4 Levels of Orchestral Music: Noob to Hans Zimmer (Pirates Of The Caribbean)

Orchestral Music Production on 4 different levels: with Hans Zimmer & Pirates of the Caribbean (ft. Klaus Badelt, the guy behind the original theme). In FL Studio 20.
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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

[AlexMoukala]

250k view later:
OK. I guess I'll have to make a tutorial about that Hans Zimmer riser!

[planetrift]

Hans is also self taught... worth mentioning.

[AnymMusic]

let's be real you just wanted to flex a bit with the Pirates Of The Caribbean track haha

[MiloPaulus]

Spot on Alex!
A lot of composers (including myself) who are starting out writing orchestral music think melody-first, basic harmonies, and not much else. But it's the details of orchestration and instrumentation, that you sometimes hardly even hear, that make a piece so compelling. That is especially the case for action music like this, but definitely also for slower, dramatic music!

[a.u.positronh]

Asian parents: ok this is fine warm up

[korgscrew]

Also worth mentioning that Zimmer has very talented orchestrators working for him.

[MerchantIvoryfilms]

Interviewer: How do you play more than 10 keys at once on the piano?
Hans Zimmer: Yes

[DTM]

Noooo, I wanted to hear that last Midi note 😢

[WispyWispy]

DON’T FRET.

Frets are for guitars, not emotions.

[Sorestlor]

I have been trying to get into composing as a hobby for years. I never managed to actually finish a song before at most writing a melody, the noob level then just forgetting/abandoning it. Then I saw a video where you mentioned LABS and Layers. I downloaded them and the sounds were able to inspire me to finish my first song. In the process, looking at a lot of beginner video's advising of common errors and things to try. I'm pretty happy i got over that initial hump and am finally writing music as a hobby.

[kirbymia]

I can't wait until this guy is a big shot composer for big films and games! It will make my life knowing that I used to watch all his tutorials on YouTube.

[angelocast]

Alex go BIG!
Music composers creating/recreating music for the NEW WORLD! Love it!

[MitchellBroom]

Love a daily FLEX from Alex 😜
Love this man! 😍😍

[theofficialsyyn]

been waiting for more, my productions have become something i can appreciate much more because of videos you've made. someday i'll have the money for these crazy good libraries too! :P

[Justin_Mk]

I just keep viewing everyday when I am bored, just cant get over it

[naveenkumar_amnk_official]

This was more of a motivating video with that kind of music and text down at the bottom🔥❤️

[jumabannister]

Love Hans Zimmer’s composing and I’m grateful for you breaking it down

[BattleCattleSA]

Alex: "Don'T FRET!"
me, a guitarist: *frets constantly*

[AceDeclan]

This video did nothing but made noobs have fear. Once the main melody is down it’s easy to keep adding instruments to fill out the frequency spectrum and add harmony.

[arnoirl]

In 4 months I went from The Newbie to The Advanced ^^ I hope that next year, I will be good as you are. Thank you Alex.