30 Movie Themes You Can Use to Write Contextual Music for Sync Licensing

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If you’ve read my book, you fully understand the importance of writing contextual music. This can also help you construct a razor sharp targeted pitch email to the music supervisor responsible for the project you’re after.

Below are 30 movie themes and plots that will help you in this process of creating music for sync licensing. Also included are 30 movies you should watch as reference to see how music is placed to fit these themes.

Which theme will you write to next?

Adventure

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Disaster

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Excess

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Friendship

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Justice

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Metamorphosis

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Quest

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Resurrection

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Sacrifice

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Transformation

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Ascension

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Discovery

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Fate

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Innocence

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Love

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Prodigal Son

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Redemption

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Revenge

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Temptation

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Underdog

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Descension

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Escape

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Forbidden Love

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Jealousy

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Maturation

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Pursuit

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Rescue

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Rivalry

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The Riddle

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Vengeance

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