Writing epic orchestral music is really fun to do! And it can be rather full-filling when you have written a great epic part. A climax with mighty brass, an epic choir and strings. In this video I show you how I layered these orchestral sections in the music track Unleashed. Giving you a simple trick, […]
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Epic Trailer Hits
I already announced it in last week’s video. Today we dive into how to create awesome full hard hitting epic trailer hits. I show you how I’ve made the ones that I used in my hybrid orchestral music track Unleashed. You’ll see that they consist out of two percussion libraries and three different samples. This […]
Unique Risers – Sound Design
This is a topic that I had on my list for quite a while. It’s about risers! How to create awesome and unique risers for your (hybrid) orchestral music tracks. Creating a sound that distinguishes you from the flock of composers. Maybe we can even talk about a signature sound eventually. And it is super […]
Hybrid Orchestral Trailer Music
Trailer Music is a specific genre with its own ‘language, rules and structures’. You have orchestral, hybrid and a mix of them called ‘hybrid orchestral trailer music’. In this video I’ll kick off with three tips and I give you the chance to ask me questions – give me topics – that you want me […]
Orchestral Strings – Layering
We all want the best orchestral sounds. Lush and full sounding strings like we know from Hollywood. How hard we try, it is difficult (maybe even impossible) to get that sound straight out of a library. Definitely when you’re on a budget and you don’t have access to the high quality libraries. But maybe there […]