Welcome to my Trailer Music School where I teach how to write amazing Trailer music.
Here you have it, the only guide that you will need explaining the ins and outs of trailer hits and how you can make the most of them as a composer. What are Trailer Hits? Trailer hits are those massive bangs you hear all over movie trailers. You know the...
We have all heard these distinctive sounds so many times and probably in every single trailer over the last decade. But what are Braaams? Braaams explained? Braaams are those long low brassy sounds used within trailer music that are used to accent certain parts of the track. They usually consist...
I am a huge fan of efficient ways to convey feelings with sounds and one of the easiest and most effective ways to do that is by using drones. What are drones in music? Drones are long sustained notes that are used through some or all of a piece of...
Back in early June this year (2022) I was given the opportunity to have a couple of my trailer music cues recorded with live strings and brass…wait, recording an orchestra at Abbey Road Studios!!!??? Amazing! Those of you who are working composers/producers know that it is not every...
In this post I walk you through the Trailer Music I produced that was used in A Very British Scandal. This was a bit of a double win for me as this track was a track that I wrote when creating a course on how to write Neoclassical Solo String...
In this episode I show you how I composed the track ‘Monument’ that was featured in the trailer for the Netflix show, Archive 81. This track was one of the ten tracks written for Elephant Music’s album, Throat 4. The focus of this album was to bring throat singing...
https://youtu.be/gd82kzopEx0 In today’s episode I take you behind the scenes of a track of mine that was used in the trailer for Netflix’s special, Britney vs Spears. The track was a track I wrote for a two album release from Mammoth. The albums were solely...
This week we’ll orchestrate our piano sketch from last episode, check it out!...
In this episode Espen sketches out a piano trailer cue. Stay tuned for the next parts where we’ll show the orchestration. Cheers!...