2nd Foundation Music

12/07/2024

We now have a choir album in our books! Written by , 2FM097 Choir Emotions is a beautiful album full of glorious vocal textures. 🌌

With magnificent choral harmonies woven through with vocal rhythms and delicate electronic textures, 2FM097 Choir Emotions takes us on a compelling journey t...

03/05/2024

🌓 2FM096 Transitions is a dark-to-light album written by Daryl Griffith and Wes Hicks, featuring tracks with a smooth transition from a negative mood to a more positive one. Ideal for problem-to-solution narratives in advertising, promos and political campaigns, this album features stirring strings, driving electronics and powerful percussion.

There's a whole host of versions available so you can pick the right blend of sounds for your project, and many of the cutdowns are single-mood if you don't need the transition.

Why hunt around for two tracks when you can get the job done with one?

You can see the promo video, including an interview with Daryl and Wes, below 🌓

2FM096 Transitions is a darkness-to-light album featuring punchy strings, pulsing, edgy synths and impactful percussion. All tracks begin with a negative emo...

18/04/2024

Please welcome 2FM095 American Landscapes, a truly splendid orchestral album that captures the natural beauty of North America.

Written by Robert Allen Elliott, it makes us want to lace up our hiking shoes and head out on the trails 🥾

It'll be ideal for nature and history documentaries, and also US election content.

2FM095 American Landscapes is a soaring orchestral homage to the expansive landscapes of the USA. Exploring the links between natural beauty and patriotic pr...

12/04/2024

We'd like to introduce this gorgeous album written by Paul Reeves: 2FM094 Soft Simplicity. Featuring chamber strings, felt piano, and intimate textures, each track gently evolves and blooms around a simple concept. It'll be perfect for telling human stories in adverts, documentaries and emotive storytelling 💜

2FM094 Soft Simplicity is a tender and life-affirming album written by Paul Reeves. With intimate chamber strings, felt piano, subtle percussion and textural...

09/04/2024

So great to hear "Tense Determination", written by Tanuj Tiku from his album 2FM034 Drama and Raga, on this trailer for Patna Shuklla on Disney+ Hotstar! You can hear it from 19".

Anyay se dabi aawaz ke liye, nyay ka aaghaz karne aa rahi hai Tanvi. streaming from 29th March. ...

12/02/2024

Throughout last year, we ran a Composer Contest with Vienna Symphonic Library to celebrate their 20th anniversary. With over 1000 entrants and multiple rounds to put the finalists through their paces, we were thrilled to crown Paul Cohen the winner of the competition. The grand prize was to write and have recorded a 6-track orchestral album at the Synchron Stage, Vienna, to be released on our label.

2FM093 Filmic Fantasy is the result! The track that won Paul the competition is "Majestic Kingdom". We think the album sounds fantastic, and can see it being used in films, documentaries and adverts 🏰

2FM093 Filmic Fantasy is an album of rich, cinematic orchestral scores with a classic feel. This album is the end product of the composer contest held in col...

24/01/2024

Over the years, we've released plenty of silly strings (see: Pizzicato Portraits, Cheeky Pluckers, Naughty Pluckers).

Some delightfully quirky tuned percussion (Cyclic Underscores).

A characterful woodwinds album (Quirky Woodwinds).
.. But we've saved the best until last. 🎺

Please welcome 2FM092 Comedy Brass!

Written by Daryl Griffith, 2FM092 Comedy Brass draws from the long traditions of both British brass bands and eccentric comedy. Featuring raucous trombones, ...

22/01/2024

2FM091 Quirky Characters makes us think of cheeky pranks, silly schemes, and getting into all sorts of trouble 🦆 written by Daryl Griffith, it features a small ensemble with solo instrumentalists.

2FM091 Quirky Characters is a fun, comedic album featuring string quartet, tuned percussion and assorted winds. From silly animal videos to slapstick comedy,...

20/12/2023

✨Merry Christmas from all of us at 2FM! ✨

This year in our annual festive video, a grumpy boss has a festive change of heart after watching a montage of Christmas movies...

We hope that everyone has a wonderful holiday, and we look forward to releasing more music in 2024.

In a bleak midwinter world, where even the liveliest of office Christmas parties can be crushed by the iron fist of middle management - where the ancient mag...

11/12/2023

There's a double whammy of 2FM tracks on this BMW ad:

The first one is "Twinkle Toes" from 2FM037 Christmas Mix Volume 1: Festive Orchestra.

The second one is the instrumental version of "Christmas Is Here" from 2FM078 Christmas Rock 'n' Roll.

Thank you APM Music for the great placements! 🎄

Take advantage of our Road Home Sales Event now: https://www.bmwusa.com/special-offers/year-end-sales-event.html Subscribe now: https://www.youtube.com/user/...

06/12/2023

'Tis the season! This year, composer Robert Allen Elliott took some classic carols and gave them a modern twist with piano and string quartet to create 2FM089 Happy Christmas Quintet.

This album also features settings of tunes more popular in the USA, such as O Little Town Of Bethlehem and Away In A Manger. Other tunes to listen out for are O Holy Night, and a particularly raucous version of Go Tell It On The Mountain. 🎄

2FM089 Happy Christmas Quintet is a fun, upbeat album of Christmas songs and carols for string quartet and piano. Tracks cover a range of festive moods, from...

06/12/2023

'Tis the season! This year, composer Robert Allen Elliott took some classic carols and gave them a modern twist with piano and string quartet to create 2FM089 Happy Christmas Quintet.

This album also features settings of tunes more popular in the USA, such as O Little Town Of Bethlehem and Away In A Manger. Other tunes to listen out for are O Holy Night, and a particularly raucous version of Go Tell It On The Mountain. 🎄

Watch the video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCrdj5o5fZ4

And listen to the whole album here:
https://musicsearch.online/albums/dfb68844be12cf41

2FM089 Happy Christmas Quintet is a fun, upbeat album of Christmas songs and carols for string quartet and piano. Tracks cover a range of festive moods, from...

07/09/2023

Dive into a world of wonder with 2FM088 American Storytelling, written by Daryl Griffith.

This American-inspired album features strings and piano infused with atmospheric beds and traditional folk instruments.
From heartwarming emotions to lively energy, it will be perfect for inspirational stories.

Listen to the full album: https://musicsearch.online/albums/4f074c2c98de3da32FM088 American Storytelling is a beautiful, cinematic album inspired by American...

01/09/2023

25/08/2023

Check out our latest album from Richie Aikman and Carter William - 2FM087 Upbeat Lifestyle!

These bright, positive guitar-led underscores will be perfect for lifestyle and social media, especially home improvement, cooking and DIY.

Listen to the full album: https://musicsearch.online/albums/62a577bccfca59172FM087 Upbeat Lifestyle is a bright, positive album of indie inspired underscores...

15/08/2023

Dive into a world of high society intrigue and drama with 2FM086 Scandalous Quintet!

Written by Daryl Griffith and featuring the Tippett Quartet, this classical-style album will lend a sophisticated yet sordid edge to period drama, current affairs and reality TV.

Listen to the full album - https://musicsearch.online/albums/ff03c8b469fa17c82FM086 Scandalous Quintet is a classical style album with an air of suspicion an...

26/07/2023

Pizzicato, but grown up!

2FM085 Serious Pizzicato, written by Daryl Griffith, is a neutral, understated take on the pizzicato style, built around loop-based string underscores with tuned percussion and piano, perfect for documentaries, reality TV, news and current affairs.

2FM085 Serious Pizzicato is an album of loop-based underscores, featuring pizzicato string orchestra and light tuned percussion. In contrast to other cheeky,...

21/07/2023

Immerse yourself in this reflective, atmospheric album from composers Bradley Farmer, James Yan and Wes Hicks.

Featuring an intimately recorded string orchestra backed by textural synths, 2FM084 String Impressions will be perfect for creating intricate, nuanced emotions for documentaries and drama.

2FM084 String Impressions is a reflective album of textural underscores, featuring string orchestra with subtle synths and electronics. The album paints a br...

12/07/2023

A huge congratulations to Paul Cohen for winning the VSL x 2FM Vienna Composer Contest! Paul is currently writing the remaining 5 tracks of his EP album to the brief of "Filmic Fantasy", which will be recorded at the Synchron Stage Vienna in August and released on 2FM in the Autumn.

12/07/2023

Thank you Warner Chappell Production Music UK for picking 2FM028 Uplifting Success: Piano Quintet as their featured album of the month!

Written by Robert Allen Elliott, this album is full of fresh strings and bright piano. Since its release in 2017, tracks from this album have been used on American Idol, Saturday Night Live, coverage for the Olympics, on BBC productions and many other documentaries, commercials and corporate syncs.

22/06/2023

2FM083 Modern Wedding String Quartet is the perfect album for weddings, period drama, or simply taking a turn around the garden 🌹

Written by Daryl Griffith, it features both modern and retro-sounding tracks in the style of pop songs arranged for quartet.

2FM083 Modern Wedding String Quartet is a beautiful, elegant album featuring string quartet, perfect for accompanying tender, romantic moments. The album cov...

13/06/2023

Rhiannon Hitt and Daryl Griffith from 2nd Foundation Music discuss the on-going Vienna Composer Contest. They reflect on the biggest challenges in Round 2 and how the 3 finalists proved themselves.

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟯 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘁?

02/06/2023

Congratulations to our final three composers!

12/05/2023

News post incoming! Find out about the progress of the VSL x 2FM Vienna Composer Contest, and an exciting new venture of Daryl's - Conducting for Film.

Daryl has conducted thousands of sessions over his career, and he's sharing his secrets on a five-day course in Budapest in September. You'll learn session protocols, rehearsal techniques, diagnoses and fixes of common problems, and how to efficiently get the result you want when conducting (or producing) an orchestral session. At the end of the course, you get the opportunity to conduct 28 members of the Budapest Film Orchestra.

Read on for more info, and to find out how you can get involved.

https://2ndfoundationmusic.com/news/post/passing-baton-composer-contest-and-conductor-course

01/05/2023

Check out Daryl's latest project! And, if you're a composer looking to improve your session conducting skills, do consider signing up!

Excited to launch our brand new course, “Unlocking the secrets of session recordings”, in Budapest this September! Taught by a prolific and sought after session , Daryl Griffith, and targeted at film, tv and game music composers, it’ll show you how to conduct an orchestral session better and more efficiently. Only 10 spots available to conduct a 28-person orchestra.

Visit www.conductingforfilm.com to learn more about it!

21/04/2023

The 12 finalists for the VSL x 2FM composer contest have been announced!

We can't wait to hear their submissions on the theme of "underwater beauty" for round 2.

20 years ago we released our first sample libraries and, to celebrate this anniversary, we’re running a competition in collaboration with production music label 2nd Foundation Music. Prizes range from 12 x €500 Vienna Vouchers to 3 complete Synchron Packages, to a contract with 2nd Foundation Mu...

17/04/2023

With tracks ranging from elegant solo cello to majestic orchestra, here’s a playlist that’ll be perfect for stately celebrations and all things royal!

Check out our playlist Royal Occasions here: https://musicsearch.online/playlists/84a8ee77bfeea5f5

01/03/2023

For a super-charged dose of inspiration, look no further than 2FM082 Uplifting Promos.

Written by Paul Reeves, this epic orchestral album is perfect for advertising and promos, featuring piano and orchestra alongside cinematic drums & vocals.

2FM082 Uplifting Promos is a powerful, inspiring album of emotional orchestral promos, featuring piano, string orchestra, horns, vocals and percussion. Each ...

14/02/2023

From the sultry to the saccharine, here's a selection of our loved-up tracks for Valentine's 💋💘

03/02/2023

This album will certainly pull on the heartstrings ❤️

2FM081 Sentimental Moments is our latest album from Robert Allen Elliott. Written for piano and string quintet, this album is full of tender moments for reality TV, advertising & romance - just in time for Valentine’s Day!

Full album: https://musicsearch.online/albums/34eb7233c86cf6362FM081 Sentimental Moments is a warm and cozy album that will pull on the heartstrings. Featuri...