Los Angeles Composer Ted Hamer creates music for film, theater, documentaries, infomercials, instructional DVDs, and multimedia projects. Starting his career as an accompanist and musical director for various singers, groups, and instrumentalists, he has been fortunate to work as both an arranger and composer across a wide range of genres. From Orchestral and Dramatic to Jazz, Trance, Trip Hop, Electronic, and Ambient, Ted's instrumental compositions are often praised for their enchanting melodic content and diverse range of styles.
Basic uncluttered Techno tune using Pan Pipes as the lead instrument give it a tribal kind of new age feel, not too intense more mellow techno dance music good for accompanying scenes in documentaries or infomercial montage piece, Instrumental, Electronic, Ethnic Electronica
Ominous start with arpeggiated synth line building to main melody before ending with a solid punch. Ideal for TV show introduction music, main theme good for journalism and current affairs type programming and shows with a serious kind of nature. Instrumental, News, News Investigative
Jazzy modern sounding dissonant rhythmic piece kind of hectic and chaotic with competing riffs from organ and piano. starts out Arrhythmic and changes to a more Be-Bop swing half way through eventually finding resolution. great accompaniment for Montage scene in movie, Instrumental, Jazz, Nu Jazz
Quirky silly light orchestral music ideal for transition in children's themed programming cartoon, suggests movement like marching with a staccato upbeat pizzicato rhythm driving throughout. Instrumental, Cartoon, Cartoon Goof Music
Piano piece with string accompaniment very sad and tragic with pretty melody flowing rhythm resolving peacefully. Reminiscent of father leaving son or wife leaving husband or loved ones parting and possible sadness in death. Instrumental, Dramatic, Sad Music
classic combination of strings and harp used to create suspense and dissonance in a dream and nightmare harmonic sequence, slowly building with rising high pitched violins as a wash of harp is introduced climaxing before rapidly descending as everything breaks down and turns to disarray. Instrumental, Horror, Horror Psychological
Solo Piano instrumental with upbeat theme and playful melody ideal for use as a sitcom introduction theme about family, kids, loved ones, comedy, humor and romance. Simple and loving 80's 90's retro sounding. Instrumental, Corporate, Corporate Piano
Sad and Melancholy Jazz Waltz, uptempo swing section in the middle returning to the head after a brief Bass solo. Homage to Bill Evans. Piano Trio. Good for use as background music in Jazz club. Instrumental, Jazz, Lounge Jazz
Strong jazz Piano chords alternate giving a sense of time passing accompanied by a smooth melancholy vibe melody enhancing the the idea of waiting for something to pass by. Instrumental, Jazz, Dramatic Jazz Piano
Fairy tale dream sequence with harmonic tension suggestive of a more scary element, glissando harps a breathy flutes intertwine ascending and descending leading to a sudden end punctuated by playful bells. Instrumental, Dangerous, Mysterious Dark Magical
corporate sounding Ident or stinger suitable for many different sectors such as medical, finance and entertainment. Pretty Piano riff plays over a low string pad with an overall feeling of seriousness and positivity. Instrumental, Corporate, Radio/Multimedia
Electronic modern intro music ideal for segue into news section or technology review, includes fade out. Break Beat Drum and Bass style suitable for current affairs type show or Graphic Design can be used with narrative as main melodic content in bass register, Instrumental, News, News Themes
Complete instrumental Indie Pop/Rock track in typical song format including bridge and solo section. this track uses acoustic guitars and synth lead parts, electric bass and drum kit. High pitched loopy type synthesizer notes kick in and add pizzaz at around the 2:40 mark for about a minute. Instrumental, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Quirky trance dance track staccato leads with pulsing mids and driving bass. big build ups and drop outs with ethereal pads makes it both exciting and trancy, great for background club rave music and workout videos. Instrumental, Dance, Hard House
repetitive sequence feels like waiting for time to pass, serious kind of feel suitable for corporate, Television background music, PSA, Documentary. The main riff is played on Xylophone with low string pad and piano accompaniment with a lot of reverb added for a dreamy effect, Instrumental, Dramatic, Clock Music
dramatic string cue suitable for underscore of something driving forward tension rising nearing an ending which resolves in a more peaceful calm manner than it might suggest at first almost as if a false alarm. Instrumental, Action, Moderate Orchestral