Sync and licensing
Film and TV
Mike’s music has been used in more than 40 television programmes, on the BBC, TG4, SVT, DR, NRK, TV 2, TV4, Yle, VTM and RSI. Most are documentary and lifestyle series about places, gardens, islands and the people who live there.
For licensing, email licensing@mikevass.com with the programme and the track you’re interested in.
Mike controls both the recording and the composition on all of his catalogue, so he can clear a track himself, without a label or publisher in between. Full mixes as WAV files, instrumental versions of most tracks and edits to length are available.
Where it has been used
In the UK
| Programme | Channel | Country | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trusadh | BBC Alba | Scotland | Wed, Speeches, Melter, Quiet Voices, Looking Through, Art, Cavers of Kirkcudbright |
| Greetings From Scotland | BBC Scotland | Scotland | Settled in Clay, Cold Iron, Wintro |
| Inside Central Station | BBC Scotland, BBC Two, Yesterday | UK | Heave and Roll, Looking Through |
| Scotland ’78: A Love Story | BBC One, BBC Scotland | UK | Lights Out |
| Coming Oot! A Fabulous History of Gay Scotland | BBC Four, BBC Two, BBC Scotland | UK | Looking Through |
| The Mystery of Anthrax Island | BBC Scotland | Scotland | Lights Out |
| The Battle of Skye Bridge | BBC Scotland | Scotland | Wintro |
| Glasgow 1967: The Lisbon Lions | BBC Scotland | Scotland | One Common Bond |
| Building Hope: The Maggie’s Centres | BBC World News | Worldwide | Looking Through |
| Na Tiristich, From Skye With Love, Eilean Mo Ghaoil | BBC Alba | Scotland | Settled in Clay, Cold Iron, Quiet Voices, Heave and Roll |
| Bothy Life | BBC Alba | Scotland | Lights Out, North, Snowfall |
| Dàna: Scotland’s Wild Side | BBC Alba | Scotland | Settled in Clay |
Outside the UK
| Programme | Channel | Country | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trädgårdstider | DR1, SVT, NRK, Yle | Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland | Quiet Voices, Settled in Clay |
| Mandelmanns Gård | TV4, TV 2, NRK, DR1 | Sweden, Norway, Denmark | Quiet Voices |
| An Costa Thiar | TG4 | Ireland | Quiet Voices, The Blue Fields of Paradise, Voices, Last Day, Art, Ewing, Heave and Roll, Home, Wed |
| Sruth | TG4 and BBC Alba | Ireland, Scotland | Voices, Wed, Ewing, Home, Mrs Thom, Melter |
| Dúirt Bean Liom | TG4 | Ireland | Voices |
| Céim Chun Cinn | TG4 | Ireland | Settled in Clay |
| Slí na mBeaglaoich | TG4 | Ireland | Ewing |
| Réalta agus Gaolta | TG4 | Ireland | Cavers of Kirkcudbright |
| Eco Laoch | TG4 | Ireland | Home |
| The Secret Headliner | Virgin Media | Ireland | Home |
| Il Quotidiano | RSI LA1 | Switzerland | Quiet Voices |
| Axel Gaat Binnen, Blind Getrouwd, Met Vier in Bed | VTM | Belgium | Quiet Voices, Hallan |
| Südtirol kulinarisch, Mit dem Café-Bus auf dem Jakobsweg | Germany | Quiet Voices, Cold Iron, The Very Thing |
Tracks have also been played on music programmes including Seirm, Na Trads and Celtic Connections on BBC Alba and TG4, and on BBC Radio 2, Radio 3, Radio 4, Radio Scotland and Radio nan Gàidheal.
Tracks editors come back to
- Quiet Voices
From In the Wake of Neil Gunn. Used on Trädgårdstider, Mandelmanns Gård, An Costa Thiar, Trusadh and Il Quotidiano.
- Settled in Clay
From In the Wake of Neil Gunn. Used on Trädgårdstider, Greetings From Scotland, Céim Chun Cinn and the BBC Alba island series.
- Melter
From Decemberwell. Used on Trusadh, Sruth, Seirm and Celtic Connections.
- Looking Through
From Decemberwell. Used on Coming Oot!, Inside Central Station, Trusadh and Building Hope.
- Heave and Roll
From In the Wake of Neil Gunn. Used on Inside Central Station, An Costa Thiar and From Skye With Love.
- The Blue Fields of Paradise
From In the Wake of Neil Gunn. Used on An Costa Thiar.
- Voices
From Notes From the Boat. Used on Sruth, Dúirt Bean Liom and An Costa Thiar.
- Wed
From Notes From the Boat. Used on Trusadh, Sruth and An Costa Thiar.
The whole catalogue is on Bandcamp and in the records section of this site.