@@upplysta3497 sure, I own a lot of spitfire libraries like albion One, heirloom, the BBCSO Core, a couple ARO1 brass libraries, and olafur arnolds chamber evo. and more. I also use Musio by cinesamples and Drum Fury from sample logic. The BBCSO is my go to workhorse library for cinematic orchestral music. Being able to add each instrument's part instead of having just "High Strings" or "Mid Brass" I can orchestrate each individual instrument in great detail
Love your work. I've been getting into orchestral writing and I'm realizing how large of an undertaking it is. You make it look easy and it sounds so good. You deserve much more recognition for the quality of work you're putting out. It's been inspirational finding your channel, thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this Justin, these words mean a lot to me. Learning to write for the orchestra has a steep learning curve but it's absolutely worth it
@@laack_val3816 Hey Harry, if you already know something about music theory/orchestration my advice is to start doing mock-ups or score studies of the works you like, if you don't, I would advice you to take the time to introduce yourself to music theory (just the basics, nothing fancy) as it helps you a lot to understand what you listen to and it makes it much easier to replicate certain styles/feels in your music and figure out how to write what you have in your head. Regarding the software you need, there's plenty of (very good) free/affordable stuff. Here's my personal suggestions: BBCSO Discover by Spitfire Audio (49£ or free if you can't afford it: www.spitfireaudio.com/bbcso/discover/, it contains the whole orchestra); LABS by Spitfire Audio (free: labs.spitfireaudio.com/#category=&search=&new=true, those are different free virtual instruments ranging from synths to percussion to strings etc.); SINEfactory by Orchestral Tools (free: www.orchestraltools.com/sinefactory, here you can find a very nice piano, strings, big band brass and percussion and they're planning to expand the free library). Other very good choices are Spitfire Audio's Originals (www.spitfireaudio.com/originals/, a series of many different instruments, 29£ each), Orchestral Tools' Layers (free: www.orchestraltools.com/store/collections/layers, those are beautifully pre-recorded orchestral chords) and last but not least you can take a look at the Pianobook library (www.pianobook.co.uk/, here you can find many free virtual instruments recorded by amateurs and professionals). You will also need a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation); those can get pretty expensive but there are a couple very cheap options. If you own a Mac you can either use GarageBand (it works with the BBCSO Discover, I'm not sure about the other libraries) or purchase Logic Pro X. If you are on Windows there's Studio One 5 Artist (shop.presonus.com/Studio-One-5-Artist) and the free demo of FL Studio (fully functional but you cannot reopen the projects you saved after you close them unless you purchase it). Anyway I am not a DAW expert so there could be better alternatives out there that I didn't mention. I hope this helps you! If you need more detailed info feel free to contact me on Discord: TToad#6459
Convinced me to get BBCSO Core! I agree with the guy who said the string swell could have been highlighted a little more, but overall it's really good :)
This is fantastic. I've grown up with Star Wars for basically my entire life. The Force Theme has always been one of my favorite pieces from the series. It's always given me a feeling of peace, and it still does to this day.
Just thought you might like to know, I now have Core myself. I took advantage of the current Winter Sale (they call it a Summer Sale, but it's Winter here). I've immensely enjoyed playing around with the sounds, and learning how to use it!
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 Yes, I thought so too! And while the regular price of US$400 translated to NZ$640 last time I checked, which was pretty daunting, this Sale price more than made up for the difference caused by currency conversion. By hook or by crook I was going to get it. It goes without saying that I'm over the moon about it. Now all I have to do is learn to use it properly.
My friend, your work is amazing! I'm starting to learn how to use Daw and how to manipulate MIDIs, but it doesn't come close to what you've been doing. It's amazing!!! One of the best things I've ever seen! Congratulations!!! It won another subscriber and fan!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Just keep going, I've been doing this for quite some time before starting to upload on youtube so take your time
Incredible feel and subtlety. I would love to see your template and workflow! E.g. how you are using key switches, splitting up your instruments vs. Multiple lines on the same patch, etc.
Thank you and sorry for the late reply, I missed the comment. In a few days I’ll upload the cubase project files for these BBCSO tracks and link them in the description
These are amazing. I'm just starting out with composiing and using BBC SO and would love to download these to look in more detail but this one and the link to Yoda's theme go to a folder with only Mandelorian and Swan Lake. Is there somewhere else I can download them please? thanks
You're one of the best mockupers (if that's a word) I've heard man, you've got a new subscriber. I also planned some after I finished my own music. Ive a question for you, I bought Nucleus from audio imperia a half year ago, but at the moment BBC So core is at discount for only 260€, do you think it's worth getting, keeping in mind I have Nucleus..
Thank you so much, that's quite a compliment! I don't own Nucleus but I think the two would complement each other quite well, as BBCSO has an unbelievably generous articulation set for the price and a more classical sound while Nucleus is way more hyped and can help you reach ff-fff dynamics that BBCSO lacks
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 I think you're right, I'll buy it😃 (not only because a frog said so, I did my research, but was still not sure😅) no but thanks for you reply. I'll try and make some mockups myself since my Holliday's begin in a week after my last exams😁. Thanks!
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 just a quick question, how much GB of RAM do you use if you create this kind of projects with the BBCSO (if you use most of the stuff)?
@@jobvkuppeveld6706 I have 16GB of RAM and I am able to run a fully functional template with all the instruments and all the articulations loaded. However, since Cubase offers the disable track feature, I tend to deactivate the VST instances I don't use anyway
Did you post the midi for this? I actually own BBCSO Core, since they had a sale and I had to have it. I'd like to play around with it if it's available...
Hey I noticed you wanted to be a composer for mario gravity. Im also a composer for mario gravity and was wondering if i could send you a friend request on discord? Since we both like making mario galaxy style music.
Pretty sure this cue is called "Binary Sunset", and isn't the Force Theme proper. I could be wrong though. I hope you don't mind some contructive criticism... Overall, this looks and sounds either like the midi notes were completely written in by hand, or if played in, every track got quantized to 100%. This unfortunately drains all life out of this piece of music. The melody especially, should not be played exactly on time. There's a little octave back and forth thing happening at one point, for example (0:32), which should be played well behind the beat actually. Listen to the original to hear the life breathed into it when that happens. The whole point of a movie score is to manipulate the emotions of the viewer, to connect them with what they see via the emotional tie that occurs through the music. And to connect with the viewer emotionally, the music must feel alive. I'm sure you know what I mean. Anyway, keep it up -- keep practicing, keep creating..
Thank you very much for the feedback. Actually everything was played by hand and no quantisation was applied (to any degree if I recall correctly, midi files are available in the video description), but I’m a guitarist and keyboard is not my main instrument so things may sound a bit off at times. The track I referenced for tempo/phrasing was this one czcams.com/video/eb2zuegwcwk/video.html I will keep this in mind for future mock-ups though, thanks again!
Hey Saurabh, I don’t think there’s sheet music publicly available for this cue (I made this mockup by ear), but you can get the MIDI files for my project in the video description :)
I find that Spitfire's libraries are extremely incredible at capturing soft dynamics, so detailed and beautiful
Can I ask which ones you own yourself?
@@upplysta3497 sure, I own a lot of spitfire libraries like albion One, heirloom, the BBCSO Core, a couple ARO1 brass libraries, and olafur arnolds chamber evo. and more. I also use Musio by cinesamples and Drum Fury from sample logic. The BBCSO is my go to workhorse library for cinematic orchestral music. Being able to add each instrument's part instead of having just "High Strings" or "Mid Brass" I can orchestrate each individual instrument in great detail
My god that brass hit at 1:20… that and the solo French horn are the two things making me want to stop everything and buy the library now…
Love your work. I've been getting into orchestral writing and I'm realizing how large of an undertaking it is. You make it look easy and it sounds so good. You deserve much more recognition for the quality of work you're putting out. It's been inspirational finding your channel, thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write this Justin, these words mean a lot to me. Learning to write for the orchestra has a steep learning curve but it's absolutely worth it
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 do you have any recommendations for starting the journey?
@@laack_val3816 Hey Harry, if you already know something about music theory/orchestration my advice is to start doing mock-ups or score studies of the works you like, if you don't, I would advice you to take the time to introduce yourself to music theory (just the basics, nothing fancy) as it helps you a lot to understand what you listen to and it makes it much easier to replicate certain styles/feels in your music and figure out how to write what you have in your head.
Regarding the software you need, there's plenty of (very good) free/affordable stuff. Here's my personal suggestions: BBCSO Discover by Spitfire Audio (49£ or free if you can't afford it: www.spitfireaudio.com/bbcso/discover/, it contains the whole orchestra); LABS by Spitfire Audio (free: labs.spitfireaudio.com/#category=&search=&new=true, those are different free virtual instruments ranging from synths to percussion to strings etc.); SINEfactory by Orchestral Tools (free: www.orchestraltools.com/sinefactory, here you can find a very nice piano, strings, big band brass and percussion and they're planning to expand the free library).
Other very good choices are Spitfire Audio's Originals (www.spitfireaudio.com/originals/, a series of many different instruments, 29£ each), Orchestral Tools' Layers (free: www.orchestraltools.com/store/collections/layers, those are beautifully pre-recorded orchestral chords) and last but not least you can take a look at the Pianobook library (www.pianobook.co.uk/, here you can find many free virtual instruments recorded by amateurs and professionals).
You will also need a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation); those can get pretty expensive but there are a couple very cheap options. If you own a Mac you can either use GarageBand (it works with the BBCSO Discover, I'm not sure about the other libraries) or purchase Logic Pro X. If you are on Windows there's Studio One 5 Artist (shop.presonus.com/Studio-One-5-Artist) and the free demo of FL Studio (fully functional but you cannot reopen the projects you saved after you close them unless you purchase it). Anyway I am not a DAW expert so there could be better alternatives out there that I didn't mention.
I hope this helps you! If you need more detailed info feel free to contact me on Discord: TToad#6459
Love this! I don't see the Force Theme in the list of midi files :(
That's it! I want it! That was amazing.
Thanks!
Great work. I am really starting to like the BBC sound. I will be updating to Core very soon.
I'm gonna sub man. Every piece I've found on your channel has been great.
Thank you very much! This is much appreciated
Convinced me to get BBCSO Core! I agree with the guy who said the string swell could have been highlighted a little more, but overall it's really good :)
Thank you very much for the feedback Samuel!
This is fantastic. I've grown up with Star Wars for basically my entire life. The Force Theme has always been one of my favorite pieces from the series. It's always given me a feeling of peace, and it still does to this day.
Thank you very much, it is indeed a beautifully crafted theme by a great master
Amazing job on the score as much as the video!
This video just convinced me to buy the core version. Thanks. :)
Very cool - love the visuals :)
Just thought you might like to know, I now have Core myself. I took advantage of the current Winter Sale (they call it a Summer Sale, but it's Winter here). I've immensely enjoyed playing around with the sounds, and learning how to use it!
Great to hear! BBCSO core is a steal at that price
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 Yes, I thought so too! And while the regular price of US$400 translated to NZ$640 last time I checked, which was pretty daunting, this Sale price more than made up for the difference caused by currency conversion. By hook or by crook I was going to get it. It goes without saying that I'm over the moon about it. Now all I have to do is learn to use it properly.
Fantastic!!!! But I can't see the midi files in the link my friend 😖
My friend, your work is amazing!
I'm starting to learn how to use Daw and how to manipulate MIDIs, but it doesn't come close to what you've been doing. It's amazing!!! One of the best things I've ever seen! Congratulations!!! It won another subscriber and fan!
Thank you so much for your kind words! Just keep going, I've been doing this for quite some time before starting to upload on youtube so take your time
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 Thank you for the words of encouragement. I will continue to follow your work and try to learn from it.
Incredible feel and subtlety. I would love to see your template and workflow! E.g. how you are using key switches, splitting up your instruments vs. Multiple lines on the same patch, etc.
Thank you and sorry for the late reply, I missed the comment. In a few days I’ll upload the cubase project files for these BBCSO tracks and link them in the description
Incredible job! I’m just starting out and bought Albion One as my first Spitfire library. Hopefully I’ll be worthy of BBC Symphony some day!
Thank you! Great choice
:))))))))))))))))))) I love this so much, somehow I kept thinking of Grogu and what his future will be like
Thank you very much!
These are awesome! And great video!
Thank you so much Joseph!
Well done. Thanks for sharing this
Thank you for listening!
very nice clip too !
Gorgeous!
Remarkable...
Thank you so much Antony!
Slaps. Subscribed.
Thanks Travis!
🔥👍🏻
Awesome!
Love it!
Great job 😉
Thanks!
This is great, I've been thinking of doing a mockup of this as well. Where did you get the score?
Thank you very much! I actually transcribed it by ear (I uploaded the link to the MIDI file in the description if you want to take a look)
Perfect!
Thanks!
Very nice indeed. Where did you get the mock-up of Mars on the left hand side from?
I did it myself in after effects!
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 You did well. I recognised Valles Marineris at the beginning.
@@CraigRodmellMusic I used an actual height map of Mars so all the landmarks should be there!
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 It showed!
These are amazing. I'm just starting out with composiing and using BBC SO and would love to download these to look in more detail but this one and the link to Yoda's theme go to a folder with only Mandelorian and Swan Lake. Is there somewhere else I can download them please? thanks
You're one of the best mockupers (if that's a word) I've heard man, you've got a new subscriber. I also planned some after I finished my own music. Ive a question for you, I bought Nucleus from audio imperia a half year ago, but at the moment BBC So core is at discount for only 260€, do you think it's worth getting, keeping in mind I have Nucleus..
Thank you so much, that's quite a compliment! I don't own Nucleus but I think the two would complement each other quite well, as BBCSO has an unbelievably generous articulation set for the price and a more classical sound while Nucleus is way more hyped and can help you reach ff-fff dynamics that BBCSO lacks
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 I think you're right, I'll buy it😃 (not only because a frog said so, I did my research, but was still not sure😅) no but thanks for you reply. I'll try and make some mockups myself since my Holliday's begin in a week after my last exams😁. Thanks!
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 just a quick question, how much GB of RAM do you use if you create this kind of projects with the BBCSO (if you use most of the stuff)?
@@jobvkuppeveld6706 I have 16GB of RAM and I am able to run a fully functional template with all the instruments and all the articulations loaded. However, since Cubase offers the disable track feature, I tend to deactivate the VST instances I don't use anyway
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 Owwww wow, I guessed 32 GB was necessary. Thats a kind of relief :) Thanks again😁 and yes the disable function is amazing 😅
Brilliant! Have just recently bought spitfire’s bbc symphony orchestra. Using it in cubase. Would you be prepared to upload the project file? Please?
Did you post the midi for this? I actually own BBCSO Core, since they had a sale and I had to have it. I'd like to play around with it if it's available...
Just posted it! (link in the description and sorry for the late response)
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 I am forever grateful for your efforts and your willingness to share!
Did you do this from a score or entirely by ear? Thank you! Either way, well done!
Thanks! I did everything by ear since I couldn’t find any sheet music for this track
Hey I noticed you wanted to be a composer for mario gravity. Im also a composer for mario gravity and was wondering if i could send you a friend request on discord? Since we both like making mario galaxy style music.
Pretty sure this cue is called "Binary Sunset", and isn't the Force Theme proper. I could be wrong though.
I hope you don't mind some contructive criticism...
Overall, this looks and sounds either like the midi notes were completely written in by hand, or if played in, every track got quantized to 100%. This unfortunately drains all life out of this piece of music. The melody especially, should not be played exactly on time. There's a little octave back and forth thing happening at one point, for example (0:32), which should be played well behind the beat actually. Listen to the original to hear the life breathed into it when that happens. The whole point of a movie score is to manipulate the emotions of the viewer, to connect them with what they see via the emotional tie that occurs through the music. And to connect with the viewer emotionally, the music must feel alive. I'm sure you know what I mean.
Anyway, keep it up -- keep practicing, keep creating..
Thank you very much for the feedback. Actually everything was played by hand and no quantisation was applied (to any degree if I recall correctly, midi files are available in the video description), but I’m a guitarist and keyboard is not my main instrument so things may sound a bit off at times.
The track I referenced for tempo/phrasing was this one czcams.com/video/eb2zuegwcwk/video.html
I will keep this in mind for future mock-ups though, thanks again!
Where can i get it's sheet music?
Hey Saurabh, I don’t think there’s sheet music publicly available for this cue (I made this mockup by ear), but you can get the MIDI files for my project in the video description :)
@@trinketstoadsymphony2070 thanks a lot 🙏
@@saurabhtripathi7915 my pleasure!