A Trick for writing Orchestral Music like the Pros

Let's talk about something that's necessary to write Orchestral Music like the Pros: layering.
Be it layering different instruments, different articulations or even different libraries together, this is a fundamental skill to understand in order to achieve the full sound you often hear in Triple-A Games & Film scores from people like Hans Zimmer, Ramin Djawadi & more.
In this example we'll talk about it from the perspective of a certain brass section in my latest original composition.
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🎻 LIBRARIES & SOFTWARE:
- Strings: Metropolis Ark 1, Metropolis Ark 3, Cinematic Strings 2, Fluid Shorts, Jaeger
- Brass: Metropolis Ark 1, Metropolis Ark 3, Century Brass, Jaeger
- Percussion: Damage, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion
- Choir: Metropolis Ark 1, Oceania
- Piano: The Giant
- Solo Vocals: Jaeger, Vocalisa
- Guitars: Guitar Rig
- Trailer SFX: Juggernaut, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.1, Shredders, AVA Instinct
- Mixing & Mastering: iZotope Ozone, ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer, 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

[AlexMoukala]

I realized I never made a tutorial about Orchestral Layering before, so thought of making a quick one based on a Brass example from my latest original track.
"Granular" videos like this one aren't easy to make because I know they will be less exciting than those videos where I show 999 things in 5 minutes, but hey, sometimes the best knowledge ain't too fun to learn. :P
Speaking of which, if you're interested in signing to the Composer Accelerator Program, you should know it's accepting 300 people max and I expect it may sell out soon!

[PaulOwenMusic]

I like all versions of Alex but Alex The Teacher is my favourite.

[nshore]

For a while now I've been thinking about composing orchestral/cinematic music. This definitely gives me motivation, I love this man's energy

[chenglenyang]

The layering trick is (imo) the most important tip I've recently learned to create that specific power and flow you're looking for in a specific mix. It's hard to get specific orchestral samples to sound full and rich or emotional and intimate and layering really helps realize that sound you're trying to envision. Wonderful tutorial Alex!

[conquerormusicandgaming]

WHO TF IS THIS GUY!! HES SUCH A LEGEND FOR EXPLAINING EVERYTHING SO CLEARLY AND HE IS SO ON POINT. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU BROTHERR.

[timtapp]

Layering is a big part of Fugue in Baroque music too. When combining voicing, counterpoint harmonies, call and response melodies, with creative layering the possibilities can be absolutely spellbinding!

[chazi]

No bs straight onto the tutorial and details. Simply perfect ❤

[screweddevelopment]

layering is nice but it's also important to consider masking and coherence when arranging. Don Juan by Strauss has this unison 16th note run that sounds horrible and muddled in the full arrangement bc there are so many instruments occupying the same frequency space, not to mention the slight time deviations between 60 players that are often more than 30ft apart. If it cannot even be heard in the mixdown, it's just senseless noise distracting from the rest of the piece. Even purposeful noise should occupy it's own frequency space.

[seanclark]

dawg said it provides warmth, that shit gave me chills

[ileryon]

just watched your full ads .. cool asf, glad u made it this far.!!!

[jonkrindz]

i really respect hybrid music creators.they have a lot of work to give us best sound to feel

[dutonic]

Composers hate him! This 1 weird trick will make you better than Hans Zimmer!

[someoneshappyness]

I love how u make this tutorials so fast and quick u get to the point so fast and tell what to do
Without much talking around
I love that

[Ponk_]

I love your passion for music, I can feel the joy it brings you to make this kind of music.

[prodsgbeatz]

we've been waiting for new tutorials for almost a year now... come back to this channel :)

[chuckhazenmusic]

Learned to orchestrate music from this guys videos alone and still learn more tools every time he puts a video out! Thanks Alex, keep turning out the bangers!

[emma_stuart]

THANK YOU for listing all your libraries and software! So helpful! I might sign up for a lesson from you

[ManuelKorrigan]

I really liked the Power RAngers example !! YOu are awesome! Definitely the most epic tutorials for epic music +more! i have learned a lot from that channel! Keep up the good work... Take care!

[Thorens]

It's insane how much information I got from this quick fire tutorial. Just goes to show that you only need a good teacher, no matter the subject 💪👏

[KYOURAKUbou]

I cannot imagine how do you mix them so well even there are so much stuff! Such great work!