Based in Brazil, Sultan Makendé is an instrumentalist, composer, and producer with many production, film, and TV credits to his name. His specialty is alternative and unconventional music using unusual instruments from around the world, mixing it up with tasty electronic and organic flavors specifically tailored to fit the moving image. Sultan's credits include Sex and the City, America's Next Top Model, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, BBC, ITV, ABC, MTV, CNN, and the films The In-Laws, Dirty Pretty Things, and William and Kate.
A haunting, mid-tempo melancholic combination of kamancheh, an Arab / Persian 4 stringed violin, and darbuka, an Egyptian ceramic drum, Accordion and groovy bass line and beats. Would work well under anything related to the Middle East. Good for news item TV series, film or documentary. Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
Fast and tense, this piece is a very atmospheric groover. Features a wild acoustic piano solo over congas, acoustic guitar, minimalist bass and mouth percussion. Would work well in a chase, action or dramatic tension scene and due it's strong Brazilian flavour, even the upcoming World Cup! Instrumental, Tropical, Tropical Dramatic
Slow to medium tempo percussion ensemble, featuring drums and percussion from Africa, Asia and Europe. Includes: Celtic frame drum, African Djembe and shakers, Indian Dhol, Thai temple bells, and Middle Eastern Frame drum. Has a chill but slightly menacing flavour. Instrumental, Drums, Drums Action Moderate
A very calm and tranquil instrumental version of this old public domain, Celtic folk song, played on acoustic guitar. Usually sung or played at midnight on New Year's Eve. Instrumental, Dramatic, Calm Mellow Music
A sweeping and dramatic intro to a scene involving wide open spaces, such as deserts, plains, forests etc. features a Buffalo Horn intro, which then melts into a very languid treated acoustic guitar alongside a garden of cells, chimes and a strange vocal drone. Instrumental, World Music, Pan-World Fusion
A weird, unsettling, fusion of traditional Middle Eastern and western instruments featuring: Oud (Arab lute), Dumbek (hand drum) and Zourna (a reed / wind instrument similar to a clarinet). Also has a strong moroccan / Iberian flavour. The mood is slightly tense but with comical undertones. Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
A slightly tense fusion of Middle Eastern and West Asian instruments and melodies. Starts with solo Bandoloud, then adding percussion and as it gets progressively faster and faster, adding more tension. Would work in any scene involving deserts, war, political tension Arab, Eastern Europe or travel, Instrumental, World Music, Mid-East World Fusion
Ambient, atmospheric, floating track featuring acoustic guitar exotic African reed flute in unison with voice, exotic percussion and a psychedelic synthesiser pad. Instrumental, World Music, African World Fusion
Frenetic, fast and dramatic - traditional African drumming from East / Central Africa. This is a high quality recording recorded during the nineteen sixties in the field in Uganda. The fast pace would make it fit well under any kind of chase scene or travel, animal or adventure documentary. Instrumental, African, African Drums
A field recording of traditional tribal music, recorded in Eastern Uganda in the 1960's. Features a happy vocal singing in the Ugandan tribal language of lumasaba accompanied by a nyatiti. Nyatiti: a stringed instrument resembling a small harp, with a half cabasa (gourd) acting as the resonator. Male Vocals, African, Uganda
Straight from the dry bushland outback of northern Australia, traditional clicksticks and sonorous didjeridoo (yidaki) combination. Instrumental, Hawaiian, Austalian Folk
Typical of the Amazonian borders of Columbia and Brazil, this music is called Cumbia and fuses Amerindian and African instruments and melodies. The mood is ligh, happy and carefree, Instrumental, Tropical, Cumbia
Elegant, romantic Asian music. Beautiful for film main theme, fashion, travel, journey to discovery, flashbacks, narrative cue. Instrumental, Asian, Asian New Age
Korean / Vietnamese / Chinese muzak, perfect as a tasteless underscore to anything. Features cheesy keyboards and electric guitar to make Hank Marvin and Dwayne Eddy green with envy. Instrumental, Comedy, Parody Music
