Elephant Music

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Elephant Music
Type Private
Industry Music industry
Founded2012
FounderVikram Gudi
Headquarters London
Website www.elephantmusic.net

Elephant Music is a British production music company based in London, England. The company was founded by Vikram Gudi in 2012. It is best known for specialising in high-end trailer music for commercial motion pictures with a dark/thriller sound for the horror film/thriller film genres. [1] It has supplied tracks to trailers such as Avengers: Endgame , Morbius and A Quiet Place Part II . [2]

In 2012, Elephant Music began by signing existing commercial acts to use on advertisements. [3] However, since 2015 it has almost exclusively produced original music for movie trailers and is now known for its extensive collection of orchestral piano productions. [3] Elephant Music has a roster of over 30 composers.

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