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Meridian Sound
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Meridian Sound composes three kinds of sound: sonic identities for brands, scores for commercials and film, and original music. Every commission runs through the same four stages, listen, compose, record, deliver, and ends with the assets and guidelines a brand needs to stay consistent. He works direct or with agencies, from Lisbon.

What is on offer

Sonic identity

A DNA track that carries the brand's character, a sonic logo cut from it, and the assets a brand actually plays: announcement tones, transitions, UX sounds, and the guidelines to use them.

Commercials and film

Original music for television, cinema and fashion film, from a nineteen-second signature to a full cue sheet, in Portuguese and English markets.

Original music

Albums, remixes and live scores. Beneath the Sun was released on Nuevadark in 2017 and supported by Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo and Blond:ish.

How a sound is made

The four stages of every commission, in order.

  1. 01

    Listen

    The brief, the brand's own words, and where the music will be heard: a ship's deck, a cinema, a phone.

  2. 02

    Compose

    Melody first. For Azure the lead oud carried the whole identity, and everything else was built around it.

  3. 03

    Record

    Live players where the brief needs them: oud, ney, duff. Natural sound from the place itself: waves, birdsong.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    The DNA track, the logo, the cutdowns, the tones and UX sounds, and the guidelines that keep the brand consistent.

What a commission involves.

A jingle is one song for one campaign. A sonic identity is a system: a DNA track that carries the brand's character, a short sonic logo cut from it, and the assets a brand plays every day, from an announcement tone to the sound a button makes. The Azure identity includes a DNA track, playlist transitions, a PA tone, ship horn blasts and UX sounds.

Listening, composition, live recording where the brief needs it, mixing, the cutdowns, and the guidelines that let the brand use the music consistently. The deliverables are fixed in writing before the work starts.

It depends on how much is recorded live and how many assets the brand needs. The stages are the same every time: listen, compose, record, deliver. The dates are set with you at the brief.

Both. The Azure identity was composed at MassiveMusic Lisbon with the agency's team. Northwind, Kingfisher, Casper Drinks and Cappy were composed for brands and production companies. Write either way.

The terms are set per commission and written into the agreement: which uses, which territories, for how long. Ask before the work starts and the answer will be in the contract.