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Los Olvidados By Manuel León Caballero

Los Olvidados is a low budget slasher movie from Spanish indie filmmaker Manuel León Caballero. This is Manuel’s very first feature film and it was included in the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 2014. You can now watch the full film on Vimeo above (which features my instrumental piano track Cursed in the credits).

Los Olvidados is a little slasher movie shot with no money, no crew and in just seven days. After its premiere in the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 2014, here comes its free release on the internet.”

Manuel León Caballero

You can see more of Manuel’s work over on his Vimeo channel:

https://vimeo.com/leoncaballero

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Getting Your Music On iTunes, Spotify, Amazon etc.

Distrokid

If you want to get your music on all the major online stores like iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play etc. then you need a distributor. With virtually all distributors you have to pay them a fee (sometimes it’s a yearly fee or sometimes per album release) and they submit your music to a varying number of stores (depending on who they supply to).

I’ve been using Distrokid for several years after having tried a few others and I still think they’re the best out there.  You pay them a yearly fee of $19.99 and you can then put out unlimited albums or single tracks to all the major (and other not-so-major!) services including:

  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • Apple Music
  • Pandora
  • Google Play
  • Tidal
  • YouTube (including Content ID)
  • Deezer
  • +150 other stores and streaming services

You get to keep 100% of all royalties from your sales. Some of the previous distributors I used would charge you a yearly fee per-album but with Distrokid you can release as much music as you like for one price of $19.99 per year. They’re also very artist-friendly and are run by and for musicians. I’ve never had any problems with them and they’ve always been really responsive so I recommend them completely!

You can use my referral link below which will also give you 7% off your first year:

https://distrokid.com/vip/seven/551143

Algiers

Algiers by Simon Wilkinson

Dramatic medium tempo electronica with sitar, pulsing synths, drum breaks, dramatic violin string stabs, piano riffs and a North African, Middle Eastern or Arabic feel.  Algiers is an explosive action music track with a dusty yet modern and edgy electronic sound. Ideal music for trailers, promo videos, political thrillers, dramas etc.

Imagine a modern action movie set in the North African deserts of Morocco. Exciting atmospheric instrumental action music with a feeling of danger and intrigue (think Black Hawk Down).

Starts off slowly with mysterious sitars and dark atmospheric washes of sound before exploding in with a crescendo of full dramatic drum breaks and deep bass before adding dramatic stabs of strings and piano. Would work well as exciting TV or film intro music, sports footage, trailer music or as part of an edgy ethnic drama or spy thriller soundtrack.


This mp3 track is also available from these websites and online stores but if you want to use the music in your video you’ll need a license which is only available here at thebluemask.com:

Also available from amazon.comAlso available on iTunesAlso available on Spotify

Attack Of The Machines

Attack Of The Machines by Simon Wilkinson

60 second dramatic and epic orchestral action music for trailers. Attack Of The Machines is a fast, frenetic and epic orchestral track that could signify a futuristic robot uprising, impending destruction or thrilling sci-fi battle scenes in video game or film trailers.

Heavily percussive loud drums and orchestral strings build in drama and intensity to a frenetic climax with choir, string and brass stabs. Similar in style to orchestral composers such as Hans Zimmer and 2 Steps From Hell, this 60 second track would make ideal trailer music for short dramatic commercials and promos.


This mp3 track is also available from these websites and online stores but if you want to use the music in your video you’ll need a license which is only available here at thebluemask.com:

Also available from amazon.comAlso available on iTunesAlso available on Spotify

Cursed

Cursed by Simon Wilkinson

Creepy and unsettling instrumental horror music track featuring cyclic descending solo piano arpeggios, dark percussion and rhythmic effects. Cursed has a feel similar to old school horror movie music like Tubular Bells in The Exorcist or retro 70s stalker and slasher soundtracks like John Carpenter’s Halloween.

Horror piano music with a haunting, unsettling and foreboding feel. A dark and creepy instrumental soundtrack that’s ideal for supernatural horror films, crime documentaries, dramas, thrillers or halloween and murder mystery parties needing a mysterious and eerie dramatic music soundtrack or dark intro theme music.


This mp3 track is also available from these websites and online stores but if you want to use the music in your video you’ll need a license which is only available here at thebluemask.com:

Also available from amazon.comAlso available on iTunesAlso available on Spotify

Synaesthesia

Synaesthesia by Simon Wilkinson

Dark dramatic intense action music with a sense of excitement, danger and visual impact that would work well for TV or film intro music, extreme sports videos, trailers, car commercials and YouTube videos.

A medium tempo instrumental electronic/alternative rock track underpinned with piano arpeggios, atmospheric synth lines and explosive drum hits with hammered dulcimer notes that punctuate the drama.

A bookend to its sister track Scorpio (with a similar feel) Synaesthesia is an explosive instrumental soundtrack full of danger and dark atmosphere, ideal for action trailers.


This mp3 track is also available from these websites and online stores but if you want to use the music in your video you’ll need a license which is only available here at thebluemask.com:

Also available from amazon.comAlso available on iTunesAlso available on Spotify

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Continuum Featured On Hypnagogue Podcast

Hypnagogue PodcastAlways a great honour to have some of my music featured on the excellent Hypnagogue Podcast. This time it’s the track Continuum from my ambient space music album Merging The Infinite. Many thanks once again to John Shanahan for his continued support of my music alongside some other great musicians in the ambient genre.

Check out this episode and all the others here:

https://hypnagoguepodcast.com/2020/05/21/episode-302/