financial news, PSAs or newsy opens.
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VH004722
1:46
Introspection/loneliness evolves into hopeful positivity/celebration. More yearning and earnest (yearnest?) than a high school poetry assignment, this cut starts with a bed of slightly simple electric guitars beneath a pretty piano melody, kicking into Pop Rock grandiosity @:22 with drums, electric bass, synth pads and, for some reason, a giant, clog-wearing koala. A bed of meandering guitars, kick drum and backwards synths @:31 suggests the struggle to overcome something, like braces or going to the prom with my mother. Builds to @1:07, back to the triumphant main theme.
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VH004723
1:47
Matter-of-factly happy and straightforward, this upbeat, propulsive and non-threatening cut combines Dance music's simplicity, the edge of Modern Rock, the drum-driven feel of a news theme and the repetitiveness/familiarity of a giant, clog-wearing koala. A repetitive delayed electric guitar figure and ticking field drums create activity and urgency above buzzy, low synths and string pads. Various mix-outs after :30, with the main mix returning @1:20. Carefree music that's good for PSAs, corporate videos and getting people up and moving - watch out for that dude punch-dancing next to you.
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VH004724
1:29
Factual optimism. Organic-meets-tech, intimate-sounding, bubbly, positive and hemp-shoe-wearing cut works for uplifting pieces about the environment, human interest, financial news and suggesting time passing/progress. Alt/Indie Folk-tinged delayed acoustic guitar, wooden percussion, piano and synth bass provide a forward-moving bed that adds a slightly more modern hi-tech feel with drum machines and bouncy, borderline-quirky synths. Gets smaller @:30 with electric guitar adding a bit of subtle grit @:51, returning to the main mix @1:02.
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VH004725
3:41
Intimate, soft-spoken Indie Rock personal trainer. A polished, lean cut that probably has war-criminal-relatives gently encourages "you can do it!" and makes up inspirational anecdotes until you pull a groin muscle or suffer a taint-crippling wedgie. Acoustic piano chords climb over beds of delayed electric guitars, four-on-the-floor kick, acoustic drums, synth pads and electric bass lightly explode into triumphant and good-hearted positivity @:19. The remaining three minutes? More of the same: relaxing, neutral-to-positive, organic beds resolve into happy, uplifting feel-good, pretty, life affirming non-offensiveness. Good for PSAs, overcoming the odds, faith in a higher power and showing how much better the future might be. Especially if you lost twenty pounds.
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VH004726
1:34
Busy meets huge and inspirational. After a brief arpeggiated piano/synth/harp intro suggesting growth and progress, horns and driving drums build until the cut explodes @:19 with percussive hits, busy strings, commanding brass notes and the feeling that something important and dignified is coming. The build begins again @:30 with a brass-and-drums break @1:00, leading to an even bigger reiteration of the theme starting @1:09. Magnificent and incredibly egotistical, this cut is good for politics, elections, big events, the Olympics and when you end up seeing the Statue of Liberty half buried in sand. Oh, wait. That's "Planet of the Apex.
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VH004727
1:30
Important-sounding but not stuffy way of building excitement for an event or election. Light, bouncy strings, brass, pulsing synths and muted electric guitars create a bouncy feel over electronic kick, climbing in intensity until :17 when an electronic whoosh introduces a positive, proud, ready-to-solve-problems brass- and delayed piano-driven melody. After an atmospheric, dream-like breakdown @:31 with reversed strings, a pared-down mix of the melody repeats @1:01, becoming full @1:13. Good for politics, image spots, corporate puff pieces and momentary anchor acid flashbacks.
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VH004728
1:06
Dark, imposing and attention-getting mid-tempo processed mechanical/orchestral piece that sounds like an angry marching band of menacing robots or a score for natural/unnatural disaster documentaries. Starting with a mysterious but fearsome bed of sonar-like iron hits, delayed/processed marimbas and swirling vocal snippets, @:09 the cut bursts into a percussion-driven bed, growing in tenor and maliciousness with choir, synth bass and end-of-the-world huge brass/synth hits starting @:20. Good for showing super villain progress, crime montages or making evil plans - even if they're for getting coffee sometime. Hey, no pressure.
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VH004729
1:42
Hopeful, catchy and kid-friendly montage-fodder that combines proud, stateliness with bubble gum and screen-time arguments. Uplifting, celebratory-feeling uptempo Techno/Pop/Rock/Orchestral hybrid that starts with excitement-building four-on-the-floor electronic kick, strings and synth pads, linearly building to a fast, driving drum machine, brass and synth-driven onslaught of positivity and progress. A newsy/bed section starts @:30 with delayed electric guitars, offering various mixouts until the main mix returns @1:06 but with a simpler, less invasive lead melody. The future is now, people, which means I guess that what comes next is the DOUBLE future.
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VH004730
1:23
Light, floaty and bright-eyed, this mid-tempo cut takes an atmospheric New Age/Muzak-ish piano- and synth-driven piece (replete with drum machines and processed wind/vocal pads) and gives it a modern, optimistic remix with a pastiche of stuttering edits, processed instruments, enhanced drum breaks and a progress-suggesting four-on-the-floor kick that works for corporate videos, PSAs, time lapse footage and shots of beautiful vistas.
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VH004731
1:27
Like a diaper, this cut starts light, ends heavier. Alt/Indie Rock neutral, bubblegum-like bounciness that shifts into driving, competitive seriousness. Starting with a repeating alarm-like delayed, chiming electric guitar figure and four-on-the-floor kick, the mood slightly darkens @:08 with a low bass synth, but really blossoms @:14 as acoustic drums and pulsing synth pads give the cut a sense of suspense and importance. Atmospheric, drum-free bridge @:32 with swirling, phased synth pads slowly builds back to main mix by 1:00. Good for sports, image spots, club/nightlife and introducing new ideas.
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VH004732
1:43
Suggests the harmonious blending of different ideas, constant change, globalization or stultifying indecisiveness. This uplifting and hopeful cut is comprised of hundreds (okay: tens) of different musical snippets edited to create a shifting, constantly morphing bed of pleasant/relaxing activity above beds of delayed electric guitars, synths and mid-tempo acoustic Rock drums. Takes a turn into positive Synth Pop @:36 with steady drum machines/synth bass which propel it along into a Tech-themed transformation. Good for suggesting progress, time-lapse footage, and a love song for two video game consoles from different sides of the tracks.
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VH004733
1:19
Attitude- (and alcohol-) fueled Euro-sport futbol chant fuses with Spaghetti Western-tinged Ennio Morricone-esque feel to suggest competition, celebration, fierce rivalry or that ponchos are suddenly popular again. An undercurrent of suspenseful ticking/pulsing delayed muted twangy guitars and electric bass opens up @:06 into a men's choir singing a wordless anthemic melody over buzzy synths and a driving drum beat. After smaller mix variations after :30, the cut explodes with big drums, stadium-sized drums/clapping and a huge, male/female/animal choir @:55, amping the excitement up to 11. Great for sports, the Olympic games and intense showdowns.
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VH004734
1:35
Gentle and melancholy, like standing out in the rain weeping with relieved joy - at least until somebody tells you the plus sign means pregnant. Suspended reverbed, slow acoustic piano plays tear-inducing chords, laced with pauses - accompanied by shimmering, distant-sounding synths and tinkling glockenspiel, joined by quiet, delayed ticking, kick drum and tambourine @:12 and :57, suggesting the passage of time, loves had (and lost), those who have died or the depressing additional revelation that when you "failed your drug test" means that they found drugs. Synth strings in the distant background. Good for remembering those who have passed. Very poignant... now get out of the rain.
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VH004735
1:22
Stopping a drippy faucet? Then fixing a sink? Now replacing a water pipe? Trying to repair the resulting flood damage? Buying a new house? This optimistic cut uses actual saws, hammers, levels, measuring tape and wrenches, bringing to mind home repairs, fix-it shows, progress and busy neutral-to-positive activity. Pulsing bass synth, drums and overdriven electric piano create a linearly developing march-like, regimented Synth Pop-tinged background for various metallic percussives, all creating a tribal beat that will have you nodding like a Heisenberg bobblehead. Good for technology, time-lapse footage and watching Joe try to fix anything.
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VH004736
1:20
The sweet, tender memories of our first loves. The first time we held someone close - or held them underwater, if you're deranged. This Folk/Country/Bluegrass-tinged track features gentle strummed acoustic guitars, mandolins, acoustic piano, pedal steel accents, electric/synth bass, kick drum and atmospheric wordless male vocal "ahs" @:16 and :50 giving the cut a satisfied, dreamy feeling. @:30 the cut builds again from Americana-esque simple guitars into a lush, post-orgasmic spring day lying in the grass, but hopefully not after some asshole tried drowning you. Good for PSAs, reunions, travelling through soft-focused fields of America's heartland or musically sighing contentedly.
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VH004737
1:42
Hopeful progress suitable for optimistic news or watching something beautiful blossom. Strummed Alt Folk/Country/New Age acoustic guitars, churning strings, kick drum, low piano notes and @:14, gauzy, angelic voices suggest that something good is coming, happening or on sale at Home Depot. @:30 the cut reverts back to a simple, churning bed of piano and kick drum with subtle banjo entering @:46. The full, four-on-the-floor-driven mix returns @1:02 with higher celebratory-sounding string arpeggios. Good for PSAs, suggesting wonder, reminiscing about first loves and acts of kindness.
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VH004738
1:19
Jaunty, strutting, smart-alecky and reminiscent of Guy Ritchie films, this cut begins with 50s spring-reverbed electric guitar chanks, electric piano plinks, simple, sharp flinking acoustic drums, doolicky glockenspiel and flooping electric bass suggesting attitude, suspense and that I seem to have some kind of Dr. Seuss-related brain injury. Slower, mysterious section after :30 with muted guitars and brushed drums leads back to the stabby guitar/piano that adds dramatic low synth and glockenspiel melody @1:01. Good for sports, talking smack and illicit urban activities.
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VH004739
1:23
Modern, propulsive and bombastic news theme that starts (and stays) loud. Proud, majestic strings, brass and percussion get remixed with low, growling synths, tons more synthetic/organic drums and a movement-filled, arresting stop/start feel that makes this positive, hit-filled, uplifting 7/8 piece grab your attention and then beat you senseless with it. Good for show opens, politics, the Olympic games, sports or anything triumphant or celebratory. Nothing can prepare you for the pounding, explosive endings @:27 and @1:04. Enjoy the extra, bass-heavy alternate ending @1:17.
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VH004740
1:28
Humility is overrated, so let people know you're insufferably self-assured! Proud, string/brass-driven orchestral fanfare-like news open that suggests politics, big events, celebrations on a planetary level and enough positivity to cause a national insulin crisis. Busy strings, bells, orchestral drums and synths create an undercurrent for a soaring trumpet, horn and violin melody, suggesting forward motion and progress. After @:30 a twinkling bed of bells slowly morphs into a driving four-on-the-floor kick, low synths and brass melody and, before you know it, @1:06 the percussive, proud main mix returns.
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VH004741
1:24
Positive, bright-eyed and ready for a painful soul-crushing relationship, this inoffensive, percussion-driven uptempo 80s-tinged Pop/Rock cut starts with a bed of tom-heavy acoustic drums, electric bass and gated/panned strings, suggesting a busy, but happy, morning rush. A chiming electric guitar and electric piano both provide a carefree, unison lead @:13 as the driving drums add a sense of aggressive happiness. Stops dead @:30 with atmospheric, dreamy electric piano and bass creating a moment to breathe. Main mix slowly sneaks back in, getting full @:58. Good for morning shows, corporate use, image spots and skipping through fields of flowers.
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VH004742
1:17
Do you buy generic toilet paper? Like white bread? Get insulted really easily? Then enjoy this peppy, mid-tempo, genre-agnostic, Rock mutt with two electric guitars, fuzz electric bass and acoustic drums - perfect for the Mashed Potato, the Batdance, and other semi-ironic dances you only do at weddings, beach parties and in 90s sitcoms. Brief cases of the clap at the beginning and @:40. The second half is a slow build from just fuzz bass to full band @:58.
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VH004743
1:41
Gentle, nurturing and heartwarming way of reminding people to call their mothers, hug their children and stop and smell the flowers - unless you have asthma or some pollen-related allergy. Crap. I should have put that warning first. This Folk/Country/Classical hybrid tstarts with soft acoustic piano arpeggios, lyrical chamber strings, soothing pads and delayed drum machine percussion, getting fuller/bigger @:14. The cut thins out @:32 with delayed piano chords, drum accents and reversed swells, adding washes of pedal steel @1:02. Good for morning news, PSAs, suggesting pastoral beauty or instilling a hopeful sense of purpose.
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VH004744
1:11
Want a cut that says you're aware of all world events, have the latest updates on Santa (SNN?) AND deliver the news while riding a horse? You're in luck! The track starts with percussive hits/toms accenting a galloping, busy neutral/kinda-positive vibes/gamelan bed and on/off string pads. The drums get more insistent and regular, delayed electric guitar arpeggios enter and everything gets all bigger, busier and poundier @:11 with a four-on-the-floor beat. The mix gets spare @:30 with bells and shifting pads, building back up to a full mix. Good for news, image spots, fast visual edits, and music for intelligent discourse - especially if you're talking about Christmas news horses.
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VH004745
1:33
Spacious, open-ended cut that suggests the lure of the road, nature's beauty, and an image of a lone coyote on the open plains - just before he gets hit by a falling anvil. This wistful/reflective Alt Country/Folk Rock-tinged cut features an electric slide guitar floating over waves of low, atmospheric synth, the chimes/strums of several other guitars, electric bass and kick drum, the whole thing awash in reverb. Drums enter @:15 introducing a new, more positive feel. More intimate, smaller guitar section @:31 gets kind of introspective again, but then builds back to an uplifting, complex full mix.
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VH004746
1:32
Starts soft and small, gets bigger and bigger until this track explodes with life-affirming joyful bombast. Not only this disc's fifteenth painfully obvious sexual metaphor, but actually explains that's what happens in this cut. It starts with halting nylon-string Folk Rock guitar, thumping kick and acoustic piano, then @:16 a huge orchestral celebration erupts with soaring brass, strings, walls of electric guitar and driving drums. @:29 it starts rising all over again, and after an escalating, pounding build starting @:41, the ultra-positive orchestra (and choir this time) erupts @:54. Oh - I think I lost the metaphor somewhere. Good for PSAs, image spots, overcoming the odds and slow-motion finish line sequences.
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VH004747
1:24
Optimistic, informative and movement-filled, this is a Techno-Utopian call to arms. This cut blends the organic (strings, tympani, electric guitar) with the man-made (beats, synths, obvious effects) to provide a driving, pulsing, glistening bed of inspiration and pride. Floaty, spare synth break @:30 has me scratching my head, but that's still because of lice. Starts building back @:58 with strings and chugging electric guitars, bursting into a huge (but short) celebration @1:12. Perfect for news image spots, dependable banking/financial and corporate everything.
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VH004748
1:37
Hopeful, dewy-eyed and equally ready to burst into tears or laughter. Starts perky and suspenseful with staccato piano/organ, strings and electric bass pause @:12, only to burst into a propulsive, drum-driven onslaught of positivity with a simple piano melody, suggesting you've won the lottery, cured cancer or won the cancer lottery - which actually doesn't sound so good. After :30, a bed of tremolo'd guitars and piano provide a loopable way of getting in or out of piece. After various sections the cut gets bigger @1:08, but in a more rational, measured way and less unconditionally optimistic.
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VH004749
1:27
Fast, modern informational exchange. A hyper-caffeinated string section and solo clarinet play lightning fast under upbeat rock drums, with a brass section playing triumphant fanfares overhead. In the middle section, a quiet synth lead plays over percussion, the coked-out strings return @:46 with much calmer brass @:57. What we're saying is that the whole orchestra is on a blend of different uppers and downers.
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VH004750
1:27
Inexcusably happy, exhaustingly bouncy 90s Power Pop/Rock that will have the guys who did the music for Friends rolling in their graves. Probably because they're not dead yet. Clock-like uptempo chugging/muted electric guitars provide background for an electric guitar lead, electric bass, more electric guitars and drums/tambourine all polished and sanitized, ready to suggest sped-up footage, teenage parties, roadtrips, Jeff Spiccoli-levels of dude-ishness and sports. Features tons of surprises and drum breaks.
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VH004751
1:14
The promise of a new day? New life-changing technology on the horizon? Tentative delayed acoustic piano and pulsing muted guitars are broken by fits of frenetic synth/computer-esque activity until the cuts gets more active and positive with electric bass, pads and drums. The second half follows the same progression, with added atmospheric string/winds pad adding a calming feeling @:30. When the more driving section enters @:51, the piano gets more active. Good for showing progress, image spots, medical breakthroughs and dftarth, which means our spellcheck doesn't work.