Cut
through
the noise
Your
Music
Depart-
ment
My name is Maxime Veilleux and I didn’t have many friends growing up. I’d rather spend my time reading a Lou Reed biography, watching a Funkadelic documentary or crafting mixtapes for the cutest girl in school.
My social skills may have evolved, but I’m still in the business of having great taste. Over the past 10 years, while touring and recording with Le Trouble, Cheval Fou and Avec pas d’casque, I’ve become a secret weapon for Montreal’s major music production houses—giving tasteful and clear-cut musical direction to hundreds of ad campaigns, tv shows and movies.
Most importantly, I’ve met a bunch of talented people I’m now proud to call my close friends and collaborators.
Together, we are your Music Department.
We only use the best chords!
What
we
do
for
you
The Music Department and its team of dedicated collaborators specialize in music for picture: advertising, tv, film, and everything in between. We offer comprehensive music direction, creation, production and management services. Whether we concentrate on one aspect of the project or take care of the whole thing for you, the earlier we get involved, the better the results.
Musical direction
Find the perfect soundtrack to express a hippopotamus’s joie de vivre. Underscore your company’s local pride. Make you cry at the sight of a garden hose.
Research and rights clearing
Unearth the gem that will stamp your project with the authentic flair it deserves. Find the rights owners and negotiate the use of their intellectual property according to your needs.
Original music production
Select composers and producers whose expertise and interests are particularly tailored to your project, and direct their work in a way that brings out the best in each of them—and the most targeted options for you.
Music arrangement & reproduction
Strip down a Blossom Dearie song to rebuild it in EDM? Recreate a Metallica classic in the style of James Brown? *Perfectly* reproduce every single beep and woop of the Ghostbusters’ theme…? Yes, please.
Mixing
Our production studios and in-house engineer Peter Van Uytfanck will cater to all of your mixing needs, allowing you the satisfaction of saying “it needs to sound warmer, more organic.” We even have a special knob for that.
what
music
good
The Music Department only works with seasoned professionals and takes pride in offering equitable and ethical retribution to its talented collaborators.
Our basic hourly rate is $125, but we’ll be happy to come up with a fair fixed rate based on the nature of your project. Either way, you’ll always know exactly where your money went.
costs
brands
we helped
cut
through
the
noise
SOME PEOPLE SAY
Max is an essential ressource, always on target. He’s also pretty cool!
Laetitia Lebedeff
Producer Extraordinaire
Definitely the man for the job. The best wingman North of the Rio Grande.
Stéphane Lafleur
Musician, Director, Friend
Never have I worked or played with anyone who could articulate the enigma of music like Maxime. He speaks the language of music better than anyone I’ve ever collaborated with. That thing you can’t quite put your finger on, he can name it and he'll help you get it too.
Michael Mooney
Singer, Producer, Lover
SOME WORK
get
in
touch
Reach for the magic wand!