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12dylan34

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Sep 3, 2009
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I'm a freshman in college studying film, looking to go into visual effects or motion graphics. Watching a lot of great reels, I notice that they also have great music to go along with them.

Am I expected to create the music myself?

If not, is there a place to get some cheap or royalty free music to use?

Any input would be helpful, since I'm putting together a reel to use for a job making animations for the planetarium for my university.
 
Jamendo is a good place to look, but check their license limitations.
I'm not a big musician, but I have been successfully cutting together some stuff in Garageband and STP from the Apple-supplied loops (and I still have Sony Vegas loops from centuries ago).
 
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