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“...Cuneiform...revel in blurring the lines between different musical genres, not getting caught up in dogmatic views of music, but merely releasing music determined on merit.” – jazzandblues.blogspot
“...an absolutely unexpected gem from the delightful Cuneiform label-which between showcasing some of the world's brightest and most adept contemporary composers and spotlighting older...works by unsung masters, is...the most adventurous record company out there...” – Yahoo! Music
“...this company has...artists who aren't timid about swimming against the tide. ” – Sounds
“The wondrous Cuneiform label does the business again...This is glorious, joyous, fierce music... ” – BBC
“Where do you go...to hear innovative, adventurous music? Cuneiform...has long been...supplying...music that satisfies even the most discriminate underground tastes.” – Surreal [Detroit]
“...one of the most consistently exceptional is the Cuneiform label...music that reaches beyond the standard progressive rock stylings into the truly inventive completely original forms....” – Exposé
“...no two artists sound the same, yet most sound radically different than anything you've likely heard before.” – Exposé
The Music Outpost provides access to music that is readily available for licensing for use in various audiovisual media, including motion pictures, television productions, videogames, dance and theatrical productions, and much more. Our archive is ideally suited for filmmakers and media professionals who are looking to license music that is as original and visionary as their own projects.
Our archive features unique, adventurous, strikingly original, high-quality music of various genres and styles, created by some of the most gifted, cutting-edge, composers and musicians in the world. The distinctive music on The Music Outpost is not available on any other music licensing site. Because we are continually discovering new music and artists and adding them to our site, visit us regularly to see what's new. We promise you ongoing musical adventures, new songs that surprise and entice.
Licensing music on the sonic frontier, The Music Outpost offers a fresh alternative to the overused tunes used in too many soundtracks. We invite you to explore our site, where you'll find a world of breathtaking music to set your productions apart.
Our archive allows you to search for music in several ways, to easily find music that is a perfect fit for your project. You can filter by mood, film genre, music genre, or instrument in the Find Music section, browse by artists or related artists (the "Recommended if you like"/related artists search function is in development 7/11). (Search by "tempo" is in development). You can also search by keyword (artist name; noun in a song title; etc) at the bottom of every page.
If you like the tune, add it as a "Favorite" (button on bottom right). You can later view your list of Favorites by hitting the Favorites button on the bottom center of each page; however, please note that you must either copy and save your list of Favorites in a text program on your own computer - or email the list with the "Send This List" form on the right side of the Favorites page - before leaving our site, as the Music Outpost site does not permanently retain your list.
Once you have found something (or several items) that you like and want to inquire about licensing, click the "Contact for Licensing" button, fill in your information, send, and we will get in touch. Please note that all licensing is negotiable. We invite licensing queries from independent filmmakers as well as major film studios and directors, and from non-profit and student productions as well as corporate advertising and sales campaigns. The Music Outpost offers reasonable terms and rates; whatever the size project you're working on, we look forward to hearing from you.
We've uploaded numerous upbeat tunes by the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble to the Music Outpost. Think finger-snapping, street-strutting urban jazz swirling through the moonlit streets of New Orleans - or New York... The funky, danceable "Slots" evokes casino halls bedecked with red velvet, crystal and gold... In addition, a couple of traditional spirituals, including a breath-taking, heart-wrenchingly beautiful vocal of "Down by the Riverside". Bio text & written descriptions of tracks will follow..
Music Outpost staff is preparing new content for the site; stay tuned for a larger slection than ever before!
Guitarist & photographer Richard Leo Johnson is now also a movie director. Using music and visuals and avoiding dialogue, his poetic film, Estancia(Stay) [not to be confused with the migrant worker documentary LaEstancia], weaves a gorgeous, nostalgic story of change and loss in the Mexican village of San Cristano. Johnson directed the movie and created the music soundtrack; it was filmed by Johnson with Skip Terpstra and Russ Powell. See www.estanciathefilm.com for more information.
Stay tuned for more music by Richard Leo Johnson on the Music Outpost site.
We're making the final changes on the first phase of construction (Beta v.o.1) of The Music Outpost site. Once those changes are finished, we'll add more than 5 hours of new music to our archive from another brilliantly talented musician – the American guitarist Richard Leo Johnson! Visit us again soon, to see the results!
Dark, ominous drone of bassoon, harmonium and chamber strings evoke menace and escalating tension.
Menacing, mechanistic piano, saurian electric guitar leavened with jazz flute.
Eerie saxophone melody threads about pensive piano chords with mounting intensity; does the church ...
Eerie, mournful chamber strings with quiet, introspective passages.
Eerie, mournful chamber strings with quiet, introspective passages.
Driving piano, clockwork drum machine, reptilian guitar, and processed saxophone melodies race toward an ...
Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse” meets “Peter Gunn”; postmodern secret agent jazz.
Mysterious, sensual electro-samba with smoky sax and shimmering electric guitar.
Redolent with a sense of loss and passing time, a poignant piano motif glides ...
Minor-key medieval procession with whimsical violin melody.
A ghostly mellotron and harmonium prelude leads into complex, dramatic chamber jazz with martial ...
Percolating piano and ascending electronic keyboard melodies writhe and intertwine, evoking the sweep of ...
Sounds of chaos followed by Phantom of the Opera-style organ, arriving at a simultaneously ...
Romantic, Satie-like piano, synthesizer, and guitar flow together in liquid bliss.
Spidery violin plucked like the ticking of a mad clock, building to triumphal classical ...
A lingering air of mystery suffuses this tone poem for piano, flute, and guitar.
Martial snare drum drives an aggressive chamber ensemble through intricate passages both dark and ...
Slow, sinister procession gradually gathering to a hammering crescendo at the end of time.
Martial percussion drives darting, ever-shifting rhythms, both dark and uplifting, with exotic Eastern European ...
