British Composer Alec Makinson has been creating original and compelling music for the media for 20 years. His catalog of over 1,100 tracks includes quirky kids music, dramatic cues, Regal Renaissance music, and exotic World Beat tracks -- often used in documentaries, TV commercials, radio jingles, and stage productions. Alec’s compositions enjoy a wide range of major clients, like USA National Cable TV, BBC Radio 1, BBC 1 Television, BBC 2, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, National TV ads in UK, New Zealand, Croatia, and many other clients worldwide.
Alec Makinson is a genius in the variety and high quality range of music offered in his large catalog we offer on our site. He relishes the challenge of composing in a wide range of musical genres, and has created music that would fit nicely and enhance greatly just about any production under the sun.
Light & chirpy, feelgood & jolly festive theme. Gives a warm nostalgic glow. Holiday for strings feel with a shuffle beat. Great for fun holiday features, commercials, Christmas background & muzak. Main mix, underscore, 40sec, 30sec & 30sec underscore. Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Pop
Jaunty, happy and wholesome celebration of Christmas. Warm and inviting family occasion, campy, sugary and delightful, full of twinkling bells and festive cheer. Features Jazz Guitar, Tubular Bells, synth bells and pizzicato strings. Perfect for anything Christmas including radio & TV adverts, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Ensemble
Exciting, bright and merry original upbeat Christmas theme, with a couple of familiar refrains. Full of joy and festive cheer, this track has pace and is great to stand alone as Christmas background music, a talk-over bed, infomercial or commercial. Various mixes and cuts - Happy Holidays ! Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Bells
Festive, magical and original Christmas orchestral theme. Filled with shimmering bells, merry strings, ethereal choirs and holiday spirit. Fast moving, merry and wonderous, includes lighter sections and edit points. The producers perfect Christmas gift. Main mix, underscore and 30sec versions, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Pop
Vibrant, lively, happy and full of Jamaican sunshine. White sandy beaches, lined with coconut palms, the turquoise ocean gently lapping the shore, all you need now is a cocktail with umbrella. Features steel drum band and lively percussion. Perfect for holiday travelogues, documentary and adverts, Instrumental, Tropical Latin Music, Caribbean Music
Beautiful, fairytale, impish style underscore. Opens with light wonderment figures that build from a glockenspiel & piano to orchestral strings and choir. Contains musical stops, pauses and statements. Perfect for year round as well as Christmas & holiday music. 30sec full mix & 30sec w/o glock mix, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Orchestral
Quirky, light hearted & uplifting original festive theme with a nostalgic fun retro feel. Think jolly, jaunty & fun sleigh-ride. Features strings, bassoon, sleighbells, templeblocks, flute, glockenspiel & synth bells. Perfect for Christmas the way it used to be. Main mix, 60 & 30 and underscores. Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Pop
Happy, laid-back and care-free, warm and sunny, innocent, with child-like qualities. Features acoustic guitar and vibes. Perfect for family orientated Ads and PSA's. 60sec, 40sec and 30sec versions, Instrumental, Folk Music, Contemporary Folk
Beautiful & delicate Christmas music box style track. Warm, loving, wholesome and exciting with an air of anticipation. Steady rhythm and medium paced - Perfect for a whole spectrum of Christmas Commercials, from glittering gifts to nativity scenes. Radio & Television Adverts, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Music Boxes
Glistening, glorious & pretty Christmas bells ensemble. Heart-warming, delicate and inviting with an air of anticipation. Elegant and delightful for holiday promos. The finest of traditional and uplifting music. 30 sec TV/Radio commercial and internet email Christmas Cards. Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Bells
Busy, bustling, industrious, modern day China. Great, powerful yet humble hard-working people going about their simple existence. Contemporary with traditional elements, rhythmic opening builds to expansive Oriental theme.. Ideal for travelogue, business, documentary, historic from the Far East. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese New Age
Busy, bustling, industrious, modern day China. Great, powerful yet humble hard-working people going about their simple existence. Contemporary with traditional elements, rhythmic opening builds to expansive Oriental theme.. Ideal for travelogue, business, documentary, historic from the Far East. Instrumental, Chinese Music, Chinese Folk Ensembles
Welcoming, warm & friendly nu-folk, with a real feelgood vibe. Conjours up visions of long hot sunny days in the countryside, idyllic rustic living, or good wholesome home-made food. Features small ukelele style rhythmic guitars, flutes, glockenspiel & light percussion. Great for family style ads, Instrumental, Folk Music, Folk Pop
Vibrant, lively, happy and full of Jamaican sunshine. White sandy beaches, lined with coconut palms, the turquoise ocean gently lapping the shore, all you need now is a cocktail with umbrella. Features steel drum band and lively percussion. Perfect for holiday travelogues, documentary and adverts, Instrumental, Tropical Latin Music, Calypso
Vibrant, lively, happy and full of Jamaican sunshine. White sandy beaches, lined with coconut palms, the turquoise ocean gently lapping the shore, all you need now is a cocktail with umbrella. Features steel drum band and lively percussion. Perfect for holiday travelogues, documentary and adverts, Instrumental, Tropical Latin Music, Caribbean Music
Busy & upbeat rhythmic electronic groove, with a gentle ambient & mechanical feel. Perfect for science, technology, light industry, business & infomercials. Features synth sequencer patterns & rhythms, ambient piano, electric bass & keyboards. Main mix, 60sec uscore, 30sec & 30sec us versions, Instrumental, Corporate Music, Corporate New Age Electronic Music
Bright & staccato classical baroque style waltz. Very stately, graceful and historic English Lords and Ladies curtsying and bowing as they danced. Features marcato string ensemble, oboe, bassoon and piano. PERFECT FOR HISTORICAL & DRAMA. Main mix, 60, 30 and 10sec versions, Instrumental, Classical Music, Romantic Period
Welcoming, warm & friendly nu-folk, with a real feelgood vibe. Conjours up visions of long hot sunny days in the countryside, idyllic rustic living, or good wholesome home-made food. Features small ukelele style rhythmic guitars, flutes, glockenspiel & light percussion. Great for family style ads, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Happy Music
Proud, uplifting, feel-good and sunny African township choir with tribal chants also featuring kalimba, log drums and African beats. GREAT FOR TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS & DOCUMENTARY. Main mix, u/score without chants, vocals mix, 30sec and sting versions. Instrumental, African Music, African Traditional
Proud, uplifting, feel-good and sunny African township choir with tribal chants also featuring kalimba, log drums and African beats. GREAT FOR TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS & DOCUMENTARY. Main mix, u/score without chants, vocals mix, 30sec and sting versions. Instrumental, African Music, South African Music
Lively, feelgood, uplifting bubblegum pop. Bright & positive with a good beat. Features electric guitars, keyboards, eletric bass, drums & female vocals. Great modern pop style for advertising a wide range of goods and services. Mixes available with or without vocals. Instrumental, Pop Music, Bubblegum Pop
Upbeat & uplifting, wildlife safari theme, incorporating wild animal sound effects. Has a real feelgood flavour of Africa, but would be ideal for Zoos, Safari Parks, Wildlife Parks, Animal Theme Parks as well as African Safaris. Perfect for commercials, documentary & travelogue. Various mixes, Instrumental, Action Music, Action Moderate Tribal
Easy-going & laid-back version of the traditional Italian folk / operatic tune. This simple romantic wandering mistrel style version features mandolins and acoustic guitars. Great for romantic mood, travel or restaurants - A real flavour of Italy!! Main mix & 30sec versions, Instrumental, European Music, Italian Music
Exotic, mysterious & haunting flavour of the Middle East. Steady, lonely, forward-pushing, dry & arid atmospheric desert trek. Features authenic middle eastern instruments & female voice. Great for documentary, history & travelogue. Main mix, without vocal & bass mix, percussion mix & 30sec version, Instrumental, Middle East Music, Middle-Eastern Music
Exotic, mysterious & haunting flavour of the Middle East. Steady, lonely, forward-pushing, dry & arid atmospheric desert trek. Features authenic middle eastern instruments & female voice. Great for documentary, history & travelogue. Main mix, without vocal & bass mix, percussion mix & 30sec version, Instrumental, Middle East Music, Turkish Music
Regal and stately grand orchestral version of Great Britain's national anthem. The 3 verse version opens with string orchestra, middle woodwind section and ends with full orchestra. The 1 verse 40sec version is strings & orchestra. Instrumental, European Music, English Music
Regal and stately grand orchestral version of Great Britain's national anthem. Full of pomp and ceremony for Queen Elizabeth II. Opening with string orchestra, middle woodwind section and ends with full orchestra. The 1 verse 40sec version is strings & orchestra. Instrumental, National Anthems, UK National Anthem
Confident, corporate, big, modern, positive, expansive, driving modern theme. Has an upbeat business, news and current affairs feel to it. Perfect for presentations, awards, business promos, Audio Visual branding & commercials.
Main mix 60sec, 30sec & 60sec underscore bed versions. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Energizing Music
Expansive, driving and modern corporate style theme. Very positive, proud and uplifting, with an air of achievement and success. Great for news, current affairs, corporate presentations, branding, investigative documentary and commercials. Various mixes supplied. Instrumental, News Music, News Music | Themes
Maximum attitiude, in your face, solid 4-to-the-floor dance track. Hot and sexy catwalk high fashion. Synth based, solid hip hop trance beats with occasional male vocal 'oh yeah' punctuations. Cardio work-out music. Mixes avail without vocal. Main mix, 60sec no vocal & 30sec versions. Sassy fun, Instrumental, Dance Music, Trance
Comical, whimsical, slightly clumsy character, heavy footed silent movie style theme. Very Chaplin-esque & great for Silent Movies, comedy, children & cartoon marches. Featuring honky-tonk piano, tuba, flute & clarinet. Easy to edit with stops and slower passages. Main mix, 60sec, & 30sec version, Instrumental, Comedy Music, Comedy Piano
Comical, slightly clumsy, heavy footed silent movie style theme. Featuring honky-tonk piano, tuba, flute & clarinet. Contains stops and slower passages. Very Chaplin-esque & great for Silent Movies. Main mix, 60sec, & 30sec versions, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Whimsical Music
Vibrant, optimistic and contemporary Far Eastern corporate underscore, with a flavour of traditional Japan. Features tradtional instruments alongside a modern western beat. Great for business, money markets & travelogue. Main mix, lite mix, 60, 30 and 15sec logo phrase versions. Instrumental, Japanese Music, Ryukyuan Contemporary
Uptempo, lively and jolly traditional Mediterranean style theme. Features mandolins, acoustic guitar, fiddle and light percussion. Ideal for world music, Greece and Italy, travel and commercials. Main mix (which contains slower middle section), underscore, 60 and 30sec versions, Instrumental, European Music, Greek Traditional
Uptempo, lively and jolly traditional Mediterranean style theme. Features mandolins, acoustic guitar, fiddle and light percussion. Ideal for world music, Greece and Italy, travel and commercials. Main mix (which contains slower middle section), underscore, 60 and 30sec versions, Instrumental, European Music, Italian Music
Perky, happy-go-lucky and positive commercial track, with a sunny, carefree feel. Features happy whistling, acoustic guitars, shakers and light percussion which gives the track an unusual ethnic & multicultural feel. Great for wholesome family orientated products. Non-whistling version available. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Happy Music
Jolly, sing-a-long, foot-tapping, uplifting and friendly, cliche Italian cafe music. Really warm, inviting and cooked to perfection. Perfect for Italian restaurant, take-aways, and holiday commercials. Good for adding your own vocals or just a voice-over. 30sec full & 30sec underscore versions, Instrumental, European Music, Italian Music
Tension building drone bed with ticking fx, string quartet rhythm, Tubular bells punctuation and crescendos. Ideal for those tricky decisions and 'against the clock' moments from game shows to Reality TV. Main mix, 60sec A, 60sec B & 30sec, Instrumental, Dangerous Music, Edgy Music
Lively & fast pop/rock Christmas 30-sec jingle. Ideal for those harder to sell Christmas commercials. Wholesome, fun, jazzy the kids will love this! Pretty & uplifting melody. Features piano, bells, sleigh bells & tubular bells. Cute, hilarious and very sweet, little upbeat choir & very jolly, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Rock
Happy, Christmas party, fun 30sec jingle. Ideal for those harder sell Christmas commercials. Wholesome, exciting, rocking & uplifting melody. In the style of Maria Carey. Features piano, bells, sleigh bells & tubular bells. Cute, hilarious and very sweet. COMMERCIAL, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Pop
Cheerful, sun-kissed, energetic, up-tempo African theme. Features electric guitars, electric bass, marimba, balafon, organ and ethnic percussion. Perfect for Travelogue, holidays, Documentary & historical. Main mix, u/score, rhythm mix, 60 & 30sec versions, Instrumental, African Music, African Traditional
Inspirational, successful and uplifting, full sounding corporate theme. Proud and with the feeling of a job well done! Features orchestral strings, horns, woodwind & percussion, alongside contemporary piano and rhythmic synth sequencer. Great for Corporate & Presentations. Various mixes & cuts, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Energizing Music
Fun, crazy, bouncy & comical childrens march. Full of beans, small children and toys happily marching around and falling down. Perfect for cartoons, Kids TV, slapstick, clowns, and kids doing crazy things on TV, home movies & film. Versions with and without musical sound effects. Instrumental, Cartoon Music, Cartoon Electronica
