FashionBeat

The soundof the show

Original scores for runway, film and stage.

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The producer

Michael MacDonald in the studio

Michael MacDonald

Los Angeles · New York · London · Paris

Thirty years on the board. The tools change every year. The ear doesn't.

He builds some of what he works with and picks the rest, and every score is generated under his direction, from your brief, and finished by his hand. Over 2,700 compositions across dozens of genres.

Written to be walked to, and built for a room and the people running it.

A show is one piece of music that turns where the show turns. On the section change, on the hero look, on the last exit. One show at a time.

Two jointed fashion figures on the runway in cream and fur
30
Years producing
2,700
Compositions
$499
Scores start at
14
Days, standard

Hear the work

Hear the room.

393 records written for the walk, and 914 in all, in a different order every time you arrive. Start anywhere.

The runway records lead. The rest are the rooms around it: film, stage, and everything else with a tempo.

A jointed fashion figure on the runway in a studded leather vestA jointed fashion figure on the runway in a beaded gownA jointed fashion figure on the runway in a long studded black coat

Search it by feel, by genre, by tempo. Keep up to 5 tracks, and they travel with your request, so Michael hears the vibe you want.

FashionBeat

914 tracks. Press play.

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Your score

Two ways to get it.

One continuous piece, cut to your run of looks, so the music turns when the show turns.

One show, one score. Licensed once.

Written to your show

From $3,000

Michael writes it. Two weeks.

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Your show

Booking

Delivered in

$5,500

The Season, delivered in 14 days. 3 revisions included.

A show with a life after it.

  • Brief, test pieces, then full production
  • The show mix built to loop, plus every individual track, in WAV and MP3
  • Full commercial use of the show and the recordings
  • Campaign edits at sixty, thirty and fifteen seconds
  • A separate cut for the show film
  • A timing pass against your final run of show
  • Full commercial use across the show, the film and the campaign
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Score it yourself

$499

Up to 30 minutes. $999 over. You build it in the room yourself.

See what's included
  • Build your soundtrack in the room, from his catalogue
  • Hear the whole thing before you pay
  • Pay at download, once you approve the score
  • The full mix plus every track, in WAV and MP3
  • One free re-edit in the first seven days
  • Saved to your library, yours to download again any time
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Both are yours to use commercially. One is written for you, one is built by you.

Request Your Sound

Send the date.

Michael answers every request personally within two business days. If the date is open, terms and a payment link come back with the yes.

  1. 01Write your briefThe date, the length, and what the show is doing.
  2. 02Show him the roomUp to five tracks from the station, plus any links or a mood board. Three words and a mood board is enough to start.
  3. 03He confirms your dateAn answer within two business days. Terms and a payment link come with the yes, and 50% down holds the date.
  4. 04Hear it, then take itTest pieces first, so you hear the direction while it is still easy to move. Then the finished score, your revisions, and your masters.

The show

When the show walks, and when your sound team needs the files in hand.

A sentence works. “My show is about love and EDM” finds records the same way a genre does.

Tell him about the musicOptional but helpful. He can work from the date alone, and every line lands the first pass closer.
Terms + FAQsLength, price, turnaround, payment, revisions, delivery, rights, method
LengthAny length. Most shows run seven to twenty minutes, and Michael writes longer at the same price.
PriceThe Show $3,000. The Season $5,500. The House $9,500. Priced by what the booking includes, so a longer show costs the same.
TurnaroundTwo weeks from the brief. Seven days for 35% more, three days for double.
Payment50% down holds the date. The balance before the final files land. Expedited and rush bookings in full up front.
Revisions2 on The Show. 3 on The Season. Open on The House. One on a three day rush, because three days holds one.
DeliveryThe full show mix, built to loop, in WAV and MP3. Every individual track the same way, so your sound team can ride the parts live.
UseYours to use commercially. The Show covers the show and the recordings. The Season adds the film and the campaign. The House adds every channel your brand owns.
MethodThe music is AI-generated under Michael's direction. He writes the brief, makes every decision in the score, and finishes every track through the mastering system he built.

What do you need to start?

The date, the length, and what the show is doing. Everything else helps and none of it is required.

Do I hear anything before the full score?

Yes. Test pieces come first, so you hear the direction while it is still easy to move.

How do I say what I want it to sound like?

Keep up to 5 tracks from the station and they travel with your request. Links and a mood board work too.

Can someone else end up with my score?

Your score is licensed to you alone, and it stays that way. One show, one score, licensed once. That is the whole model.

What if my date is taken?

Michael answers every request himself within two business days, and he tells you either way. He takes one show at a time.

What happens if the show starts late?

The show mix is built to loop, so the room stays held for as long as the front row is waiting.

Who else hears it?

Show work stays private. Houses hear their score before anyone else does, and they choose when the world does.

Is it only runway?

Runway is the focus. The same hand scores an event, a launch, a film.