VideoHelper, a Manhattan-based production music company known for its highly-targeted, promo-centric music/sound design libraries, launches COLOSSICAL, a concept-driven library of classical music uniquely formatted for ads, promos and movie trailers.nn”We think that’s the best part,” said company President and co-founder Joseph Saba. “What? Oh – wait. I’m a couple of paragraphs too early. Dammit.”nnBreaking from the traditional arrangements of the classic masterpieces, COLOSSICAL immediately highlights the iconic melodies and themes that make them instantly recognizable. Consistent with VideoHelper‘s signature attention to editability, every cut is designed to offer loopable sections, modular hit points, multiple climaxes and paste-able endings to allow a high level of customization.nnColossical is split into two collections:nn1. ORCHESTRAL INTENSIFICATIONS presents each piece as a cinematic, over-the-top, larger-than-life, hyper-dynamic orchestral movie trailer, with performances from members of the Czech Republic’s Capellan Orchestra. To offer more storytelling options, each track also offers multiple melodic variations as well as variations in mood and tonality.nn2. HYBRIDIZED REIMAGININGS remixes the orchestral versions and reinterprets them. From a horror-movie version of Dance of the Hours, to a 70’s Blaxploitation themed Chopin’s Funeral March, every piece explores radically different genres and emotional directions that range from dark, to humorous, to bat-shit crazy.nn
nClick here to view video Colossical video on YouTube.nnMirroring the modular nature of VideoHelper‘s libraries, both the Orchestral and Hybridized versions of each piece share the same key and tempo, allowing both to be used interchangeably.nn”There’s no shortage of well-recorded Classical production music out there,” continued Saba. “But we wanted to give users a palette to creatively edit their own interpretations of these works, allowing them to create something recognizably unrecognizable.”nnThis initial release of four discs, two per collection, will be followed by new releases in the future.nnColossical is available for auditions and downloading at SearchVH.com.nn”To be honest, the idea of taking these beautiful, treasured pieces of art and beating the listener into submission with them appeals to me.” Saba later commented, entirely too late to be included in the publicity release’s main body.nnCredits: Stew Winter; Joe Sabe; Aaron Sapp; Matt Haick; Brian Randazzo; Will WerwathnnVideoHelper is a New York-based company, specializing in production music. Founded in 1995 by Joseph Saba and Stewart Winter, the company creates and licenses exclusive, original music for hundreds of major television and cable networks, TV affiliates, trailer houses, video game developers, advertising agencies, and audio post production facilities worldwide. For more information, please call (212) 633-7009, email info@videohelper.com or visit www.videohelper.com.
