Music Documentary ROYALTY FREE to Premiere on VOD & DVD

Royalty Free - Trailer from First Run Features on Vimeo.

First Run presents the streaming and DVD premiere of Ryan Camarda's new documentary Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod, beginning March 29, 2022.

Royalty Free tells the story of the internet legend whose music has become the soundtrack of the digital world. Composer Kevin MacLeod released thousands of his songs for free and unwittingly became one of the most heard composers in the world, with his work ending up in millions of videos, thousands of films, and more than a few odd places - such as theme parks and rocket launches. By releasing his music royalty free, anyone can use his music in their productions, from Martin Scorsese's Hugo to cat videos on YouTube.

The film also delves into the digital audio revolution, where one person with a synthesizer can become an entire orchestra. This democratization of music has enabled great creativity, but has also threatened the livelihood of analog musicians, from recording artists to orchestras and Broadway musicians.

Ultimately, Royalty Free is about the value we as a society place on creative work, and how the evolving technological landscape influences our consumption, production, and distribution of the work itself.

Ryan Camarda cut his teeth working as a freelance, Director, DP, and Producer as well as by his stint as asst. Producer and Editor with the martial arts film company 1TEntertainment. His short, The Craigslist Files: Episode 1 - Donnie and Charlotte, was selected as a Best of New York film in last year's 48 Hour Film Project festival. His short, Departure, has been selected for the Melbourne International Student Film Festival.

Watch the documentary trailer here:

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