77 Most Unforgettable Movie Songs

Check out Spinner.com's list of the "77 Most Unforgettable Movie Songs"

"77. Coolio, 'Gangsta's Paradise' ('Dangerous Minds,' 1995)
Michelle Pfeiffer's character uses tough love to keep inner-city students in school and away from crime in 'Dangerous Minds,' but the real crime was that Coolio stole an entire Stevie Wonder song to create his biggest hit. -- Jason Persse"

(I grew up in the mid 90's and this song is definitely in my top 10 of memorable moments in movie history.) - BSMG


"31. Three 6 Mafia, 'It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp' ('Hustle & Flow,' 2005)
People were shocked when Three 6 Mafia won the Oscar for Best Original Song, but seriously, stop b----ing already! Did you really expect a pimp to rap about flowers and blue skies? If that hot a-- "recording booth" with soundproofing made of drink holders in 'Hustle and Flow' doesn't prove the struggles of a Memphis hustler, we don't know what does. -- DB"

(I never considered this one of my favorite songs, but none the less, I am mentioning it now so it must be memorable.) - BSMG


"23. Bryan Adams, '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You' ('Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,' 1991)
This syrupy ballad from Bryan Adams shot to No. 1 in every country with a film projector after this blockbuster came to town. It still sounds a million times better than Kevin Costner's pathetic attempt at an English accent. -- JP"

(I remember dancing in my 5th grade formal to this song.  My dates name was Crystal (last name?) That was such a long long long time ago.) - BSMG


"1. Queen, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' ('Wayne's World,' 1992)
By itself, this operatic rocker has nothing to do with "party time," but when the tape is popped into the deck of Garth's "Mirth Mobile" in 'Wayne's World,' Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' gives rise to music's most excellent cinematic moment. Let the triumphant head-banging begin! -- JP"

(Wayne's World is a classic 90's movie but I still have a hard time with this song being number one.  Again, great song but Wayne and Garth don't do it much justice.) - BSMG


Ref: http://www.spinner.com/2010/06/25/unforgettable-movie-songs-5

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.Com

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 "Wine & Champagne" - Now Available on iTunes 

A Hip-Hop Affair

  I am working on a couple of sample tracks for a Hip-Hop artist out of Cleveland, OH.  His name is Brian-The-Gifted and you can catch him on iTunes with his single "I Don't Know Why."  In my opinion, his delivery and flow is a mix of Nas and Snoop.  No matter what your thoughts are on his sound there is no doubt he is talented.     

For those of you who have been following our blog over the past 8 months probably recall a Hip-Hop track titled "Chop it Up."  I sent a sample of that song to him and he loved it.  I have an eclectic catalog of Hip-Hop music and I'm confident he will be into the tracks I send his way. 

Check him out on FB: http://www.facebook.com/TheGift2010

It's the weekend!

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.Com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

Meadows & Tchaikovsky (Wine & Champagne # 12)

It is the 26th of January and there is about 6 inches of snow on the ground outside.  It's a cold night and watching the snow fall from the studio is quite peaceful. 

For those of you who went on iTunes and listened to "Wine & Champagne" have heard track number 12 titled "Meadows."  It is a track deeply influenced by Mr. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky who, in my eyes, is the most brilliant composer of all time  The direct influence for "Meadows" is from the Nut Cracker soundtrack, Ballet, Op. 71_Act 2, No. 12 - Arabian Dance.  It is a beautiful piece of timeless art.  You can check it out on Amazon or on iTunes.  

Check out "Wine & Champagne" on iTunes to hear the influence.  This track in particular would be perfect for a dramatic film soundtracks, I can picture it being played during the end film credits.   

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/Nutcracker-Ballet-Divertissement-Coffee-Arabian

Tchaikovsky Background: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.Com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

Wine & Champagne - Released 24 Jan 2011

  It's a big day....

  We are proud to announce the official release of "Wine & Champagne" on iTunes.  This CD is meant to provide the world of entertainment (seriously, the whole world) a chance to hear what BSMG can provide.  

One of the biggest motivations behind getting this CD out was being asked,"Can I hear your music?"  Of course I carried a CD or two around with me but I can't say I was always prepared for that question.  At the very least when we run into a music supervisor, program director, artist, or other producers we can say, "Check us out on iTunes."  It's certainly not our last step in this process but it is a big start. 

It's a proud moment for us and I hope each of you takes a few minutes to listen to (and buy) what we have worked so hard for.  Everything you watch (TV/Film) and listen to (radio) has music in it, around it, and behind it.  Our intent was to fill each of those with the music that we create.  For those of you overseas the CD should be available on iTunes as well.  Like I said before, if you don't have access to iTunes and you want a copy please let us know.  It will be shipped to you at no cost. 

Search iTunes: "Wine & Champagne" or "BeatScience"

Hope you have a great night and we look forward to your feedback. 

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
Email: BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
Website: www.beatsciencemg.com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

BSMG Music Licensing - Wine & Champagne

As we mentioned yesterday "Wine & Champagne" will be available this week on iTunes.  The purpose and intent behind releasing a CD is to get us exposure to all platforms of music licensing. 

We are currently working with an artist, Kim Lannear, who is interested in putting one of our songs into TV and film.   She provided the vocals on a track we titled "Mr Brown Eyes" (MBE)  This song in particular is not on our CD but is something both of us are excited for you to hear.  MBE would work well in a Romantic Comedy and especially a Middle-Eastern themed production. 

For those of you unfamiliar with music licensing here is a brief breakdown:

Music licensing is intended to ensure that the creators of musical works get paid for their work. A purchaser of recorded music owns the media on which the music is stored, not the music itself. A purchaser has limited rights to use and reproduce the recorded work.  For BSMG this includes licensing music for TV, Commercials, Artists, Reality TV, Restaurants, Entertainment, etc..  

Thanks for reading

 Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.Com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

Wine & Champagne - Coming Soon Worldwide

  What's up everybody...

 I have been blogging about our "Wine & Champagne" CD for a couple of months now.  We sold hard copy CD's last month during a local holiday event and have sold a few since.  Over the past few weeks we have been preparing to release a digital version on iTunes.  The original album had 12 tracks but our new album, soon to be released on iTunes, will have 13.  I made a song at the last minute and it happen to fit the new album version perfectly.  The release date has not been fully established but we expect it to be sometime within the next couple weeks.  We will keep you posted on our progress with the release.

For all of you that do not have iTunes we are also releasing it on Zune, Amazon, Napster, and many other worldwide digital music resources.  If you don't have access to any of the music resources let us know.  We will ship a CD to a fan anywhere in the world....  We appreciate the support!

Thanks for reading

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
001-202-316-8908 (International)
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.Com

Twitter: @BeatScience
Facebook: BeatScience MusicGroup

Coming in 2011 - TV and Music

American Idol (AI) – It’s going to be an impressive transformation from the previous years of AI. No Simon Cowell and a new rock legend, Steven Tyler. I am excited and looking forward to hearing the latest and greatest talent from all over the country. Its first episode was Wednesday of this week with a follow-up on Thursday. It’s always interesting to watch the auditions where some are amazing and some are not so amazing.


Kanye West & Jay-Z – “Watch the Throne” – For anyone who has listened to mainstream music over the past decade is well aware of the impact Jay-Z and Kanye West have had on global pop-culture. Their highly anticipated “Watch the Throne” album does not yet have a release date.

Their first single H.A.M (Hard as A Mother-Fu***), was released 11 January 2011 and has the Twista/Bone Thugs-n-Harmony style known as Syncopated Bounce.  The anticipation for their collaborative album continues to grow and it’s something we look forward to.

We have great updates coming up for BSMGin 2011. Stay tuned with what’s next for us.

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
http://www.beatsciencemg.com/

Nothing Much

Nothing much to update you on tonight but I wanted to say hello.

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
BSMG@BeatScienceMusicGroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.com

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Meeting Minutes

Tonight was our initial biz meeting with our collaboration artist, Kim
Lannear. We have been exchanging ideas via email for a while and
during tonights meeting we started negotiating the licensing contract.
It was a smooth discussion and refreshing to work with her because
she has a genuine interest in the music. We agreed on a couple of
modifications to the licensing contract and will be sending her
another draft later this week.

She will be sending me the music files with in the next week or two so
I can begin to mix and master the song. Mastering itself is an
exploration that I am still working out but I have no doubt that
between her and I we can make an awesome final product.

Thanks for reading
Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
Bsmg@BeatSciencemusicgroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.com

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Red Eyes and Good Times

Today was another productive day of getting things done.  I spent nearly the entire day on my computer learning more about mixing and the art of mastering music.  My eyes are burning at the moment from staring at the computer screen.    

For all of you interested in learning more about Logic Express YouTube is a great resource. Most tutorials for Logic are between 2-10 mind long. That may no seem like a lot of time but it's sufficient when performing a search for a specific setting in mind. They good tutorials get right to the point and are typically very helpful.  (As a tip I recommend reading a few of the reviews prior to spending your valuable time watching a useless video that can only confuse you even more.)

Also.....

Eric, BSMG COO, designed a pretty incredible piece of album cover art for our Wine & Champagne CD.  We plan on putting it up on iTunes with in the next month or so.  The release date will be posted on here and our website.  

We are done for the night and we hope you had a great weekend. 

Thanks
Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com
www.beatscienceMG.com

PS.... We are moving forward with the collaboration artist I've blogged about over the past few months.  We emailed her a contractual agreement for our exchange of musical works earlier tonight.  We'll keep you posted as things progress.  

Productivity and Success

This past week we managed to make solid progress on a few of the goals we had.  We began negotiating a couple of potential business and continued to grow our network of contacts.

The collaboration with the artist in NYC has been coming along.  We've been sending feedback on the song via email over the past week.  She is very talented and its been a great process up to this point.  It has been fairly informal up to this point which was our intention from the beginning.  Without a long list of clients it is difficult to make demands or have 360 expectations of someone when both of you are starting out.  We waited things out a bit on the formal contracts side.  But we are now comfortable and confident with moving forward on official terms/agreements.  We sent an email to her tonight explaining our interest and should receive a response within a couple of days.  

A big part of me always wants to go hard on details and expectations from the beginning of any business deals/discussions we approach.  However my instinctual reality and "real" reality, at times, are two different things.  As we go along we learn what's right and what's not so right.  Its actually exciting to see the mistakes we've made.  No matter if it is success or failure it was something that learned.  Every bit of knowledge we obtain, painful or pleasant, gets us closer to where we want to be.
 
Inspirational Blog:  Any dream you have can become your reality.  Don't give up and do as much reading and research as possible.  A dream is blurry and exhausting without being informed.

Thanks for reading....

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com
www.beatscienceMG.com

Date Night

Tonight we went out to The Hudson Lounge in DC for a pretty awesome
dinner and drinks. It was great to take a break and enjoy each others
company.

Thanks
Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
BSMG@BeatSciencemusicgroup.com
www.BeatScienceMG.com

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Artist Collaboration

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening…. (Depending what part of the world you’re in.)

  In November of last year I talked about an artist that we met at a Jam Session at Breasia Recording Studios.  She is a big fan of Jazz with a side of funk.  I sent her a track a couple of months ago and it is now coming together.  She and I exchanged emails last night sending the track, with her vocals, back and forth.  It is always a pleasure to get feedback from another artist.  I sent her another track last night titled “Brazil.”  I used a few Drums, High-Hat, Congo, and added a little reverb for that live sound effect.  Eric and I really like it and we hope she appears to as well.  

Once we work out the details with her my intent is get in a recording studio and have her record the initial track we sent.  Our studio does not have the acoustics or full equipment to give the song the professional engineering justice it deserves.  We will keep you updated as things progress.  She is eager and excited and it looks like thing will continue to move forward.  

 

Thanks for reading….

Chuck Anderson

CEO, BSMG

202-316-8908

www.BSMG@BeatScienceMG.com

Not Enough Time and a Side of Frustration

  There are a million things I want to do with my music and know exactly how I can get it there.  The limit in life is time.  The time I spend on other things prevents me from putting our music out to get licensed.  I have never been much of a patient type of person but to keep my stress level and relationships in tact I need to work on it.  I get frustrated with the process and of business development but know it's a part of growing pains.   

I am extremely fortunate to have my partner, in business and life, to keep me grounded.  He is amazing and wonderfully talented.  With zero doubt I know that I could not do this without him.  (This is a bit of an emotional blog but sometimes business is not as simple as just business.)  We will succeed through frustration, success, failure, and the optimism of knowing we are the only thing that can stop us.

We hope you have an awesome night.  We will be back at it again tomorrow and are happy to have you with us.

Good night

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com
www.beatscienceMG.com

A Remix

Most of you know about our "Wine & Champagne" CD that we recently
started selling hard copies of. One of the difficult parts with
learning something is that you're constantly learning. I use Logic sw
on our iMac computer and it has thousands upon thousands (seriously)
of options for mixing and creating a song. I have been learning all
of it by ear and trial/error. I recently found a few new settings
that make a world of a difference in sound quality. I started going
back to the W&C songs to get the best sound possible. It really is a
painful process. I find it's much easier to create new songs then to
modify the plugin's and audio quality of an old song.
I'll keep you posted as I continue to learn more about Logic. It's a
bit frustrating at times but the effort pays off in the long run.

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
BSMG@BeatSciencemusicgroup.com
www.beatsciencemusicgroup.com
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Amy Winehouse in Brazil?

Apparently Amy Winehouse is looking to make a comeback. She semi-disappeared since her 2006 hit "Back to Black." According to Entertainment Weekly the album/tour start in Brazil. I am pretty excited about her comeback. Minus her personal stumbles she is an amazing talent.

Ref: http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/01/06/amy-winehouse-new-music-brazil/

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
Bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com

Two Bonus Tracks and Two Events

We are going to be hosting (musically) a local Valentines day event in
February and are attempting to get our music into the first annual DC
music festival in May.

We've ready put together our "Wine & Champagne" CD and sold it as is
over the past few weeks. We want to have something new for both
events so we figured we would add two Bonus tracks making it a total
of 14 songs. I started working on one of them today but don't yet
have a complete vision for it just yet. We are excited to keep moving
forward with our company and see a bright future for ourselves as we
continue to make this happen.

Thanks for reading...

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
Bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com

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DC Music Festival - May 2011

  In May of 2011 Washington D.C. will be hosting its first annual music festival being held 4 blocks from our apartment/studio.  Submissions of musical works for consideration must be submitted by Feb 1st 2011.  We sent an email out to the music festival POC to get more details.  With this being the first festival we are not quite sure what to expect but are excited to find out.

See more below:

"The purpose of the DC Music Fest is to showcase some of the best artists and bands of the Washington, DC and surrounding areas. The inaugural event will not only focus on one style of music, but music as a whole, showcasing multiple genres of talent. One of a kind and never done before, this festival seeks to start a wave of support and awareness for the local music scene. Focusing on talent and not just popularity, the DC Music Festival will expose thousands of people to the local music scene, all with one day of entertainment."  

Ref: http://www.dcmusicfest.com/

Thanks for reading..

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
202-316-8908
bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com 

Music Supervisor

Several months ago I started reading more information on getting music placement in films and other visual media.  A Music Supervisor is the production contact who would facilitate the placement process.

A Music Supervisor handles the process of choosing, negotiating, and incorporating pieces of music into visual media (such as a television show or movie), acting as a liaison between the creative and business ends of this process. This position is most active within media based industries, including live events, television, film, advertising, theater, and video gaming. Music supervisors may work within production companies, film studios, networks, music supervision companies, or do freelance work.

Author of Music Business Handbook and Career Guide, David Baskerville, notes, “This is one of the few production specialties that has almost unlimited growth potential, because there are no technical qualifications at all and no universally accepted job description. The field remains wide open to people with connections and the ability to get the job done.”

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_supervisor


Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG
Phone: 202-316-8908
Email: www.bsmg@beatsciencemusicgroup.com

Jan 1st 2010 - A Duet with Apogee

  Today we received the final parts for our new Apogee Duet.  The Duet provides the professional studio quality audio with recording, vocals, and listening for your music.  It's a compact and sleek looking device.

I have been listening to some of my old music with before and after audio samples using the Duet.  With the Duet you hear all of your musics flaws including any distortion, imbalance, and pitch in each plug-in.
Both Eric and I are excited to hear the elevated level of audio work we can now produce with the Duet.  As time goes by we will be sharing more of the Duet's capabilities via the sample tracks on our website.

Thanks for reading and we hope your New Year started off as well as ours has.

Chuck Anderson
CEO, BSMG