Music Licensing
For Different Worlds
Richard's current Music Library
Providing soundtracks for the path less beaten.
I don’t try to write every kind of music, but if I have a good reason, I will try anything. Like every artist or composer, I have my strengths and limitations, but within the realm of my wheelhouse lies a pretty wide palette. For the most part I follow the muse and it usually leads to some interesting places.
I love composing to picture because the story dictates what’s needed from the music. But in the absence of scoring opportunities, I often write music pitches for various project listings that sometimes stretch my comfort zone. Occasionally, the pitch will miss the mark entirely, but I will end up creating a cool piece of music in the process. Some of those odd creations can be found below, waiting for a the right placement.
Note that this is called Richard’s music library, and it is in fact, a library of music. However, do not confuse this with “library music”, because you will not find typical library music here. Presented below is a variety of original stand-alone pieces of music of which most were not intentionally designed for a specific purpose. The music has been sorted into categorized players for easy browsing.
All of the music listed below is available for licensing on a non-exclusive or limited exclusive basis. Tracks can be edited or broken out into stems per special request for a nominal charge. To access tracks that you can drop into your projects, use the form at the bottom of this page. Thank you.
All music copyrights and publishing are owned by Richard Zeier and RJZ Music (ASCAP).
Film Scores / Action Adventure
- ..Big Action/Adventure Theme, Orchestra w/Percussion
- ..Suspenceful Venture into unknown yields surprises
- ..The Team arrives all prepped & ready to rumble
- ..This guy can't be stopped by no Electro-Trap Orchestra
- ..Perfect Trailer Music for the end of the World
- ..Orchestra, Percussion, Buildup to Confrontation
Active Rock Instrumentals
- ..Industrial Rock, Dark, Edgy, Progressive Movements
- ..Commercial Rock Theme for Home Improvement store
- ..An energized Rock track with Horns featuring RZ's fiery fret work.
- ..High Energy Progressive Rock, Sports Highlight Reel
- ..Hard Rock w/Electronic, Big Orchestral climax
- ..Hyper-Energetic Rock track. Light the fuse & run
- ..Raw, Rowdy Guitar-Driven bar-brawlin' Blues Rock
Rock Hybrids
- ..Progessive Rock-Fusion w/ melodic Lead Guitar, Eclectic-Crossover.
- ..A perfect blend of Guitar, Orchestra & Electronic. If this genre had a name it could be very popular.
- "Unplanned Vacation" by Richard Zeier. Released: 2020. Genre: Instrumental Pop.
- ..Electro Rock w/ Hip-Hop Beats. Pre-Action Intrigue
- ..Todd Rundgren meets the Allman Brothers
Pop & Hip-Hop Flavor
Orchestral Themes
- ..Orchestrated story of angles falling from grace and becoming agents of evil.
- .. 1st movement of the suite with full orchestra reflecting the majesty of the falls.
- ..2nd movement uses woodwinds and strings to convey storybook elements.
- ..3rd movement with guitar and bluegrass strings travels the river.
- .. final movement uses orchestra with percussion to portray big rocks.
- ..Strings & Woodwinds, Elegant Waltz, Aristocratic.
- ..Dreamy, Imaginative, Beautiful Confident Chorus
- ..Piano, Orchestra, Slow, Somber, Lost Hope, Searching
TV / Movie Themes
- ..Adventurous Orchestral Theme with big strings, horns & percussion.
- ..Piano & Orchestra. Hopeful and inspiring Theme.
- ..Intense Traffic, stop-start, downshift, make it home
- ..Intimate theme grows intimidating with Piano & Orchestra
- ..News Show Theme w/ Big Intro & Outro. Active middle.
- ..Rock Theme for classic Gumshoe story. Guitar & Horns
- ..Orchestral, Accepting the challenge, Courageous
- ..Electro-Orchestral Hybrid, Bold, Sci-Fi, TV Theme
- ..Quick nimble synth sets up Drum&Bass for heavy lifting
Truly Unique
- ..Somewhere between Turkey & India lies da Funk
- ..Quirky Electronic Funk, Flubba Dub, "say what?"
- ..This track was created using excerpts from "Lawrence of Arcadia"(see above) and adding Trap style rhythms to form a hybrid.
- A Country-Rock vocal song, an aberration for me, had to go somewhere
- ..Quirky, lite Euro-Synth Rock, Twisted Sci-Fi, Fake Evil
- ..Serious (or not) multi-genre mashup, World Trip-Rock
- ..The title says it all...
Specialty Cues
- ..Tribute to the King of Spaghetti Western, Ennio Morricone
- ..Tribute to the King of Reggae, Bob Marley
- ..Music inspired by a story about life in an impoverished village in a faraway land.
- ..Enchanted, Mysterious, Falling under a spell. Harry Potter?
- ..Military Brass Band, Honor Guard, Civil War Theme
- ..Mystery Traveler, Angels Harp, Latin groove
- ..Short Cue for French Coffee commercial
Also check out other pages with music available for licensing:
Phenomenation, Psitron, Zamar, Adventures of the Mind
To receive mp3 files
Download links have recently been added to allow user access to listen to tracks offline and to temp-sync them to video. For actual permission to use a given track, please fill out the Music Request Form, including the intended purpose and we will get back to you.
Music is also available for licensing on the Phenomenation page, the Psitron page, and the Zamar page. Client music on the Pearl Music page is not available.
Licensing Guidelines
Most songs can be licensed non-exclusively at the Film Festival rate of $200 good for 1 use (Festival Film, TV Pilot, Commercial Pitch) for the life of that particular project with no territorial restrictions. However, for the project to obtain distribution or broadcast rights the license will need to be upgraded at that time. Broadcast licenses generally start at $500 for most songs. Cue sheet submissions to ASCAP are also required.
Limited Exclusive rights may be available but need to be negotiated.
Track Editing
Editing of audio tracks and stem breakouts are available at a rate of $75 per hour with a minimum of 1 hour. The amount of edit time required is dependent on the complexity of the request.