Bergersen says the track may have gotten such a strong response because “Freedom Fighters” was the only piece used in the trailer.
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The track “Freedom Fighters” - majestic yet ethereal, with a much slower build than most trailer music - captured the attention of many movie fans. Abrams’"Star Trek” film in 2009 that put Two Steps From Hell on the map. And previews are seen not just in theaters - they are often released first online, where they become conversation starters and are picked apart by bloggers. Today, many films have not just one preview but two or three. A typical formula, especially for dramas and event movies, is a soft start that gradually builds, leading to a climax that fades and “hopefully leaves people stunned,” Bergersen explained. A trailer usually features at least three musical tracks. The team making the trailer selects tracks from these albums, licenses them (fees run $5,000 to $10,000 per track for international use, according to Bergersen), and then edits the available footage with that music. Two Steps From Hell produces about two albums per year. Composers like Bergersen, who studied music in Norway and at USC, and Phoenix, who played keyboard in bands growing up, write their music (typically one- to three-minute tracks) for albums that they send to clients at studios and trailer-editing houses. But music composed for trailers is usually written without a particular film in mind. “It’s great that people are becoming exposed to this type of music because most of it is a form of classical, and I think classical music used to be underground, not many people listened to it, but now it’s much more in the mainstream,” said Armen Hambar of Future World Music.Īlmost every element of a film that viewers see in a trailer is derived from the script - from casting to costumes and set design. Some companies even sell their songs online and have cultivated fan followings. Now, with the releases of trailers becoming events unto themselves, the number of companies has grown and the public is much more aware of their work. Initially, trailer music composition was little known to anyone outside the movie industry. These companies - known as trailer music libraries - emerged in the 1990s after studios began screening trailers for focus groups, creating the need for music earlier and faster in the marketing campaign. Sometimes a trailer features music from a previously released film for example, music from Michael Bay’s “The Island” appeared in an"Avatar” trailer, and an orchestral version of"Requiem for a Dream” melodies was in the preview for"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.”īut for many trailers, the soundtrack is composed by a company devoted to music for movie advertising. That’s rarely the case, because a film’s score is one of the last elements completed in postproduction. Two Steps From Hell, which they founded in 2006, is devoted to music for movie trailers.Ī common misconception is that the music in trailers is from the film itself. The brawny musicians exude the fierce intensity prevalent in much of their music - until they suddenly get off-beat and let out loud laughs that reveal just how much fun this is for them.īergersen and Phoenix revel in the world of music for movies, but not in the same way as film score maestros like Hans Zimmer and John Williams. In a recording studio on Sunset Boulevard, Thomas Bergersen and Nick Phoenix are banging on two giant taiko drums built especially for their company, Two Steps From Hell.
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