Trailer Music Redefined

Trailer Music Redefined

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Learn The Art Of Producing Massive Trailer Music

And Getting It On The Big Cinema Screen

Embark on an 8-Module journey taking you through everything you need to know to start writing music for major Hollywood trailer campaigns.

Learn the ins and outs of orchestral, sound design and hybrid trailer music, and master practical techniques for each style. From composition and orchestration to sound design, mixing and mastering – the course will help you meet the demands of the high industry standards.

Get exclusive insights from experienced industry professionals such as composers, publishers, and editors, and learn about the business side of the game to kickstart your epic journey as a trailer composer.

Here’s What You’ll Learn

Creating a trailer cue from scratch

The different fields, types and styles of Trailer Music

Finding fresh, unique and grabbing ideas

Approaches working with strings, brass, choir, rhythms and more

Using sound design elements and trailer FX

Mastering Orchestral, Sound Design and Hybrid trailer music creation

Practical techniques for composing, orchestrating and arranging through simplified music theory

Mixing and mastering a trailer cue

Using essential tools and mixing plugins, from a professional mix engineer

Exclusive insights from trailer music publishers, composers and editors

And much more!

What You Get In The Course

8 Modules covering the full process of creating a massive trailer music track

Weekly Assignments to Accelerate Learning

Over 6 Hours of In-Depth Video Content

Trailer SFX Sample Pack

Lifetime Access

Access to Course Students Group

100% Satisfaction Guarantee

Your Journey Through The Course

Module 1:

Introduction To Trailer Music

We will start off the course by being introduced to the world of trailer music, what it is and the different terminologies.

This module will aim at teaching you the first things you need to know in order to get started on your journey to becoming a professional trailer music composer.

What we will learn in the first module of this course:

What Trailer Music is (and isn’t!)

The different types of trailersand spots

Genres, styles and types of trailer music

Knowing and understanding SFX in trailer music

Using edit points and SFX combos

Analyzing trailers and their music

The importance of breaks and how to incorporate them

This will set you up for the coming modules where we start to actually write and produce trailer music.

Module 2:

Fundamentals Of Trailer Music

Arguably the most important module of this course, we are going to dive in-depth into the main fundamentals that trailer music composers use to create their music.

We will start by looking at the common trailer music track structure. Once we know it, we can start tinkering away at some ideas for our track and be well on our way to create a finished track.

We’ll be covering:

How to start your track

The main methods for continuing and taking the track further

How to test out different ideas and layer sounds

Organizing the stems of the track

Using synths together with the orchestra

Adding percussion and rhythmic elements

Finishing up the track structure and creating an outro

Furthermore we will dive into some more simplified music theory to help you orchestrate, compose and arrange your music better.

You’ll learn about Harmony & Chords, Melody & Counter-Melody, and we’ll also look at how to write for:

Brass

Strings

Choir

Rhythmic Elements

This will truly let you grasp the fundamentals of writing a track as a whole, and learn how to incorporate and implement them in your own trailer music.

Module 3:

Orchestral Trailer Music

Once we have gone through the main fundamentals of creating trailer music, we will dive into more specific fields and genres, and in Module 3: Orchestral Trailer Music we’ll be using the orchestra and choirs more prominently.

In this module:

Main features and stylistic choices for orchestral trailer music

A full walkthrough of how an orchestral track is built and layered

The structure of an orchestral track

Using high-pitched instruments

Layering strings, brass and more

Achieving a trailerish sound vs a realistic sound

Module 4:

Sound Design Trailer Music

In this module, we’ll dive further into sound design trailer music and look at some of the main approaches.

We will look at:

Main features and stylistic choices for sound design trailer music

A full walkthrough of a sound design trailer cue

Working with synths

Finding and using sample sources

Braams Sound creation

Hits Sound creation

Ping Sound creation

Module 5:

Hybrid Trailer Music

This module is all about merging the orchestral style with the sound design, and bringing out the best of these two worlds of trailer music.

What we will be learning:

Main features and stylistic choices for hybrid trailer music

A full walkthrough of a hybrid track

How to layer and expand percussion to make them huge

Creating a thunderous trailer sound

How to trailerfy your strings

Odd trailer music styles

This is the last of the style modules and after these three you will have gotten a deeper understanding into what goes into each of the major styles.

Module 6:

Mixing and Mastering Your Track

In the sixth module, we are going to mix and master a track.

We will learn what goes into the fundamental mixing mindsets and workflows, specific tools and programs, and more.

This is of course applicable on all music production, but we will be focusing on the trailer sound.

Here’s what we’ll go through:

Mixing a full track

Organizing stems

Leveling and Panning

Equalizing (EQ)

Compression

Reverbs and processing them

How to get a massive sound

Using specific techniques like side-chaining

Giving punch to elements like percussion

Module 7:

The Business Of Trailer Music

To be a financially successful trailer music composer, understanding the different parts of the industry is crucial.

While most composers just want to make the music, and not having to deal with anything business-related, it is still a great idea to understand the different components and aspects of the industry.

In this 7th module of the course, we’ll learn:

What working as a trailer music composer is like

How much money you can make

The digital nomad lifestyle

Working freelance vs in-house

Creating a great portfolio

How good you need to be to get placements

Contracts

Reaching out to publishers

And more

Module 8:

Insights From The Industry

In the 8th and last module of this course, you will be gaining insights from professionals in the industry.

You will learn from highly skilled and professional composers, trailer house directors, trailer editors and trailer music publishers.

The insights here are exclusive to Evenant, and will keep growing as we receive more guidance from amazing professionals in the industry.