New Releases: March 2021

For the March trailer music update I decided go with a different format, as I was traveling and thus ended up not having time to write about individual albums in more detail. For each album the post now lists the genre, composer(s), number of tracks, and whether it's a public industry or not, along with links to where you can listen to the album. Whenever the trailer company or their distributor gives a description on their website or Facebook/Twitter page, I cite it here too, just like I have done in earlier posts. Happy exploring of new trailer music!

1 Revolution Music

Tension Challenge 2

• Genre: dramatic thriller
• Description: "Contestants compete in explosive 'do or die' situations with dramatic heroism, confrontational challenges and shocking final eliminations." (BMG Production Music)
• Composer(s): Mark Richmond Phillips, Joseph Sanders, Carlos Martinez, Will Musser, Mark Nolan, Craig Stuart Garfinkle, John Samuel Hanson, Yoav Goren, Jeffrey Fayman
• Tracks: 11
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the BMG Production Music website.

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Amadea Music Productions

Double Impact

• Genre: epic/hybrid action, epic adventure
• Description: "Double Impact, Amadea Music Productions' 38th album features 10 action, hybrid, orchestral tracks. Sound design meets melodic orchestral phrases. Flee the chase or join the battle with pulses, braams, and driving ostinato coupled with thumping organic and electronic drums. Empower yourself to act heroically or adventurously with this melodic epic album. Double Impact is perfect for intense trailers, heroic soundtracks, and action TV." (Amadea Music Productions)
• Composer(s): Richard Asher Linton
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and for purchase on Bandcamp.

Heartfelt

• Genre: light/emotive drama
• Description: "Heartfelt, Amadea Music Productions' 39th release is a compilation of 10 beautiful, ambient, emotional tracks. Perfect piano tones and lovely melodies bring that warm feeling of home to your soul. Soft strings and subtle harmonies remind you of comforting dreams. Allow yourself to become one with the environment as you embrace sincere feelings with these vitalizing compositions. This album is perfect for documentaries, emotional programs, and immersive, atmospheric games." (Amadea Music Productions)
• Composer(s): Nadav Cohen
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and for purchase on Bandcamp.

Arise

• Genre: epic/hybrid/inspiring drama, epic/fantasy adventure
• Description: "Arise, Amadea Music Productions' 40th album features 11 epic, uplifting, emotional tracks. Rise above your challenges and allow this hopeful music filled with soaring strings, pianos, and epic percussions to bring a cinematic escape to your day. Beat the odds and embrace the light. Arise is perfect for documentary soundtracks, evocative trailers, and emotional adventure games." (Amadea Music Productions)
• Composer(s): Nick Reynaert
• Tracks: 11
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and for purchase on Bandcamp.

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Atom Music Audio

Angels

• Genre: epic/hybrid drama
• Description: "Angels, published by Atom Music Audio is a collection of 10 majestic epic hybrid tracks composed with true passion. Encapsulating the essence of the instruments from huge string ensembles to triumphant brass and thundering percussion. Modern sound design is merged with orchestral power to bring melody, aggression, and honor to the music, which is perfectly suited for blockbuster trailers, epic TV, and dramatic soundtracks." (Atom Music Audio)
• Composer(s): Gareth Thomas
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and for purchase on Bandcamp.

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Audiomachine

Inertia

• Genre: dramatic thriller, hybrid/sci-fi drama, sound design
• Description: "Demanding drums that impose their will alongside harsh synth squalls and tumbling layers of neon that pack a retro-futuristic vibe. These impactful tracks rattle and clang with industrial percussion and inject tension at every turn." (Audiomachine)
• Composer(s): Stuart Roslyn, Christopher Elmslie, Matthew Foundling
• Tracks: 16
• Favorite track(s): Forgotten Heroes, Settle the Score
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the Audiomachine website.

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Brand X Music

Stories

• Genre: light/emotive/suspense/neoclassical drama
• Description: "Sometimes offbeat, sometimes wondrous, “Stories” is a collection of 14 beautiful and rich new tracks from Brand X Music tailor-made for your next arthouse project. Delicate solo strings, lush pianos, and warm ambient pads dance around one another, spanning a complex range of emotions from a thoughtful joy to a deep melancholy to a quiet sadness. Get lost in these all-consuming textures, and touching melodies as all of our different stories come together." (Brand X Music)
• Composer(s): John Sponsler, Tom Gire, Corey De La Roche Martin, Bogdan Grigoryevich Eremenko, Mark White, Philip Timothy Glenn
• Tracks: 14
• Favorite track(s): Crossroads, Mental Manipulation (No synth), In All My Days, Repeating History
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

Unsettled

• Genre: tension/suspense drama, horror, sound design
• Description: "Danger lurks around every corner, and nothing is what it seems. Unsettled from Brand X Music is a taut and disquieting journey into the human mind's darker places. Not a traditional horror release, but rather an incredibly twisted collection of purely signature sounds ranging from scratchy strings, warped vocals, and twisted risers to dark hits and layers of discomfort that will rob you of sleep. 13 new tracks plus alts are sure to leave you very Unsettled!" (Brand X Music)
• Composer(s): Or Kribos, Or Chausha, Christian Ugenti, Bradley White, Hugo Ferreira, Marti Noguer
• Tracks: 13
• Favorite track(s): Rapid Ascent
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Demented Sound Mafia

Seeker

• Genre: inspiring/suspense drama
• Description: "Seeker, by composer Lionel Schmitt, dives deep into the realms of British Drama and Nordic Noir film score. Stunning string arrangements that sway the listeners emotions between hardship, hope and inspiration. Huge sounding orchestral cues that are both delicate and grand....a must listen!" (Songs To Your Eyes)
  
• Composer(s): Lionel Schmitt
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

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Directors Cuts

Epic Adventure 4

• Genre: epic action/adventure
  
• Composer(s): Trevor Morris
• Tracks: 14
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the Extreme Music website.

Ambient Americana

• Genre: ambient drama
• Composer(s): Hans Bonzales, Grayson Voltaire, Simpson Alexander Buglass, Blues Saraceno, Leif van Cleef, Django Jetta, Micky Mikkelson, Marlo Wolf, Danny Fernleigh, Devin Jay Hoffman, Francis James Ralls, Jacob Shea, Anthony Sternstein, Austin Fray, Joshua Atchley, Jarrod Royles-Atkins, Bruce Fingers, Billie Ray Fingers
• Tracks: 14
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the Extreme Music website.

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Duomo

The composer duo of Axel Tenner and Daniel Belardinelli continues their remote collaboration, releasing two new albums under Position Music: a sequel to their 2017 debut album Arc'd, and an orchestral album featuring female vocals.

Arc'd 2

• Genre: neoclassical/emotive/inspiring/suspense drama, dramatic thriller
• Composer(s): Axel Tenner, Daniel Belardinelli
• Tracks: 11
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

Whispers

• Genre: neoclassical/emotive/inspiring drama
• Composer(s): Axel Tenner, Daniel Belardinelli
• Tracks: 8
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Elbroar

The Fallen Knight

• Genre: epic/fantasy adventure
• Description: "A mighty fantasy adventure into a world full of magic and mystery, heroes, villains and fallen knights emphasizing majestic orchestra crescendos, impressive choirs and epic-sized trailer themes." (Warner/Chappell Production Music)
• Composer(s): George Leousis
• Tracks: 12
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

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Epic Hooks

Epic Hooks is Extreme Music's new label advertised with the following tagline: "Monster orchestral songs for when a regular one is just not big enough".

Epic Hooks, Vol. 1

• Genre: epic pop/blues
• Composer(s): Blues Saraceno, Andrew James Christie, Tony Lee Stafford Jr, Michael Dennis Smith, Nineoneone, Jacopo Trifone, Caitlin Parrott, Anže Rozman, Skye Emanuel, Drew Dvorsky, Jimmy Howland, MaceyBaby, Forest Christenson, Russell Emanuel, Chester Lang, Robert Bruce Smith, Griffin Young, James Everingham, Mandi Perkins, Francesco Rigon, Tuomas Norjanen, Marla Altschuler, Nik Ammar, Kara Talve, Billie Ray Fingers
• Tracks: 10
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the Extreme Music website.

Epic Hooks, Vol. 2

• Genre: epic pop/blues
• Composer(s): Tuomas Norjanen, Rosie Oddie, Filippo Cimatti, Blues Saraceno, Nineoneone, Giovanni Rios, Lee Richardson, Jonathan Murrill, Tom Ford, James Carlo Giorgio Cocozza, Malory Leyland Torr, Danny George McLauchlan, Tony Lee Stafford Jr, Michael Dennis Smith, Romain Paillot, Mandi Perkins, Francesco Rigon, Laurentia Editha, Denise Santos, Steven Silvers, Billie Ray Fingers
• Tracks: 9
• Favorite track(s): There Is a Fire
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the Extreme Music website.

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Gothic Hybrid

Dangerous Times: Modern Action

• Genre: hybrid action, sound design
• Description: "Amazing modern action cues from legendary Russian danger-master Dmitriy Mityukhin." (Gothic Storm)
• Composer(s): Dmitriy Mityukhin
• Tracks: 12
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Music.

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Hidden Citizens

Construo (EP)

• Genre: epic pop/hip-hop
• Composer(s): William van Alstine
• Tracks: 5
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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ICON

Darkstar

• Genre: epic/sci-fi drama, epic adventure
• Description: "Futuristic synths and epic orchestra combine to create the ultimate Science Fiction trailer album, from serious and dark to awe-inspiring and heroic." (Universal Production Music)
• Composer(s): Frederik Wiedmann, David Scott Butler, Ariel Mann, Aaron Srdoc, Dimitris Mann, Andrii Yefymov, Zach Lemmon, Gareth Coker, Dorian Charnis
• Tracks: 12
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.
  

Awake

• Genre: uplifting/inspiring drama
• Description: "Positive, pattern-based tracks that build momentum in a variety of uplifting and inspirational styles, from orchestral to electronic, pop, and indie." (Universal Production Music)
• Composer(s): Aaron Srdoc, Gareth Coker, Zach Lemmon, David Bertok, José Tomás Novoa Espinosa, Sebastián Felipe Olivares de Simone, Frederik Wiedmann, Ariel Mann, Bernard Perry, John Pregler, Gemma Hyesu Wiedmann
• Tracks: 12
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Imagine Music

Novelette

• Genre: neoclassical/suspense/inspiring/epic drama
• Description: "Poetic, romantic, and aristocratic - the keywords of our new brand release "Novelette", contains 13 different tracks with recorded live strings, epic sound, and dramatic character." (Imagine Music)
• Composer(s): Michael Afanasyev, Louis Viallet, Norman Wille, Sebastian Jakoby, Andrey Bely, Petr Brabich, Alexey Stepanenkov
• Tracks: 13
• Industry-only release available for preview on Soundcloud and licensing on the Imagine Music website.

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Liquid Cinema

Cinematic Apocalypse 5

• Genre: epic/hybrid action
• Description: "The best is back for more. Epic orchestra, pounding percussion & devastating trailer sound design for when it's all on the line. Top-shelf production & modern cinematic depth meets end-of-the-world dark emotion & dramatic energy. Give up hope‚ now." (Liquid Cinema)
• Composer(s): James Norman, Adam Dearborn, Tommy Walter, Joep Sporck, Matthew Lara, Jaidan Millar, Mark Nolan
• Tracks: 13
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

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Max Schad

After his 2020 debut album "Wood + Kerosene", Max Schad had his second album released by Position Music as part of their trailer music catalog.

Phantoms + Fires

• Genre: dramatic thriller, hybrid action
• Composer(s): Max Schad, Andrew Sherman, Vlad Berkhemer
• Tracks: 9
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Ninja Tracks

Praxis

• Genre: epic/sci-fi drama, hybrid action
• Description: "Epic Hybrid Orchestral created specifically for film advertising." (BMG Production Music)
• Composer(s): Raouf Rectobiasi
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Phoenix Music

Project Pandemic

• Genre: suspense thriller
• Composer(s): Alexander Richstein
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Position Music

Hybrid Orchestral Tension

• Genre: suspense thriller
• Composer(s): David Kochanski, Joseph Kantor, Tommy Walter, Tommy Barbarella, Jesse Howard, Luke Moseley, Brent Clifford, Andrew Meyer, Richard Meyer
• Tracks: 11
• Favorite track(s): Tracking the Signal
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

Spirit Force

• Genre: epic adventure, epic/sci-fi drama, hybrid action
• Composer(s): Larton Ma, Kendall Barwick
• Tracks: 7
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Score Addiction

On Soaring Wings

• Genre: epic/fantasy adventure
• Description: "Orchestral family adventure themes for epic journeys, delicate moments of discovery and triumphantly overcoming adversity along the way." (Universal Production Music)
• Composer(s): Aniruddh Immaneni, Jordan Rees, Samuel Griffiths, Jonathan Daglish
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Songs To Your Eyes

Valley of Death

• Genre: americana/suspense adventure
• Description: "Get into a western swagger mood with this collection of dusty, tension based underscores." (Songs To Your Eyes)
• Composer(s): Marlon Gibbons
• Tracks: 10
• Favorite track(s): In the Path of a Clydesdale
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

Resilience

• Genre: neoclassical drama
• Description: "Composer David Graham impresses with his debut album "Resilience". Neoclassical British drama recorded with live string quartet and piano. Elegant, sophisticated with great depth of emotion." (Songs To Your Eyes)
• Composer(s): David Graham
• Tracks: 10
• Favorite track(s): Tenacity
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.
  

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Space Tones

The Universe

• Genre: docudrama, sci-fi drama
• Composer(s): Anže Rozman, Kara Talve, Jacopo Trifone, Ho-Ling Tang, Austin Hammonds, Sara Barone, Jonathan Shanes, David Christopher Naroth, Maxwell Karmazyn, Forest Christenson, Bruce Fingers, Billie Ray Fingers
• Tracks: 10
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

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Tybercore

Chaos

• Genre: hybrid action
• Composer(s): Dmitriy Mityukhin
• Tracks: 8
• Favorite track(s): Premonition
• Publicly available for streaming on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube Music.

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West One Music

Thriller Action Score

• Genre: dramatic thriller, epic action
• Description: "Epic and exhilarating orchestral action cues with trailer drums, charging strings and explosive percussion." (West One Music)
• Composer(s): Lasse Enersen
• Tracks: 15
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the West One Music Group website.

Thriller Tension Score

• Genre: suspense thriller, tension/ambient drama
• Description: "Mysterious and foreboding tension cues featuring eerie drones, dark atmospheres and menacing strings." (West One Music)
• Composer(s): Lasse Enersen
• Tracks: 15
• Industry-only release available for preview and licensing on the West One Music Group website.

Phew! This post ended up being much longer than I thought it would! I suppose the simpler, structured format - without the need to formulate information into cohesive paragraphs - allowed me to mention more albums instead (roughly twice as many as my previous posts). Let me know in the comments below whether you prefer me switching to this format for the future posts, or sticking with the original, more verbose format with occasional personal comments, but fewer albums. Čau!

Jurik