Immediate Music

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Immediate Music is a music composition company based in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, that is notable for providing a specialized library of high-end trailer music for commercial motion pictures. Since 1992, Immediate Music has licensed music from its library to hundreds of theatrical trailers and television spots for all the major Hollywood studios. The company's music has been featured in the trailers for films such as Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, X-Men: The Last Stand and the more recent Harry Potter films.

In 2007, Immediate received an Emmy for "Outstanding Music Composition in a Sports Program," for their work on the 20th Olympic Winter Games.[1]

Immediate Music has its own band, called Globus, that fuses cinematic orchestral music with contemporary and world music rhythms.

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[edit] Organization

Immediate Music was founded in 1993 by Jeffrey Fayman and Yoav Goren.[2] Originally starting out as making music for film trailers, in 2008 the company opened its libraries to the video game and advertising industries.[3]

The company is based in Santa Monica, California.[2]

[edit] Trailer Music Live

On June 27th, 2009, Immediate Music put on a concert called Trailer Music Live. A full orchestra and choir performed tracks from Immediate's trailer music library. Additionally, Immediate's cinematic rock band Globus played a set. Music from trailers such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Spider-Man, Lord of the Rings was performed.

Previously, Globus, the trailer music inspired rock band, had performed in England at Wembley, and the success of that venture has led to the US live performance.

Yoav Goren, co-owner and composer for Immediate Music, had this to say about the upcoming concert: "This event was received with such enthusiasm in London, that we felt compelled to bring it to the states. Trailer Music Live is truly a unique live concert experience for movie fans of all ages, featuring a large orchestra, choir and rock band bringing this emotional and epic movie music directly from the screen to the stage."[4]

[edit] Discography

Immediate Music has released a number of albums that incorporate a wide range of genres, none of which however are commercially available to the general public. The most well known of these is the Themes for Orchestra and Choir series which currently has three multi-disk volumes.

[edit] Trailerhead

Trailerhead
Studio album by Immediate Music
Released August 26, 2008
Label Imperativa Records
Professional reviews
Immediate Music - "Lucius Dei"
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The company's third album, Trailerhead, was released in 2008. It is the only commercially available CD from Immediate Music, which includes new mixes from previous songs (Serenata Immortale is a new version of Serenata and of Globus' hit Orchard of Mines, for example) and a few new songs (Like Imperitum) The album was released on MP3 and was made available through Amazon and iTunes.

  1. Prometheus Rising
  2. An Epic Age - Based on "Epicon"
  3. Lacrimosa Dominae - Based on "Lacrimosa" and "Preliator"
  4. Serenata Immortale - Based on "Serenata" and "Orchard of Mines"
  5. Imperitum - Based on "Imperativa"
  6. Trial of the Archangel- Based on "Witch Hunt" and "Archangel"
  7. Prelude to Paradise - Based on "Prelude" and "Prelude (On Earth As In Heaven)"
  8. The Reluctant Warrior
  9. Spiritus Omnia - Based on "Spiritus Elektros", "Spiritus Sancte" and "Spiritus Khayyam"
  10. Fides en Lucius Dei - Based on "Lucius Dei" and "Diem ex Dei"
  11. Shield of Faith - Based on "Armed By Faith" and "Take Me Away"
  12. Onward to Freedom
  13. Empyrean Mercenaries - Based on "Heaven's Warriors"
  14. Generations
  15. Age of Discovery

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Silverberg, David (2008-09-07). "The Secrets Behind Making Movie Trailer Music". Digital Journal. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/259407. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
  2. ^ a b "Immediate Music Expands; Opens New Headquarters, Adds Composers and Director of Operations". Broadcast Newsroom. 2008-09-08. http://webcast.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=509489. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
  3. ^ Caoili, Eric (2008-10-07). "Immediate Music Launches New Libraries For Game Companies". Gamasutra. http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=20548. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
  4. ^ "TRAILER MUSIC LIVE". Imperativa Records. http://trailermusiclive.com/info/. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
  5. ^ Wood, Mike (2008-11-22). "Immediate - Trailerhead". Music Emissions. http://www.musicemissions.com/artists/albums/index.php?album_id=9684. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 

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