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I am looking for some haunted presets for Pigments that would work with horror / dark themes for scoring movies/games. I saw there are some great ones on Arturia's website but anyone can recommend anything aside this?

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"...undeniably good and full of sonic details" Hey everybody, We're really proud to announce that STRANDS has been awarded 5 STARS in this month's Sound On Sound magazine. STRANDS - A Cinematically Sound Designed Collection of Bowed and Electronic Instrumentation. Checkout the review...

Hello Community, Let's say I receive a gig about scoring a student short film, should I say as a film composer, I should do it for free or charge the filmmaker? Because from what I just heard, he was hoping it to be more like a collaboration.

Hello Everyone, I'm going to make a mockup/cover of some classical pieces and looking for workflow suggestions on how to approach it. These are mostly exercises to help me continue learning Logic and production, and can think of a few ways to do this but with my lack of experience and...

Hi!, I've been working in films and Series for almost 12 years, I'm living in Madrid since las year (I'm from Argentina). For years I have been thinking about how to enter the music industry for video games and I don't even know where to start...haha, I notice that the producers and directors I...

I know that Cubase, DP and Logic are the most popular programs used for scoring and composing here, however... I believe Ableton is underrated for these kinds of work. There are certain features that make it pretty useful for working with video and orchestral music: - warping is extremely...

I'm working off a template I made, but for every project file/cue, I have to load in the entire movie to a video track, then trim it to the length of the scene I'm scoring. I'm assuming this eats into my memory. Is there a way to point the project to the location of the video, as in have the...

What's up guys. I've composed digitally for all my time as a composer, but lately I've started to feel I'd be better off switching to traditional sheet music and a piano for the sake of experience or workflow (i.e. analog versus digital synths). I also think this would encourage more original...

Hey friends, I'm so excited to share a brand new composing competition with you! The last one I did was a few years ago, so I thought it would be a great moment to kick off 2023 strong with some music making. For all the details on entry, deadline, and prizes (free courses, libraries from...

Hello, I'm not sure it is the right forum to post this question, had to guess by elimination... A few days ago, I've watched this short James Newton Howard interview in his studio: As most of you already know, his main DAW is Cubase. But I noticed Ableton Live (if I am not mistaken) on the...

Hi everyone! I would like to know what free video player vst I can get, in order to be able to play a video in sync with the rest of my DAW. Thank you very much!

Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce Studio One Scoring Tools, an add-on for film scoring and media production in PreSonus Studio One. Check out the announcement video: More tutorials and feature walkthrough videos to come in the next few weeks. MAJOR FEATURES Track Visibility Commands &...

In this special Halloween edition of Soundiron Session Craig Peters takes you through his composition scoring an animated horror short. WATCH NOW You can download this video clip and score it yourself for a chance to win $250 in Soundiron store credit. Last day to enter will be October 31st...

Hi everyone! Jan from Treeswift Audio here, or sin(x) around these parts :) Last week, we've put out Zebra Elementals: AERA, the second chapter in our series of unique and organic instruments for u-he's amazing, semi-modular software synth Zebra2. The library consists of 120 creative, flexible...

Hey everyone! Jan from Treeswift Audio here, or sin(x) around these parts when I'm off-duty. I'm super excited to share some recent news with y'all – we just released our new soundset for u-he Zebra2! It's cool! And it's on discount! Oh boy! (Sorry, I'm running on too much coffee at this...

Hi all, Since I've heavily invested in Cubase 12 Pro, I don't have the time to learn Dorico 4 Pro. Id rather just sell this asset and invest in something else, like another sound library. I use PayPal only, for the security of both buyer and seller. This is the new, non-USB digital license.

As part of the release of our Lost Piano sample library, we’ve made a short film for you to create your very own score to. The competition is free to enter and you’ll be in with a chance to win some prizes as well as get your work heard by our esteemed judging team. WATCH THE FILM, READ ALL THE...

Hi, Just curious if this is a thing people do? I have drums and bass playing in sync as normal but it's a little cramped in that area once dialogue and sfx go in. Is it a normal idea to maybe pull the bass and or drums to the right a little? My thinking is that orchestra set ups have basses...

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Considering getting heavyocity gravity while it's on sale. Is it worth it in 2021 or are there alternatives that came out in the past 5 years that are better? I'm specifically interested in the impacts and whoosh designers, partly for scoring but for song as well. I'm looking for something...

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Hi there! I'm very excited to announce the release of our new Synchron Elite Strings! The Synchron Elite Strings is a chamber sized string ensemble (6, 5, 4, 4, 3 players) with a flexible and vivid sound, recorded in Stage A of the Synchron Stage Vienna. You will get tons of articulations...

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Just noticed a Youtube video from Martin Heidenreich, where he does a walkthrough of how he composed his piece for the L'Abbraccio Piu Forte animation. See the artist's website below, for information and to download the short film. https://valerioberruti.com/labbraccio-piu-forte/

Just received notification of a YouTube video from FMC, which is their trailer for the various competitions being run: I think these are all paid competition entries.

Hi there, as a new member I'm grabbing the chance to announce one of my newest compositions: "Trance Trailer." Trance Trailer is for the main part "Uplifting Trance" including typically film trailer elements. I merged both worlds into one epic piece. I used Omnisphere, Soundmaster One and 2...

We are excited to announce that DYSTOPIAN GUITARS is out! OVERVIEW TRAILER This is our most ambitious release to date at PulseSetter Sounds as we aimed to cover most of your cinematic hybrid guitar needs. With 3 years in the making and fashioned from the perspective of working...

THE NEW BAZANTAR 39-STRING ACOUSTIC BASS In 1607 Italian composer, Claudio Monteverdi, wrote his opera "Orfeo". The opera required a larger string section (15 viols) complimented by an assortment of smaller ensembles. In the 1700s the viols got replaced by the new Violin family. The...

Hi there, Lately I thought to expose more of French film composers, probably unknown to most of us. Why ? Because I think there's a special vibe in French film music, something I can't really find in European and US scoring. So, I will post here bio & links for composers from any period of...

Composer here from Orlando, FL. Just saying hello and wanted to share my newly updated website: www.tylerkoontzmusic.com Hope everyone is staying safe and doing well! Tyler

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I would be interested in orchestral scoring templates for Cubase Pro 10.5 and Studio One 4.6 Pro if anyone would like to share them. Thanks!

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I am one of those who are amazed by the music of Tom and Jerry, and similar cartoons that don't have much dialogue and are only supported by very good background music. I tried to do this to one of the Avengers scenes. I cut and just took a scene without dialogue and then tried to make funny...

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I just purchased a few Spitfire libraries, the main one being BBC SO. I have been trying to find out what the best notation/scoring software would be and was/am hoping Presonus Notion 6 would be a good option, especially since I use Studio One 4.5 Pro. I contacted customer support at Spitfire...

Over the last weeks, I got the oppertunity to write filmscore to picture for the first time. "To those We leave behind" is a no-budget short film project, written, directed and edited by a good friend of mine. It is the story about two estranged sisters, who have to stick together on a journey...

Ensemble Engine based Scoring Tool - Massive Hybrid Twin to The Orchestra What is future? How does your universe sound? What does infinity mean? Elysion is our big answer for big questions! A huge and incredibly fast scoring tool, perfectionated to fill the space with inspiration. Score the...

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Hey composers! Today we're diving into my first course review - all about film scoring for the individual who wants to dip their toes into the field, and learn the best practices for navigating through this industry. Please enjoy! :) Check out the course here...

Hi!, I just want to share 2 Chamber strings + Piano and Harp Recording, it's part of music that I composed for a Drama Film.

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If you could choose only one per category, i.e (Solo Strings, would be separate from the orchestral range of string libraries). Which Libraries are a must-have and why? I am trying to build myself a collection of libraries that I would be able to compose almost any orchestral score with...

Hi All. I've recently bought Scoring Synths from Audio-Ollie. I've played with it for a while. Being honest, I think I'm just too lazy for this library :D it is very complicated, and there's so much you can do with the samples and presets, literally everything. It sounds gorgeous, reminds me a...

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Hi Everyone! To celebrate the two year anniversary of Sonixinema, we have released a Sample Pack with a handpicked collection of some of the best sounds from Primal: Glass & Metallic Instruments! Including cinematic loops, dark textures, fierce risers and a selection of one-shots from an...

Hi Guys, I'm a new member on the V.I Planet :emoji_earth_africa::emoji_earth_americas: and I'm asking your help and advices. For many years I used mainly Finale 2010 to write and compose my projects. But now I want to enter in the 21th Century... I'm looking for a software that could mix the...

I just want to share with you my orchestral Reel with Recordings in New Zealand with the NZSO and the Park Road production Team, and also in Skopje Macedonia. I've learned a lot in this forum and It's a pleasure to show you what I do.

2018 has been a crazy year for Sonixinema! Not only have we opened our brand new sampling studio in London, we have also just launched our new website filled with blogs and weekly Youtube vlogs where we will be showing you exclusive behind the scenes footage of Sonixinema at work! Check it all...

Announcing SampleHero’s 2nd Scoring Competition!! The Winner will receive SampleHero’s prestigious “Outstanding Composition Award," to display in their studio! All currently available SampleHero products! (That's over $1,000.00 in goodies!) Their name, face and track will be featured on the...

Curious to hear what working film and TV composers have found, and what they think is easier, where are the pitfalls / benefits? So, if you have the time...thanks, share your knowledge! IMO; I think I'd be fine delivering the stems and not so protective letting the overlords mess around with...

Good afternoon to all! My name is Igor, I'm a composer from Moscow. I want to present my music to you. And thanks in advance for your feedback. Any opinion has the right to exist. And have a nice day to everyone!

Hey all! I'm new here so thought I'd open up by sharing a concept I've been experimenting with recently. The idea being, to score an abstract conceptual statement that defines a scene to a specified genre. For example, on one of the days, I would play with new colors and timbre concepts within...

Hello everybody, I’m proud to present to you two new showreels of my friend Julien Patoue (Film Director) on which ones, i composed the music : One being based on a song written for the occasion (Wedding Song) on which Julien followed the rhythm of the song while giving indications of pace of...

Hi all, How do you handle working on several score cues of the same project on Cubase? I usually have them all on one project, I set a marker for each cue to go back and forth, but I have a problem that when I want to change the tempo of one cue, it ruins the syncing of the rest of the cues that...

It's one of my favorite mediums of art and i figure i can't be the only one obsessed, there's some pretty great stuff... Would love to hear other people's fav's and get some inspo as i hope to work on one in the future! Here are some of my pics: Spirited Away - "One Summer's Day" by: Joe...

Hi everybody, Hope you all have a happy New Year's eve, and 2018 is a good one. Here is my submission to the latest Spitfire Audio competition, enjoy:

Hi, I have been working on stereo so Far, but now I feel that I should consider upgrading to 5.1, I work for television Primarily and In India, 5.1 is still not used much in TV commercials or programs, but I still want to do it, Need advise on setting up budget 5.1 surround system from you guys...

This might not be the right place to post this, so everyone please feel free to tell me to bog off somewhere else if I'm in the wrong place! I'm scoring a movie at the moment and the Director has just sent me a new cut of the video for a scene. It looks almost exactly the same as the original...

Hello to everyone! I'm a semi professional composer and piano player. I love benefit of digital workstation but I'm a kind of old school guy regarding a process of composing. I love working on my 1973 Petrof upright piano, so I invented a kind of notebook holder which helps me to write down...

Hi, Is there anyone who uses analog summing for film / tv scores? I'm considering x-desk or a sigma, but think that maybe it's hard with stems and tweaks? Thanks!

Hello everyone, I've been a lurker on this forum for a while, but I have just recently gotten back into composing. In the past, my workflow has always been to compose "by hand" manually (no instrument, just mouse and keyboard) in scoring software and then exporting the MIDI to Cubase, where I...

Hi! I'm thinking of eventually making some bigger investments into Orchestral Sample Libraries... Until now i've only used free stuff (Sonatina SO, pocketblackus Cello, Cubase Halion Piano); now i want to get some fine stuff for really starting to do epic compositions that sound great (and...

I recently had the chance of getting my hands on Gothic Instruments string-based ambience generator DRONAR Live Strings and gave it a proper test run. "DRONAR Live Strings is Gothic Instruments’ latest addition to the developer’s acclaimed DRONAR series of virtual instruments.Performed by the...

I had the pleasure of testing Sonokinetic's brand-new aleatoric orchestral phrase library ESPRESSIVO for Epicomposer.com. "With Espressivo, Sonokinetic expands their renowned range of phrase-based orchestral sample libraries and adds a cinematic toolkit inspired by the musical style of iconic...

Moderators please delete if against the rules of this page. Hi guys i'm just wondering if any of you kind people could take five mins out to do my survey on what it takes to be a composer in today's industry? I would very much appreciate any participation as it's for my thesis...

Hi there guys. As this is the largest collection of extremely talented audio people on the internet, I would really appreciate any and all feedback on this track. I am trying to get into trailer music, but my long term goal is film.

So I've been listening to Two Steps From Hell for years and have always loved their work. It's different because it doesn't sound like it's specifically made for trailers, you can actually listen to it as it's own entity and immerse yourself in the music. But I've always wondered why he has...

Shared sessions are coming up in November with Full orchestra and String orchestra. Half hour portions can be booked on a discounted rate. November 10 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba 40 strings (12-10-8-6-4) Costs: $937 (per half-hour session)...

Hi there everyone, I'm Nick Garrett, and I currently reside in Auckland, New Zealand. Just thought I'd pop my Soundcloud up here and introduce myself. My goal is to work on films and games, and I am currently tossing up whether or not I should move to the US or stay in NZ for a while. Any...

Hi folks, I've been following this forum for quite some time and finally decided to join. I hope to meet interesting people here who share the same passion as me. In the last 10 years I've been working with some national and international artist, mainly pop and dance music. Nowadays my focus...

Hi to all! I've just recorded the music for a thriller featured film, it was a very small strings recording session. I'd like to share with you some videos from this session. I hope you enjoy it! Score https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9roczv27xj7h8m/TM LA POCIMA +03 00 57 10 DIRECTOR.pdf?dl=0