Production - Music and Sound Effects

To get music and sound effects, we initially looked at two websites which provide free music and sound effects. These were www.soundbible.com, which features mostly sound effects and www.incompetech.com, which contains mostly music.

The majority of sound effects and music from these sites are either royalty free, in the public domain, or have Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, meaning that we can use them in our production, subject to conditions. Royalty free sounds can be used commercially in media products, but cannot be redistributed for profit. A Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 sound must be attributed to the creator of the audio if used in a media product. There are no conditions, however, on pubic domain audio. Something is in the public domain - meaning it is owned by the public and therefore freely available - if it is older than the public domain age setting, or if the creator of the audio wants it to be public domain.

We also looked on www.youtube.com for music, and found a piece of music we are planning to use in our trailer. We have asked permission from its creator, Taylor Heywood, to use this music, and we have received this as long as we credit him.