British Composer Alec Makinson has been creating compelling original music for media for over 25 years. His growing work of over 2,300 tracks includes Corporate, Christmas, Dramatic cues, Exotic World Beat, Children's tracks, 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.
Electronic Corporate underscore. Contemporary space age rolling wonderment, in a quietly confident ambient style. Features expansive modern synths, drum kit and electric guitar. Perfect for scientific or technical Audio Video, documentary or award ceremonies and presentations. Various mixes, Instrumental, Corporate, Corp. New Age Electronic
Corporate classical baroque style strings. Rhythmic marcato string sections drive this piece forward in a grand and stately fashion, with purpose. Great for adding depth, experience and a sense of establishment to documentary, corporate or commercials. Full and underscore commercial length cuts. Instrumental, Classical, 21st Century
Happy, bright, wild & fun Hillbilly Bluegrass from way down South. Very cliche and tongue-in-cheek, but great for character, travelogue, comic radio and television commercials. Features banjo, fiddle, double bass, snare, guitar. Uptempo, driving and great fun, Instrumental, Country, Bluegrass
Idyllic, calm, rural and acoustic. Conjours up gentle strolls through woodland, meadows and country lanes. Closer to nature, summery, life at a steady pace, movement. Features acoustic guitars, harp, double bass, flute & shakers. Ideal for nature & countryside documentary. Main, 60 & 30sec, Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Mellow Music
All set for Summer. Quirky and distinctive with a light, bright and breezy vibe. Long hot summer days, enjoying wholesome picnics in the sunshine. Features pots and bowls sounds as musical instruments, making this ideal for healthy food related products. Composed specially for radio and TV advert, Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
All set for Summer. Quirky and distinctive with a light, bright and breezy vibe. Long hot summer days, enjoying wholesome picnics in the sunshine. Features pots and bowls sounds as musical instruments, making this ideal for healthy food related products. Composed specially for radio and TV advert, Instrumental, Dramatic, Playful Curious
All set for Summer. Quirky and distinctive with a light, bright and breezy vibe. Long hot summer days, enjoying wholesome picnics in the sunshine. Features pots and bowls sounds as musical instruments, making this ideal for healthy food related products. Composed specially for radio and TV advert, Instrumental, Dramatic, Happy Music
All set for Summer. Quirky and distinctive with a light, bright and breezy vibe. Long hot summer days, enjoying wholesome picnics in the sunshine. Features pots and bowls sounds as musical instruments, making this ideal for healthy food related products. Composed specially for radio and TV advert, Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Insistent, quirky piano solo. Busy blues style light riff, with stops, which suggests movement, activity and a hectic lifestyle. Great for whimsical or busy situations, comedy, documentary, radio and television commercials for domestic or personal products and services. Instrumental, Dramatic, Hectic Music
Energising, punchy & rugged pop-rock anthem. Upbeat, fast chugging electric guitars, screaming powerful lead & driving rock drums. Great for those manly, fast action, powerful car or male product style ads, extreme sports & Audio visuals. 60sec & 30sec versions, Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Rock Guitar
Gently pulsating and expanding circular motion underscore. Features warm rolling synth pads and rhythms. Great for light technical, scientific, space, contemporary design, expanding awesome vistas and documentary talk-over beds. Main mix, 30sec and sting versions, Instrumental, Dramatic, Ethereal Music
Uptempo contemporary Bhangra pop groove. Full of spice, mystery and intrigue with Indian rhythms, specially composed for commercials. Forward pushing, youthful, driving and circular dance motions. Ideal for Indian restaurants who want a more vibrant feel appealing to a younger client. 30sec, Instrumental, Indian, Indian Pop
Elegant, bright and fresh hypnotic accapella choir featuring female staccato voice in the style of Philip Glass. Contemporary and futuristic, with a light classical feel, with stops and various passages. Distinctive, perfect for Ad campaigns to AV. Various cuts & mixes, Instrumental, Corporate, Corp. New Age Acoustic
Fast, energetic, crazy and upbeat extreme sport groove. Real pace and movement hip-hop techno dance ultra frantic groove. Dance synths, strong beats with power lazer fx. Perfect for dance, extreme sport, trance, or fast movement. Main mix and 30sec versions, Instrumental, Dramatic, Energizing Music
Classical style, light and whimsical piece for a string quartet. Full of character and charm and perfect accompaniment for comedic visuals, whilst remaining prim and proper. Useful for Reality Television, drama, comedy and tailored to commercial lengths for radio and TV advertising. Instrumental, Classical, Baroque
Charming and cheeky modern theme for tiny tots. Very playful and fun, full of bounce for kiddies on the go. Features quirky synths, acoustic guitar, xylophone, flute and electric piano. Great activity music for childrens TV, nursery school commercials and cartoons. Various mixes & cuts, Instrumental, Childrens, Playful Novelty
Soulful and sexy, upbeat and catchy. Retro disco feel, but with bags of sophistication and pazazz. Underscore with a good solid beat, after the initial intro. Great for Radio and television commercials that need pace, sparkle and power. Instrumental, Dance, Classic Disco
Soulful and sexy, upbeat and catchy. Retro disco feel, but with bags of sophistication and pazazz. Underscore with a good solid beat, after the initial intro. Great for Radio and television commercials that need pace, sparkle and power. Instrumental, Dance, Nu-Disco
Taken from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet, the 'Dance of the Mirlitons' is a popular and well known classical work, which has been used in many adverts before, but still lends itself beautifully to commercials with this 30sec version and underscore mix. Instrumental, Classical, Romantic
Light Orchestral Fantasy Adventure. One moonlit night, as the snowflakes seem to dance in the wind, the fairies come out to play. Great accompaniment to light movement. In the style of departmental store Christmas feature story adverts. Features strings, woodwind section and piano. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Hypnotic
Wave your hands in the air! Bright, upbeat and lively dance pop promo which begins and ends with a 5-note branding logo. The logo is then carried throughout backed by a strong 4 to the bar beat. Great for pop-format station promos, radio and TV commercials. Great summer feel-good. Also without logo, Instrumental, Dance, Dance-Pop
Catchy dance/pop groove. With a solid relentless beat and driving piano, this track will make your feet move. Great for energetic Radio and Television commercials, fashion, trendy products, background music for movement. Instrumental, Pop, Pop/EDM
Slow, cautious, dark, moody and sinister. Feel the tension, as something unpleasant awaits just around the corner. Features dark piano, pulsating gritty synth, sound design, cresendos. Opens with dramatic statements and develops into steady theme. Various mixes and cuts, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Epic, expansive and dramatic underscore. When danger lurks and quick thinking action is needed, from superhero situations to dark drama mysteries. Features a fusion of powerful electronic, orchestral strings and big cinematic drums. Great for film, documentary and radio and television commercials. Instrumental, Dangerous, Edgy Music
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
Strong, dramatic, driving, serious news and information theme. Rhythmic synth bass combines with sweeping power FX and big orchestral stab and marcato strings. Perfect technical/ news/ finance voice-over music. Supplied with various mixes and cut-downs, Instrumental, News, News Investigative
Upbeat, modern and forward-pushing. It's corporate pop, with a light driving feel instilling confidence and dependability. Ideal for radio and television commercials for personal goods and services, professional services, or corporate audio visuals. Features acoustic guitars and keyboards. Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Acoustic Pop
Dark, broody, swelling atmospheric soundscape with abstract reversed effects and occasional spine-chilling icy bells. A forebidding glimpse into a dark dank grisly past. Ideal for horrible histories, documentary, horror films, or dark dramas. Main mix, Drone mix, 60sec & 30sec versions, Instrumental, Dangerous, Dark Music
Intense, dark and threatening drone sound-scape. Full of action and anxious anticipation, this atmosphere is intense, dirty and reeking of crime and evil. Begins with an impact and throbbing bass drone, electronic rhythms and an alarm style drone bass, building to a crescendo with tail off. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Droning
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, Clock Music
Magical, warm & gentle light orchestral piece. Very pretty, wonderfully circular & meandering, a fantasy tale from the forest. Also features glockenspiel, pizzicato cellos & strings. Perfect for commercials, nature, gardens & flowers, documentary through to drama & children's fairy tales. Instrumental, Dramatic, Happy Music
Perky and quirky pizzicato strings. A musical insight into our daily routines - another day on the treadmill of everyday life. Bright and happy-go-lucky, simple string ensemble, rhythmic and building slightly. Great for light hearted radio and television commercials, silent comedy, small routines. Instrumental, Dramatic, Whimsical Music
Slow moving, heavy-footed, mystical, Middle Eastern journey through the hot dusty desert. Conjours up images of caravans of camels, tents, exotic rugs & shemagh Arab scarves. Ideal for Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and Turkey. Features a 'mizmar', tablas and light ethnic percussion, strings. Various mixes, Instrumental, Middle East, Middle-East
Epic powerful and dramatic riser. This is the stuff of major superhero action movies. Big, dark, expansive and tense action. Fighting against evil - good will prevail. Features full orchestra, big thundering Tiako drums and male voice choir. Perfect for film drama through to radio and TV adverts. Instrumental, Dangerous, Epic Hopeful Suspense
Dark, sinister, dramatic & powerful underscore featuring a cathedral male voice choir and cathedral organ. Perfect for serious documentary looking into evils of the past through to spoof horror. Instrumental, Horror, Gothic Moderate
Prestigious technology underscore with rhythmic office and electronic communication sfx. Positive and proud, this track is perfect for computer, software design, electronics, telephones and mobiles and services. Composed for commercials, in commercial lengths and various mixes, Instrumental, Corporate, Corp Electro-Orchestral
Classic Christmas carol given a bright & breezy new contemporary feel. This upbeat version has real pace and is ideal for faster, harder sell 30 sec Radio and TV commercials. A lovely warm, but exciting and uplifting version. Lots of fun for the festive season. Instrumental, Christmas, Xmas Rock
Popular Christmas carol given a classical treatment. Played by a small chamber ensemble of woodwinds and strings, this mid tempo rendition brings an air of grandeur, quality and splendour. Perfect for an historic or more traditional feel. Great for radio and TV commercials and multimedia. Instrumental, Christmas, Christmas Carols
Goofy, fun & wacky children's theme. Great upbeat accompaniment for kids running around doing silly things, slapstick & activities. Perfect for children's TV game show, TV animal antics, cartoon chase, clowns and slapstick comedy routines. Features synths, piano & tuba. Various mixes & cuts. Instrumental, Cartoon, Cartoon Goof Music
Happy, folky & cute style commercial, featuring dog fx. Perfect for use in adverts for Grooming Salons, Dog walking services, Vets and Doggy Day-Care businesses. Commercial lengths with and without fx, Instrumental, Animal, Dog Music
Happy-go-lucky, jolly & fun novelty track for dog commercials & cartoons. Features dog fx, piano, xylophone, mute electric guitar, flute, glockenspiel, vocal bass & light percussion. Perfect for commercials for Dog Walking Services, Dog Grooming Parlours, Vets, Pet Stores etc. 30sec with Fx, Instrumental, Animal, Dog Music
Comical, joyful & playful 30sec commercial incorporating dog barking sound effects. Fun, happy-go-lucky feel for man's best friend. Great for Cartoons, answer-phone messages, on hold, dog food and all dog related commercials. 30sec mix with fx and 30sec mix w/o fx. Instrumental, Animal, Dog Music
Donkey Riding is a traditional work song or sea shanty, with the earliest record of the song being in 1857. The tune and words are an adaptation of Highland Laddie. This more gentle version lends itself more to radio and television adverts or children's TV more than ditties for salty old sea dogs. Instrumental, Folk, Sea Shanties
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
Epic orchestral tension builder, that starts light and gradually builds. Full of anticipation, on a gigantic scale. Features full orchestra & male voice choir. Several movements with stops & climaxes. Use the 'drone' mix as a quiz show tension bed. Main & drone mixes, 60sec & 30sec, Instrumental, Military, Orchestral Epic
Modern, rolling & circular electronic underscore. Denotes a serious air, so perfect for technical data presentations, slightly gloomy subject matter such as financial downturn and documentary. Features long ethereal chords with electronic sequencer rhythmic patterns, builds with full theme at 1'05" Instrumental, Corporate, Corp. New Age Electronic
