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Access Film Music
2019 VIP Festival Samplers

2018 Access VIP Festival Sampler

If you're seeking opportunities to get your music in movies, television programs, commercials, and videogames, Access Film Music VIP Festival Samplers are an effective and proven path to put your music in the ears of filmmakers, directors, producers, music supervisors and others working in the realm of visual media.

We are currently inviting submissions for our upcoming VIP Film Festival Music Sampler Compilations.

Each Access Film Music VIP Festival Sampler will feature a curated collection of "Vocal" recordings in a variety of styles and genres, as well as "Instrumental" selections featuring film and television music, symphonic works, jazz, acoustic, ambient, and other non-vocal oriented music. Artists invited to participate are qualified to reserve both "Vocal" and "Instrumental" tracks on Access VIP Flash Drive Samplers. Space is very limited. In previous years, every Film Festival Sampler has sold-out, and we expect the same for our 2019 VIP Festival Sampler releases.

 

Kristin Shey   Daniel Lanois Flesh + Machine   Judy Collins
Kristin Shey’s “Bomb u with Trax” lit up the Access Festival Sampler and the Paris skyline in 2015 and '16. Her "Boomerang Song" provided the soundtrack to Heineken's 2015 Rugby World Cup TV ads.

 

"Tamboura Jah" from the Juno award-winning Album of the Year by Daniel Lanois, Flesh + Machine graced our 2015 VIP Festival Sampler.   Judy Collins's track "Wings of Angels" was one of the highlights on the 2012 VIP Festival Sampler Access Film Music released at the ÉCU Film Festival in Paris, France.

 

If you'd like to be considered for our Access Film Music VIP Festival Samplers, send an email to samplers@accessfilmmusic.net containing links to your recordings. The link can lead to your website, an EPK on Sonicbids or ReverbNation, SoundCloud -- anywhere we can hear your music. If you want us to listen to a particular track or tracks, please include the song titles or direct links in your email.

For our samplers, we're only looking for broadcast quality master recordings, not demos or live recordings. If we extend an invitation to include your music on one or more of our VIP Film Festival Samplers, you will receive detailed instructions on submitting a master audio file at that time.

There is a fee to include tracks on Access Film Music VIP Festival Samplers, but there is no fee to submit your music for consideration, so send us an email today. Pricing and additional details appear below.

If you have questions about our VIP Film Festival Samplers, please email or give us a call at +1 707-7ACCESS  (707-722-2377).

To see additional artists who have had their music featured on Access Festival Samplers, visit our Samplers page.

 


2019 Film Festival Samplers

400 VIP Festival Samplers will be distributed to filmmakers, journalists and members of the visual media industries (film, TV, videogames, advertising) for the 16th Annual Access Film Music Showcase @ Film Festival Week in Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah USA: January 23 - February 3, 2019.

100 Access VIP Festival Samplers will be distributed at the 14th Annual ÉCU, the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, France - April 5 - 7, 2019.

Access VIP Festival Samplers will also be distributed directly to film producers, directors, music supervisors and other key members of the visual media industry (film / TV / videogames / advertising / new media) through our extensive global network of industry contacts and through additional partnered film festival "VIP Gift Bag" programs.

Visit our FILM FESTIVAL SAMPLERS page to see track listings and information about previous sampler releases.


16th Annual
Access Film Music Showcase
at Film Festival Week
January 23 - February 3, 2019
Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah USA

14th Annual
ÉCU, the European Independent Film Festival
April 5 - 7, 2019
Paris, France

 

500 VIP Flash Drive Samplers
Cost is $85 for up to 3 tracks
+$25 per additional track

Artists who reserve tracks on Access VIP Film Festival Samplers will be given priority consideration and scheduling for Access Film Music Showcase performance opportunities.



Submit your music for the 2019 Access VIP Festival Sampler

If you'd like to be considered for the 2019 Access VIP Festival Samplers, send an email to samplers@accessfilmmusic.net containing links to your recordings. The link can lead to your website, an EPK on Sonicbids or ReverbNation, SoundCloud -- anywhere we can hear your music. If you want us to listen to a particular track or tracks, please include the song titles or direct links in your email.

If you're invited to participate, you will receive information about track reservation and payment deadlines. Once we have confirmed your track selections, you will receive additional information about submitting your master audio files and meta-data. We will need full-resolution 44.1 kHz, 16-bit WAV or AIFF files, which can be sent via FTP or a service like Google Drive, DropBox, WeTransfer.com, or Hightail.com, or we can extract the audio from a physical copy of your CD. More detailed information about sending your payment and master audio files will be included in your invitation letter, should you receive one.



Requirements for inclusion on Access Film Music VIP Festival Samplers:

Additional terms and conditions apply, but here are two essential requirements for including your music on our VIP Film Festival Samplers:

You must own 100% of the composition, and grant Access Film Music a limited non-exclusive “no royalty” promotional license, or have the song publisher(s) and / or co-writer(s) submit license waivers giving you permission to include the song on our samplers.

You must own 100% of the master recording to be included on the sampler and sign our limited non-exclusive “no royalty” promotional license, or have the individual or entity that owns the master recording do so on your behalf.

You can download a PDF copy of our VIP Film Festival Sampler Agreement by clicking here. This PDF document contains the full requirements, terms and conditions for inclusion on Access Film Music VIP Festival Samplers.


Why include your music on Access VIP Festival Samplers?

Since releasing our first Film Festival Samplers over fifteen years ago, we have helped artists license their music to cutting edge independent filmmakers as well as major studio projects. Released and promoted at major film festivals like Slamdance and Sundance in Park City, Utah, ÉCU, the European Independent Film Festival in Paris, France, and other partnered film festivals, in addition to direct personal distribution to directors, producers, music supervisors, music editors and other film industry personnel, our highly regarded VIP Film Festival Music Samplers give your music an opportunity to be heard by key decision makers that select and license music for film, television and other visual media.

The music on our samplers is in some GREAT company! Some of the exceptional artists that have been featured on our recent VIP Film Festival Music Samplers include:

Daniel Lanois
- Legendary recording artist and producer of U2, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel and many more

Judy Collins
- Internationally renowned Grammy-winning singer / songwriter

Kristin Shey
- Heineken TV commercial broadcast globally for 2015 Rugby World Cup

A.J. Croce with Allen Toussaint
- “The Time Is Up”

Barrelhouse Chuck
- “Cadillac Records”

Matthew Moon
- “Soccer Mom”
- Budweiser TV commercial aired during 2008 Beijing Olympics

Craig Richey
- “Friends With Money”
- “The Gymnast”

Andy Brick
- multiple Disney and Pixar productions
- The Sims, Sim City

- Schoolhouse Rock

Melvin Lee Davis
- Music Director for Chaka Khan
- Internationally acclaimed bassplayer and jazz composer

Nobuki Takamen
- Award winning jazz guitarist and composer

John Mazzei
- “Oprah” TV show

John Flanders
- multiple film and TV credits

Ellis
- “The Roommate”

Chris Laterzo
- “From the Fifty Yard Line”

...and more

Our VIP Film Festival Samplers will be made available at Access Film Music events. In addition to distribution through Access Film Music's direct personal network of filmmakers, directors, producers and music supervisors, our participation in the Park City Television festival gift bag program has extended our reach to award-winning filmmakers and journalists.

In previous years, our Film Festival Samplers were distributed to Sundance and Slamdance prize-winning filmmakers and celebrities like Spike Lee, Robert Townsend, Jeff Daniels, Kevin Bacon, Paul Giamatti, Benjamin Bratt, Jason Ritter, Josh Radnor ("How I Met Your Mother"), Oliver Platt, Bobcat Goldthwait, David Hyde Pierce, Shawn Doyle ("Big Love"), Oscar-winner Dustin Lance Black ("Milk"), Michael Penn, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger from The Doors, and hundreds of filmmakers and video producers.

Space is very limited, and not everyone will be offered an opportunity to have their music included on our VIP Film Festival Samplers. Our strict screening process ensures that only exceptional tracks will be included.

We seek only the best, most interesting and engaging music for our samplers, which maintains our hard-earned credibility with filmmakers, music supervisors and producers. We strive to produce sampler compilations that contain only music exhibiting the highest creative, artistic and production standards.


We also offer opportunities to perform live at our Film Festival Showcase events. If you’re interested in performing at one of our upcoming events, please visit: AccessFilmMusic.net/opportunity



Questions? Call us at +1 707-722-2377 (+1 707-7ACCESS) or email info@accessfilmmusic.net