The Music Department
ABOUT
work

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.

Research & Management
  • 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.

Production
Research & Management
Production

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

Client & Project
À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas
Task(s)
Research
Year
201X
Client & Project
Doctors Without Borders — Scalpel
Task(s)
Research & Production
Year
201X
Client & Project
Ceasar’s Palace — Like A Ceasar
Task(s)
Research & Production
Year
201X
Client & Project
Telus — Option Retour
Task(s)
Research
Year
201X
Client & Project
Burger King — The Last Meal
Task(s)
Research & Production
Year
201X

Get

in

Touch

Maxime Veilleux
+1 514 623 0597
Electronic mail
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