john williams

I know I'm oh so special coming here to ask about strings sample libraries, but I want to throw my situation into the ring: Despite being a college student with times when I'm financially stable enough to buy new libraries being few and far between, I've amassed a decent-sounding virtual...

Hey, i just rewatched the prequel trilogy and noticed that the main title from episode 7 sounds really weak compared to the prequel recording. Then i read that it was recorded by an freelance orchestra? Why didnt they just recorded the theme again with the LSO? IMO, it would have sounded better...

Hey fellow musicians, this my latest (and probably the last) attempt of the Imperial March from Star Wars Episode 5. The total project time is 5 hours and 30 minutes, in my estimation, 4 hours of this is actual working time. I tried to stay as close as possible to the original sound, I am not...

Hey Guys, this is my first post in this forum, my name is Robin, im 19 years old and from germany. I make mockups of my favorite film scores for 2 years now and im considering studying music, maybe theres a course in the film scoring section? This is my first attempt on the "Throne Room" from...

Hey Guys, With this mockup, I want to push my libraries and my ability to use them to their limits, and what better piece to do that with than The Battle of Coruscant! Feel free to ask me what libraries I used, what techniques and how I organize the whole thing in my DAW (FL Studio but...

Hey Guys! My Friend Sergej and I just finished our Star Wars Episode 3 Battle over Coruscant score! We transcribed it from the original score and from the handwritten "boys into battle" score into one long score. We have XML, Midi (some notes are missing there idk why), mscz and of course...

Hey, Im working with a friend on a new Transcription on the main title from star wars episode III, leading into "boys into battle". I will upload it here for free and im willing to do that for every piece i get my hands on. I would do the same for all other Star Wars pieces as long as I can...

Hey, im recreating the prologue from harry potter and the chamber of secrets, but i cant find any good patch in my string library collection which can play the poly-legato ostinatos without machine-gunning. The runs are okay just like the celeste, but these string ostinatos are sounding very...

Hi fellow nerds, I've finally took the time to do a complete orchestral mockup. Learned a lot. Quite pleased with the result myself! Now I need a break. 😂 Thanks @NoamL for the extra pair of ears. Let me know what you think :) Cheers, Thomas

Hey guys, Im searching for the best star wars main title mockup, i saw many, nearly every mockup of that piece in this forum and on youtube. Maybe you can help me by finding good mockups? The best ive heard was from UnofficialButTrue, that guy is a true midi wizard! Im wondering how he got the...

Hey folks, Behind the Score here. We wanted to share our latest blog post discussing rhythm in John Williams' music. This article is the first part of a three-part series, and it focuses on exploring the time signature changes he employed in his compositions. While the first episode covers some...

We all know his models: Wagner, Strauss, etc. Indiana Jones is anyways a great piece , and could be considered in the "canon" of classical music, in my opnion, if it were performed as concert music and set in the symphonic poem form: he fusions there late romantic and avant-garde techniques in...

Hi All, I wanted to see if anybody knows where to find (or how to gain access to) the original (handwritten) conductor's scores for the following John Williams' scores: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Thank you!

Hello everyone! Thought I'd post my sample library mockup of John William's "Hedwig's Theme" from Harry Potter. Would love to hear your thoughts, whether good or bad, on the realism/parts that sound fake. Hope you enjoy it :)

How did he do? Did he use Logic, Cubase? Did someone here studied any score of him?

Here's a little mockup from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by John Williams (I love this score so much !). I did it after buying Infinite Brass a few weeks ago. The goal was to calibrate the library with my current orchestral template and to understand how to achieve a convincing...

Hi folks, These last days, I've been busy doing a mockup of Yoda's Theme, from the Empire Strikes Back by John Williams (1980) in case you lived on another planet for 50 years It was a way to test proof my template and also to study the Master's awesome-detailed-genius writing. It's my first...

Hey all, here's a study of Raiders Of The Lost Ark where Indy switches the bag of sand. I put some observations below but there's likely more to learn here than what I discovered - and maybe even some things I got wrong. Any insights you all have are welcome, especially @Dom Sewell and...

What if Spitfire will make a John Williams composer toolkit (imagine a Kontakt Abbey Road One), a Danny Elfman CT (with the BEST woods shorts in the club, huge choir, some synths that actually sound great and the greatest f-ing ostinatum engine for strings shorts) and a Hans Zimmer CT (organ...

I've been working on a mockup of the Raiders March for the last few hours and i think it's time for some real world exposure. This started as a brass orchestration exercise, and i'll probably never finish it. But i like sharing my unfinished projects anyway so here it is! As always, feedback is...

This is a walkthrough and deep-dive into John Williams use of variation in this film music themes. It's based upon a paper written by Mark Richards, and various tutorials found on the internet. It's main focus is the various techniques and approches John Williams uses to create and vary his...

Hi fellow VI-C members, Here are the first notes of the famous Star Wars "Main Title" programmed with a template mainly made up of the Performance Samples and Spitfire Audio libraries. It was basically inspired by the fabulous mockup produced by Maestro @Blakus almost 2 years ago already in...

I would love any feedback on this. I included my midi notes in the description if you want to have a go with them! John Williams is such a legend!

And I certainly wish he'll be around for a couple more decades! Happy birthday & eternal gratitude, John!

This is a two part question, apologizes if it belongs somewhere else in here. I’m linking two tracks, both military styled. My two questions are 1. What sample library would best fit to capture this type of sound, especially the brass. And 2 who is the father of this sound, who first composed...

Here I am again wiht another Star Wars inspired track. I found a video cut of the Battle Over Coruscant (Star Wars - Episode III at the beginning of the movie) and I decided to wrote an action track on it. It was a really huge amount of work but I hope you enjoy it: Take in account that...

Made a short video for fun.

Hello all! I'm a long time lurker of the forum, but decided to post something for the first time now. Coming from an EDM background, I started learning more about orchestral programming almost two years ago. My first attempt was to recreate The Rise of Skywalker trailer with music by Blakus...

Hi!! my name is Francesco Antonelli. I just started a youtube channel where I try to orchestrate music from movies, video games and bands with orchestrations in logic pro. I would like you to take a look and also publish your youtube channels. I am using the entire Berlin series library. I hope...

In a recent interview with his piano maker (Steinway), he talks about how he still uses pencil and paper. Here is a short excerpt: Q. Do you still compose with a pen? Have you made the shift to a— A. Oh no, I'm not shifting. While composing, I'm scribbling with a pen and throwing pages all over...

I would like to share with you my latest mockup done with mainly Cinematic Studio Series libraries. I really enjoyed doing this. This is one of my favorite soundtrack from John Williams. Hope VI Control followers will like it. Libraries used: - Cinematic Studio Woodwinds (CSW) - Cinematic...

Hi there! I am having severe dificulties in kind of virtualizing these bars from the famous E.T. Flying theme: My interpretation is that, within a bar for e.g. Violin 1, I should play two notes alternately in fuses (3 paralel lines) during 24 repetitions (to complete a 3/2 tempo bar). Am I...

Hey! I have been wondering that has someone else noticed how fricking wide the panning is on The Empire Strikes Back? Why would that be so wide? Is It mixed by different person than the rest of the Star Wars series cause the panning in other soundtracks aren't so wide? And I have to say...

This is a piano cover that I made with the orchestra from EWHO, what do you think, I still really like the sound of HWO, especially the strings. Many thanks

Hey friends! In today's library review, let's break down Vista by Performance Samples, play through the patches, and see what kind of results we get. Enjoy! 0:00 Intro 2:02 5 Violins 4:36 4 Violas 6:16 3 Cellos 7:56 3 Basses 9:30 Full Sustains 10:17 Harp 12:12 3 Violins Overlay 13:11...

Hi friends! In today's video, let's take a look at 5 unique ways that you can use the orchestra to create the feel of Christmas. This is one of my favourite Christmas arrangements, so I hope these devices give you an insight into how this particular arrangement was put together. Enjoy!

Hi everyone! This is my attempt at recreating one of my all-time favorite compositions by John Williams. Please let me know what you think about it.

Hello there, fellow composers! A couple of days ago I decided to venture into making a brief orchestral mockup of "The Asteroid Field" from STAR WARS: The Empire Strikes Back. One of my personal challenges was to keep the essence of the original cue but adding my personal tweaks here and...

This has been in the works for a while. I originally started creating this as a competition entry, but it changed into a much more detailed mockup effort. Jurassic Park's soundtrack was the first movie score that caught my attention as a child and I really wanted to do it proper justice. This...

Hi friends! I’m so excited today to begin a new iteration of my breakdown series, broken down into 3 parts (music theory and composition, orchestration, and mixing). We’ll be taking a look into my newest Disney-style piece Tranquility. Today’s video is the 1st part, where we’ll explore the...

Hello friends! I wanted to share a brand new piece with you, entitled 'Tranquility'. Defined as 'a state of peace and quiet', and inspired by John Williams' 'Luke and Leia's Theme', I hope you feel a sense of stillness and calm during these uncertain times. There is also some passion and emotion...

Before you listen, please keep in mind: 1) I haven't sorted my mix out. I actually don't know how to. Still learning all that business. 2) I can't really read music, so copying 320 bars of absolutely furious John Williams' writing was fucking difficult. Transposing instruments can go fuck...

The responsiveness of SWAM AUDIO is just phenomenal. I wanted to do a demo that showcased that exactly. The moment I heard the SWAM Flute, I couldn't help but think about this piece. "Hagrid's friendly bird" from Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban, Composed by "John Williams". However, I...

Hi friends! In today's video, let's answer a widely asked question: How do you go about mixing live instruments in with an orchestral mockup? Let's discuss 3 considerations, and I hope you'll find these useful and practical for your own workflow. Please enjoy! In case you'd like to hear the...

“Pangea” is my submission for the Professional Composer’s Jurassic Park Music Contest (June 2020). Written in the JW orchestration style of course and produced using StaffPad for iOS. Final stem mixing / mastering performed in ProTools. Libraries used were a combination of Cinesamples and...

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Hi composers! Today, let's dive into one of John Williams' most beautifully moving scores: Flight To Neverland, from the film Hook, and explore the devices that make it such an effective piece of music. Please enjoy! ►► Download the full analysis for free here → https://cutt.ly/ZtbqCEe

20 Free Videos on Film Composition and Orchestration from Ludwin Music I'm posting a new series of video classes on Beginning and Advanced Orchestration, Modern Harmony, Examining The Rite of Spring, Film Music Seminar, Developing Variation, and Writing for Strings...

20 Free Videos on Film Composition and Orchestration from Ludwin Music I'm posting a new series of video classes on Beginning and Advanced Orchestration, Modern Harmony, Examining The Rite of Spring, Film Music Seminar, Developing Variation, and Writing for Strings. This links has 20 short...

Hey guys! Here is a short piece I wrote, featuring Spitfire Epic Brass & Woodwinds, clearly inspired by the phenomenal John Williams. Hope you like it :)

Hello everyone, we're Loop. We're a streaming music service for virtualized surround sound music on headphones. Tonight we'll be showcasing scores in 5.1 from Howard Shore (LotR), Hans Zimmer (Inception), John Williams (Star Wars), and more tonight at 7 PM PST! You can listen to Loop on our...

Hello everyone, you may (or most likely may not) remember that last year I did a mockup of Williams' "Dartmoor, 1912" from War Horse. I recently decided to take a shot at another and this time went for one of my favourite cues from the first Harry Potter film. I had a lot of fun with this one...

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Hello fellow MIDI tweakers, I'd like to share what I've been working on in my free time for the past couple of months. I recently purchased some John Williams scores and wanted to mockup something that to my knowledge hadn't been done before. It was definitely a challenging piece at times (tons...

Well, I barely had time to compose during the last months but I still try my best to finish something and to improve my composing. This track turned out something between Korngold and E.T. I guess?? I hope you like it anyways! best wishes Jorgo

Hi everyone, Here is my midi mockup of Flight to Neverland from Hook by John Williams that I recently finished. Some of my favorite music written by John Williams for the film Hook is is in the cue on the soundtrack called 'Remembering Childhood'. So I was exited when I learned that the Hal...

Hi everyone, Three weeks ago, the new trailer of : Solo: A Star Wars Story released and I thought: "And if I reworked the music in the style of John Williams" Ok it's a little pretentious :) but I saw it more as an exercise to analyse the work of the composer. I hope you like it, let me know...

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A discussion of the melody and harmonic chord structure of Across the Stars by John Williams.

Hey all, Long time lurker, first time poster. I've recently completed an orchestral mockup of The Asteroid Field (Concert Version) by John Williams from The Empire Strikes Back and would like to share it with you all. I'd love any feedback you might have on the performance/mix/mastering; I'm a...

Hi everybody! This is Freddy and Gmo from PulseSetter-Sounds. We wanted to create a video thread for tutorials, walkthroughs and other random thoughts that might be useful to others. Here's our first video: Hope you enjoy!

Hi everyone, Here is my midi mockup of Adventures on Earth from "E.T.", by John Williams that I recently completed. (I know, not another E.T. mockup!) A note on my tempos: The second half I tried to stay more true to the original MCA soundtrack recording. The first half tempos are more in...

At last I had time to experiment a bit and to test all my latest thoughts about the virtual orchestra. So, after Cinematic Studio released their solo strings, this library became a necessary addition to the main library. I tested it a bit and liked result a lot. And then I thought: "Ok, now we...

Just spent a few hours this afternoon having a go at this! I didn't have a recording at hand so its done from memory and I doubt it is all correct but was a bit of fun! Just testing a new template, any feedback for the balance? I haven't really spent a lot of time setting up the reverbs or...

Hi everyone, I put the last hand yesterday to my MIDI mock-up of this wonderful piece from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban's soundtrack. I made it as a programming & mixing exercice for my scoring studies. Enjoy and feel free to tell me what you want to say about it :)

Hey EVERYONE!!! FIRST TIME, LONG TIME COMING! I've been getting into doing these mockups recently and am wondering if any of you guys, with much more expertise than little old me, can point me in the right direction to getting a more convincing sounding orchestra! I think it sounds okay...

My latest composition, which was inspired by Jerry Goldsmith's score from "The Mummy", as well as John William's music from the Indiana Jones series!

Enjoying listening to the use of all the different characters' motifs in the trailer.

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This week's edition of The Samplecast is now live - thanks to the excellent Mr Russ for letting me post in "Sample Talk". Episode #35 packs in news, bargains, developer updates and a review of Heavyocity's "Punish". We're also celebrating John William's 85th birthday by interviewing composer Ed...

Hey everyone, this was my first time doing something of this scale, so just wanted to share it with y'all and get your thoughts. Arsenal: EW Hollywood Orchestra Gold, ProjectSAM Concert Harp, and Ravenscroft 275 in Cubase 7.5. Hope you enjoy it!

Dear friends, once again, I would like to ask you for a constructive feedback on a mockup I made, this time the Theme from Jurassic Park by John Williams. As usual, I am limited by my setup (MBP 16gb ram, EWHO, LASS 2, VSL SE 1,2) but I tried to do the best that I could. Thank you all for your...

I always thought this track from the Force Awakens could have been played by Dream Theater or something. I couldn't resist covering it. Hopefully the crappy editing and drums won't turn you away :0 Soundcloud:

Hey everyone! I've been spending a lot of time lately reducing and analyzing film score cues, and I wanted to share the final products with all of you via my YouTube channel, "FilmScoreAnalysis," which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk_jzTmW2Fmfnm70c2kZHpQ So far, there's...

I've seen some "Rey's Theme" transcriptions but for me "The March of the Resistance" is the jewel of soundtrack for "The Force Awakens". How Williams is able to write a march in 2015 without it sounding corny or cliche speaks volumes on his ability to stay fresh and relevant. When doing the...

Is John Williams spoiling (or giving answers) in The Force Awakens? Something caught my ear in Rey's Theme, so I summoned the NERD in me and had some fun :dancedance: What do you guys think? (besides the obvious..."dude...get a life" hahaha) Just in case...possible Spoiler alert, for those who...

So the score is out today, Honestly I was quite dissapointed from what I heard in the movie, now I am listening to the OST release - I wonder what are your first thoughts?

Fun video I came across. As a guitar player myself it's nice to see how all the parts gel together in a way I can visualise more easily. There's also a link to the individual "guitar section" stems:

My Film Book is finished! Some of your might remember that last year I had to pull this book but it is all good and legit now! The music is the original conductor's scores that I have access to, not take downs. Selections from: Psycho (1960) Bernard Herrmann-Horror Lawrence of Arabia (1962)...