How We Score Your Love Story:
Choosing the Perfect Soundtrack
As a husband-and-wife videography team, we know that creating a story-driven highlight film isn't just about capturing the right visual moments—it’s heavily about the audio. The sweeping venue shots, the speeches full of humour, and the intimate, candid audio of your personal vows are only half the equation. The other half? The perfect soundtrack.
Here is a look into how we at Eksena Films choose the music that will become the heartbeat of your wedding film.
Taking Cues From You
We don't just rely on a generic playlist. We take cues directly from the music you choose for your wedding day. The songs you select for your walk down the aisle, your grand reception entrance, and your first dance give us incredible insight into your style as a couple.
Whether you favour acoustic indie-folk that feels intimate and raw (like City and Colour), or you lean towards cinematic pop power ballads that bring the drama, we pay attention to those choices. We are also always happy to listen to your suggestions. If you have a specific genre, tempo, or mood in mind for your film, let us know! We love collaborating to ensure the final edit feels authentically like you.
The Legal Side of Sharing Your Film
One of the most common questions we get is, "Can we use a famous radio hit in our video?"
Because we want you to be able to share your film easily with family and friends, we ensure that all the music we use has the proper licencing. If you try to upload a video with a mainstream, copyrighted track to platforms like Instagram, YouTube, or Facebook, those platforms will quickly mute, block, or take down the post due to copyright infringement.
To guarantee your memories can be shared safely and legally online forever, we secure music licences through professional platforms—primarily Musicbed and Soundstripe.
Digging for Gold
Securing our licences through these platforms is actually a massive creative advantage. It gives us access to incredible, high-quality music from talented, independent artists (including some fantastic Canadian artists we love to support). It means we can score your film with something unique and timeless, rather than a song that might feel dated in a few years.
We spend hours digging through Musicbed and Soundstripe catalogues to find the exact track that builds at the precise moment you share your first kiss, and dips perfectly to let the natural audio of your heartfelt vows shine through.
We put immense care into selecting a soundtrack that honours your story, bringing all the emotion of your wedding day rushing back every time you hit play.