Embark on an 8-Module journey taking you through everything you need to know to start writing music for major Hollywood trailer campaigns.
Learn the ins and outs of orchestral, sound design and hybrid trailer music, and master practical techniques for each style. From composition and orchestration to sound design, mixing and mastering – the course will help you meet the demands of the high industry standards.
Get exclusive insights from experienced industry professionals such as composers, publishers, and editors, and learn about the business side of the game to kickstart your epic journey as a trailer composer.
Here’s What You’ll Learn
What You Get In The Course
Learn all the crucial skills a trailer composer needs, from crafting signature sounds, to the trailer format, and achieving a professional sound.
Dive into practical ways to handle strings, brass, choirs and SFX when working with trailers, and take your cues to a new level.
Watch as we dissect and analyze cues in the three primary styles most commonly used in trailer music: Orchestral, Sound Design and Hybrid.
Gain valuable insights from publishers, composers and supervisors with years in the business.
Learn the keys to a solid mix and master, as we walk you through the production of a massive trailer cue.
Dive into essential and valuable tools and techniques that will help you excel to a new level with your trailer music production.
Your Journey Through The Course
Module 1:
Introduction To Trailer Music
We will start off the course by being introduced to the world of trailer music, what it is and the different terminologies.
This module will aim at teaching you the first things you need to know in order to get started on your journey to becoming a professional trailer music composer.
What we will learn in the first module of this course:
This will set you up for the coming modules where we start to actually write and produce trailer music.
Module 2:
Fundamentals Of Trailer Music
Arguably the most important module of this course, we are going to dive in-depth into the main fundamentals that trailer music composers use to create their music.
We will start by looking at the common trailer music track structure. Once we know it, we can start tinkering away at some ideas for our track and be well on our way to create a finished track.
We’ll be covering:
Furthermore we will dive into some more simplified music theory to help you orchestrate, compose and arrange your music better.
You’ll learn about Harmony & Chords, Melody & Counter-Melody, and we’ll also look at how to write for:
This will truly let you grasp the fundamentals of writing a track as a whole, and learn how to incorporate and implement them in your own trailer music.
Module 3:
Orchestral Trailer Music
Once we have gone through the main fundamentals of creating trailer music, we will dive into more specific fields and genres, and in Module 3: Orchestral Trailer Music we’ll be using the orchestra and choirs more prominently.
In this module:
Module 4:
Sound Design Trailer Music
In this module, we’ll dive further into sound design trailer music and look at some of the main approaches.
We will look at:
Module 5:
Hybrid Trailer Music
This module is all about merging the orchestral style with the sound design, and bringing out the best of these two worlds of trailer music.
What we will be learning:
This is the last of the style modules and after these three you will have gotten a deeper understanding into what goes into each of the major styles.
Module 6:
Mixing and Mastering Your Track
In the sixth module, we are going to mix and master a track.
We will learn what goes into the fundamental mixing mindsets and workflows, specific tools and programs, and more.
This is of course applicable on all music production, but we will be focusing on the trailer sound.
Here’s what we’ll go through:
Module 7:
The Business Of Trailer Music
To be a financially successful trailer music composer, understanding the different parts of the industry is crucial.
While most composers just want to make the music, and not having to deal with anything business-related, it is still a great idea to understand the different components and aspects of the industry.
In this 7th module of the course, we’ll learn:
Module 8:
Insights From The Industry
In the 8th and last module of this course, you will be gaining insights from professionals in the industry.
You will learn from highly skilled and professional composers, trailer house directors, trailer editors and trailer music publishers.
The insights here are exclusive to Evenant, and will keep growing as we receive more guidance from amazing professionals in the industry.
Bonus Module:
Advices
Productivity tips, staying on top of your game, and getting the most out of learning how to become a professional trailer music composer. Tips and advice in this bonus module!
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