Award-winning Composer, Singer and Songwriter Johnny Karlsson began his career as a guitar player in Sweden, where he performed in bands with Andreas Johnson, Leif Sundin and others, before relocating to California. From his studio in the hills of Mount Washington, today Johnny creates original music and sound design for TV commercials, Games, Films, Trailers, Corporate Logos, and a variety of new media.
Starts out as dark, ambiemt electronica and goes into a chorus with 60s surf-guitar. Moves into a soulful, full-bodied track about lust, yearning for that beautiful chick who stole your heart and then stomped on it. Where did she go? How could you find her? Could you ever get her back? Instrumental, Action, Impending Pending Music
Dark, lusty electronic rock a la Nine Inch Nails, gambling, sex, drugs, irreverent, and flirty. Sexy come-on music. Babes welcome onboard! Cool and sassy, great for high fashion or Obsession promo, advert or chillout ad campaign. Vodka black jeans stilettos naughty lap dance stripping XXX, Male Vocals, Pop, Alt Pop
Sinatra or Bobby Darin "Beyond The Sea" without the vocals. Fun, Rat Pack escapades, taking on Las Vegas, big parties, jazzy big band music. Laidback, happy, and entertaining. Oceans ll, moving, fun and festive. Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Jerry Lewis, 1960s, 1970s era. Instrumental, Jazz, Orchestral Jazz
Orchestral piece with pretty interleaving melodies, with a feeling of exploration. The young hopeful character that just moved to a new city and is exploring all of it's wonders. Instrumental, Dramatic, Ethereal Music
Starts out dangerous and mysterious but ends on a happy note. Originally intended for a car commercial, started with showing the dangers/hazards of the road, ended with a shot of a child inside the car that's keeping her safe. Instrumental, Dangerous, Dangerous Music
Hard, fast drum & bass with dark atmospherics and alien melodies. Scary, intense action adventure, extreme sports, sports show themesong, news investigation, rage, fear, tension. Aggressive & dark, dramatic chases, crime in progress, law and order. Urban nightmare, thriller, insanity, video games. Instrumental, Electronic, Big Beat
Chinese, Asian sounding track with Guzhueng Zither, Xiao Flute, Asian plucked Strings. Evokes a feeling of the far east, World, travel, exotic lands and food. Instrumental, Asian, Asian
Heavy metal, Black Sabbath meets Mastodon. Pounding, driving, high energy and wild! Nascar, corporate branding, video game, webisode, YouTube, ad campaign. Fast cars, racing, Adidas, Nike, ESPN sports channel, news investigate, news energizer. Smokin' guitars, destructive, rebellious, badass, hot! Instrumental, Rock, Heavy Metal
Story of a band or person, trucker etc. coming home from a long tour or travel, being on the road, country-rock. Heartfelt, soulful, catchy and sweet track with great male vocals. Upbeat, mid-tempo, hopeful. Romantic yearning, longing, nostalgic. Male Vocals, Country, Country Rock
down tempo electronica influenced by Massive Attack, Underworld and Portishead with some cool rhythmic / percussive elements, Instrumental, Electronic, Big Beat
Pretentious and high-brow, diplomats visiting the President or luxury car commercial. Rich and famous, fanfare, bold and brave achievements, teamwork. Corporate branding, airlines, jet planes, lofty pursuits and adventures. Heroic, motivational and purposeful to the max! Team, let's do this! Instrumental, Dramatic, Regal Orchestral
Lots of percussion and many things coming at you like busy traffic. Upbeat, positive corporate, high tech, branding, scientific breakthrough, presentations, news energizer, themesong. Arts, culture, news show. Travel show, TV, Film intro or credits. Instrumental, Action, Moderate Electronic
Hard, fast -- action-packed adventure music, aggressive and fun and dangerous. Get out of the way or you may be killed! Corporate teamwork, high tech, video presentations, TV advert, movie credits, film trailer, fast cars, endurance tests, road tests, crime chases, scientifc breakthrough. Instrumental, Action, Intense Rock
High energy hard-core skate-punk a la Mxpx, Pennywise, etc. Fun, frenzied, nervous, lively and dangerous! Exciting, edgy, determined and forceful. Flaming guitars, rock, techno, corporate can-do. Confident and chaotic. Menacing, loud, wicked and wild. Instrumental, Alternative, Punk