On Fri, 05 Apr 2002 02:17:18 GMT, "Jim Harvey" wrote:

>Is it just me or does the music in Smart sound remind you of one step
>above(below?) Elevator music? I've visited their page and clicked on
>virtually every one of their samples and it all sounds...cheesy? Other than
>Harry Fox'ing the soundtrack, has anyone come up with some "real world" buy
>out music or sites where there is some decent royalty free loops? I've gone
>the acid route, but it too is kind of "prepackaged" and has that "fake"
>sound to it.
>Am I making sense here? Is it me? Thanks for any advice.
>
>Jim Harvey

No, it isn't you...;-)
Most "buy out" music for video I've heard is as
you describe (I stopped buying it). There are some
"needle down" (you pay per use/time) sellers with
good stuff, but much of what actually gets used in
videos is more like what you complain of than good.
It takes real money to "buy" real talent for video
music, unless you know some excellent (and willing,
for cheaps) musicians (I do, but I have not yet
asked them for favors...;-). I try to do without
music as much as possible in videos, using "ambient
sounds" instead, and fill in with the occassional
MIDI diddlies I'm capable of occassionally coming up
with...;-)