How to Write Adventure Orchestral Music - 4 Tips for Happy & Uplifting Orchestrations

In this tutorial, I give you 4 Tips on writing Happy Adventure Orchestral Music by ear in the style of How To Train Your Dragon / Sonic The Hedgehog & more.
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⏫ PRIVATE LESSONS: Coming soon...
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🎻 LIBRARIES & SOFTWARE:
(For each module, the libraries are sorted based on how much I like them).
- STRINGS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, Nucleus, Cinematic Studio Strings, Fluid Shorts, Cinematic Strings 2, Jaeger
- BRASS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, JXL Brass, Nucleus, Twelve Horn Ensemble, CineBrass CORE, Century Brass, Jaeger, Angry Brass
- CHOIR: Oceania, Metropolis Ark 1, Stormchoir 2
- WOODWINDS: CineWinds CORE, Nucleus, Metropolis Ark 1 & 3
- HYBRID PERCS & LOOPS: Damage, PercX, Decimator Drums, Cerberus
- BIG CINEMATIC PERCS: Los Angeles Modern Percussion, New Epic Toms Ensemble, New Epic Dhol Ensemble, CinePerc
- ORCHESTRAL PERCS: CinePerc, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, Kontakt Factory Library
- PIANO: The Giant, Woodchester Piano, Spitfire LABS Soft Piano
- HARPS & OTHERS: CineHarp, Kontakt Factory Library
- SYNTHS: Juggernaut, Serum, Harmor, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica,
- ORCHESTRAL SFX: Metropolis Ark 3, Palette Orchestral FX
- SOLO STRINGS: Tina Guo Solo Cello, Solos of the Sea, Cinematic Studio Strings Solo
- SOLO VOCALS: Jaeger, Vocalisa
- GUITARS: Basic Live Guitars & Bass routed into Waves GTR / Guitar Rig, Metropolis Ark 1, Heavyocity Atlantica
- TRAILER SFX: Custom / Private Samples, AVA Instinct, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Epic Sound Effects Quantum, Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.1, Juggernaut, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica, AizerX Classic Trailers Toolkit, AizerX Trailer SFX Tools
- REVERB: ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer
- MIXING & MASTERING: iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced, iZotope Neutron, FabFilter Pro-Q3, FL Studio Plugins
- DAW: FL Studio 20
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💻 HARDWARE & PC SPECS:
- Desktop PC: 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700k / 32GB DDR4 RAM / 2TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD
- Laptop PC: Asus ROG GLW752 (2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ / 16GB DDR4 RAM / 1TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD)
- Audio Interface: M-Audio M-Track Plus
- MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Keystation 49 MkIII

Libraries used & PC Specs:
- Strings: Metropolis Ark 1, Cinematic Strings 2, Fluid Shorts
- Brass: Metropolis Ark 1, 8Dio Century Brass
- Choir: Oceania
- Woodwinds: CineWinds CORE
- Percussion: Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, 8Dio Epic Toms & Epic Dhol
- DAW: FL Studio 12.5
- PC Specs: 3.4 GHz i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD + Extra HDD

Song: Green Hill Zone
Original Composer: Masato Nakamura
Cover artwork: Han Yijie

[AlexMoukala]

This tutorial was packed with advice, but there's much more I didn't have the time to talk about in depth.
If you're feeling lost or want to know more, here's some additional tutorials and resources I recommend:

[narasimhahm]

I would like hear your music in films man. You're really talented like heck man you're music unique.

[Rohio]

Man, recently discovered your channel and I'm gonna be honest, this channel is best for beginner orchestrators like me. This is channel has helped me a lot by far. Please continue your work and never stop making these type of videos. <3



P.S. - If it is not too much to ask, can you please make a tutorial on how to make orchestral waltzes(only if you feel like making one)

[ChrisSchmidtComposer]

Green Hill Zone has never been more epic.

[tridentremixes]

This channel is a gem. This stuff really helps with my orchestral/pop hybrid music. ❤💚💜💙

[pakkasaurus]

holy. fucking. shit. wOW.

in all serious, this actually helped me more than my actual music diploma. Thank you so much for such great tutorials!

[philippplein]

Jeremy Soule x Elder Scrolls tutorial next please 🙌

[eddietalanga]

The part about the details really opened my eyes!!
Thank you :)

[flipperpitstudio]

I'm second year into studying MIDI and have found you at the exact right time! This stuff you're putting out is GOLDEN! 🙏😊 THANK YOU! Subscribe/Like/Share

[TomHawkComposer]

Amazing tutorial as always! I need to experiment with fast string passages like this a lot more in this kind of music.

[iamfrankbiesta]

Alex, you are an amazing composer! Merry Christmas and a great 2020.

[fabianahmed]

Wow I finally found you! Finally someone who is teaching this I will finally be able to make the soundtracks Ive always wanted to make

[marvinrockon]

Idk why I didn’t found your channel earlier. Looks like a ton of great information I can look into. Thanks my dude! INSTANTLY subscribed and hit that bell 🔔!

[gianlucamilani]

Alex, this is the best Finale I have ever heard!

[jaywanimationz]

I was moved to clap my hands to this piece. This is Beautiful man

[davidg]

Wow what a elaborate and detailed track. Very unique, sounds like a score to an epic movie. I especially like the part from sonic

[sidneyscaccio]

*How to use* more than 1 articulation in the piano roll and how to put parameters of the Kontakt in piano roll?

[juliansolo]

Love this tutorial! Nice overview and good tips here.
Huge thanks for sharing! ;)

[SengdaoBoutsivongsakd]

Late to the party but happy to learn tips from this video Alex! With the contrast element, the minor key is use a lot in Uetmasu work when he compose happy tracks ie. Tifa's theme has a minor key right around the start as a transition back to the main key. Keep up the great work in 2021!

[arnoldtanjunhan]

This was absolutely amazing and enlightening, from the perspective of a total beginner. You are brilliant!