British Composer Alec Makinson has been creating compelling original music for media for over 20 years. His growing catalog of 1,700 tracks includes Corporate, Christmas, quirky Kids music, Dramatic cues, regal Renaissance, and exotic World Beat tracks -- often used in documentaries, TV/Radio commercials, jingles, and stage productions. Alec’s compositions enjoy 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 the UK, and many others worldwide.
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, Christmas Pop
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, African Traditional
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, Christmas Pop
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, Xmas Orch.
(DECEMBER 2015) Joyful, sweet and the warmest of holiday songs, Alec Makinson's charming, festive track handily wins our December Editor's Choice Award. Shopping, wrapping gifts, and family scenes of kids playing as Santa flies in from the North Pole. Ahhh, can you smell the aroma of Grandma's apple pie wafting through the air?Quirky, light-hearted and uplifting original festive theme with a nostalgic fun retro feel. Think jolly, jaunty & fun sleigh-ride. Features strings, bassoon, sleighbells, temple blocks, flute, glockenspiel & synth bells. Perfect for Christmas the way it used to be. Main mix, 60 & 30 and underscores. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Pop
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, Xmas Music Boxes
Positive, bright & uplifting electronic light theme. Has a modern busy corporate pop feel, with interesting rhythmic synth-sequencer patterns flowing and interweaving together. Great for Telephone On-Hold, Multimedia, Lighter Technical, Design, Factual and TV Reality. Main, Underscore & 30sec mixes, Instrumental, Corporate, Electronic Progressive
Uplifting, happy & simple African tribal underscore. A very rhythmic, modern-day flavour of Africa. Features African percussion, marimba, kalimba, xylophone & tribesmen. Perfect for holiday, travel & documentary. Main mix, percussion only mix & 30sec versions. Instrumental, African, African Traditional
Lovely, magical, sparkling, snow-covered scene, with glistening icicles & falling snowflakes. Wondrous good fairytale with medium-slow movement & a flavour of Christmas. Light orchestral with boys choir. Perfect for animation, commercials, children, TV. Christmas & non-Christmas mixes and cuts, Instrumental, Christmas, Xmas Orch.
Happy, laid-back, care-free and considered acoustic underscore. Very warm, sunny and innocent, with child-like qualities. Features acoustic guitar and vibes. Perfect for family orientated Ads, children, PSA's, wholesome food products & friendly service. 60sec, 40sec and 30sec versions, Instrumental, Dramatic, Smooth Music
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, Xmas Ensemble
Vibrant, optimistic, uptempo and contemporary Far Eastern corporate underscore, with a flavour of traditional Japan. A picture of Japan today, from the busy city financial institutions and money markets to the people's lives. Features traditional Japanese instruments alongside modern western beats. Instrumental, Japanese, Japanese Dramatic
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, Corporate, Corporate Acoustic Pop
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, Chinese New Age
Wonderfully nostalgic, upbeat 60's Christmas pop underscore. Just how Christmas should be - full of fun, happy, warm & fuzzy - the stuff that memories are made of. Perfect for festive promos, commercials, TV trailers, adverts, & web promotions. Features pop combo including slide Fender Strat. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Pop
Smooth, rich & mellow with a calm relaxed feeling. Light rolling theme in an endless circular motion. Features rich tremelo strings, piano, acoustic guitar and light percussion. Great for relaxation, intermission music, calming on-hold music, TV reality design reveals and commercials. Instrumental, Dramatic, Ethereal 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, Romantic
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, Italy
Sparkling, warm and inviting Christmas Eve. Tinkling rhythmic small bells are joined by flute, harp, acoustic guitar and woodwinds depicting an innocent child-like warmth and homely feel. Perfect accompaniment for festive TV, radio and television commercials, multimedia, cartoons and animation. Instrumental, Christmas, Xmas Bells
Modern Christmas pop beats, with a dance feel. Uptempo & lively, catchy & fun, get in the mood for the festivities with this commercial jingle. Features synths, small bell, shuffle drum kit beat, electronic choir. Perfect for all types of Xmas adverts, TV & Radio trailers & promos, plus multimedia. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Pop
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, Energizing Music
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, Christmas Pop
Bright, magical, wondrous & joyful. The recipe for a perfect feelgood festive season. This upbeat original Christmas track is perfect for all things festive, especially commercials. Features choirs, piano, glockenspiel, pizzicato strings, bells & oboe. with a constant sleigh bell rhythm. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Pop
Lively and dramatic, full bodied and colourful Flamenco dance, characteristic of Southern Spain. Think Matador at a bullfight - a real intense flavour of Spain. Features trumpet, flamenco guitars, flamenco fx, castinets & hand claps. Main mix, underscore & 2 x 30sec versions. Instrumental, Latin, Flamenco
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, England
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, African Traditional
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, Caribbean Music
Early 14th Century Renaissance dance. Melodic, sweet, tuneful, circular and progressive. Suitable for peasants and gentry alike, a sociable and gentle dance. Features recorders, crumhorn, English horn, harp & flute. Great for Historic documentary & period drama between 12th & 17th centuries. Instrumental, European, European
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 also available without vocal. Main mix, 60sec no vocal & 30sec versions, Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Nu Folk acoustic with a summery feel. Light and bright for a summers day with an air of thoughtfulness and consideration. Features insistent acoustic guitars and ukulele, glockenspiel and light percussion. Great for radio and television commercials, and infomercials, of an informative nature. Instrumental, Dramatic, 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, Xmas Rock
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, Whimsical Music
Energetic & euphoric festive celebration. A great rocking Christmas party, with a 70's Glam Rock retro feel, in the style of Wizzard & Slade. Warm, feel-good and full of the festive spirit. Composed for radio & television commercials in, 60sec & 30sec lengths, to give your xmas campaign a boost. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Pop
Classic expansive News logo intro and bed. Opens and closes with big sounders with softer talk-over bed in middle. Works well as News and current affairs sounder or for 'Big News' radio & TV commercials. Features big brass, strings, marimba, timps and cymbals. Full 30sec mix also separate stabs. Instrumental, News, News Openings
Tension building drone bed, time is slipping away. Bold 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 Challenge, Survival, tick tock, Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Dramatic Epic
Classic 50's dreamy pop ballad pastiche, with doo wop backing vocals. Sweet & tearjerking, takes you back to the early rock & roll era of artists like Brenda Lee, Johnny Burnette, Helen Shapiro, Paul Anka & Bobby Vee. Features Mute electric guitar, glockenspiel, backing vocals & hand claps. 30sec, Instrumental, RnB, Doo-Wop
Hot, steamy, steady & solid modern underscore. Trendy, forward moving, rhythmic, drum & bass style, perfect for voice-overs or as background. This medium-paced track is great for contemporary fashion, shopping or adult entertainment. Main mix, 60sec, 30sec and non-vocal underscore mix, Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Pop Electronic
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, Greek Traditional
