By Viralnoise
February 16, 2026
Hey So this is something new!
The first edition of The Noise, a biweekly newsletter from me, Alec Puro, the founder of Viralnoise.
I've wanted to do something like this for a while now because there's honestly so much going on behind the scenes that I think you'd find genuinely interesting.
We're far from just a music platform - we're a team of composers who are in the weeds every single day scoring films, working on TV shows, writing new music for the library, and trying to build a platform that serves creators the way it should.
I figured the best way to show you that is to just... tell you about it.
So this is what you can expect every couple of weeks:
- ON THE SCOREBOARD 🎬 The films, shows, and projects we're actively scoring (a look at where this music comes from before it ends up in our library)
- FRESH OFF THE PRESS ✨ New albums and sound effects that just dropped. So you don't have to go hunting.
- IN THE WILD 📱 How real creators are using Viralnoise. Stories, collaborations, and the occasional spotlight.
- WHAT I'M WATCHING 📺 Something I'm into right now. A show, a podcast, a recommendation. Just for fun.
- FROM THE STUDIO 🎙️ What's going on in my world. Personal stories and honest thoughts
That's it. Just a look at what's happening from the people making the music you use.
Alright, let's get to it!
On the Scoreboard 🎬
There's a lot happening right now, which is exciting but also means I haven't seen the sun in a while.
The big project I can talk about is 🎞️ New Year's Rev, which is a coming-of-age film that Green Day produced.
A friend of mine wrote and directed it, and it's based on Green Day's early experiences as a young band. It’s about three buddies who drive cross-country in a van, causing mayhem and mischief while racing to LA for their big break: opening for Green Day on New Year's Eve. Craziness ensues, as you'd imagine.
The movie features Green Day songs throughout, and then my score is what ties together the emotional side of it - the characters, the relationships, all of that connective tissue between the big moments. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival back in September, and the cast includes Fred Armisen and Jenna Fischer from The Office, among others. Release date is still TBD, but once it drops, trust me, you'll hear about it.
I'm also in the middle of scoring 🎞️ Double Blind for Lionsgate with Lakeith Stanfield, which is just a beast of a project - we're talking about 80 minutes of score for one film, which is a massive undertaking.
But I'm loving it because it covers so many different styles and moods that I really enjoy composing. It's cerebral, it's genre-bending, and you genuinely don't know which way is up for a lot of the film. Those are the kinds of projects you live for as a composer because they push you in every direction at once.
And then on the Gramoscope side, we're actively providing music for a bunch of shows right now 📺 - Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, The Valley, and this new History Channel show called Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo, which is exactly as cool as it sounds.
There's also an indie horror film ☠️ I scored last year called 🎞️ Don't Let Them Out that's been making the festival rounds and winning best film and best director at a bunch of them, which has been really cool to watch happen for the director - she's incredibly talented.
The reason I mention all of this is that the same team, the same composers, the same calibre of music that goes into these projects - that's what's sitting in your Viralnoise library.
Fresh Off the Press ✨
We drop a new album every Tuesday and new sound effects on a regular basis, so here's a look at what's recently landed in the library.
NEW MUSIC 🎵
Circuit Breaker: Cinematic ambience with pulsing mysterious tension and dark, moody suspense that builds and builds. If you're working on anything sci-fi or futuristic, this is a really strong starting point.
Flashpoint 1: This one's hip hop built for sports, competition, and intense showdowns. Orchestral trap with hard-hitting drums, big brass, and a lot of dramatic energy. Think highlight reels and intense edits.
Badlands: Americana Tension: Moody Americana blues with this dark Southern tension and rural atmosphere running through it. Dangerous, roots-y, and perfect if you're telling any kind of Western or Southern gothic story.
Primetime Dramedy 3: Sneaky hip hop comedy with this sly, almost espionage-like energy. Great for reality TV edits, conniving moments, that kind of secretive and devious vibe. You'll know exactly when to use it.
Cinematic – Ambient Electronic 2: Minimalist electronic tension that starts mysterious and builds dynamically from there. Very investigative and futuristic in feel.
NEW SOUND EFFECTS 🔊
Household Vol. 3 & 4: Everyday household sounds, all professionally recorded and ready to drop in.
Workshop Vol. 1: Tools, machinery, the sounds of a workshop environment.
Travel & Transit: Everything from airports and road noise to public transportation. Two packs that cover a lot of ground if you're working on anything travel-related.
Everything in the library - all 70,000+ tracks and counting - is 100% written, performed, and recorded by real humans. No AI-generated music. That's kind of our whole thing.
In the Wild 📱
An independent filmmaker found us on Google - just stumbled onto the site - and started reaching out with all these questions.
He couldn't believe that actual film scores, like real ones that were composed for real movies, were available royalty-free on our platform.
He had a bunch of technical questions about licensing and how everything works, so I just got on the phone with him and walked him through it personally.
And the thing that stuck with me was what he said about the music itself. He told me it was just such a cut above everything he'd ever used before, and that hearing it alongside what he was making for his film kind of changed what he thought was possible for his project.
That's honestly the whole point of this.
The platform is just the delivery system. The music is the star. It always has been and it always will be.
And if you ever want someone to walk you through the platform, answer questions, or just help you find the right tracks - reply to this email. I mean it.
We're proud to be able to do that, and frankly, we want to be the kind of company that does.
What I'm Watching 📺
I finally caught the last season of 100 Foot Wave, the documentary series about big wave surfers at Nazaré in Portugal.
If you haven't seen it, it basically follows these surfers riding waves that are legitimately terrifying (like 80-foot walls of water).
The footage alone is worth watching, but Philip Glass did the score and it's just stunning.
I love surfing and I love watching surfing content, and this one had me on the edge of the couch the whole time.
It's making me count the days until it warms up enough out here to get back in the water.
Even if my waves are, you know, significantly less dramatic.
From the Studio 🎙️
So I had a big birthday last year, and I don't know, something kind of woke in me. I started taking the self-care thing a lot more seriously - built a little gym out in the garage, got a sauna, and then the big move was getting a cold plunge. I've done about 130 of them now in the first year. I won't lie to you, getting in is horrible. Every single time. There is no version of stepping into that water where your body is like, "yeah, this is great."
But once you're in and still for a minute, it's like 20 cups of coffee and this wave of positivity hits you all at once. Your body stops hurting, your head clears out, and you kind of just feel... reset.
I started doing it because this work (running Gramoscope Music, building Viralnoise) it just doesn't let up.
And I realized that if I don't have some kind of morning routine that gets me right before I sit down in the studio, everything suffers.
So now it's wake up, work out, cold plunge, good breakfast, 20 minutes of meditation, and then I'm in here. It sounds like a lot, but it's become kind of non-negotiable for me at this point.
I'm not trying to be a wellness guy, I promise. But if you haven't tried a cold plunge, genuinely, give it a shot. Just don't expect to enjoy the first 10 seconds. Or the second 10 seconds, honestly.
Before You Go...
If you haven't tried Viralnoise yet, you can start a 14-day free trial here - no strings attached, cancel whenever. Take the whole library for a spin and see what you think.
We also recently put together a guide that I think a lot of you would get something out of: A UGC Creator Guide to Building Community That Actually Sticks Around. Worth a read if you're trying to build a following that lasts beyond views.
And if you know a creator who'd enjoy getting these emails - forward this their way.
That's honestly the best compliment you could give us.
Talk soon,
Alec