Director’s Cut

Editors’ Choice | Song Recommendations

We’re so excited you decided to add-on the longer cinematic edit, our Director’s Cut, to your package! A longer video gives us more time to creatively paint the fuller picture of your special day!

Since a Director’s Cut edit is 2X as long as a Highlight, we need you to choose a second licensed song to complement your original choice.

If you'd like your first song to be slower in order to serve as a great set-up for the higher energy secondary song during the reception (our editors recommend this style), then check out this recommended playlist for Director’s Cut Openers:

Lifetime, Dramatics, Musicbed
Make It Out, Boundary Run, Musicbed
My Love Will Not Change feat. Jordan Critz & Marie Hines, Musicbed
Never Let Go, Tyler Brown Williams, Musicbed
Someone Like You, Josh Sahunta, Musicbed
You, Tyler Brown Williams, Musicbed
On and On, Luminar, Arlist

OR

Here is a link to our editors’ recommended song list: Highlight Songs — Bow Tie Photo.

RECAP:

To recap, you may choose a 2nd song from our original list, which you've already browsed through this link (Highlight Songs — Bow Tie Photo) OR you may choose a slower song from this additional “Director’s Cut Openers” list (above).

Alternatively, if you really love a particular song that we can license from Musicbed, Artlist, FyrFly or Soundstripe and want to use it, then we'll be happy to make it happen!

Please let us know your selection or if you have any questions by contacting hello@bowtiephoto.com.

Special Note: While popular songs such as "Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran tend to be used for wedding videos, we suggest against most of those choices as it can make your video feel like a repetitive music video rather than a personalized wedding video. There are some timeless exceptions to this, such as "A Thousand Years” by Christina Perri, and others that you'll see in our playlist.