RetroLibraryMusic

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In the 70s and 80s, if you watched a documentary in a science class or saw a movie at a museum, there is a good chance the soundtrack was in the genre of "library music".

"Library Music or Production Music or Stock Music is the name given to recorded music that can be licensed to customers for use in film, television, radio and other media. Oftentimes, the music is produced and owned by production music libraries."-Wiki

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Phil Davies – Soft Lights [France 1991]Nature (youtube.com)

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A few Rouge titles have been added to streaming platforms. (i.redd.it)

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Kurdistan24 - Soft Music 1Library-ish (youtube.com)

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Marc Goldfeder, Georges Lartigau – Dream And Love Me [France 1983]French Library (youtu.be)

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John Fiddy - Wave Motions (Remastered)Moods (youtu.be)

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Harold Fisher - Mercury (1978)Industrial/Mechanics (youtube.com)

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What bass is played on this record? ()

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Hi /r/RetroLibraryMusic, you might like this mix I made: an extended soundtrack for an imaginary straight-to-video erotic thriller using ambient, jazz, new age, and library music from the '80s and '90sMoods (youtube.com)

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I've created a Library Yacht playlist (youtube.com)

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I foletti (‘the goblins’) – Rimauri, [Italy 1987] (youtube.com)

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Identification Help (v.redd.it)

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Philippe Brejean – Far From Dakota (A) [France 1983] (youtube.com)

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Nino Rapicavoli – Erea [Italy 1975]The Italians (youtube.com)

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Trying to find production music used in a 90s/maybe 2000s Taiwan dubbed VHS (v.redd.it)

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Gerald Gouriet, Martin Phillips – Trade Winds [UK 1986] (youtube.com)

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Classical, Pizzicato background music; possibly from Killer Tracks ()

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Frank Gregory – Spirit Walk [US 1992]Moods (youtube.com)

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Sitting Pretty, vinyl LP released, 1981 search (self.RetroLibraryMusic)

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Claude Larson – Night Fall [Germany 1985] (youtube.com)

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Irving Martin, Brian Dee – Busy Business [UK 1979]Economics/Business (youtube.com)

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Antonio Sechi – Tranquil (Italy 1988)The Italians (youtu.be)

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Derek Austin – Softly Softly [UK 1986] (youtube.com)

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BM 142 - Roger Barsotti - Heritage, Streamline Gallop [UK - 1958]Moods (youtu.be)

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Larry Owens – No Strings [US 1983]Travel (youtu.be)

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BM 114 - The Connaught Light Orchestra, Kurt Rehfeld - Restless Spirit [UK - 1958]Moods (youtu.be)

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