Composing Warhammer Ambience in Real Time | Music for @Janovich

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If you’re tired of composing in a vacuum and want to grow alongside other passionate musicians, you’ll love Composing in Realtime — my weekly creative group where we share work, swap ideas, and support each other as we grow.

We host monthly composing challenges, feedback speedruns, co-writing sessions, and offer hours of lesson content to guide the way.

It’s low-pressure, full of good people, and built for artists who want to fall in love with the process again.

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👋 Hey, I’m Zach — a lifelong composer drawn to introspective music, dark textures, and honest storytelling.

I believe art is more vital than ever — and I hope these behind-the-scenes glimpses into my composing rituals, breakdowns, and breakthroughs remind you why you started making music in the first place.

[ZachHeyde]

🤝 Want to work together? I write scores for indie/midcore animation and games - shoot me an email and let's chat:

[Enderblade]

I know I've said this before but I love seeing the creative process behind your music, really shows how we musicians are thinking.

[Edbrad]

4:30 I was like that plugin sounds cool. Then I was like wait a second I have that 😂😂. I really appreciate your videos. Helps to see others work. It helps inspire me to think in a faster creative way.

[VIRUSMUSICc]

This is so helpful seeing you compose thank you very much zach. i also want to ask if you can make a video about brass writing. i am always struggling to find a place for brass ❤

[BastianJägerMusic]

It's insane that you achieved that in what? an hour? I'm also currently working on a 15min movie and it took me like a hour to start 😂

[KubaPIANOmusic]

Wow! Just wow, I mean the fact that you know exactly where to look for the sound you need. I have one question tho - after you compose and its time for mixing - do you disable all the reverb from every plugin and then in the mixing process you send mp3 files to it?
And also what an arsenal of plugins you have there 😅 omnisphere, zebra..
I found out about Zero-G Sample and Ethera from your previous video! Thank you for showing us what you use, this might be a good time to dig into Fracture Sounds. All the best in New Year! 😊

[KrystalSmith-isif]

When are you going to release the Mario sound track from the avocado animation video