Soundtracks and Music for your videos (Update: istockphoto.com has music too!)

I came across Soundtracks for iMovie at the apple store and thought "what the heck, for 50$ it's worth a try." And sure enough it was worth it. Some great production tracks and a lot of choices. About 1.2 gig of mp3's and more they are all full tracks perfect lengths of 1:30 - 3:00. Check out the website at www.makemusiconyourmac.com. I love it! I also like stockmusic.net. But there you are paying about 30$ a song. And they all seem to be made using a sythn from the 90's. But I have discovered some good sounds from Stockmusic.net. Check out the Women in the Church Promo I made below for Catalina Foothills Church.

Women in the Church from Catalina Foothills Church on Vimeo.

Update: I also found that iStockphoto.com has a whole stock music section that I have found invaluable! A lot of great composers especially for some of the wedding videos that I make. Check out Hannah & Ryan's wedding video below:

So to conclude: Soundtracks for iMovie is a cheap way to use stock music. You'll get a lot of selection but not a lot of quality tracks with classic music. Stockmusic.net is OK... I say that because their music sounds like it was all made on the a synthesizer its about the same price as istockphoto.com. iStockphoto.com has a huge selection of music plus the ability to download a comp mp3 of the selection you might pick. So you can add it to your video before shelling out 20-30$ for one song. The music is of great quality and you can search for the types of music you want. Which is a very nice feature. iStockphoto has become my first stop for stock music for my videos.