The Wolfman

Universal Pictures have chosen the powerful epic action cue 'From Within' by Daniel Nielsen and the haunting 'End of the World' by Terry Devine-King to feature in the trailer for their massively hyped blockbuster release 'The Wolfman'.

Inspired by the classic Universal Film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins.

The Wolfman's all-star cast includes Benicio del Torro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt and is currently on
general release.

Check out the movie site at www.thewolfmanmovie.com

Avatar - James Cameron's vision

A collection of cues from the West One Music album Heroic Action Trailers feature in the promo video for James Cameron's latest epic blockbuster, Avatar.

Avatar is released worldwide on the 18^th December 2009. Check out the movie site at www.avatarmovie.com.

Heroic Action Trailers was composed by trailer music legend, Daniel Nielsen. His credits include trailers for The Lord of The Rings, The Bourne Ultimatum, Harry Potter, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Read more about him here.

Starbuck VIA commercials

Starbucks select Chasing Milk Floats from our original Acoustic & Quirky album to launch their new instant coffee, VIA.

Acoustic & Quirky features the wonderfully eclectic talents of Ali Friend and Ted Barnes, playing everything from Melodica to bicycle pump to scissors!

Check out Acoustic & Quirky and Acoustic & Quirky 2 here!

The Twilight Saga : New Moon

West One Music's team of music consultants source and clear Strauss' opera
Die Fledermaus for the upcoming, highly anticipated Twilight sequel, New Moon.

Die Fledermaus will be featured in the movie and on the original soundtrack recording. The soundtrack is currently available for pre-order on the iTunes store.

For help and advice sourcing classical music for your production, please contact us.

Clairol TV commercials

Clairol's latest Nice'n Easy campaign features The Office (USA) star, Angela Kinsey as the character 'Gigi' and uses a selection of upbeat, retro tracks from the fantastic Quirky Vintage album.

Check out the Clairol site here: www.clairol.com/niceneasy

Quirky Vintage was composed by Paul Reeves and covers a multitude of musical styles of upbeat nostalgia, including Swing Band, Rumba, Hot Club, Bossa Nova and wild Argentine Tango!

The Shift : Season 2

West One Music track, Something is Wrong by David Ayers and Felix Tod, features as the theme tune for the advertising of The Shift: Season 2 on the Investigation Discovery channel.

The Shift is a gritty, real world drama that follows an all-star squad of homicide detectives out on the streets of Indianapolis.

Something is Wrong is available to license from West One Music. If you would like to purchase the song for your personal use, it is available now on the iTunes store.

Unsigned Review

Massive thanks to everyone who came down to the West One Music Unsigned Gig on the 23rd of September. Another brilliant night had by all. The night featured performances from three wonderfully talented unsigned acts: Hafdis Huld, Hepcats and Melox Marvels, whose tracks can now be licensed through West One Music. Please contact Rachel Menziesfor a sampler or more information.

We're having a little break from our West One Music Unsigned nights for the time being but we'll be sure to keep in touch regarding upcoming events! PS: for those who were there, photos are now on the West One Music Facebook page!

UFC New Season

West One Music track, Ready to Fight by Daniel Holter and Matt Smith, provides the heavyweight soundtrack to the latest season of The Ultimate Fighter.

Ready to Fight is currently being aired on worldwide advertising for the UFC and is available to license from West One Music. If you would like to purchase the song for your personal use, it is available now on the iTunes store.

The Station takes over YouTube!

West One Music track Feeling Filthy, features as the theme tune in The Station's Zombies Take Over YouTube Halloween offering.

Since making an appearance on the channel, the banging porn track Feeling Filthy has been creating a huge buzz all over the Internet and is available to purchase worldwide on the iTunes store. Look out for additional remixes, coming soon to the iTunes store, USA!

The Station is a new Network for YouTube. Check out their channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheStation

Wanchai Ferry

West One Music has recently been commissioned by advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, to compose a unique track for the launch of the new Chinese food brand Wanchai Ferry.

To find out more about our custom music and sound design, please visit our about page.

Max Factor

West One Music cue, Jitterbug, has been selected for Procter & Gamble’s new, innovative, multi-brand advertising campaign on UK television.

The TV advert, featuring household names such as Max Factor, Olay and Aussie, launched during the first ad break of the latest series of Big Brother.

Hyandai

Hyundai have selected West One Music for the advertising campaign of the new i20 car.

The engaging modern folk track, To the End, which features on the album Organic Acoustica helps create a magic world of huge shells and massive butterflies!

Check out the new i20 at www.hyundai.co.uk

Coco before Chanel

The dramatic cue, Connectivity, has been used for the promotional trailer for the highly anticipated chick flick Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.

Connectivity is from the beautifully orchestrated Life In Motion album by Paul Reeves.

Australia and The Express

The epic cue, Day of Victory, has been used in the trailer for the blockbuster movie, Australia, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh jackman. Day of Victory is from the mighty JVJ album, Epic Action & Adventure.

The monster track also features in the theatrical trailer for the new movie from Universal Pictures, The Express, which is due out later this year.

The guys at JVJ are working hard in the studio at present, so keep an eye out for a second massive release later in the year.

Eurostar

Eurostar needed just the right music to represent two different customer experiences: Business and Leisure, to feature in two short promotional films.

Working closely with the guys at Tomboy Films, West One Music's in-house engineer, Sara Gilchrist, tailored two lush orchestral works from the album Life in Motion to provide the perfect soundtracks.

To find out more about custom music and sound design visit the West One Music about page.

Robinsons commissioned music production

Under commission from multi-award winning agency BBH, West One Music and composer Sam Sutton (from The Fontanas) produced the quirky soundtrack to the latest Robinsons 'Taste Buddies' commercials.

Visit the 'Taste Buddies' here

To find out more about commissioned music and sound design visit the About page

ITV Christmas Promo

Christmas is officially here.

During the run up to the big day, ITV are broadcasting a number of special ‘Festive Promos’ featuring West One Music.

West One Music’s custom music team were commissioned to produce a suitably Christmassy track befitting the likes of Duffy and Macy Gray.

Working with ITV, the composer James Wallace and singer Rahel, West One Music produced a contemporary version of Deck the Halls.

Buy it soon on iTunes!

Snake Eyes features on Sega trailer

Where the dead walk and bullets talk.

Retro, psychedelic breakbeat track Snake Eyes features on the trailer for Sega’s The House of the Dead – Overkill game.

Snake Eyes provides the perfect soundtrack to this 70s pulp-horror, B-movie style trailer. The House of Dead – Overkill is available on the Wii early in 2009.

Check out the uncut trailer on youTube

Dulux commercials

West One Music cue Regent Street Stomp continues to provide the worldwide sound for Dulux.

Having featured as the soundtrack to the Ugly Betty idents, the quirky jazz track is now used in the TV commercials for their quick and easy to use DIYers dream, the PaintPod.

Regent Street Stomp was composed by Paul Reeves and features on the album Wireless.

West One Music has just released Paul's latest compilation of upbeat nostalgia for TV and advertising, Quirky Vintage. Check it out here.

Walkers Crisps Campaign

Acoustic & Quirky track, Bouncing Baby is now showing on the latest Walkers Crisps campaign.

Produced by Ali Friend and Ted Barnes, Acoustic & Quirky features a crazy selection of instruments: with rhythms and melodies played on everything from bicycle pumps to taps and kazoos to scissors.

Ali and Ted are members of the British three-piece folk band, Clayhill. Clayhill released their debut album, Small Circle, in 2004 and have released 2 EPs and a further LP, Mine at Last, in 2006.

Check out their inspirational, odd-ball folk themes on West One Music's Acoustic & Quirky.

Devil May Cry 4

West One Music cue Nightwatch features in the cinema, web and TV commercials for Capcom's Devil May Cry 4.

The hype has been building for the release of this title since the teaser trailer was shown at the E3 show way back in 2005.

Capcom is one of the leading Japanese developers and publishers of video games. Founded in 1979, Capcom has created some of the biggest and longest running franchises in video game history.

Notable titles from Capcom include Mega Man, Resident Evil, Street Fighter and Bionic Commando.

Shooter

The West One Music trailer cue Mission Control features on the trailer for the latest Mark Wahlberg action movie.

Shooter is the story of a marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile and being coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President.

The deep, atmospheric and moody soundscape of Mission Control was perfect for the high impact and dramatic requirements of the film's trailer.

The Dead Famous Brothers are back in the lab, working on their latest album for West One Music. Keep your ears out for the new material soon.

Shrek III game trailer

West One Music features on the trailer for the new computer game based on the latest movie instalment of Shrek. Shrek The Third was one of the biggest movie blockbusters of 2007.

The trailer was produced in Los Angeles by our friends at the multi award-winning agency Hammer Creative.

The cue used is The Becoming and is just one of the fantastic full orchestral scores on the Fantasy Adventure album.

Kung Fu Panda

DreamWorks selected West One Music for the game advertising to their latest movie Kung Fu Panda.

Kung Fu Panda, due out in 2008, is an animation movie directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne.

The cue used is called Seppuku and is featured on the Hero Unleashed Trailers album.

Hero Unleashed mashes up contemporary beats and aggressive electronica with full-scale orchestra and choir to produce powerful, dynamic trailer cues.

Resistance PS3

West One Music cue, Gothic Storm has been used in the trailer for the controversial PS3 title, Resistance: Fall of Man.

Resistance is a science fiction first-person shooter, exclusive for the Playstation 3. The game follows the footsteps of Sgt. Nathan Hale as he attempts to drive a mysterious alien invasion out of infected Britain.

The track was composed by Dan Graham for West One Music and features on his hugely popular Epic Action Trailers album.

Dan has just finished his latest work, Power Action Trailers for West One Music.

Final Fantasy XII

One of the biggest game franchises in the market selected West One Music cue, Gothic Colossus to advertise the latest and greatest instalment of the Final Fantasy game.

The trailer for the game features the voice of Sci-Fi legend, Patrick Stewart.

The dark, haunting introduction and epic climax of Gothic Colossus made it the ideal choice for the Final Fantasy XII commercial.

Epic Action Trailers sees composer Dan Graham combine traditional Taiko drumming with full orchestra and choir to produce epic, larger-than-life, trailer cues.

Second Life

To highlight the dangers of global warming, charity organisation Adventure Ecology and advertising agency Ogilvy joined forces and flooded parts of the virtual world, Second Life.

On The Lighter Side was used to keep the Second Lifers calm as the sea levels rose.

On The Lighter Side is a sensitive acoustic theme from the inspirational and emotive Organica album.

Colin McCrae : DiRT

Brand new next-gen rallying from Codemasters, on Xbox 360, PC and PS3. Colin McRae: DiRT features a large selection of rocking all-action tracks from the West One Music catalogue.

DiRT is the sixth game of the Colin McRae Rally series. It features the latest physics technology, new vehicles and an entirely new game engine.

Some of the key West One Music tracks to feature in DiRT include the heavy funkin' guitars and techno hybrid, The Beast from our Extreme album; the dark and edgy alternative rock of Like a Drug; and a selection of organic vocal electronica from our atmospheric and dreamy Utopia album.

The Darkness

West One Music has been used in the trailer for the highly anticipated 2K title, The Darkness.

Fearless mafia hit-man, Jackie Estacado is possessed by the terrifying and spectacular powers of The Darkness. Through his supernatural entity, Jackie wreaks terrible havoc on his enemies.

The suitably aggressive cue is called Cougar and is just one of the awesome tracks that make up the Hybrid Action Trailers album.

The album is produced by the Dead Famous Brothers, known for their contemporary remix talents. The Brothers take a massive live orchestra and pump it to the hilt to create this immense, contemporary trailer album.

CLUBLAND

The West One Music cue On The Lighter Side features in the trailer for the movie Clubland, the new Brenda Blethyn feature.

Clubland is about the shy son of an ageing comedienne (Blethyn) who tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.

On The Lighter Side is an inviting, sensitive, acoustic theme with light vocals, and is a perfect soundtrack for the playful, upbeat feel of the Clubland trailer.

Check out the host album, Organica, a heartfelt compilation of contemporary folk, ambient, art rock and new acoustic.

Budweiser, King of Beers promotion

Budweiser select West One Music for their biggest ever consumer promotion.

Budweiser needed a track to reflect an urban lifestyle for their new website and singled out Body Pump from our Hip Hop album.
Hip Hop features tracks from some of the finest hip hop producers around, including The Nextmen and Richy Pitch.

The Nextmen are a critically acclaimed production and songwriting team based in London, England.

The Nextmen are currently on their third commercial album release and have collaborated with Public Enemy, Groove Armada and Rodney P to name just three.