Welcome to my Trailer Music School where I teach how to write amazing Trailer music.
I know the problem you face. You’ve written a piece of music that uses orchestral samples, like strings samples for example, and it isn’t sounding anything like the Hollywood score you hoped it would… So, how do you make your orchestra sound real? I have listed 13 ways...
Learn what signature sounds in trailer music are and how you can create your own.
I know the problem you have when it comes to finding good free string VST plugins. You want great-sounding strings without spending any money. But there is a problem. So many of the posts listing “best free string VST plugins” list all of the free VSTs whether they sound good...
In this post, I am going to show you how I wrote The Glass Onion trailer music. This track was written as part of an album of dark, quirky, driving string quartet pieces that were trailerized. The basic brief was aimed at HBO promos, dramas, and thrillers. Basically starting with...
I get it. You’ve found trailer music and you want to start writing your own, but you’re not sure how to start? Don’t worry, I can help Trailer music follows the three-act structure of storytelling and filmmaking. Before we explore this in more detail, I want to...
I wrote a piece of music for a trailerized string quartet last year. It recently got placed and became The Lost King trailer music. As you know I am a huge fan of sharing, especially sharing my knowledge, experience, and process. I want to share with you exactly how I...
I am a huge fan of Marvel and the MCU. Marvel Studios has just released the trailer for Secret Invasion and I wanted to take a look at it and do a breakdown of the trailer music. It’s what I would do anyway as a matter of professional development...
It’s one of my favorite parts of a trailer – the moment one act draws to a conclusion with a whoosh and then BANG…complete or near silence, only to be broken by an absolute wall or hybrid orchestral noise. What are stopdowns or “trailer stops”? Stopdowns or trailer stops...
What are Risers in music? Put simply, “risers” are any noise that rises in pitch, volume, or a parameter in modulation or EQ. They are used extensively in EDM music but are also one of the secret weapons of any cinematic composer. Risers are part of a collection of sounds...