As a filmmaker, a lot of time can be lost to finding customizable music that sounds like it belongs together, while matching different moods and pacing. This pack has put that all in one place, at a fraction of the cost, and it’s really exciting.
Brad Alexander
Documentary Filmmaker
It just has that boutique polish that makes it sound instantly placeable in your best gigs.
Wes Langdon
Editor
Not every project has the budget for a custom score, which usually means compromise. This pack solves that. It brings the feel and nuance of a composed score to projects that still need to move fast and stay lean.
Hunter Collins
Producer
A Custom Score For Your Feature Film—All In One Pack
Retro Grade Volume 1: A fully customizable, synth-driven and immersive score for narrative and documentary films.
$197
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A Custom Score for Your Film—Without the Custom Price Tag
Retro Grade Volume 1: A Fully Customizable, Synth-Driven and Immersive Score For Films and Documentaries.
As a filmmaker, a lot of time can be lost to finding customizable music, that sounds like it belongs together, while matching different moods and pacing. This pack has put that all in one place, at a fraction of the cost, and it’s really exciting.
Brad A. | Documentary Filmmaker
It just has that boutique polish that makes it sound instantly placeable in your best gigs.
Wes L. | Director/Editor
Stop digging through royalty-free music libraries, trying to piece together a cohesive score for your film.
This custom scoring pack lets you shape the emotion, action, and pacing of the music when your project doesn't have a budget for a composer.
Meet Retro Grade Volume 1
You finally sit down to edit your film.
You know the score will play a big role in telling your story, so you head to your favorite music library and start scrolling...
Hours go by. You’ve gathered a small collection of songs, but they feel disjointed. They don’t flow well, and you know you’ll have to edit them heavily to make them fit the picture.
You wanted to hire a composer for a custom score—but the budget just isn’t there.
Sound familiar?
That is why I created Retro Grade.
Retro Grade is a Themed, Fully Customizable Score in One Easy to Use Pack
This is not just a music and sound design toolkit. It's a fully developed, synth-driven, atmospheric film score, ready to be customized to fit your edit.
Musical Themes for Story Telling
10 cinematic themes, each with 4-5 variations (cues) so you can weave recurring melodies throughout your film. Use them for characters, emotional moments, or key scenes—just like a custom score.
Full Control of the Emotion
Seamlessly flow between themes, pads, drones, and sfx to give your film an emotional score that tells your story.
Sound Design
Sound design elements like booms, risers, whooshes, hits, pads, drones, and rhythms to add depth and impact to your film.
Crafted For
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
True Crime
Dystopian Fiction
Drama
Horror
Unexplained Phenomena
Thriller
Existential Drama
Social Commentary
Inspired by Film Scores Like These
Listen For Yourself
Over 8 GB of Assets - 50 Cues - 86 Sound Design Elements - 92 Pads, Drones, and Rhythms
What's included?
sonic BOOMS, HITS, RISERS, SFX, WHOOSHES
10 high-quality music tracks
(+ a bonus trailer version)
PADS, RHYTHMS, AND DRONES
Customize your score!
Perpetual License
Pay once and use forever. Covers all commercial uses (broadcast, advertising, and corporate use).
LOVE IT OR GET YOUR MONEY BACK
The Score
High-quality, Emotionally Driven Music
10 full tracks all with separated instrument groups (STEMS) so you have full control of the music. There is a wide range of emotions in the music but together the themes are cohesive. They are in complementing keys, A minor and C major which will flow seamlessly as you tell your story through the music.
ECLIPSE
OBSIDIAN
DAZE
NIGHTFALL
FAR AWAY IMPACT
BUZZ LANDING
FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS
SPIRITS IN THE AIR
The Sound Design
154 SFX, risers, sonic booms, whooshes, pads, textures, and drops
These sound effects are guaranteed to give your project more impact and help you create a vibey soundscape for your film. All of the assets are designed to work well with the full tracks.
A MESSAGE FROM STEPHEN KEECH
Thanks for checking out Retro Grade Volume 1!
My name is Stephen Keech. I'm not a big company like some of the subscription based licensing companies out there. I'm just an artist and an actual person who loves making authentic music. For both myself and the filmmakers who use it.
My music has been used by brands like Marvel, Mazda, Dollar General, Lego and more.
You can also hear my music in films and tv shows on Netflix, Hulu, MTV, Amazon, A&E, CBS, and more.
I wanted make something that is more accessible to every type of creative.
Everything in this pack is created with artful intention. Crafted from my own experience scoring films, documentaries, and advertisements.
I hope these sounds inspire you to create great visual art and you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed creating them.
Go make something great!
Stephen
Cost of Hiring a Composer
Short Film
$5,000
Feature Film
$20,000+
Limited time offer for the first 100 sold!
$49
Give Your Film the Score It Deserves
$197
30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
Contact
STEPHEN KEECH
Stephen Keech is an American producer and film composer based in Nashville, TN. He has been professionally writing and performing music since 2006 when he began his career singing for the band Haste the Day. After years of touring internationally, Stephen settled down in Nashville where he expanded on his passion by producing records and composing original music for film and TV. Stephen has worked with clients such as Mazda, Express, Tractor Supply, Eureka, and Spotify, as well as creating original scores for award winning documentaries such as Revolution Picture's Remand and The Bears on Pine Ridge. Stephen strives to create meaningful and interesting compositions that complement the visual and narrative context of each piece, while invoking an appropriate emotional response.