Music for Neiman Marcus' 100th Year Anniversary Celebration

In September, I was commissioned by fashion retail giant Neiman Marcus to compose music for the celebration of their 100th year anniversary. The theme was "Future Fashion," and designers from around the world submitted designs which were meant to predict the future of fashion. My job was to compose music for the flagship store in downtown Dallas that perfectly complimented the futuristic visual of the store. The first product that I presented them with had a prominent piano part --- corporate felt that it made the piece move along too slowly, so I replaced it with a synth arpeggiation. I also wrote music for another room, and for the elevators I created a cocktail party-like atmosphere with conversation, wine glasses clinking, and slow smooth jazz in the background.

Here is a link to an article about the event. Some of the music is on the right of the same page.

http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/stories/timothy-roy.asp

Gotta love "corporate" music!!
I listened to the elevator music (the other one was a bit on the large side). Not bad... especially liked the sax. Think you might have overdone it with the background conversation perhaps. Nice job!

Yes, the "Main Floor" track is a bit lengthy, but it was a piece that was played all day, everyday for four weeks, so it needed to be very long and ambient.

Think you might have overdone it with the background conversation perhaps.

It's funny you should mention this, because the gain level of the cocktail party atmosphere was quite a bit lower when I first mixed the track. After I tested it using their sound system, however, I did a remix with a louder conversation track to get a better balance. It sounded perfect coming through their smaller speakers.