Score · sound design · sync

Original music for film and advertising. From one desk.

Trampoline Culture Records — Nathan McNeill. Clearance-ready score, sound design, and licensed music for picture. South Africa and New York.

Selected work

Picture first. Then the sound that holds it.

How we work

Built for collaboration that moves.

  1. 01

    Read the room

    On a trampoline you learn the rhythm of the people around you, or you fall. Same with a brief. We listen first — picture, brand, the cut as it actually is.

  2. 02

    Move with the cut

    Picture changes. Deadlines move. We stay with it in real time, without losing the line you hired us for.

  3. 03

    Land it

    Precise, distinctive, on time. Score, sound design, or licensed music — clearance-ready from one desk.

In the room

What collaborators actually say.

“Trampoline Culture is a powerhouse of creative productivity. Classical training paired with a broad technical skill set puts them high up on our list of favorites to work with.”
Jesse Rothman
Jesse Rothman

Penthouse Recording Studios, NYC

“We’ve worked with Nathan on a number of projects over the years. His sound design lifts our videos, and the custom music tracks fit each project perfectly. Reliable, clear communication, always on time.”
André Meyer
André Meyer

Meyer Productions, SAFTA-recognised

Affiliated for publishing and neighbouring rights in South Africa and the US — so what you hear can actually be cleared.

  • MPASA
  • SAMRO
  • SAMPRA
  • RAV
  • CAPASSO
  • BMI

About

A Brooklyn trampoline, then a desk.

What began as an unfiltered collaborative experiment on a Brooklyn trampoline became the working philosophy of Trampoline Culture Records.

On a trampoline you learn to read the rhythm of the people around you and adapt in real time — or you fall. That same creative agility drives the studio’s approach to composition, sound design, and sync.

South African-born founder Nathan McNeill lived in and around New York City’s five boroughs while building the solo artist project Trampoline Culture.

Start a brief

Tell us what the picture needs.

Custom score, sound design, or licensed tracks. Usually a reply within one business day.

label@trampolineculture.com

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Your brief is composed.

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