Author Topic: Musical backing for teaser trailer.  (Read 1232 times)

Can I cut up a song and use it as a backer for a teaser trailer, is that kind of thing frowned upon?

Music in trailers is better then dead silence.

A movie trailer about movie trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I

Music in trailers is better then dead silence.

A movie trailer about movie trailers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I
I mean legally frowned upon.

10-20 seconds or less or about 30% of the song. Depends on which is less. That is what my teacher told us.

10-20 seconds or less or about 30% of the song. Depends on which is less. That is what my teacher told us.
Hmmm. The song is too long for the trailer, is there a database of free songs for use in trailers?

Depends on your meaning of free. You can always edit out parts of songs.

Depends on your meaning of free. You can always edit out parts of songs.
Yeah, that's what I'm doing.

search for royalty free music

search for royalty free music
Or at the end of the trailer you can have tiny hardly readable text containing credits.


less then 30 seconds and a citation of the song.

less then 30 seconds or a citation of the song.
Fixed. You do not need citation if it is below said limit.

There's always Li(Sorry, kiddies, not for you.)