Song Suggestions for Family Vacation Slideshow

Darin

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Mar 30, 2009 11:06

I am at wits end to find music to go along with my photo slideshow.

The vacation was in California...we did three days in Disney, the LA Zoo, Hollywood and the Beach as well as a tour of the Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific.

Two young children and two adults.

So far I have

U2 - Beautiful Day
Jack Johnson - Upside Down
Coldplay - Viva la Vida

Any suggestions would be appriciated.

Tony

Member Location: Australia Joined: Jan 05, 2009 15:31 Messages: 148 Offline

Mar 30, 2009 14:42

Hi Darin -
Without knowing what you have in your collection, it's a bit tricky...

It sounds like you're after something upbeat/happy. A couple of suggestions off the top of my head would be...

Holiday (Green Day)
Holiday (Madonna)
Good Vibrations/California Girls (Beach Boys)
Born to be Wild (Steppenwolf)
We Gotta Get Outa This Place (The Animals)
The Final Countdown (Europe)
I Got You - I Feel Good (James Brown)
Celebration (Kool and the Gang)

If you are into mixing your own soundtrack to capture particular moods, there's a site I use which has a great range of short tracks in every style/feel you could think of. It doesn't have commercial music - like the ones above - but it's easy to search for what you're after & download it (free).

http://freeplaymusic.com/index.php

Cheers -

Tony Tread gently and you'll hear the daisies grow...

Darin

Newbie Joined: Mar 26, 2009 09:25 Messages: 8 Offline

Mar 30, 2009 14:49

Thanks Tony!

That site was exactly what I was looking for. I was actually thinking of using the Disney Electrical Parade music for some of the Disney clips and something a little softer for when the kids met the Princesses.

James W

Senior Contributor Location: Lakeland, FL USA Joined: Aug 18, 2008 10:36 Messages: 911 Offline

Mar 30, 2009 15:55

Tony, good post. 5 star effort. I've been looking for music myself. Q9300 2.5 GHz
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Tony

Member Location: Australia Joined: Jan 05, 2009 15:31 Messages: 148 Offline

Mar 30, 2009 17:43

Thanks James.

You might also be interested in these:

A couple of other music sources...

http://www.ez-tracks.com/

http://www.ilovewavs.com/

Some sites for sound effects...

http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html

http://www.grsites.com/sounds/

Music Loops - handy for menus...

http://www.looperman.com/loops.php Tread gently and you'll hear the daisies grow...

Kenneth

Newbie Joined: Mar 23, 2009 18:33 Messages: 14 Offline

Mar 30, 2009 18:41

Darin
Don't forget Holiday Road from National Lampoon's Vacation.
It's a personal favorite of mine.
Kenneth

BarryTheCrab

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Mar 30, 2009 19:43

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Linda B

Newbie Joined: Jan 02, 2009 13:42 Messages: 29 Offline

Mar 30, 2009 21:54

How about The GoGo's "Vacation"?

Linda B

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Mar 30, 2009 21:57

For your disney trip, there are alot of clips around from Disney movies..."When you wish upon a star"...to Little Mermaid...to "Hi Ho!"