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Hi! I wanted to share this little thing I did to pay homage to the legendary film composer Harry Gregson-Williams with this re-imagined cue of Gone Baby Gone! This movie is a gem, and the score is pure magic! I hope you like it! Gone Baby Gone (re-imagined) - Homage to Harry Gregson-Williams...

By very special request, here's a sample of what we're working on next... Anyone else as big a fan of this score as me? :-D

Looking to download some midi files of some of your mockups that people do, is anyone free to share any midi mockups they've done with the midi file? Thanks

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 Hey I've been trying to get closer to THAT Bear McCreary sound, like God of War. Seems that its mostly recorded in AIR Lyndhurst so i went for those samples as base sound added with CSS series mixed with Berlin Studio. Original Reference: Hope to exchange some thoughts here! Best, Rico

The Batman comic "The Bat-Murderer" is a 4-part detective story from Batman's Bronze age which I loved reading as a kid. In 2016 I composed a soundtrack to it (using the VI Special Edition), and though I've learned a thing or two since then, I found it was worth re-arranging for use with my...

Good morning everyone! I am very excited to present one of my latest projects, a mockup of Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1: I. Morning Mood"! I've been trying to improve my production skills by making mockups of some major works. The goal is to create as realistic-sounding of a representation of...

Hello all, Yet another Batman main title mockup, sorry. This one is made using only EastWest Hollywood Orchestra (Opus) in the interest of learning to use it. I am at the point where I am reasonably happy with the mockup (given my current skill level). However, I could really use some fresh...

Hi! After several months of work, transcribing the orchestral sheet music, editing patiently the midi, the libraries, the project, adjusting every detail i could adjust, i present to you all, the biggest, longest, epic and cpu hungry project i have ever did! This is a mockup of 12 minutes of...

What do the hobby AND professional audience think about live composing streams or live composing "log" videos? - dos - don´ts - suggestions - best and worse examples - visual settings? Some questions: 1. Can you follow it along just by ear? 2. Does the composer needs to talk or not? 3...

I just wanted to share my recent mockup of Metamorphosen using Dorico and NotePerformer. Metamorphosen is my favorite piece, so I tried to make it sound good. Here's a video of the score, but the audio is a bit delayed because I added it in later:

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 everyone, Thanks for stopping by again :) This is a short Main Theme I composed for a spoof Sci-Fi/Adventure web series inspired by that era of filmmaking. Another 'episode' of my piano roll series. I've had an absolute blast composing this score. The series' name is The Adventures of...

Hi everyone, Thanks for stopping by again :) Here's a high-energy piece I composed for the trailer of 'Dungeon of Destiny' video game. Doing my best to keep that YouTube series I mentioned in the 'Magical Fantasy theme' thread going, so this is the second video in it. This cue is more about...

Hi everyone, Here's an Orchestral Fantasy cue I created for a video game some time ago. I decided to revive my long-forgotten YouTube channel and start posting some 'piano rolls' there. My mockup skills have improved since this one was created, however, I just thought that this piece might be...

First I want to thank @Alex W for making these libraries, as well as updating them so they've become even better 🙏 I've used CSS since it came out, and it's been the library that made me want to write orchestral music again (cause it just sounds more real to me). Adding a few live instruments...

Hi! Here's a track from TRON: Legacy that I remade for some practice and skill-building. I was really happy with how the brass turned out! - Pat

I've been trying to learn sound design / synth layering with orchestra by mocking up some more Hans Zimmer pieces. Libraries used: Albion One Spitfire Appassionata PS Fluid Shorts Cinebrass Cinewinds LAMP Audio Ollie Scoring Synths Learned after this exercise that I need to embrace some low...

Just a quick mockup of the first 50 seconds, using one of my favourite string pairings (Vista with a bit of HWS violins)! There are a couple of lines that use Appassionata cellos as well as AR pizz. Pacific for the Harp as well as plenty of SSB and SSW. Feel free to critique away! Hope you enjoy!

Performance Samples' Pacific Strings Spitfire Audio's Appassionata, Abbey Road One: Orchestral Foundations, Legendary Low Strings and Thematic Horns, Solo Strings, Harp, Originals Intimate Strings and Dan Keen's Soft String Textures CSS Brass Fluffy Audio's Dominus Choir Pro East West's...

Here is my Epic Version of The Legend of Zelda : Tears of the Kingdom. And here is the list of the Librarires used for it Cheers :) WOODWINDS Flutes Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds Piccolo Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds Clarinet Spitfire Symphonic Woodwinds Oboe Berlin Woodwinds English Horn...

Hi all! Since I thought there can never be enough of those, I attempted my first mockup of the Star Wars: Main Title for some template testing and programming exercise (and celebrate Star Wars day!). I would appreciate any feedback from you guys, I saw some mockup-experts hanging around here...

Hey Vi-Control! I’m revisiting a favourite piece of mine that I attempted to mockup a couple of years ago when I was fairly new to mockups and orchestral music as a whole. I don’t think I did it justice back then so it was about time I went back and applied what I’ve learnt since! The samples...

Hei, the mockup covers the first 33 bars. I am deeply in love with this soothing track any feedback is appreciated

Hey guys! I recently picked up Pacific Ensemble Strings and have been loving it! I made a mockup in collaboration with a close friend of mine, who prepared a score for this project. Would love to see what you guys think of it! I would really appreciate any thoughts or opinions on it. :) Also...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and I wanted to share my Mock-Up with you. I'd love some feedback regarding music production. Thank you! (I used mostly Audio Imperia Nucleus, then CSB, Damage, Oceania Choir, CSS) Flying Dutchman Mock-Up

Being a massive fan of the Bloodborne game soundtrack, I wanted to have a go at creating a mockup of one of my favorite boss themes, the Living Failures. It was all done by ear since I can't read sheet music, so it took a while for me to make (1 month) and I'm sure there is a bunch of mistakes...

Hey All! Here's my mock-up Of Lorne Balfe's amazing Title Theme for the BBC/HBO series 'His Dark Materials'! Featuring Mostly Performance Samples & Spitfire with a bit of East West! With this one I really wanted to push my mixing!

I recently got me the printed score to "Batman" and studied some of the tracks. Then I wanted to know how my current orchestral template holds up when I fill it with the notes. Here's the result that I put on YT earlier today. Here's also a screenshot of my instrument tracks and separate...

Hey! Here’s some 60h-ish of work trying to get brass sound good! And it’s was not so easy.

Reference Track Two of my recent template rebuild is Rey's Theme, from The Force Awakens. Yes, I was feeling bold enough to attempt something in the style of The Master, John Williams. This piece is a by-ear transcription, so the orchestration is definitely off... but I feel like it's pretty...

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 VI-C people, I'm currently tweaking my orchestral template, and thought I post it here. I used these libraries: Aaron Venture Woodwinds / Brass OT Berlin Woodwinds / Brass / Strings / Timpani Spitfire Symphonic Strings / Harp SWAM Strings (just a tad for layering) Good Old EWQLSO Cymbals...

Hi everyone. I've transcribed a simple orchestral piece that I really like, made a mockup for it and also thought I'd do a bit of writing on the process. I hope you enjoy it, I will also leave a link to the original recording in the end of my post, so feel free to comment/criticize. I'm...

Hi all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I was especially in the Halloween spirit this year and wrote this score for the title sequence of Hocus Pocus (which I just rewatched for the first time in 10+ years, still a great watch). Orchestral mockups are new territory for me, and I would very...

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...

Another orchestration exercise by yours truly. This time i made a mockup of the first 6-ish minutes of Beethoven's 10th (The Barry Cooper arrangement, not the AI one). I'm not 100% happy with the mix but i've been around this for too much time already and my ears are getting tired for today...

I was going to release a new mockup but in light of the new CSS update 1.7 I will post about this one from a couple months ago. The truth is it has the same problem I am dealing with now. I am looking for a more convincing mix that sounds as realistic as yours does. Mine seems a little flat by...

*If there is another thread pls redirect* I observed many walkthroughs and it looks that Cymbals are a problem. Is there a VST that has many BASIC articulations in an organized manner? Dynamics, damping, timbre, and mallets are VERY RIGID in everything i observed until now. SO far what i...

Hey guys, I recently scored a production of a new play about Hercules, and I thought I'd share some of the mockups. Hydra is my favorite, please take a listen! The rest of the soundtrack is on youtube/spotify/applemusic/whatever. Libraries Used: Abbey Road One Appassionata Strings...

Hello Fellow Composers - I will be premiering a new work "Libera Me" for choir and string orchestra on YouTube today (July 22 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern (USA). I would be honored for you to join me in the chat. I'll be glad to discuss the music and mock-up in that chat, in this post, or via...

Hi, hope you're doing well. I have been working on a mockup and would like some feedback! I am specifically looking for feedback on anything midi production and volume balancing, but I am open to any feedback! Here is a link to the original piece if anyone is interested. Thanks in advance...

This theme is my first experience with being absolutely mesmerized by the sound of the orchestra. I simply love the 90's - sound with narrower stereo image, close-mic'ing and no fear of motives being developed and repeated. I allowed myself to some small artistic decisions in the intro, and also...

So I found this thing of using negative delay and then quantize all tracks when you do a film score mockup. Many people say that results are good and that most famous composers and assistants do this. (Only tracks played manually without quantization would be piano and solo instruments.)...

Hi everyone, I'm very excited to share MIDI Mockup Secrets with you! This course is designed to take your orchestral mockups up a big notch, uncovering the core techniques used by professional MIDI orchestrators every day to achieve full, realistic, and rich mockups. By the end of MIDI...

Just an exercise i'm currently doing to improve my orchestration skills. It's not complete, not mastered, not anything. Feedback more than welcome!

Hey fellow VI'ers, Happy New Year!! :shocked: So, I don't often post here, but as I came across this little gem - quick tips guide today, I thought that this was worth a mention. Anne-Kathrin Dern, an upcoming composer, with some great projects under her belt, has a stream of really useful and...

Hiya gang. Bless the rains down at Omni Publishing, I was so excited to get my hands on the published score for Powell's sublime HTTYD. Here's my attempt at my favourite cue from the score, "Forbidden Friendship". It's a phenomenal piece of music, and very tricky to get right. Hope you enjoy...

Hi everyone, I would like to get a recommendation on mockups that you think are suitable for beginners to do. I composed a couple of orchestral tracks so far but would like to try with a mockup to see how will that go. Which soundtracks could be good to start with? Thanks!

Hi, I made a midi mockup of part of the song Music of the Night (composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber) instrumental for sustained ensemble strings. I referred to the below video (from 2:40 to 3:25). The midi attached includes only CC1 automation controlling dynamic crossfades which I think is...

Hello everyone! Here's my latest updated mockup. Hope you'll like it, let me know!

Hey friends! I had the pleasure of producing, orchestrating, mixing, and mastering this beautiful Christmas song, written by Kelsey Mira and Robin Sandoval! I hope it brings you cheer and good vibes during this season. Please enjoy!

Hi, I didn't know this existed, im 19 yo, besides my studies and all I make music. I entered Berklee College of Music but couldn't go bc of the money. I really love film and videogame soundtrack, it creates an emotional bond with the music that lasts forever. I have a lot of emotional...

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How's the velocity fix/ clean up workflow like in Cubase or say logic? Any tips? I am new to Cubase. Use DP in past. Trying to improve the mockup of my orchestral music. In DP I will open event list and fix the data there. (manually input the data- and use fix veloclety and fix duration very...

Here is the first completed part(1 of 4) of my first attempt at a mockup.(most recent update on 11/16/22) It's the theme from The Alamo composed by Dimitri Tiomkin. So far I'm not really enjoying this process. Too much time spent fiddling with volumes and timing and not enough time spent making...

Hi everyone! World of Warcraft is undoubtedly one of the most popular video game ever made, and one of the main factors that has contributed to its success is its amazing soundtrack. Today I share with you a mockup of a theme that alliance players and the WoW community in general hold close to...

I spent the last few weeks working on this tune. I actually started writing the revised Bond theme arrangement and variations upon God Save The Queen. Any comments a warmly welcome ! Video version (my first DAWcast !) : Audio only : The video took me a LOT of time - I'm learning Resolve...

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...

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Lately, I've been working on making a mockup of an excerpt from Rimsky Korsakov's Sheherazade, one of my favorite classical piece. This is my first mockup made from a sheet score. This has been done in order to "test drive" my template, especially the balance between section and room cohesion...

And some Alan...

Staffpad rules. After 25 years working from Emagic Logic, through ProTools and Cubase to Sibelius, Finale and Notion, finally somebody has gotten it right. This interface and playback intelligence is groundbreaking. It has essentially erased the achingly fidgety DAW gap between the page and the...

Hi guys, I hope you are having a great new year so far. I wanted to share my new Hunger Games mockup suite, featuring 13-minutes of music I've arranged from all four movies in the franchise. Most of the libraries were orchestral tools and spitfire. For the Hanging tree section, I got the vocal...

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

How do you get that orchestral film score sound? What are the key mixing elements to achieving that sound? It always seems "set back" and has a unique sound quality. Where do you aim to have peak dBFS and LUFS for the loudest part of a piece (in mixing and/or mastering) Do you apply any EQ...

Hey everyone, This is my first orchestral mockup of a real composition by the grand daddy of soundtracks John Williams. I've noticed that a lot of people usually mock up the 'Main theme' or the 'Force theme', so I wanted to do something different and see if I can get at least somewhat close to...

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...

Hey everybody, I woke up this morning with these few bars from the Inception soundtrack in my head, so I made this loop between breakfast and shaving, really. It's made from memory, so no reference track. What do you guys think - any good? I'm planning on doing a comprensive study on this...

Please be generous with me here! :shocked: Second time I try a mockup. I made this for practice reasons by only watching and listening to an orchestral performance on YouTube, no sheet papers etc. Therefore, some instruments are missing for sure. Besides reverb, it's completely unmixed. Also I...

Ragazze i ragazzi, Here's my personal hommage to the great maestro Ennio Morricone. He was hugely influencial to me, and the first music I can remember in my life (3 years old). Of course, it borrows everything from his style, arranging, creativity and a lot of this 60's-70's Cineccità sound...

Yo! A lot of my libraries sit there waiting for my attention, so I'd thought I'd give them some. I applied them to the Dragonheart theme, hope ya's enjoy the nostalgia! Libraries used: NOVO Essentials (to thicken the strings) Jaeger Symphony Series Strings (for con sordino) Symphony Series...

Does anyone have suggestions on the most efficient way to create MIDI note runs with odd number tuplets? e.g. 5, 7, 9, 11 notes per beat? Thank you in advance!

Hi all! I'm a professional orchestrator working from London UK and though it would be cool to share a video breaking down the process of going from mockup to score to studio session in Budapest: There are also some extra long in-depth videos where I do a fly-on-the-wall video of the entire...

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...

In your opinion, if I wanted to make a mockup of a piece from the soundtracks of "Dinosaur" by James Newton Howard, "Avatar" by James Horner, or any other soundtrack with a feeling of African rhythms, which libraries would you recommend? Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! Just sharing something that i've been working on during this quarantine/lockdown period. I've been completely in love with music of Henri Dutilleux for a couple of years now and I've been wanting to do an orchestration of one of his Piano Preludes for ages, as an exercise to...

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Hi Guys, I've recently did a mock up of "A Watchful Guardian" from Batman The Dark Knight. Tell me what you think! I did it on Cubase 10.5 I've mainly used Spitfire for the short strings and CSS for the long strings. The Brass are a medley of Berlin Brass, JXL Brass and Trailer Brass (For the...

Hi everyone A mockup for this well-known piece. Software I have used: Cubase - Especial Edition VOL 1 & 1 PLUS - Vienna instrument Pro - Virtualsoundstage - Valhalla room reverb I accompanied it with a video to make it more enjoyable. Feedback, criticism and opinions are welcome Greetings

Hi there ! Here's a new cue I made over the last weeks on my rare spare time. This time, my personal challenge was to use only 1 library : Orchestral Tools Time Micro. Oh yeah, that's a gooood one ! No effects were used in the process, only the mic positions. Only a bit of mastering...

Hi guys, Here's a new tune that took me some efforts to achieve and is a first try with my updated template. The inspiration is quite obvious. Any advice on writing, arranging, mixing, mastering, etc. will be rewarded with Bertie Bott's beans. It's nothing ambitious or serious or...

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...

Hello. My name is Robert Paul Hirsh.I am a composer,producer and arranger with extended experience in music industry.I am offering my services as composer,assistant composer and/or arranging ,paid gigs,only(no internship or volunteer).I am also open to relocate if the payment is adequate.I am...

This is my mockup of the first minute of Rey's Theme. Usually I use virtual orchestra instruments only for my own compositions, so this is my first mockup. Cinematic Studio Strings, Cinematic studio Brasses, Orchestral Tools Woodwinds and Percusion, Master Solo Woodwinds.

Hello everyone! I'm a new user from Pennsylvania. I am a composer (orchestral and band music mostly) and I also do a lot with MIDI mock-ups. I'm excited to get on here a little--I've been lurking a long time! Best! Cody

This is a cue from a short I scored. The director had a very specific vision but no budget for real singers, so I bought this library and programmed all the words in. I would love to know what an experienced ear thinks of the realism- any "tells" that make it obvious it was not a live choir...

Here is my recent composition, which is my first finished track (!). I started the process by finding motifs, harmony and countervoices with a pianosketch. The tempo has later been adjusted, and all themes have been re-recorded to match the individual instruments used in the mockup. Libraries...

Howard Shore has been an intimidating musical presence in my life. I’ve always loved his work and transcribing it has been a tremendous joy. I can’t encourage you enough to spend the time transcribing the music you love. You’ll discover how your champions think. And it'll enrich your...

Hi, listen to this: I need to understand the choir part 00:30 - 00:44 and the part 01:01 - 01:18. I mean, I know the chords (C minor - C major and C minor - Ab minor) but I don't understand the length (the timings) of this parts (the choir feels organic because doesn't last the same time on...

Hey guys! This is my 1st thread on the V.I. and i think i should post my mockup of this incredible track. Maybe you have some comments, or thoughts. Thanks for listening.

Composer Sascha Knorr provides an in-depth insight into producing a demo track for Iconica Opus. Sascha describes the process of composition and MIDI programming with Iconica’s instruments, articulations and different microphone positions to show the quality and realism that can be achieved...

After finally taking everyones advice about transcribing more, I mocked up this version of Furukawas wonderful little piece. He has kindly provided scores for several of his compositions on his website: Takeshi Furukawa Berlin Orchestra + Garritan CFX Lite Piano, Pianoteq Clavichord, VSS3...

This is my mockup of the introduction's theme from Shawshank Redemption film. A music from one of my favorite composers, Thomas Newman. I used EWQL Symphonic Orchestra and 8Dio Adagietto layering for strings. EWQLSO and Organic Samples for Horns. From soundtrack:

Hi all, I just bought Spitfire Studio Strings not long ago, and I thought it would be great to do a quick comparison with the other Spitfire Strings libraries. :) Legatos Shorts

Here's my mockup of Gustav Holst's Mercury from the Planets. This was commissioned by Audio Modeling. I've also made a video on my process (Making Mercury) for creating large instrumental sections with modeled instruments. That's on Audio Modeling's Youtube channel.

I've had the composer cloud for probably about a year now and I still find new things every day. Today I found out that the symphonic orchestra includes some Wagner Tuba patches! Very cool! One of my favorite auxiliary instruments. It seems to blend pretty well with the newer hollywood orchestra...