Ancient Future Music is an offshoot of the popular Narada/MCA recording ensemble, Ancient Future. Since 1978, Ancient Future has been involved in creating new, exciting and beautiful music by combining musical forms from around the world. African, Chinese, Balinese, European, Indian, Japanese, Middle-Eastern, and South American music are all part of the Ancient Future pallette. This description may sound esoteric to some, but the music of Ancient Future is anything but that. It's extremely accessible, melodic, and rhythmic...perfect for creating just the right mood for your project.
Say you've got a film with locations in Europe, the U.S., and China. You want a contemporary score that will appeal to audiences, yet give the impression of being at each location. Now you don't have to go to three film score companies to get just the right music for each scene...Ancient Future Music can do it all.
Sitar, charango, scalloped fretboard guitar, mandolin, cello, violin, sarangi, Chinese string instruments, flutes, Chinese wind instruments, piano, tabla, thavil, morsing, ghatam, kanjira, gamelan, African talking drum, and Chinese percussion are just some of the instruments available.
Our computerized synthesizer recording studio specializes in MIDI synthesis. If you have a MIDI plugin and Netscape, you are listening to a sample of a MIDI arrangement of West African drum music right now (with sound quality limited by the playback resources of your computer). We understand that not every scoring budget can afford a large ensemble of master musicians performing on traditional acoustic instruments. Using synthesizers for some of the sounds can help cut costs and add contemporary elements to the mix.
Ancient Future's rates will please you. Your score will come in on budget, and on time.
Clients including the United Nations, MasterCard, National Public Radio, Viacom, Budweiser, and United Airlines have used our music.
"Uplifting, joyous and life-affirming. Uses a remarkable range of instruments to create breathtakingly beautiful tunes. At once complex and uncluttered, serene and yet energizing." --The Gazette Times
If you are wondering what the finished scores sound like, there's no need for guess work! Just select one of the following links:
57 second excerpt from the song Promise to the River, from Ancient Future's fourth release, Dreamchaser:
More sound files are available in Ancient Future's on-line catalog. Or order any of the Ancient Future CD's for the best sound quality.
If you have a project that requires music, simply e-mail your
name, postal address, phone, e-mail address, and description of
your project to info@ancient-future.com, phone (415-459-1892 direct, or 1-888-8AFUTURE toll free in the USA ), mail a request to us at:
Ancient Future
P.O. Box 264
Kentfield, CA 94914-0264 USA
We will contact you.