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Music For Halloween Videos & Parties

Music for Halloween -- if you need some atmospheric music soundtracks for your Halloween videos, films, documentaries or parties there’s a selection of dark, creepy and eerie instrumental music in my music library that you can download for private use at your parties or license for public use in your Halloween videos.

From eerie soundscapes to haunting piano tracks there’s plenty of music to add some dark atmosphere this Halloween. Royalty free music collections are £39.99 while all other individual (non royalty free) tracks can be bought for 99p and licensed for non-commercial or commercial use in your films for £9.99 and £29.99 respectively.

Check out the licensing info for details. Listen to the preview clips in the music player above or head on over to my music download store where you can buy and instantly download the tracks or license them for use in your projects right now. Click here to see all the Halloween themed music tracks in my music download store.

Royalty Free Horror Music (promo video) by Simon Wilkinson: 13 Days Of Nightmares

The clip on the right is a promo video for Volume 7 of my royalty free music collections called 13 Days Of Nightmares set to eerie images of abandoned hospitals, psychiatric wards and mental institutions.

The music from Vol.7 is full of dark atmospheric background sounds, creepy and disturbing ambience, twisted underscores and haunting drones and dark soundscapes straight out of your worst nightmares…

If you hear anything you like in the music player above, you can find it here in the dark recesses of the horror music section:

http://www.thebluemask.com/music/horror/

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Some Of My Music Featured In New Zombie Short Film: 2 Hours

2 HOURS ― Award Winning Zombie Short Film

Some of my music is featured in a great looking new indie zombie short film called 2 Hours from director Michael Ballif. The film is an atmospheric post-apocalyptic action thriller about a lone survivor who is ambushed and infected with the virus. The film follows his journey of survival, with only 2 hours to obtain the cure.

You can watch the entire 25 minute film for free on YouTube above and also follow the links below to support the film or buy a copy on DVD.

http://indiegogo.com/2HOURSthemovie

http://www.facebook.com/2HoursTheMovie

http://youtube.com/2HOURSthemovie

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New 23 Minute Dark Ambient Space Music & Promo Video: Nebula Drift

Dark Ambient Space Music: Nebula Drift (preview) by Simon Wilkinson

Here’s a promo video for my new 23 minute dark ambient space music track called Nebula Drift. The music is a long atmospheric soundscape piece that would be suitable as underscore for film and documentary soundtracks, or just for listening to for fans of ambient textural drone music.

Lots of people have told me they enjoy music like this when playing video games or for inspiring background music when painting or writing. You can license the track or just download it for listening from my shop:

http://www.thebluemask.com/nebula-drift/

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New Time Lapse Video Featuring My Music: The Harder Ground

Under The Texas Sky - Milky Way Time Lapse

Here’s a beautiful new time lapse film called Under The Texas Sky from photographer Harley Grady that features my piano music track The Harder Ground. Harley has many more excellent time lapse videos that you can see on his Youtube channel here.

The Harder Ground is available to license as a soundtrack for your own films or just to buy and download from my shop here:

www.thebluemask.com/the-harder-ground

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Promo Video For Some Of My Orchestral Trailer Music

Dramatic trailer music for film, TV & video from composer Simon Wilkinson

Here’s a promo video featuring a short collection of clips from some of my orchestral trailer music. All the tracks are available to download and license directly from my shop for use in your own trailers, films and Youtube videos. From 30 second intros to full length epic and dramatic pieces, the tracks featured in this video are listed below:

Bloodstorm:
http://www.thebluemask.com/bloodstorm/

Zahara:
http://www.thebluemask.com/zahara/

Kill The King:
 http://www.thebluemask.com/kill-the-king/

Aeternus:
http://www.thebluemask.com/aeternus/

Attack Of The Machines:
http://www.thebluemask.com/attack-of-the-machines/

Titan:
http://www.thebluemask.com/titan/

Excelsior:
http://www.thebluemask.com/excelsior/

Or check out more of my orchestral music here:
http://www.thebluemask.com/music/all-tracks/orchestral/

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My Time Lapse Music Collection Now On iTunes & Amazon

Atmospheric Time Lapse Music From The Dakotalapse Films Of Randy Halverson

A Momentary Lapse: Music From The Time Lapse Films Of Randy Halverson by Simon WilkinsonMy collection of music from the Dakotalapse time lapse films by Randy Halverson (dakotalapse.com) is now also available to download on iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Spotify, as well as directly here on my own website.

The 11 track collection features 45 minutes of atmospheric and dramatic music from the Dakotalapse films and is called ‘A Momentary Lapse: Music From The Time Lapse Films Of Randy Halverson‘.

You can buy it from any of the links below or just search for me (Simon Wilkinson) directly in iTunes.

Click here to buy from iTunes

Click here to buy from Amazon.com

Click here to buy from Amazon.co.uk

Click here to stream on Spotify

Click here to buy on Google Play

Click here to buy directly from me here at www.thebluemask.com

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Trailer For Documentary Film Exuma Featuring My Music

Here’s a trailer for a new documentary film by Colin Ruggiero called Exuma which features some of my music. As you can see from the trailer, the film features some beautiful underwater photography and time lapse footage all shot in HD:

“Prepare to hold your breath and dive into a thousand shades of blue on an exploration of the Exuma Cays – a tiny string of pearls tucked away in the middle of the 3,000 other islands that make up the Bahamas.  Shot entirely in HD, the film uses innovative underwater and time-lapse photography to capture the surreal beauty of the Exumas through the eyes of a young woman who lives there. Through Susanna’s eyes, we are given a window into a world few people have ever seen. Welcome to Exuma.”

Colin Ruggiero

Find out more about the film at www.exumafilm.com

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New Dark And Atmospheric Royalty Free Horror Album Vol.7

Royalty Free Horror Music (promo video) by Simon Wilkinson: 13 Days Of Nightmares

Royalty Free Film & Documentary Music Vol.7: 13 Days Of NightmaresHere’s the new promo video for volume 7 in my royalty free music collection entitled 13 Days Of Nightmares. The collection includes 13 tracks (50 minutes) of dark atmospheric ambient soundscapes and background music suitable for dark documentaries and horror films.

The collection was inspired by the nightmarish atmosphere of dark psychological horror films like The Shining, Session 9 and the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, where the horror and dread is often implied and sensed rather than seen.

The images in the video above are from urbex photographer Andre Govia who specialises in photographic images from real life locations of abandoned mental asylums, institutions, hospitals and other buildings which have been left to decay without maintenance. Although these buildings have often fallen into a state of disrepair (sometimes dangerous to the public) there is a real sense of eerie beauty and the ominous history of the buildings as the architecture takes on its own life and atmosphere after it’s been left to fend for itself.

You can see more of Andre’s amazing work on Flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/andregovia/

The album 13 Days Of Nightmares is available as a wav or mp3 download for £39.99 from my website and after purchase can be used in an unlimited number of your own films and documentaries without needing to pay any more (see licensing info for full details):

www.thebluemask.com/royalty-free-film-documentary-music-vol-7-13-days-of-nightmares/

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My New Music Compilation Album From The Dakotalapse Films

Atmospheric Time Lapse Music From The Dakotalapse Films Of Randy Halverson

A new mp3 music compilation album is now available to download of all my music that’s been used so far in the soundtracks to the Dakotalapse time lapse films and trailers from photographer Randy Halverson.

The collection is called A Momentary Lapse: Music From The Films Of Randy Halverson and contains 11 atmospheric and dramatic tracks, as well as  a 10 page liner notes pdf. You can hear short excerpts from all the included tracks by watching the promo video above or visit the album page (see link) where you can play full-length previews of all the tracks and buy the instant download collection of CD-quality 320 kbps mp3s.

The full tracklisting is as follows:

Scorpio, Shadow Watch, Exodus, Eclipse, Tempest, Shadowland, Soma, Atlantis, Reflections, From An Ember To A Sun, Chrome Skies

You can buy the album directly from my shop or from iTunes, Amazon etc. at the following links:

www.thebluemask.com

iTunes

Amazon.com

Amazon.co.uk

Google Play

Spotify

Please note: the album is for personal listening only and the download does not include any license for use in any other videos or projects. If you would like to use any tracks in your own videos, please ensure you also buy the relevant license. See more of Randy’s stunning time lapse work and photography at his website:

www.dakotalapse.com

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My Music On Crime & Investigation Network: When Life Means Life

When Life Means Life - Anthony Arkwright Monday 9PM

On Monday 9th April, a new 6-part TV series begins in the UK on the Crime & Investigation Network which features my music throughout the 6 episodes. When Life Means Life focuses on some of Britain’s most dangerous and depraved criminals who have committed such extreme crimes that they will never be freed from prison.

Episode 1 (see short clip above) will be shown on Monday 9th April at 9pm on the Crime & Investigation Network which is available to Sky viewers on channels 553 & 555 or on Virgin channel 237. You can see some more online previews of the series all featuring my music on the Crime & Investigation Network website here:

http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/when-life-means-life/videos.html

Update: after Episode 1 on serial killer Anthony Arkwright, Virginmedia’s TV review page commented on “…its startling, horror film soundtrack” -- job done!