Most theatrical trailers have epic, awe-inspiring soundtracks which only last around two or three minutes. The likes of 'Two Steps from Hell', 'Future world Music', 'Immediate Music' or 'Audiomachine'. Hollywood has used these music brands a lot in recent years for their Blockbuster 'Epics', like 'AVATAR', '2012' and 'PROMETHEUS'.
Here are some examples of music by these brands which have previously been used as trailer music, or could potentially be if audience taste in this kind of trailer music lingers in the years to come.
TWO STEPS FROM HELL - Heart of courage
This is an short, uplifting piece of music which is made almost sentimental by the stringed instruments at the start. The pace then picks up with a background clap which seems to echo and a new rhythmic tone. Then the vocals come on and it builds up to an epic level at around 1:10.
IMMEDIATE MUSIC - Preliator
This next music track also sounds very 'Epic' and is made to sound almost religious and monolithic because of the latin lyrics. Indeed, most people would not understand what the lyrics were saying but they would understand that the words are associated with either Ancient Rome or Catholicism. I remember a version of this track being used in a trailer for Spider-Man 2 many ears ago.
As I said in the post concerning Editing, I will need to consider what kind of music I use in my own trailer at some point between the end of film shooting and the beginning of the Editing process. These are likely candidates, although I will not decide until much later on.
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