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Royalty Free Documentary Music

YoPo Music has specialised in producing innovative royalty free documentary music for the BBC and broadcast productions since it started.
In this post we take a look and listen to some of the most popular documentary music prodcued by YoPo Music.
To preview and purchase any of the tracks on this page just go here and select “Documentary” in the category drop down list.

1. Documentary Piano No 13

2. Documentary Piano No 25

3. Documentary Strings No 7

4. Electro Documentary No 02

5. Line of Duty

To preview and purchase any of the tracks on this page just go here and select “Documentary” in the category drop down list.

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Jerusalem by Hubert Parry

Now available as a royalty free proruction music track – Hubert Parry’s stirring English anthem “Jerusalem”.

Orchestra version of Hubert Parry’s glorious nostalgic and rousing hymn “Jerusalem”.
The words were written by William Blake, and the hymn has become popular as an English patriotic anthem.

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon Englands mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On Englands pleasant pastures seen!

And did the Countenance Divine,
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among these dark Satanic Mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold:
Bring me my Arrows of desire:
Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold:
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:
Till we have built Jerusalem,
In Englands green & pleasant Land.

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The Enduring Love of Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto

There can be few pieces of classical music loved as much as Rachmaninov’s (Rachmaninoff) 2nd Piano Concerto.
Written around 1901 his Opus 18 concerto in C minor has become a worldwide popular classic. At the time it firmly established his reputation as a composer and pianist. (he was the soloist for the premier performance in 1901)

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Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer

Royalty Free Non-MCPS Recording of Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano concerto

YoPo Music has recorded an extract of the beautiful slow movement. The track is now available to purchase and use in your productions. See below to preview the music and purchase your copy.

Use of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto in Films

Perhaps most famously, the piano concerto provided the score for David Leen’s 1945 film Brief Encounter, but it also can be heard in many other films including:

  • Frank Borzage’s 1946 film I’ve Always Loved You
  • William Dieterle’s 1950 film September Affair
  • Rhapsody (1954), directed by Charles Vidor
  • Billy Wilder’s 1955 film The Seven Year Itch
  • Clint Eastwood’s 2010 film Hereafter

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Climactic end section of the second movement

Why has the piece remained so popular?

The concerto is a masterpiece of beautiful melodies and harmonic progressions continually pulling at your heart strings. There is an overwhelmingly sentimental feel to it – an almost depressed sad quality inherent in its c minor key. However there is also beauty and hope all through this work, a determination love will prevail no matter what. Perhaps it is this quality which has made the piece such a perfect fit for the many films it has appeared on.

Royalty Free Non-MCPS licence from YoPo Music

When you purchase a track from YoPo Music you purchase a licence to dub that music onto your productions as many times as you like, worldwide in perpetuity. Please see the terms and conditions for full licensing details.

More information on Rachmaninov at Wikipedia
See the full orchestral score at IMSLP Petrucci Music Library
 

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New solo piano recording of Massenet’s Meditation

[dropcap style=”font-size: 60px; color: #9b9b9b;”] W [/dropcap]e have just finished a new solo piano recording of Massenet’s beautiful, soothing ‘Meditation’ from his opera Thais.

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The piece was originally written for violin and orchestra, but is often heard as a violin / piano arrangement. This solo piano arrangement is a new buyout recording by YoPo Music performed by Jonathan Slatter. Like Royalty Free Music, once purchased you can use the music on your productions as many times as you like with no further fees to pay.

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Pergolesi Stabat Mater

The latest addition to YoPo Music’s classical collection is a new recording of Pergolesi’s sublime Stabat Mater.
Written in 1736 in the last two weeks of Pergolesi’s life, the Stabat Mater is one of his most celebrated sacred works.
Take a listen to our new chamber orchestra recording below.

Once purchased, no further licence required to use this royalty free music on your productions in perpetuity.
To buy – click on ‘Add to Cart” pay with Credit Card or Paypal – download WAV & MP3 versions
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Once purchased, no further licence required to use this royalty free music on your productions in perpetuity.
To buy – click on ‘Add to Cart” pay with Credit Card or Paypal – download WAV & MP3 versions