British composer, Alec Makinson, has been creating original and compelling music for the media for over 20 years. His work includes quirky radio jingles and music for commercials all the way through to music for documentary, television and stage productions. Alec’s compositions have been used by a wide range of major clients including 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 relishes the challenge of composing in a wide range of musical genres, and with over 800 tracks at present to choose from, you're sure to find a track to fit your production perfectly.
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
Happy, jolly and full of fun original Christmas theme with a lovely nostalgic feel. 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 Acoustic
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 prodcers perfect Christmas gift. Main mix, underscore and 30sec versions, Instrumental, Christmas Music, Christmas Pop
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
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
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, African Music, African Drums and Percussion
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
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
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
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
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
Regal, gracious and stately string orchestral theme. Very sprightly and noble with a baroque feel, depicting grandure and proud history. Features strings, english horn, bassoon and french horn. Perfect for English history, documentary, Kings & Queens etc. - Main, 60 & 30 and strings only versions, Instrumental, Classical Music, Baroque Period
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
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, slightly clumsy, heavy footed silent movie style theme. Great for childrens & cartoon marches. 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, Cartoon Music, Cartoon March
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
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
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), u/score, 60 and 30sec versions, Instrumental, European Music, Italian Music
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. Main mix, underscore, 30sec & sting. Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Energizing 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
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 and Motivational Music, Corporate New Age Electronic Music
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
Jolly, sing-a-long, friendly, cliche Italian cafe music. Perfect for Italian restaurant or take-away commercials. Good for adding vocals too. Features mandolins, guitars, tambourine & accordion. 30sec Commercial. 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
Talk-over production bed - Useful production element that's punchy, hip, electronic, Hi-tech and upbeat. Features layered electronic drum groove with hits & fx, along with modern dance synth blips and pulses. Makes for a great bed for adding voice-over, that's easy to make any length. Instrumental, Drum Music, Electronica Drums
Full of energy, vibrance and colour. A real carnival atomsphere with the flavour of the Caribbean or Latin America. Bright, Lively & happy - it just makes you want to dance. Featuring latin percussion, steel drums, electric bass guitar & brass section. 30sec full mix & 30sec underscore mix, Instrumental, Theme Music, Street music
Full of energy, vibrance and colour. A real carnival atomsphere with the flavour of the Caribbean or Latin America. Bright, Lively & happy - it just makes you want to dance. Featuring latin percussion, steel drums, electric bass guitar & brass section. 30sec full mix & 30sec underscore mix, Instrumental, Drum Music, Middle-Eastern Drums & Percussion
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
Proud, celebratory, happy and triumphant patriotic marching band. Great for carnival, circus and parades. Features trumpets, flutes, piccolos, glockenspiel, cymbals, snares and bass drum. Main mix, u/score, 60, 30 and 05sec versions, Instrumental, Circus Music, Circus 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
Tension building drone bed, time is slipping away. Features 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
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, Dramatic Music, Clock and Time Themes Music
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, East European Music, Hungarian Music
Marching band version of the well-known tune from the mid 1800's. 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' was a motivational song for soldiers returning from the civil war. Features military snares, piccolos, trumpets, trombones, & glockenspiel. Main mix, piccolo mix, alt end mix & 30sec versions. Instrumental, Military Music, Military March and Parade Music
Cheerful, sun-kissed, energetic, up-tempo African theme. Features electric guitars, electric bass, marimba, balafon, organ and ethnic percussion. Perfect for the World Cup 2010. Main mix, u/score, rhythm mix, 60 & 30sec versions, plus 2 rhythm loops. Instrumental, African Music, African Contemporary
Short heraldic fanfare, very regal, majestic and grand. Featuring 3 solo trumpets in harmony. Perfect as a production element for stage, screen & commercial production. 06secs, Instrumental, Action Music, Action Impending Buildup (pending)
Light, twinkly and pretty versions of the classic Brahms bedtime lullaby.
Very atmospheric for all babies and childrens bedtime applications. Two versions - (A) musicbox style mix & (B) a warmer musicbox mix with atmospheric strings. Both mixes Radio/TV commercial length 30 sec cuts, Instrumental, Childrens Music, Lullabies, Johannes Brahms
Light, twinkly and pretty versions of the classic Brahms bedtime lullaby.
Very atmospheric for all babies and childrens bedtime applications. Two versions - (A) musicbox style mix & (B) a warmer musicbox mix with atmospheric strings. Both mixes Radio/TV commercial length 30 sec cuts, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Tender Music, Johannes Brahms
Uplifting, proud & motivational electronic track with a strong corporate feel. Strong bass piano notes provide a firm foundation with synths, electronic fx and a driving beat. Perfect for corporate & business presentations, AV openers & title sequences and commercials. Instrumental, Corporate and Motivational Music, Corporate Electronic Progressive
Comic, spoof style, haunted and creepy, rolling horror theme. Perfect for Children's TV, radio & tv commercials, reality TV etc. Features lots of ghostly vocal fx. Very camp, crazy & fun childrens horror - just watch out for those ghosties and ghouls. Mixes with and without vocal fx, Instrumental, Horror Music, Horror Classic Retro Thriller
Big, bold and brassy, uptempo swing theme for TV or 'Live' stage show. Features trumpets, trombones, sax, organ, piano & big percussion. Supplied in kit of parts for intros, outros, guest intros, voice-over section. Perfect for lively comedy show or chat shows. Cuts from 1'58" to 10sec, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Broadway Music
Feel-good, positive, inspirational and uplifting track with a subtle corporate feel. Starts with piano pattern and swells to main theme featuring rhythmic strings, french horn, piano, acoustic Guitar, electric guitar. Great for events, presentations, awards. Main mix, u/score, 60, 30 and 12sec, Instrumental, Dramatic Music, Heartwarming Music
