I'm making a zombie movie, and I need some good places to get non-copyrighted zombie sound effects, and non-copyrighted music that would fit well in a zombie movie!
Where to get music/sound effects for your movies?!
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If you can't get a composer or foley artist, you can go to google.com, and type in "Royalty Free Sound Effects and Music". The quality is pretty bad compared to what you would get from a composer and foley artist, but it gets the job done.
You could also do foley yourself. Again, not as good as a professional foley artist, but it works. Just to give you some ideas, in the film "Let the Right One in", they bit into sausage to replicate the sound of the vampires biting into flesh. In "The Crazies", they used water dripping on a tile surface to get the sound of blood dripping on tile. In another movie, they smashed a watermelon to get the effect of... I think you can guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKq911kcqLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSZvs8hecI0
You could also do foley yourself. Again, not as good as a professional foley artist, but it works. Just to give you some ideas, in the film "Let the Right One in", they bit into sausage to replicate the sound of the vampires biting into flesh. In "The Crazies", they used water dripping on a tile surface to get the sound of blood dripping on tile. In another movie, they smashed a watermelon to get the effect of... I think you can guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKq911kcqLY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSZvs8hecI0
Zombie sound effects? Make them yourself! Vegetable abuse and lots of sloppy flour mixtures (honey, molasses, corn starch, etc.) make great sounds and can be a lot of fun. You'll need a decent mic & mic pre in a quiet room. Don't forget to "mess proof" your space, have a big bucket of water & a few towels handy, and you may want to put some protection on the mic; non-lubricated condoms work well.
BTW, when you buy a copyrighted sound effect you are given permission to use it in your project without paying further royalties. Read the terms of use carefully, but I've never heard of any of the major sound effects vendors suing for royalties. Besides, most of the time the sound effect is edited, mangled and stacked with other sound effects, so it's usually unrecognizable by the time you're done anyway. BTW and FYI, I use library sound effects all the time.
For music there are thousands of composers looking for scoring gigs. There are dozens of them right here on IndieTalk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip8kZ8tUm8Q
BTW, when you buy a copyrighted sound effect you are given permission to use it in your project without paying further royalties. Read the terms of use carefully, but I've never heard of any of the major sound effects vendors suing for royalties. Besides, most of the time the sound effect is edited, mangled and stacked with other sound effects, so it's usually unrecognizable by the time you're done anyway. BTW and FYI, I use library sound effects all the time.
For music there are thousands of composers looking for scoring gigs. There are dozens of them right here on IndieTalk.
For music, we have used Sounddogs and Killer Tracks. They have "buyout" music for
relatively cheap...pay once and it's yours. ($50-$100) You get about 30 music pieces of various lengths, and you can buy by "genre"...comedy, action, adventure, suspense, etc.
The music comes to on download or on a CD if you prefer. There are other companies as well, if you google "royalty free music"
relatively cheap...pay once and it's yours. ($50-$100) You get about 30 music pieces of various lengths, and you can buy by "genre"...comedy, action, adventure, suspense, etc.
The music comes to on download or on a CD if you prefer. There are other companies as well, if you google "royalty free music"
Just ask a composer. Zombie films are tons of fun to write music for.
Same goes for a foley artist. Make a thread asking for one with information and showing off your own abilities and experience (to attract more experienced people to your team).
Same goes for a foley artist. Make a thread asking for one with information and showing off your own abilities and experience (to attract more experienced people to your team).
Thank you!