About Key Of E Music
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Telly Awards
Senator Durbin For Illinois - winner of Gold & Silver Telly Awards - Schodorf Productions. Original Music By Scott Mitchell, Music Supervisor/Editor Peter Warnica
Chicago At The Crossroad - winner of 2 Gold & 3 Silver Telly Awards - Schodorf Productions. Original Music By Peter Warnica, Music Editing by Peter Warnica
Mark Awards
Somewhere In America - Peter Warnica nominated for Best Use (of music) In A Film/Documentary. Original Music By Peter Warnica, Music Editing by Peter Warnica
Emmy Awards
Chicago At The Crossroad - winner of 5 Chicago/Mid-West Regional Emmy Awards, 7 nominations. Original Music By Peter Warnica, Peter Warnica nominated for Achievement In Audio
Somewhere In America (trailer/promo)- winner for Best Editing - Short Form Content, Chicago/Mid-West Regional Emmy Awards, 3 nominations. Original Score By Peter Warnica
Trailers
Somewhere In America - Schodorf Production. Original Music By Peter Warnica, Music Editing by Peter Warnica
Who We Are
Key Of E Music Production Music company offers bespoke, carefully crafted music for use in audio-visual productions. The music available here for licensing is created and curated by successful and experienced audio-visual composers who understand how to design music that helps tell a story and marries well to picture..
The Key Of E platform was created by veteran composer Peter Warnica as a solution to an increasingly demanding production environment, driven by personable client service and high quality music.
One-Stop Licensing
Pre-Cleared Composition+Masters rights for Audio-Visual Productions, with clean & clear ownership. Please visit the Licensing page for contact info by territory.Custom Licensing
Contact us directly for inquiries regarding commissioned music services with flexible licensing to meet specific production requirements and timelines.
Blanket Licensing
Blanket licensing of Standard* music available in many territories.
License+Download Online - Or Just Email Us!
Most territories allow for direct online Audition/License/Download of Standard* music after creating an account. Or, simply create an account then email us and we can set you up asap for Standard or Premium.
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Types Of Download Licenses Available
For territories that allow for online licensing, we offer “Standard”, “Premium” and “Blanket” music licenses for audio-visual use, with the option for use in all media/worldwide in perpetuity.
All Standard music and/or their associated stems may be licensed individually directly online, or you may email us to set up purchase of a Blanket License, which provides full access to all non-exclusive compositions.
*Standard Available to all clients, with fixed rates dependent on usage. These tracks may be licensed and downloaded directly from the keyofemusic.com website.
**Premium High quality tracks for higher end productions, often never previously licensed and often brand new releases. These tracks are indicated by a blue "Premium" button and may only be licensed by contacting us directly via email, and options are available for exclusive client use if available.
Blanket Flat fee all-access license to all Standard music tracks and their associated stems, licensed as a whole for unlimited use (yes, you read that correctly!) within a production. Please contact us to inquire.
All tracks are licensed with no recurring fees, unless an extension option is desired on an existing license.
All licenses allow unlimited editing and re-use of the tracks within a single project, with no additional fees. When available, the included stems and alt mixes may be used in isolation for an unlimited amount of times within the project for which it is licensed. This offering adds incredible value for the price of a single license.
Cue Sheets
Cue sheets are required, which comes at no additional cost to the producer. (performance licenses relating to cue sheets are paid for by the broadcasters, who pay a blanket fee based on a percentage of their overall total ad revenue).
Download Audio Format
The audio files you download are 48KHz/24-bit aiff's, encoded with metadata via Soundminer Pro.
Additional Services (territory dependent)
We will provide free music direction and placement consulting for Key Of E Music tracks upon request. For an additional fee, we are happy to customize any music tracks further. For customization, theme packages, or other such requests, please contact us directly at quotes@keyofemusic.com
Definitions
Underscore - music you don’t usually notice, good for setting mood, setting, foreshadowing, drawing out introspective elements of characters, etc.
Background Music - catchier music with melodic elements and multi-timbral elements, designed to pace and entertainment but not draw attention away from dialogue and story. Great for lifestyle programming.
Theme - the main title and end credits music, sometimes with bumpers and stings, which typically adds branding elements and a distinctive feel and character to a show.
License - Music may be used in your productions by purchasing a License from us, which covers all aspects of clearances. A License has a term and media usage attached to it. You have the option at Key Of E Music to license the music tracks you want for any time period from 3 months to forever, for all media now known or hereafter created, worldwide and throughout the universe. However, you do not own the music, you are licensing it, sometimes non-exclusively and sometimes exclusively, depending on your budget and availability of Premium tracks.
Perpetuity - a never-ending term for a music license within a project. This term is generally used to describe a music license that is often granted for all media throughout the Universe, whether the media exists yet or not. Yes, you could license our music for Mars via alien technology!
FAQs
Can I make a playlist?
Yes. Playlist is built into the checkout cart. Simply log in or sign up for an account, search music, tapping the License button for any tracks you are considering. To hear your collection, tap Cart logo and you'll find Play buttons for your tracks on the checkout page. Here, you can easily delete what you don't want to license, then continue to payment and download pages for tracks you do want to license. Or, in the case of Premium tracks, reach out to us via email and we'll respond quickly.
Is this library exclusive or non-exclusive?
Key Of E Music and it’s partners represents its works exclusively, which ensures a clear and clean ownership path. Works may be available for exclusive use/campaigns, please inquire to find out more.
Do I have to register before deciding if Key Of E music is right for my project?
You can audition all music on our website without registration. If registered, your cart can also act as a Playlist for convenient referencing of tracks you are considering for your project. Once you decide on music that is right for your project, you can check out or contact us directly contact us directly.
Can I download for personal listening use only?
No. This music is for professional-use downloading only. Look for us on DSP’s such as Spotify for passive listening.
Is this music good for editing to picture?
The music offered on the Key Of E Music website is packed full of dynamics, starts/stops, intros/outros and thematic buttons that are designed to generally stay out of the way of dialogue. If there is a dialogue conflict, often stems or alternate mixes are provided for maximum editing convenience and nuance refinement.
What are stems used for?
Sometimes when editing a scene or establishing motifs, very subtle changes in the balance and instrumentation levels of the music can often make quite a difference to how effectively the score marries to the picture and sits within a scene. As well, stems help add variance for repeated use of the same piece of music.
Where musically appropriate, our tracks include stem breakdowns as follows:
- _Master - a stereo mastered mix of the cue
- _Mix - a pre-mastered exact sum of the stems
- _Stem - a stereo breakdown of the instrumentation, ie drums and percussion separate from a melody line.
Stems are included in your license for no extra fee for your convenience. (does not apply to individually licensed stems). We suggest trying the _Master and/or _Mix versions first, then if neither is right, work with the _Stems.
Suggested stem usage includes pulling the percussion in and out for dramatic effect, or perhaps temporarily pulling melody out of the way of dialogue. This provides a powerful flexibility to hone in on mood, dynamics, tension and nuance when editing a scene, with the added benefit of more flexibility in maneuvering around any potential dialogue frequency clashes.
Cost effective stem inclusions offer the potential of many cues for the price of one since our stems may be used on their own as "mini cues" in and of themselves, or licensed individually to appease budget restrictions, thus proving great value in your license. (does not apply to individually licensed stems).
Composers
Peter Warnica
In addition to founding the Key Of E Music library, Emmy-nominated composer Peter Warnica is an experienced and diverse film and tv composer whose music has had over 20,000 uses in film & television productions. Peter’s music is found in hundreds of television episodes and series, having aired worldwide in at least 180 countries and broadcast on networks and OTT platforms such as HGTV (US & Canada), BBC (UK), NatGeo (US & Int'l), ITV (US), G4 (US), CBC (Canada), Global (Canada), E1 (Canada), Bio (US), Discovery Networks (Europe), Investigation Discovery (US), Apple TV, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and many more.
Peter was recently nominated for the 2020 Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards relating to his score for the multiple award-winning documentary Chicago At The Crossroad, a film that garnered 7 nominations and 5 wins just at this event alone. Peter is also the credited music composer on many seasons of such popular tv series as Python Hunters, Buying And Selling With The Property Brothers, and Popstars (Canada's highest rated non-sports program ever at the time it aired), as well as on single seasons of series such as Psychic Investigators and Wipeout (Canada). Prior to film and television work, Peter was an award-nominated songwriter, as well as writer, producer and performer in the bands The Blue Heavies and Universal Blackout.
Peter created the Key Of E Music music licensing platform in response to the changing marketplace demands of independent producers and broadcasters, providing a fully-cleared, one-stop licensing platform to use pre-existing music, or as a hybrid approach between bespoke composition and off the rack music.
Read more about Peter's music credits:
http://www.imdb.me/peterwarnicahttp://www.thekeyofe.com
Jerome McPeek
Toronto based composer Jerome McPeek’s music for Film & Television has been broadcast around the world, including on Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic HD, YTV, in Commercial and Corporate Ads, Independent Feature Films, Short Films, as well as TV and Animation Series on OLN. Jerome was recently selected as the first Composer, Artist In Residence for the Royal Canadian Navy, whom commissioned a piece for the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Drawing inspiration from his late father (composer/arranger Ben McPeek, arr. These Eyes, The Guess Who), Jerome began piano lessons at age five, followed by attending St. Michael's Choir School, where his studies included choral, theory, harmony and counterpoint. After studying piano at the Royal Conservatory Of Music and Orchestration and Composition under Victor Davies, he then discovered songwriting and rock and roll, soon picking up Guitar, Bass and Drums while performing with various bands. This eventually led to a record deal through SONY/Columbia with Daddys of Eden and Universal Music with Brule Sound Pharmacy.
Jerome McPeek on IMDBScott Mitchell
Denver Colorado based composer Scott Mitchell, originally from Wisconsin, is a life-long musician and multi-instrumentalist, drawing inspiration from many genres. Starting music at age five, Scott has added numerous instruments to his skillset over the years, resulting in his bringing a wide sound palette and deep well of fresh ideas to his compositions.
Scott has worked in a number of areas of the visual media field, from film scoring to commercial training videos, theater sound design to dialogue audio cleanup, mixing and sound effects to running on-set audio. His work can be seen in a number of Denver-Based short films, The recent Theater presentation of "Taking Tea with the Ripper", a series of commercials for Lewan Technology (a Denver-based IT company) and a number of other projects. He brings this life-long passion to you through his contributions to production music libraries.
Luc Arsenault
Luc Arsenault is a composer of music for film and television. For over a decade he has scored numerous programs, showing versatility in composing in a large variety of styles and genres. Some scoring highlights include the CBC TV animated series Chilly Beach (which featured the voice talents of such Canadian greats as William Shatner, Leslie Neilson, Andrea Martin, Joe Flaherty, and others) and Maple Shorts (Sean Cullen); feature films Dex Hamilton: Fire And Ice and Dex Hamilton And The Doomsday Swarm; and the recent psychological thriller/horror feature The Basement.
After picking up a guitar at age 12, Luc instantly knew that music would play a major role in his life. While banging away at rock and metal tunes and honing his ears and musical skills, he eventually found his way to all kinds of music, and in particular developed a fascination with orchestral music and film scores. Luc pursued formal music training, studying composition and classical guitar at the University of Ottawa (B. Mus.), and then continuing on to earn a Master of Music degree in Composition from Western University (London, Ontario).
In Nov. 2004, Luc was nominated for a Gemini Award for his original score for the season 1 Chilly Beach episode: Invasion Of The Beer Snatchers.
Luc Arsenault on IMDBAnthony Crawford
Nominated Bass Player of the Year by Rolling Stone, Anthony Crawford is a bass player and composer originally from Memphis TN. Anthony has made a name in the jazz, rock, r&b and pop world from working with artists such as Justin Timberlake, Erykah Badu, Allan Holdsworth and Ciara to composing music on multiple TV shows and movies with Fox, Bravo and E Entertainment TV. Anthony’s father is drummer Hubert (H-Bomb) Crawford who was the drummer for James Brown and Cyndi Lauper. Anthony’s uncle is saxophonist Hank Crawford, who was the musical director for Ray Charles and who’s sax playing can be heard on music from 50 Cent, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and many more hip hop legends. Coming from such a strong root in music at an early age, Anthony picked up the bass at 12 years old. At age 14 Anthony was doing studio sessions and by 16 recorded his first solo songs. After graduating in year 2000, Anthony was invited to perform for the National Democratic Convention for Bill Clinton and from then on has pursued his passion in making music to inspire generations.
Pablosky Rosales
Born in Havana Cuba, Pablosky Rosales is graduated from "Instituto Superior Pedagógico Enrique Jose Varona" in the specialty of Musical Education. In 2002 he started working as a Tres guitar player and backing vocalist with the internationally acclaimed band CUBANISMO until he relocated to Toronto Canada after taking part, also as a composer and arranger in the Grammy award nominated recording "Greetings from Havana" of this band (2008).
Since his arrival in Toronto he has collaborated and recorded with some of the most important Salsa, Cuban music and Latin jazz acts in Canada, such as "Amanda Martinez", "Conjunto Lacalu" ,"Son Ache", "Café Cubano", "Guaracha y Son" and Luis Mario Ochoa's "Cuba tradicional". Other important artistic endeavours include Film Scoring credits and the Musical Direction of shows at the Flato Markham Theatre as well as the prestigious Elgin - Winter Garden theatre in Toronto.
Bryan Christopher Saylor
Composer Bryan Christopher Saylor lives in Portland, Oregon. He has been scoring music for film and video games for over 5 years, including the indie features 'Behind the Bullet', 'Pompeii', and 'Oregon'. Bryan's score for 'Vicious' won Best Score/Music at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards.
In addition, Bryan also wrote the soundtrack for the VR game called 'Ship It' which made it into the 2017 PAX 10. Bryan's work on video games includes the mobile game 'Bloom Barrage', and the adventure game 'Waiting For The Loop'. When Bryan is not composing, you can find him reading, watching movies, or drinking a cup of his Portland home-roasted coffee.
Bryan Minus on IMDBAbbas Premjee
Based in Houston, TX, Abbas Premjee completed his Bachelor’s degree in Music theory and composition from Loyola Marymount University, and then his Master’s degree in Classical Guitar from the Meadows Conservatory at SMU. Abbas has been writing production music since 2012 and is a prolific composer with over 2,000 titles written and well over 3,000 usages in ads and TV shows. Abbas is a multi-instrumentalist and has an eclectic collection of instruments from around the world. He prefers using real instruments whenever possible and this gives his music an organic quality that resonates deep inside.
For a list of credits and to listen, please visit www.abbaspremjee.com
Austin Gruhn & Moses Truzman
Austin Gruhn & Moses Truzman are Los Angeles-based music composers with an extraordinary passion for creating emotive and original soundtracks for Film, TV, Video Games, and Commercials. Their music creates an organic, fantastical sound with striking melodies, sweeping harmonies, and a spiritual presence that invokes the human spirit. With the ability to perform multiple instruments, and a unique style of music production, this power duo is constantly pushing themselves beyond their limits on every score they deliver.
Over the past few years, they have written music for brands such as Google, Oculus, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Ferrari. They have recently scored the award-winning series "Ecosphere", a documentary series with Facebook's Oculus, WWF, and Silverback Films, as well as the movie 'Killer Bees' produced by Shaquille O'Neal with an original motion pictures soundtrack release. They have also had music featured in numerous TV shows on ABC, MTV, BET & more.
Gregory Fellman
Based in Denver, Colorado, award-winning composer Greg Fellman has composed music for a variety of independent projects, including short films such as “You Can Die Of A Broken Heart,” featured in the MHSA Film Festival, the Paris Women Festival, and the Courage Film Festival. He graduated from Music Production at Full Sail University, and was valedictorian of his class. There, three of his original music pieces were chosen for inclusion in the Full Sail Hall of Fame induction ceremony. When not composing music or going to a concert, Greg can be found hiking in the Rocky Mountains or leading a Chinese tea ceremony with friends.
Mark Thomas Taylor
Mark Thomas Taylor is a composer of music for film, television and the concert stage. A protégé of the legendary composer, percussionist, NEA Jazz Master and MacArthur Fellow Max Roach, Mark’s career was additionally enhanced through his work as a heavily in-demand French Hornist with such extraordinary composers as Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill and Muhal Richard Abrams. When he was unfortunately stricken with Embouchure Dystonia bringing his performing career to a halt, composing became Mark’s primary pursuit.
Since then, Mark has embarked upon a number of ongoing projects including composing contemporary scores for silent films, (the first being Oscar Micheux’ Within Our Gates) and a series of horror and comedy shorts for LA’s Scrawny Strange Productions in addition to creating music for licensing to television through boutique agencies in NYC, LA and the UK and a series of chamber music commissions.
Other recent projects include “Room To Breathe” commissioned by the Oregon Wind Quintet, “Last Days of Coney Island”, an animated film by famed animator/director Ralph Bakshi and “It’s Not Like He’s Never Been There Before”, a multi-movement orchestral work, commissioned by Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.markthomastaylor.net