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The Founder

NOT BUILT IN A
BOARDROOM.
BUILT IN THE
STUDIO.

ScoreCue exists because the sync licensing world needed a platform built by someone who has actually lived it — not a startup that read a whitepaper and smelled an opportunity.

Duane Buford
Duane Buford
Composer · Producer · Founder . Pianst
IMDb VerifiedChicago, ILCubaseSync LicensingVideo GamesDocumentaryCommercialHouse Music
01

THE STORY

From the studio to the platform.

I've been a working composer and producer for decades. Not the kind who talks about music — the kind who scores it for Xbox titles, documentary films, and major advertising campaigns. The kind who gets an IMDb credit and doesn't tweet about it for a week.

I built ScoreCue because I couldn't find a tool that thought the way a sync professional thinks.

Most sync platforms are built for beginners. They teach you how to upload a track, fill in metadata, and hope for the best. That's not sync strategy — that's wishful thinking. Real placement work requires understanding what a supervisor is actually hearing, why a brief says one thing and means another, and how to position your catalog so the right tracks surface at the right moment.

After scoring MechAssault for Xbox, placing music in documentary films like 70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green and Blueprint for Bronzeville, doing commercial work with Leo Burnett and Draft, I had a very specific idea of what a professional sync tool should do. Nothing on the market came close. So I built it.

02

VERIFIED CREDITS

The work that built this.
Video Games
MechAssault

Full original score for the Xbox launch title from Day 1 Studios.

Xbox · Day 1 Studios
Documentary
70 Acres in Chicago

Score for the acclaimed documentary on the demolition of Cabrini Green.

IMDb Verified
Documentary
Blueprint for Bronzeville

Scored this documentary on Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.

IMDb Verified
Documentary
Mandela in Chicago

Music for the documentary on Mandela's historic 1993 Chicago visit.

IMDb Verified
Commercial
Leo Burnett & Draft

Commercial composition with two of Chicago's top advertising agencies.

Chicago · Ad Agencies
Live Music
Ministry

Keyboardist during the Grammy-nominated recording of "Bad Blood."

Grammy Nominated
03

THE PHILOSOPHY

What we actually believe.
01
Insiders Only

Sync advice from someone who has never placed a track is noise. Every tool and strategy in ScoreCue comes from real experience on both sides of the brief.

02
Strategy Over Features

A platform with 50 features and no strategic clarity is useless. ScoreCue is built around one question: does this track belong in this placement?

03
Built for Professionals

We don't teach you what sync licensing is. We help you do it better. ScoreCue is for working professionals, not beginners looking for their first placement.

04

RECENT PLACEMENTS

The work. Verified.

Placements coming soon — check back shortly.

05

THE ECOSYSTEM

ScoreCue is part of a larger world.
🎵
Dance Mania Records

Chicago house label est. 1985

🔊
Brand Sound Architect

Sonic branding consulting

🎛️
Pro Digital Music

Music production platform

✝️
Gangsta Faith

Faith-based streetwear brand

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