Soundtrack out the window

For a few weeks now, me and Austen (group member) have been debating which soundtrack to use. First of all, we started looking at possible soundtracks on popular websites amongst free play music - we came across the site http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ and found two great soundtracks which we were almost definitely decided on. However, after reading the Licensing page, we weren't too sure if we could use the music.

So, we emailed the website support to enquire about using the soundtrack on our "opening to a thriller film sixth form project" - here is our reply:

"Thank you for your e-mail inquiry received below. As per our Terms of Use, we offer free use of our music for home, personal, private, non-commercial use and student educational use for in-classroom projects, non-broadcast. However, most other uses, including on the web, require a paid license. We make every effort to keep the rates for personal use minimal. Our standard rate for one year of personal web video use is $25, per music title, per 4 minutes of use, per URL. In addition, we have a rate of $50 if the video will be viral (i.e. YouTube)."

This idea is now "out the window". Because me and Austen only wanted to use the soundtrack once, we decided it wasn't worth the $75 (around £50) and so we went on to search for another website which could provide us with a sufficient soundtrack - we came across another site whereby the soundtracks are truly FREE and would not cause us the hassle of contacting the website's support.

This soundtrack is now decided, we found a great thriller soundtrack which lasts just over 2 minutes long, plenty long enough to cover our entire opening which is what we were really looking for! It’s from http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ and all of the soundtracks from there are under a CC license which are all royalty free.