7 Soundtracks That Defined Their Film’s Genre

Watch any movie, and you’d agree that music carries an incredible amount of weight in storytelling. So often, you walk…

Case Study: Using Musicbed to Soundtrack a Hulu Documentary

Director Phil Wall works across the commercial and narrative space, with films like The Book Keepers, The Passing Game, and…

Case Study: Using a Musicbed Artist to Set the Tone for a Network Series

At Musicbed, we preach the importance of music every day, but sometimes we don’t have to preach at all. There…

Barry Jenkins: Using Music To Create Emotion and Empathy for Characters

In less than a decade, director Barry Jenkins became a household name in the world of filmmaking, establishing himself as…

Then, a Hurricane Hits: Filmmaker Chris Murphy on the Production of YETI’s Kekoa

The beauty (and terror) of creative projects is that things don’t always go to plan. Funding falls through, actors get…

5 Ways to Make Your Films Better With Music

The value of music in a film isn’t always talked about, or expressed explicitly, so why would they pay for…

Mix Tapes and Algorithms: Thoughts on Music Discovery

It used to be that music discovery happened between people. Friends would recommend new songs, DJs would play new bands,…

Making a Film Without Knowing How to Make a Film

It may have started as a film school assignment, but the short film AWAY quickly became a film school in…