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What the Tech? A Guide to Spitfire Audio Tech

What the Tech? A Guide to Spitfire Audio Tech

29:47
Scoring a Dreamworks Animation with Stephanie Economou

Scoring a Dreamworks Animation with Stephanie Economou

41:04
24:00
How to Start Composing

How to Start Composing

14:18
Uncommon Library Pairings

Uncommon Library Pairings

10:54
Orchestral Programming with Paul Thomson

Orchestral Programming with Paul Thomson

40:06
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Inside an orchestral session at Abbey Road Studios

Inside an orchestral session at Abbey Road Studios

An orchestral recording session at AIR Studios

An orchestral recording session at AIR Studios

BBC Symphony Orchestra 360° experience

BBC Symphony Orchestra 360° experience

Score breakdowns

Scoring Emily with Abel Korzeniowski

Scoring Emily with Abel Korzeniowski

16:42
How Do You Take a Score from Good to Great?

How Do You Take a Score from Good to Great?

35:01
The Queen's Gambit with Carlos Rafael Rivera

The Queen's Gambit with Carlos Rafael Rivera

26:33
The Music of Bridgerton with Kris Bowers

The Music of Bridgerton with Kris Bowers

16:09
Cobra Kai with Zach Robinson & Leo Birenberg

Cobra Kai with Zach Robinson & Leo Birenberg

Star Trek: Picard with Jeff Russo

Star Trek: Picard with Jeff Russo

44:46
DC's Stargirl with Pinar Toprak

DC's Stargirl with Pinar Toprak

10:31
The Handmaid's Tale with Adam Taylor

The Handmaid's Tale with Adam Taylor

5:19
Spiral: Saw with Charlie Clouser

Spiral: Saw with Charlie Clouser

22:20

Behind the curtain

Capturing the Sound of Fink

Capturing the Sound of Fink

11:33
Capturing the Sound of Fink

Capturing the Sound of Fink

45:24
Live Strings Performance with Jordan Rakei

Live Strings Performance with Jordan Rakei

11:19
Hans Zimmer Percussion

Hans Zimmer Percussion

7:38
Ólafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit

Ólafur Arnalds Composer Toolkit

16:08
Ólafur Arnalds Evolutions

Ólafur Arnalds Evolutions

Originals Cinematic Frozen Strings

Originals Cinematic Frozen Strings

2:24
Lea Bertucci — Acoustic Shadows

Lea Bertucci — Acoustic Shadows

2:20
Estática — Behind the Samples

Estática — Behind the Samples

4:06

Composing in the style of...

Studio Ghibli

Studio Ghibli

20:41
Hans Zimmer's Interstellar

Hans Zimmer's Interstellar

23:07
The Last of Us

The Last of Us

Tenet

Tenet

1:02:15
Joker

Joker

1:02:16
Final Fantasy VII

Final Fantasy VII

22:06
Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Assassin's Creed Odyssey

57:23
Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

40:04
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

23:44
Basic Instinct

Basic Instinct

16:50

Step-by-step techniques

Using the Octatonic Scale in Your Compositions

Using the Octatonic Scale in Your Compositions

15:04
Composing Next Steps

Composing Next Steps

25:14
Writing a Cue Using Piano and Small Ensembles

Writing a Cue Using Piano and Small Ensembles

19:56
Four Ways to Write with Piano and Orchestra

Four Ways to Write with Piano and Orchestra

20:27
Creating the Ultimate Festive Score

Creating the Ultimate Festive Score

22:36
Preparing to score with Paul Thomson

Preparing to score with Paul Thomson

30:21
10 Golden Rules of Orchestral Programming

10 Golden Rules of Orchestral Programming

1:02:59
The Best Ways to Voice Strings?

The Best Ways to Voice Strings?

38:13
Making Four Players Sound Like Twenty

Making Four Players Sound Like Twenty

7:41
Composing for Choir with Eric Whitacre

Composing for Choir with Eric Whitacre

28:32
Cinematic Drum Programming

Cinematic Drum Programming

22:36
Scoring to Picture

Scoring to Picture

28:05
Get the Most from Short Notes

Get the Most from Short Notes

14:48
Achieve More Realism with Note Velocities

Achieve More Realism with Note Velocities

33:25

Creative Cribs

Christian Gregory & Ollie Twist

Christian Gregory & Ollie Twist

9:15
Abbey Road Two

Abbey Road Two

35:18
Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley

33:47
Ólafur Arnalds

Ólafur Arnalds

34:45
Abbey Road One

Abbey Road One

14:55
Harry Gregson-Williams

Harry Gregson-Williams

23:11
Snakes of Russia

Snakes of Russia

26:23
Daniel Pemberton

Daniel Pemberton

44:42
John Powell

John Powell

12:45
Carly Paradis

Carly Paradis

17:36
Jeff Bhasker

Jeff Bhasker

30:04
Nitin Sawhney

Nitin Sawhney

17:57
Nathan Barr

Nathan Barr

47:27
Joseph Trapanese

Joseph Trapanese

27:01
Andy Gray

Andy Gray

52:42
Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson

1:16:42
How To Program Realistic Strings: Part One

How To Program Realistic Strings: Part One

How To Program Realistic Strings: Part Two

How To Program Realistic Strings: Part Two

Orchestral programming

Day One

Day One

Day Two

Day Two

Day Three

Day Three

BBC Symphony Orchestra

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