How to compose Cinematic Music (in 7 easy steps)

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Learn how to compose cinematic music from scratch in 7 easy steps. I'll walk you through the process of composing a cinematic piece of music, including choosing chords, writing a melody, adding structure and choosing instruments. All set out in a simple 7 step process, which you'll be able to use when composing your own music.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Step 1 - Choosing a Key and Chord Progression
01:47 - Step 2 -Introduce Long Strings
02:58 - Step 3 - Using Short Spiccato Strings
04:09 - Step 4 - Writing a Melody
06:47 - Step 5 - Adding a Counter Melody
07:50 - Step 6 - Using Orchestration to add Intensity
08:56 - Step 7 - Ending your piece as it began
09:21 - Play through of whole piece with notation
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@VoidHxnter Год назад

This is honestly the first tutorial I've seen that isn't just Step 1: Create atmosphere with a few instruments Step 2: ??? Step 3: Beautiful track made. Awesome stuff.

@PutItAway101 Год назад

Or "Step 1: Hire John Williams"

@mapsmakestudios Год назад

@@PutItAway101 or "Step 2: Pay 5 Million dollars to Hans Zimmer for Sound Track"

@steam2277 Год назад

Would you be able to help me transpose this to a midi?

@proboanimations3767 Год назад

what app is this

@AliBounds Год назад

@@proboanimations3767 Fl studio

@faxegameplay9918 Год назад

This is the best video on entire internet about it. In 12 minutes you taught me what I have not learned in 4 years. Literally wow!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Wow, thank you so much. I am so pleased you have enjoyed it!

@nikitapisek2901 Год назад

Same here

@ColorMeMozart Год назад

Agreed! This was phenomenal!

@melodium10 Год назад

actually, 9 minutes because the last 3 mins was the final piece (who knows maybe you could learn from that too)

@carissimealfante9168 Год назад

The counter-melody has to be my favourite element of this whole piece, I can't believe I never thought of using one in my own compositions until now! Great work.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you so much, really appreciate it & Happy Composing!

@spongechameleon6940 Год назад

Same here- I never knew there was a name for that concept. When I listen to a song I always fill in the space in the melody in my head and just thought of it as a call and response. Counter melody. Good to know

@PorshiaVonne 11 месяцев назад

I legit cried it’s so beautiful

@3082frank 2 года назад

I just took a massive interest in orchestra but had a really tough time finding a video that went through every single layer. Your video is just what I was looking for. Thank you so much for the breakdown. This is so helpful to listen to every single layer sounds. You got a subscriber.

@tubamaxima187 Год назад

Is there a contact email ? An internet search for Composing Academy keeps directing me to different websites. I would like to enroll but no information ?

@sour412music Год назад

When I add big strings and brass and piano those are probably my favorite beats I make. I’m going to start doing scores tho

@K_J_Coleman_Composer Год назад

Don't forget to give your music your own flavor. Find an inspiration and use that to pave your own path.

@sour412music Год назад

@@K_J_Coleman_Composer well, historically I find the sound and then I just let it take me where it goes with the cord progression. I actually have a hard time making darker music. I just don’t get the vibe of it. I need those high vibrations.

@jordansimmons4858 Год назад

I maybe not in school anymore, but when I discovered composing in the last few semesters of college before dropping out, I’ve been trying to compose, but it has been difficult since I’m always used to just doing my own thing. This is the first video that has actual given me clearer tools and steps to make it easier. I can now compose to my hearts content and make things easier for myself

@Buzzdd6 11 месяцев назад

Composing is way hard for sure don’t ever think about giving up on your journey :)

@composingacademy8270 11 месяцев назад

Hi, this is an awesome comment to receive. I am so pleased this video is helping you on your composing journey! Thank you so much for sharing!

@casualdecay6775 Год назад

As a self taught musician / producer I found this super helpful and easy to follow. I've always been the type of person to just play what I play and haven't bothered too much with accessibility or trying to replicate specific genres / styles, but I'm starting to see the utility in having templates like these as starting points. Great tutorial.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

So glad you found it helpful, thank you for watching!

@kubita-thecall8795 Год назад

U said it bro me too. Now I know I can make touching music with the needed spice for the inner man. We need such goodies in life. In my 42 yrs God is opening doors to such valuable information. Great

@lenvdb64 3 месяца назад

I echo this - self taught, catching up doing this on my DAW after a 20 year break 🙂 - Thank you Simon

@micwarren21 2 года назад

I really appreciate that you show the music notation at the end. It’s a great teaching tool for voicing and chord progressions.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Hi Michael - yes I'm a big believer in showing notation. Midi/Piano Roll can be good, but I think showing that alongside notation can really help when teaching. Thanks for watching!

@patrickomalley1513 4 месяца назад

How do you produce the notation? Could the current version of StaffPad do all this without the DAW. Thanks for the wonderful teaching

@petercooney9156 2 года назад

Thanks for the mini-master class. Great start to 2022! I shall be playing this over and over to get everything out of it.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

My pleasure - I hope you find it useful!

@kairophilos 2 года назад

Thanks for making it so straight to the point and no nonsense!

@canaldemais 2 года назад

This is so good! You explain things so clearly. great channel!

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks so much! I'm glad it proved useful!

@Dark-Ora Год назад

Magnifique composition ! Un très grand merci ! ❤

@jasongravely7217 2 года назад

This is awesome as someone wanting to learn this style. Beautifully taught and executed

@jimrogers7425 Год назад

This is a BRILLIANT teaching tool! Thank you so much! This is a very easy, formulaic way to learn to compose with sample libraries. So appreciate this one!

@pianomanny1397 Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing your workflow on this. It will be a great help on my next composition.

@randywink83 2 года назад

This is absolutely a very clear tutorial! I subscribed right away!

@pedromanuelmorenolara745 2 года назад

Magnífico tutorial. Muchas gracias.

@classique_ Год назад

This truly amazing! Looking forward to compose more orchestral music in the future.

@wojtczyk 2 года назад

I love it. Thank you for sharing!

@viktorramirez9171 Год назад

You created such an emotional piece of art with this Tutorial. Thank you so much and HAPPY NEW YEAR🤗

@djchemie Год назад

I wrote two similar tracks by accident just by playing around and trying to pass time. I uploaded both. Good to see there is actually a right way to do this. I did it totally by ear.

@lynic-0091 6 месяцев назад

My MIDI keyboard just arrived, I've always loved cinematic music, and you're the first video I've watched to dive into producing music. You've given me a solid starting point for my journey, your example sounds incredible and I couldn't be more hyped to start playing! Subscribed.

@GavinNellist 2 года назад

This is such a great tutorial. Nicely explaining the ideas and touching on the theory too. Even though I don't read music much, it was nice to see the sheet music at the end instead of just showing the DAW playing through it again. Really nice 10/10 👍

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks so much! Yes hopefully showing the sheet music is helping to reinforce the concepts for people watching

@john-acellera Год назад

Thank you so much! This is very valuable! 🙏🙏🙏

@marek-maria-lipski Год назад

Super.Respekt für Deine Arbeit und Videos.

@mehassharpie 2 года назад

I just discovered you yesterday. I can't wait to start. I've loved your content so far. I've always wanted to be able to compose but have never known where to start. I don't even own a keyboard yet haha.

@user-vl9dd3mx7g 5 месяцев назад

I appreciate the score you provided. So often I see videos on how to write for strings with no reference to a score which is very hard to follow. Excellent job!! Thanks!

@m85475 5 месяцев назад

This is such a great video. Not only is it simple and effective, it allows tons of room for individual creativity! Thank you so much for this!

@OutandaboutWalking 2 года назад

This is absolutely incredible! Exactly the tutorial I have been longing for! It’s just perfect. Thank you Simon for sharing your valuable knowledge with us. Please keep these videos coming...

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Glad you liked it! Thanks so much for the support!

@OutandaboutWalking 2 года назад

@@composingacademy8270 Hi again Simon. Was just wondering, when mixing instrument channels do you EQ each instrument or do you leave them pure (in terms of EQ) as they come out of the sample libraries. I appreciate it may be difficult to answer this in a comment as it is quite a vast subject. It’s just that I don’t think I have heard you mention this subject in any of your previous videos!? Or you have and I didn’t pick up on it. Thanks again for all your time & help :)

@thisoneguy7096 Год назад

@@OutandaboutWalkingyou should EQ each instrument to make sure they fit well together in the mix but you don’t have to go crazy with it

@OutandaboutWalking Год назад

@@thisoneguy7096 Excellent, will try that. Thank you :)

@DaveStreams Год назад

Thank you for the tips! You helped me transform a piece of music I had written into my first cinematic score. I have a big appreciation for how straight forward and practical your tutorials are.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Hi, so pleased to hear it has been useful for your work! Thank you so much for the kind comments.

@enderwiki 2 года назад

This is the clearest and simpliest explanation of the whole magic behind orchestral music. I was searching the entire RU-vid for this blessed video and it appeared when I was about to give up.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

I'm glad you found the video/channel! Thanks for your feedback and I'm glad you found it useful!

@andreasheierre8915 2 года назад

Utterly brilliant! Can’t wait to give it a go!

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@muddycube-theboringytchann9036 2 года назад

As I'm beginning to explore composing this kind of music for my amusement, I find content like this highly valuable - thanks for sharing and keep it coming! :) cheers

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

I'm glad you found it useful! More videos to come!

@davidjmaggs Год назад

I have only just started creating music on my PC with Acid Music Studio, but what you have done here is, frankly, jaw-dropping. This short composition sounds amazing. I am looking forward to more of your tutorials.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you so much for your feedback and I am pleased you have found it useful!

@MrEdwinBarbosa 5 месяцев назад

Do you know the name of the software he is using here? I'd like to learn how to do what he's doing but he doesn't mention anything about the studio he's using. Thanks in advance.

@zardris 2 месяца назад

@@MrEdwinBarbosacubase

@ChristianThoresen 2 года назад

Loved this video! Thanks!!!

@MrNani1983 2 года назад

Bravo 👏🏻 well done beautifully done and taught

@endisthebeginning24 Год назад

Please make more vids, love ur channel. Concepts like counter melody are so eye opening for people like myself who have basic music composition skills. Your vids simplify things in a way not many others do, thank you.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

You are welcome, I am so pleased you have found it useful! Thank you for watching.

@LongTran-ws3oi 2 года назад

Super easy to understand. Thank you! Keep up the good work.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you - glad to hear you're enjoying the content!

@elenvimusic8449 2 года назад

Simplistic in a way but it works absolutely fine 👍 Sometimes I struggle with the compromise between what I want my music to sound like and what works. Especially when trying to do something a bit more experimental. But oh well, that's something that gets easier with time.

@seventearsofhope 2 года назад

Simon - this is it! Nothing to add here. I mean there could be some percussion, but overall, its exactly the structure we all use. Really liked your video! Keep it up. Always a pleasure to learn from you. Happy New Year

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Ah thank you so much! Yea I was thought long and hard about adding percussion and choir, but then wanted to keep it on the simple side. Happy New Year!

@ricardoamaralnobrega Год назад

This is how you have art teached with art! Thank you!

@positivelydark 2 года назад

Fantastic tutorial! I subscribed and will be watching all of your videos.

@cjp68 Год назад

Thank you Simon, an Excellent 7 Step Presentation. This I thoroughly enjoyed. Someone down below mention a small Master Class, exactly my thoughts. You explained your process very well. I might change my process a bit after watching this? I generally struggle with the Melody / Counter Melody portion. My rhythmic core seems to collapse when I am attempting to create a Melody in itself. This is something I am doing my best to overcome.

@AlcorProject Год назад

Man this is really amazing. I can feel it. I can imagine myself doing this in the future

@julflorianus Год назад

What a wonderful piece of tutorial. Please keep making more of them!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Hi, thank you for watching! A new video coming soon!

@JugurthaStudio 4 месяца назад

This is the best video on RU-vid. Thank you so much.

@alex_usenko Год назад

Thanks a lot. Thanks to you, I overcame the fear of orchestral parts and learned to work better. I did according to your lesson and already wrote my compositions. It's great to grow professionally with you.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

What a lovely comment, thank you so much. I am pleased that you are finding these videos so useful.

@grandlangue 2 года назад

OUTSTANDING!!!

@clairecooper1754 2 года назад

Excellent clarity, thank you.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you !

@lasimagenesqueyoveo 2 года назад

Amazing, it contains all the elements of film music and those that you have been explaining in other previous tutorials, achieving an increasingly complex piece.😀

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you!

@stephenogrady7583 10 месяцев назад

One of the best videos I have seen. I am in awe of this. Just an incredible piece to listen to. And being taught how it is put together is GOLD. Thank you.

@composingacademy8270 8 месяцев назад

Wow thank you so much for the feedback, I really appreciate it! And thank you for watching!

@mikemeier5004 2 года назад

Thank you very much for this tutorial. I'm currently going along, learning a lot about composing and also my Cubase. Wonderful and emotional melody btw.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks for watching - I hope it helps with your composing process!

@aveross 2 года назад

Your vids are very helpful keep it up ! THANK YOU!

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

My pleasure! I'm glad they are proving useful!

@chrisvelting5868 3 месяца назад

Amazing man! Thanks 🙏🏻

@ratnacomposerstudio Год назад

This is so incredible. Glad to have bumped on to this while I was googling to learn more on cinematic music. Very well explained. Thank you. I subscribed your channel.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thanks so much for the kind words and thank you for the sub!

@carminepastore3274 2 года назад

Excellent Tutorial! You are an excellent teacher. Thanks again.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you for your kind words!

@fxdaly Год назад

Excellent video, thanks very much.

@yvanroustan4426 2 года назад

the essential in 10 min ! very good - thank you !

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you - that was the aim!

@rickgrimes4360 2 года назад

Brilliant !! Nicely done.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you!

@kroh 2 года назад

Great explanation of the basics :) I’ve wanted to get into cinematic music for a while

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks so much and thanks for watching!

@richardbarcaricchio 2 года назад

Just... fantastic. Excellent video.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you for watching!

@artxpressionsshorts Год назад

this is how content must be made for teaching. this one the most helpful tutorials i have gone through. i have no words to say. thank you for this capsule of guided knowledge.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Wow, thank you so much for your positive feedback, I really do appreciate it!

@juanricardosanchezlopez3275 2 года назад

Perfectamente explicado. Bravo !!!

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Muchas gracias!

@alberthormusic 2 года назад

Wow, hope this channel keeps making content this good. I’m speechless

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you so much!

@woolrich020 Год назад

Amazing tutorial! Thanks a million

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Glad it was helpful! Thank you for warching!

@sprkymrt 2 года назад

Thank you for the excellent content. Enjoyed.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks for the kind words and for watching!

@extremotionaltrouffas Год назад

Great tutorial, thank you!!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

You're very welcome, glad it was useful!

@detlefkrystofiak3838 Год назад

Wieder ein sehr hilfreiches Tutorial !!!!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you, so pleased you are enjoying them.

@dannyfrederixmusic3312 Год назад

Superb video, so much content in 12 minutes, really enjoyed watching and feeling inspired to go write something. So thank you for the video, it's fantastic.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Hi Danny, Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm glad they inspired you!

@TheEtbetween Год назад

Excellent thanks!

@Po1itica11yNcorrect Год назад

Best tutorials on RU-vid. Thanks Simon.

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Wow, thanks! So pleased you are enjoying them.

@philphilou6452 Год назад

Simple...Effective...and understandable I couldn't have found a better tutorial 👍 It's just perfect 👌 a big thank you for this video 🙏🎶🎹 🎻🎶

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Wow thank you for the feedback, really pleased you found it useful!

@asaddk Год назад

Great! Wowww!!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you so much, so pleased you liked it!

@Daniel_Mumba 5 месяцев назад

The drone sound really captured my attention in a unique way..🙌🏽⚡️ like how do you initially think ah, I’ll need a sound like this?!! Marvelous

@2basick Год назад

this waas amazing thank you soo much!!!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

You're so welcome. Thank you for watching!

@2giantmonsters 2 года назад

Excellent content! Thank you. You’ve been very inspiring while I’m working on my prog rock album!

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks so much Wayne! Good luck with the album!

@2giantmonsters 2 года назад

@@composingacademy8270 thank you. I’ve been working on it for an embarrassingly long time! Lol.

@audiomixexpert3175 2 года назад

Happy New Year Simon! This is probably your best video yet! I remember the video you made called "How to orchestrate a melody" where you showed us how to create a thematic section for a track. I was gonna ask if you would show us how to build the rest of the track around that idea but here you've pretty much covered it! I'm looking forward to writing a track around the ideas shown here. Thanks again! James.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Happy New Year! Thanks so much for your kind words. It took a bit of time to finish this video, but hopefully it will prove to be useful to people when writing. I'd love to hear your track when you've finished ;-)

@audiomixexpert3175 2 года назад

You're welcome! The amount of knowledge you're able to present in such an easy to understand format is highly appreciated. Funny enough, I have a track sitting on my hard drive from last year that I wrote based around the video you made on writing and orchestrating a melody. It still needs to be stemmed to audio then mixed and mastered. Once it's all done and sorted I'd love for you to hear it :-)

@INNASQUAD Год назад

Thanks for the amazing vibess!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

My pleasure! Let me know if you have any questions.....

@Ioan_S 2 года назад

Hey Simon, this is a gorgeous tutorial, thanks a lot

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@cli23 Год назад

So good!

@pierrefustec320 2 года назад

Excellent tutorial as always. Thank a lot to share your knowlege.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thanks so much for watching and for your kind words!

@gustafjuell-skielse5050 Год назад

Fantastic and inspiring!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you so much!

@Mattjki Год назад

So well explained. Great job! Thanks!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you for the comment, so glad you found it useful!

@descibelle_6006 2 года назад

This is just amazingg

@theauthor1000 Год назад

Beautiful !!!

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you! Appreciate the comment.

@CrimsonCinder 8 месяцев назад

Amazing song instruction. This has inspired me to take a different progression I’m hearing from the string portion. I definitely will be watching your videos so that I can grow. Again, simply amazing.

@composingacademy8270 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much & Happy Composing!

@lyaeusv3828 Год назад

you have my humble respect for making this video clear probably so much people started playing thank's to you, that is a humble cause. respect

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

Thank you! Yes I've been pleased with the response to the video!

@wpaganperez 2 года назад

Thank you! I will apply your tips to my works one more time.

@composingacademy8270 2 года назад

Thank you - I hope it proves useful!

@sosboop Год назад

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS HAS HELPED ME A LOT

@composingacademy8270 Год назад

I am so pleased you have found it useful, thank you for watching!

@craigohara6422 2 месяца назад

Just what I needed and a really nice finished piece. I came to this after watching Simon’s writing a melody and writing a piano song videos which helped with all but the reverse piano which I also found he had done a vid on. Thanks lots. Like your delivery off to watch more.c

@composingacademy8270 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching, I really appreciate the positive comment!