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Anyone got any free midi file downloads for mockup covers of orchestral movie themes?

Ben Botkin's mockups and Orchestral Tools demos are some of the best I've ever heard. Check out his work on youtube and get in touch with him here:

www.benbotkin.com

Benjamin Botkin - Film/TV/Videogame Composer

Benjamin Botkin is a composer who specializes in custom film scoring and videogame scoring. He has a passion for crafting excellent music that moves the emotions and tells powerful stories.
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Guest20 said:
Thanks, I've seen both before and have downloaded their work. Do you know of anyone else?
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I know from experience just how much is there so you don't need anything else other than for hoarding.

The available ones are:
Ashton Gleckman
Lorne Balfe
Benjamin Botkin (paid)
Daft punk Adagio for Tron

There's also the John Williams midi site but those are not for mockups, just midi.

And as far as we know, that's it. I swear, it's enough.
 
Guest20 said:
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
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Whenever you see a white "Play"-button with a blue background on VSL's "Music" site, there's a full-blown tutorial waiting in the background. Most of the time there's a plain MIDI file in addition to the sequencer project. All in all there are about 150 tutorials, quite a few of them from the film music genre:

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Dietz said:
Whenever you see a white "Play"-button with a blue background on VSL's "Music" site, there's a full-blown tutorial waiting in the background. Most of the time there's a plain MIDI file in addition to the sequencer project. All in all there are about 150 tutorials, quite a few of them from the film music genre:

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Great tip! Thanks for sharing.
 
Guest20 said:
Thanks so much, where is the "Exodus" file from btw? Like what movie?
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I thought at first that the answer was obviously Exodus! But on listening to it I realise that it bears no resemblance to the stirring theme I remember from 1960. I've no idea what it is.
 
I have been releasing Soundtracks by ear for some years, you can listen to them in the YouTube link. I would have to organize the instruments and rename them so that you could understand something coherent, the truth is that it is a very tedious job and I don't know if it would be worth it. You can notice the improvement from the older covers to the recent ones, of course the latter are made with better libraries but also with more patience, which is what I really recommend.
If there are any of my covers that you are very, very, very, very interested in, I can try it.

 
Sounds good, great work. A few people who do this release midi files for others (like me) for study so maybe consider releasing them if you want
javarnayu said:
I have been releasing Soundtracks by ear for some years, you can listen to them in the YouTube link. I would have to organize the instruments and rename them so that you could understand something coherent, the truth is that it is a very tedious job and I don't know if it would be worth it. You can notice the improvement from the older covers to the recent ones, of course the latter are made with better libraries but also with more patience, which is what I really recommend.
If there are any of my covers that you are very, very, very, very interested in, I can try it.

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Even though going through the MIDI and mocking it up from that is a great way to study, I'd argue you'd get an even bigger bang for your buck if you also try to really listen to every note and then play/click them in yourself.

I feel I always learn a lot more when I do that, plus it's great ear training. It takes a bit more time, but I'd say it's worth it, unless you're in a hurry or something.

You'll also find that not all MIDI files are created equal, so you'll end up with something that you have to tweak (sometimes heavily) anyway to make it sound more like the original.

So yeah... make sure to also use your ears and avoid copy-pasting is what I'd recommend. :barefoot:
 
quickbrownf0x said:
Even though going through the MIDI and mocking it up from that is a great way to study, I'd argue you'd get an even bigger bang for your buck if you also try to really listen to every note and then play/click them in yourself.

I feel I always learn a lot more when I do that, plus it's great ear training. It takes a bit more time, but I'd say it's worth it, unless you're in a hurry or something.

You'll also find that not all MIDI files are created equal, so you'll end up with something that you have to tweak (sometimes heavily) anyway to make it sound more like the original.

So yeah... make sure to also use your ears and avoid copy-pasting is what I'd recommend. :barefoot:
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Thanks for the advice, I'll try to see if I can make it work
 
Dietz said:
Whenever you see a white "Play"-button with a blue background on VSL's "Music" site, there's a full-blown tutorial waiting in the background. Most of the time there's a plain MIDI file in addition to the sequencer project. All in all there are about 150 tutorials, quite a few of them from the film music genre:

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Today. I was today years old when I learned about this. 🤦‍♂️ And I've been hanging around in VSL's Academy page for years!
 
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