The Sounds Lounge

Originals & Parodies
Sketch Comedy, The Musical!

Noises
A huge catalogue of all kinds of sounds is free to download on FREESOUND or available to purchase (subscription or per individual track) on many different websites, along with an array or other filmmakers' resources.

Ambience
A subtle ambience track helps the suspension of disbelief even with the most bacis of sets. Just a laid out table in a tiny office will transport the viewer to a restaurant if you add chattering and cutlery clinking. This subchapter still needs contributions.
 * Tearoom & Restaurant
 * Party & Pub
 * Office

Sound Bites
Foley is the reproduction of everyday sounds to enhance the action on screen. A cough, a kiss, a scream, a slap, a gunshot, a glass being smashed over someone's head... You can make all of these sound effects yourself or download them from a catalogue.

FAH have already given us a couple of Behind The Scenes demos of their foley artistry: Can you find any others? List them here! Note: Liam the Lamb provided his own sounds on location at the cinema in Cinema Food, which is different from foley in post. Well, probably... they may have added in some extra baahs.
 * at the end of Word Play Hardware Shop, where we learned that Foil is the best seal on set.
 * at the end of Santa Captured by the Russians, where Arms made the slaps sound FX by using his own face.
 * in a reply to a YouTube comment for When People Talk to their Children about You FAH tells they recorded a real dog for the sound effect.
 * in It's Good to Talk  the sound of Arms hitting his head on the sofa, is made by him punching the hard backside of the sofa

Sketch Soundtrack
Anything in the background! Foil Arms and Hog do not compose any of this music themselves, so it's never a real "score", but it is still part of the sketches and chosen with purpose. There are many apps available to identify the music in YouTube videos, but you might get lucky just reading the video description!

Source Music
This music is part of the fictional setting and heard by the characters.
 * Wouldn't It Be Nice by Beach Boys, in The Disco (LIVE)
 * Cooleys + The Maid Behind the Bar Reels, in Ceol agus Ól
 * Hog sings Respect by Aretha Franklin, in New Employee
 * Cooleys + The Maid Behind the Bar Reels again and Arms is singing the Irish song Óró, sé do bheatha bhaile at the end of the sketch, in Ceol agus Ól 2
 * Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton, in The Driving Instructor
 * Arms sings a version of a Christian song in Gaelic Ag Criost an Siol (Christ is the Seed), in A Very Irish Film (Trailer)
 * Layla by Derek and the Dominos "played" by Hog, in Life Hacks
 * Un bel dì vedremo (One fine day we shall see) from Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini), in Visiting Gran 1
 * Hard core metal music, in Festival Knob
 * one of the many version of the Christmas song Sleigh Ride, in Christmas Rage (a little bit of a stretch, the volume of the music is very low, but they should hear it, as they are in a shopping centre)
 * Irish music in the background, possibly Cooleys + The Maid Behind the Bar Reels (already used for this series) + at the end of the video, Hog sings an Irish version of My name is by Eminem, in Ceol agus Ól 3
 * Arms listens to Handsome by The Vaccines, in Skype Interview Fail
 * Jim Everyman's campaign song, in Election Time in Ireland
 * Batman Theme Song, in Matt Warehouse
 * They used small bits of song/music in Sandcastle Competition LIVE: Shake Rattle and Roll by Bill Haley and his Comets - techno music (?) - adventurous music (?) - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams - Violin music (?)
 * music in the background at the party, in Irish Lad on J1 chats up American Girl


 * I gotta Feeling by The Black Eyed Peas, in Living for the Weekend
 * Relay for Survivors by Dave Harm, in How to Pretend you are Listening
 * piano jazz music, in Lying on Tinder
 * jazz music, in The Old Ways are the Best Ways
 * Enuff Para Mi by Jingle Punks, in Airport Taxi
 * rock 60s type music, in A Party with the Days of the Week
 * Parade music – weirdly playing Christmas songs: Jingle bells, We wish you a Merry Christmas, in St Patrick's Day Parade
 * classical music, in The One Stop Wedding Shop
 * music in the gym, in Cancelling a Gym Membership
 * classical music + Sing, Sing, Sing by Benny Goodman, in Visiting Gran 2
 * Pop Dance by Bensound, in Start-Ups vol. 2
 * Technically, these songs are not covers, in Right Song/Wrong Lyrics the lads plays by mixing musics with lyrics from different songs. So, here the songs used in this sketch: Billie Jean (Micheal Jackson) / Hey Jude (The Beatles) / Mahna Mahna (The Muppet Show) / We Will Rock You (Queen) / Yellow Submarine (The Beatles) / Y.M.C.A. (The Village People) / Nessun Dorma (Puccini) / Macarena (Los del Río)
 * rock music, in Dodgy Tattoo Parlour
 * smooth jazz music, in Word Play Hotel
 * Message to You Rudy + Ghost Town by The Special, in The Word Play Restaurant
 * Hog plays and sings Free Fallin' by Tom Petty, Hurricane by Bob Dylan, Desire by U2, Breakfast at Tiffany's by Deep Blue Something, Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton, With or Without You by U2 in Self Indulgent Music Teacher
 * Minuetto by Luigi Boccherini, in The Snob
 * You Can Leave Your Hat On by Joe Cocker, in Word Play Hardware Shop
 * Stringed Disco by Kevin MacLeod, in How to Fix a Broken Relationship
 * clavichord music, in An English Period Drama
 * Paris The Beautiful by Gigi Gryce, in One Man Play LIVE
 * The Rainy Day by Mary Bergin, in Emigration Police (The Brain Drain)
 * violin music + March 1 - Promp Circumstance aka The Graduation song composed by Edward Elgar and sung by the lads...more or less, in Lads Graduation Ceremony
 * classical music + Turkish March by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (ringtone tune) + the made-up song Don't swat my fly by Prognosis with Mozart's Sympony n°40 in G minor as base, in Awkward interview with Mozart
 * Mamma Mia! by Abba, in When Parents Give you a Lift Mamma Mia!.gif
 * Jingle Bells, in A Party with the Months of the Year
 * Star Wars The Imperial March, in Never Sponsor Someone
 * smooth jazz music, in Word Play Clothes Shop
 * music, in The Rooms of Your House throw a Party
 * Irish music, in Mother Earth Catches Ireland Burning Fossil Fuels
 * music in Companies Throw a Party
 * similar to the live sketch Right Song/Wrong Lyrics, the YouTube video When you get songs mixed up presents music mixed with lyrics from different songs... or just with slightly different lyrics. So, here the songs sung, mixed or mentioned in this sketch When you get Songs Mixed up: Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) / Sweet Child 'O Mine (Guns N' Roses) / Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees) / (Theme From) The Monkees (The Monkees) / Daydream Believer (The Monkees) / Billie Jean (Michael Jackson) / Piano Man (Billy Joel) / Scatman (ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop) (Scatman John) / Hey Jude - Eleonor Rigby - Let It Be (The Beatles) / Let It Go (Idina Menzel, from Frozen Soundtrack) / Baby Shark (open the link at your own risk) / Baby (Justin Bieber) / The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Tokens) FAHcommentYT19-11-2020.png


 * Rule Britannia! in Will Northern Ireland get back with Ireland?

Special mention to the brief video 20th Century Curtains

Underscoring
This is music heard by the viewer and part of the joke (or whatever it is that makes the sketch funny), but not part of the "reality" of the characters (who are unaware of it).
 * La Donna è Mobile (Woman is fickle) from Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi), in Heineken Commercial Parody
 * Rip It Up (Barrie Gledden, Kes Loy), in Business Squash
 * A Serious Doubt by Jean Yves Rigo, in He's his own worst enemy
 * a music that seems to be taken from a 70s ad+guitar music, in The Baby Head Clamp
 * Spring – Four Seasons (Antonio Vivaldi), in Interview with Foil and La Bullshat
 * piano music, in The Chairheads
 * a type of music for crime stories, in all the Hard Lads series
 * a jolly music for children, in Babies
 * Jingle Punks - Pedro Versus the World, in Things that are difficult
 * lounge type of music, in Movie OMG!
 * a music played with clarinet, in A Kerryman Gives Directions


 * sad music + cheerful music, in Quickie Cash


 * Cover of Bon Bon Pour Les Rappers by Populous, in Gaelic Flúrt
 * Purple by Jincheng Zhang, in Life Hacks
 * Music 1 + music 2 + Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod, in Mobile Hospital
 * music, in Post-Festival Make Up Tutorial
 * Grave Blow by Kevin MacLeod, in Dying of Laughter
 * Deck the Halls and Silent Night by Kevin MacLeod, in Getting Out of Shape for Christmas
 * music, in Staying for the Credits
 * piano music, in Not a Scam. Unbelievable!
 * Shadow Stocker by Jason Livesay, in Witness Protection Pitch Fail
 * The Far Horizons by Malcolm Laws, in Remembering the Heroes (1916)
 * piano music, in New Irish Government
 * Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Bach in Afterlife Insurance
 * tech house music, in Excalibur Nightclub
 * quizshow music, Cork Man on a Quiz Show
 * nightmarish music, in The Leaving Cert Dreams
 * several piece of music, in Masterclass: Acting with Pen
 * Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in A very Irish Christmas - in How Not to Tell a Story
 * Eine kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, in most of the Oisín & Parents sketches (not in the sketch Playing Computer Games with your Parents)
 * dramatic/sad violin music, in How to be Late for work
 * Modern Jazz Samba by Kevin MacLeod, in Cooking for beginners
 * A carillon version of Johannes Brahms' Lullaby, in Childcare Hacks
 * Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield from The Exorcist OST in How to Sneak a Peek
 * Irish music in St. Patrick's Day Isn't Irish
 * French music, in The Family Holiday
 * classical music, in The School Play
 * classical music (clavichord?), in Talking to inanimate Objects
 * Moonlight Sonata Op. 27 no.2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, in Human Glitches
 * Minuet by Luigi Boccherini, in The Driving Instructor 3 (The Divorce)
 * Teddy Bear Waltz by Kevin MacLeod, in Anxious the Board Game
 * music, in The Real Victim of Scams
 * tense music, in Tea Addiction
 * Spine Chilling Cardiac Tension + thiller tense music, in Waiting for a Package
 * classical music, in When Workmen are Over
 * dramatic music, in How to Destroy a Family
 * cheerful music, How to Stop Worrying
 * tense music, in Heartbreak Emergency Room
 * violins music, in Exams are NOT Important
 * Experience by Ludovico Einaudi, in Paper Bags Hat LIVE
 * scaring music, in Actually Scary Halloween Costumes
 * music, in Black Friday - Rise of Amazon
 * Earnest by Kevin MacLeod, in When the Wind Changed
 * Jingle Bells by The Red Army Choir sings Christmas, in Santa is Captured by the Russians
 * Tango de la Noche by Wayne Jones, in First Dates (Most Shocking Revelations)
 * Touch by Mattia Cupelli, in Lockdown is Tough on Everyone
 * tense music, in Black Market Lockdown Haircut
 * Cheery Monday by Kevin MacLeod, in The Hidden Benefits of Facemasks
 * Christmassy music in The Elves are Fed Up
 * Irish music in Who Really was St. Patrick...?
 * Classical Christmas Favorites24 by Smith Productions & Kevin MacLeod in The worst job on the battlefield
 * Eerie music in Why you'll never buy a house in Ireland
 * Music in How your Body Reacts to a Hangover
 * Pizzicato from Ballet "Sylvia" by Léo Delibes in Job Top Trumps

Promoting shows
FAH made videos promoting their shows. Here the music they used in said videos
 * Ants by Ham Sandwich from the album White Fox, in Foil Arms and Hog: Dublin Fringe
 * Les Jours Tristes by Yann Tiersen from The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulin Soundtrack, in FA&H Introduce: The Boy with Tape on his Face
 * Celtic Reel by Malcolm Laws, PRS|Nainita Desai, PRS from the album JM 41 Celtic To Country, in Foil Arms and Hog's guide to Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe
 * FAH sing their own version of Silent Night, in Silent Night / Vicar St. Xmas Present
 * Christmas music, in Christmas/Santa promo video for Vicar St.

Outro Madness
Want to see the best musical outro from FAH? Or what music did they use for ending their videos? Click here on Outro Love and Doomdah Worship

Music on Patreon
We all know that the lads are good with music, ça va sans dire there are musical sketches on Patreon too. We love the extra songs from the Irish Farmer, Liamo's piano tutorial for Why the Hell did Lockdown have to End? and La Bullshat song with Pet Shop Boys vibes (confirmed by Arms in a comment to the song). But if you ever wondered what kind of music FAH like, the answer is there too:

FOIL: ARMS: HOG:
 * NOFX - Linoleum
 * NOFX- Bob
 * NOFX- Stickin in my eye
 * Peter Schilling- Major Tom
 * Don Henley- Boys of Summer
 * The Beatles- Ticket to ride
 * U2- Desire
 * Red Hot Chili Peppers- Under the Bridge
 * Coldplay- Talk