100 Orchestration Techniques

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100 Orchestration Techniques - What is this? Basically just a condensed version of all the variations and examples featured in my series on orchestration called "10 Orchestration Techniques You Should Use Now". The title is dumb and now it's too late to change it...
You can watch the whole series here: • 10 Orchestration Techn...
0:00 - 1. Majestic, noble
0:14 - 2. Slow, pondering
0:35 - 3. Slow, pondering
0:49 - 4. Bright, active
1:04 - 5. Bright, active
1:17 - 6. Hopeful, sweet
1:38 - 7. Mysterious, moody
1:57 - 8. Comedic, animation
2:08 - 9. Romantic
2:31 - 10. Heroic
2:43 - 11. Light, energetic
2:54 - 12. Bombastic, martial
3:06 - 13. Christmas joy
3:16 - 14. Thomas Newman pensive
3:38 - 15. Exotic delight
3:52 - 16. Woodwinds quirky
4:08 - 17. Lush Disney fairytale
4:27 - 18. Star Wars villain
4:48 - 19. Field of Dreams, noble
5:01 - 20. 1950's domestic utopia
5:13 - 21. Menacing
5:29 - 22. Dark, quirky
5:46 - 23. ET, flying, quirky, fast, driving
6:00 - 24. Home, idyllic, peace, nostalgic, hopeful, family 1
6:37 - 25. Herrmann, Vertigo, mysterious, Elfman
7:05 - 26. Home, idyllic, peace, nostalgic, hopeful, family 2
7:27 - 27. Brassy, Home, epic, peace, majestic
7:55 - 28. Exciting, flowing, magic, fantasy
8:23 - 29. Dark, quirky, light, comedic, Horner, Disney 1
8:45 - 30. Dark, faster, quirky, light, comedic, Horner, Silvestri, BBTF, Disney 2
9:03 - 31. Wonder, Magical, Lydic
9:21 - 32. Family, magical, impressionistic
9:31 - 33. Magical, Flight, Fantasy
9:52 - 34. Chase, BTTF, Silvestri 1
10:04 - 35. Chase, BTTF, Silvestri, Action, ernster, faster 2
10:19 - 36. Elfman, magical, Scissorhand, Family
10:40 - 37. Love, romantic, lush, classic Hollywood, Mancini, jazzy
11:08 - 38. exotic, news theme, fast, rhythmic, asiatic
11:20 - 39. suspense, Indy, wonder, augmented, impressionistic
11:44 - 40. randy newman, Pixar, family, country, jazzy
11:59 - 41. Hollywood, driving, news theme
12:12 - 42. Piano with orch. , Silvestri, FGump, Contact
12:29 - 43. Mystic, magic, unstable, impressionistic, Holst
12:48 - 44. Brass, fanfare, regal, BTTF, Silvestri
13:05 - 45. World music, middle east, exotic, Ethnic
13:18 - 46. Mummy, Egypt, Goldsmith , lydian dominant, middle eastern
13:39 - 47. Quirky, dark comedy, Elfman, Harry Potter, Bartok
13:52 - 48. Herrmann, driving, brutal, chase, moving, Indy vibe
14:06 - 49. WW chor, melodic, peace
14:23 - 50. Western, Morricone style
14:45 - 51. Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things)
15:10 - 52. Don Davis (Matrix)
15:36 - 53. John Powell (Test Drive from "How to train your dragon")
16:00 - 54. John Williams (Journey to the Island from "Jurassic Park")
16:19 - 55. Alexandre Desplat (Imitation Game)
16:50 - 56. James Horner (Cocoon)
17:23 - 57. Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek)
17:36 - 58. Hans Zimmer (Time from "Inception")
18:19 - 59. Alan Silvestri (Predator)
18:39 - 60. Ludwig Göransson (Mandalorian)
19:16 - 61. Dark ostinato
19:37 - 62. Playful violins spiccato
19:53 - 63. Big soaring full orchestra
20:16 - 64. Dorian(ish) Perc Ensemble
20:35 - 65. Luke skykiller and the star wars
20:51 - 66. Intimate waltz muted trumpet
21:17 - 67. Quirky mysterious exotic
21:34 - 68. Dark clusters mystery
21:59 - 69. Hedwig theme
22:14 - 70. Gypsy solo violin and cimbalom
22:30 - 71. Strings divisi
22:48 - 72. The Simpsons
23:07 - 73. Spanish, latin, tango
23:30 - 74. Willow (ripping off James Horner ripping off Prokofiev)
23:40 - 75. More from willow (ripping off James Horner ripping off Copland)
23:51 - 76. Home alone (ripping off John Williams ripping off Tchaikovsky)
24:08 - 77. Irish hornpipe
24:20 - 78. Air on the g string
24:44 - 79. Lydian vibes
24:57 - 80's
25:33 - 81. Tchaikovsky (Swan Lake)
25:56 - 82. Rachmaninoff (Piano concerto)
26:21 - 83. Holst (Mars)
26:37 - 84. Smetana (Ma Vlast)
26:54 - 85. Barber (Adagio for strings)
27:26 - 86. Ravel (Daphnis et Chloe)
27:50 - 87. Stravinsky (The rite of spring)
28:09 - 88. Beethoven (A mix of a few things)
28:21 - 89. Debussy (Apres midi d'un faune)
28:40 - 90. John Adams (Nothing specific)
29:09 - A few extra stuff I haven't used in the series
29:44 - 91. High Woods Soli
29:55 - 92. Low Woods Soli
30:05 - 93. F Horns Soli
30:17 - 94. F horns and Tpt.
30:32 - 95. Low Brass Soli
30:45 - 96. No idea what this is
31:00 - 97. Stinger
31:07 - 98. Open strings
31:19 - 99. Strauss "Voices of spring"
31:35 - 100. Aeolian pyramid

[@AlexisPerezIndal]

And the guy even finds a spot to drop “the lick” in n°37!! Amazing job. Impressive work. It’s really inspiring!

[@Dan77077]

This is such an accessible masterclass for composers/orchestrators/arrangers of all levels. Lots for me to learn in this. Thanks for the hard work!!!

[@raulbondarev1160]

I checked a lot of music channels on KZbin but this one I find a real treasure

[@soundofmaw]

Best video on KZbin. Thanks for sharing these.

[@Warlowisnumberone]

Favourite video I’ve ever watched on KZbin

[@richardmillingtonmusic]

This is amazing - truly inspirational. So many colours and textures here! Great work Mattia.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks, my name is Mattia

[@AlbertKimMusic]

This was an amazing series Mattia, thank you so so much

[@thevfxwizard7758]

WOW this is a gold mine. Amazing work!

[@SaintDeus]

Amazing video! Thanks for uploading!

[@pwongau]

Definitely inspirational. Appreciate your sharing.

[@cdbaxul4726]

Beautiful writing and arranging! Lots to learn from here, thank you!

[@SteveCalwell]

Damn dude! You are my new hero! Sensational work.

[@MrArtist1971]

Spectacular job!! I don't have the words Mattia. I'm very grateful you took the time to do this!

[@JustinEverson]

27:50 CLEAR rite of spring inspo i love it

[@Hartproduktie]

Amazing work! enjoyed watching the scores and audio examples , an amazing series Amazing orchestrations!

[@jenssieckmann]

It must have taken ages to compile this enormous series! So much work. Very good and useful content. Thank you so much.

[@markusbreyermusic]

Omg I have been studying orchestration for a while and I always dreamed of a library of orchestration snippets like this and you did exactly that!! I am jumping up and down 🤩

[@Ioan_S]

This is gold, thanks!

[@fritz744]

Absolutely brilliant Mattia, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching your series and found your process and explanations extremely informative. Thank you

[@larsandersen2757]

Absolutely brilliant!!

[@guglielmofratticioli7773]

great video! as a beginner what struggles me the most is to figure out the orchestra language shapes, this helps a lot!

[@hkkim8718]

Thank you for this post. Informative, insightful, motivational... adjectives escapes me, but thank you one million times!!

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

excellent job, gratulations!

[@JeffWardMusic]

This is absolutely brilliant. An invaluable resource, not to mention a work of genius. Thank you!

[@peterlepahin]

FANTASTICO! I cannot imagine how much work was put into this (including the scores too), but you are just unbeatable at this.

[@yvanroustan4426]

Amazing Work ! thank you again !

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks!

[@V0odo0TV]

Amazing! You are a genius

[@DogandWolfGaming]

Incredible video. Instant sub. Thank you.

[@flamelionstudio5934]

Потрясающая работа! Просто настольная книга!!! Спасибо!

[@Jzh733]

Stunned by your masterful use 0f diminished harmony. Nice!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks, I like your username sir 😂

[@SnakehornMusic]

The 70s one with the sax gets me every time. I've watched this series from the beginning and loved every minute of it. Thank you for sharing your talents and all of your hard work.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Ahah yeah that’s a fun one 😁

[@alainoriglia1188]

So useful to get all these variations in one single video! My favourite? Bernard Herrmann's style, Vertigo! Number 25! AWESOME! Merci et Bravo !!!!

[@paulsu5134]

This really helps a lot !

[@MattiaChiappa]

I’m glad 🙂

[@fredrikhiller4272]

Masterful!!!

[@whittymusic]

This deserves so many more views! Thank you for sharing and all the work! Ive been a full time film composer since the 90s and your videos challenge me to improve and up my game. I look forward to joining the Patreon!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks man 😁

[@fadisoueidi4127]

this amazing 👌

[@tgyllin]

A great source when looking for inspiration! Thanks! I can imagine that, by doing this work, you also grow as an orchestrator yourself. Great job!

[@MattiaChiappa]

I’ve learnt a ton of stuff!

[@polkmusic]

This was really great Mattia. You should be very proud of yourself. So many wonderful ideas here. My favorite, though hard to pick one, was #54. But I am a huge John Williams fan. Congrats again.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks!

[@TayWoode]

This is superb! Even before reading the time stamps I was thinking all the same composers and movies like ET, Vertigo, BTTF, Poltergeist, Indiana Jones, Disney, Jurassic Park,Star wars, Elfman, Williams, silvestri etc even the Golden Girls interludes 22:30 reminds me of Cher coming down the stairs in Clueless

[@SandroMassarani]

Amazing!

[@alvarorodriguezfilmmusic]

Brilliant!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks!

[@wissemmakni2569]

Wonderful

[@wernervannuffel2608]

Magnificent!

[@user-uy7zw4gk2e]

太棒啦老哥，感觉就像在看好莱坞大片❤

[@DarioBortolato]

Grandissimo!

[@mariorichter]

What else to add. Perfect. Oscar nomination.

[@CarlosGherrera]

Hello. after watching this video I must say this is an incredible resource for education. Thanks for sharing this amazing content.

[@MattiaChiappa]

You’re welcome, watch the walkthroughs if you like

[@thomasbutton2716]

Now it's time for you to write a symphony, Mattia.

[@user-zu3cm2ek7c]

Are these MID sound? Really?? Amazing, I can't believe!!!

[@PaulArthur]

Awesome.

[@kevinthebeagle]

fantastic to have these all strung together for a quick engagement of the great span of ideas and techniques you have illuminated; i spent two months last year attempting my own version of 38 of them. it was tremendously rewarding / inspiring. i had just moved from PT to Logic, and also just rec'd BBCSO - so these exercises were the means by which i waded into both new worlds using just that Spitfire package - limits are great tools too! and yikes. the beginning was beyond slow - but your instruction and media was a superb way to learn so much on all fronts. Thank you so much. i suppose this leaves me 62 things to do.

[@MattiaChiappa]

You’re brave man 😁 good luck with the rest of them!

[@kevinthebeagle]

@@MattiaChiappa i've been sharing your site w/ pals in filmscoring schools. you're presenting a really great method for development. i'm just gathering bits of knowledge for who knows why!

[@deeppc]

Genius✨✨✨✨

[@railtransportvlogsnsw7775]

Amazing orchestrations! Idk how your midi sounds so realistic...

[@MattiaChiappa]

Blood, sweat and tears 😂 Thanks though, I spend a lot of time on the mock-ups. The series happened over the spans of almost 2 years and I think you can hear how much my sound changed in this videos. I really don’t like the mock-ups of some of these, particularly the early ones.

[@edmasters4454]

Thanks Mattia - great format with the condensed scores and audio examples.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks!

[@LearnCompositionOnline]

6:45 Vertigo , B. Hermann 13:45 Concerto for Orchestra , Bartok. The Mummy i got also well

[@MattiaChiappa]

Yep I’ve done an episode on composer’s impressions

[@MartinRenner]

Those are great! A very John Williams-y style! How did you go for the task? Did you use reference tracks?

[@MattiaChiappa]

The first 30 or so were things i basically do all the time so were pretty easy. For many of the examples past episode 3, I had to listen to a lot of music and try to figure out a way to adapt the theme to what I wanted to talk about.

[@ikiramax]

Great work Mattia! Is there any possibility of having the sheet music and midi files for each instrument (including expression/modulation values) for each orchestration? Thanks

[@MattiaChiappa]

It’s all available on my Patreon, linked in the description

[@cesarelombardo9179]

Mattia sei hai scritto tu sei molto bravo. Sarai, credo, di origine italiana. Ciao.

[@HowlingUlf]

Amazing work! Do you realize you've made 100 orchestrations ... AGAIN! And they all sound gorgeous! I love number #80 which sounds from the 80s. You just had to, right? :D

[@MattiaChiappa]

Of course man, I just had to 😉

[@g.p616]

Wow...Unbelievable!

[@makingmusic2971]

Mattia, absolutely fabulous! Really musical and wonderful. However, my inner copywriter did notice a typo in the timestamps - it is 64 Dorian(ish) percussion ensemble. I'll delete this comment after you fix it ;). Big love and appreciation from Ohio

[@richardwilliamsmusic]

Nice work! About how long did it take to create all of these? Very creative and great job!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks! All these were part of a series of videos I made over the course of about one year and a half. I worked on them on and off alongside many other things

[@Ioan_S]

is no°53 inspired from Dragons theme? I love it ! it gives me so much ideas

[@MattiaChiappa]

I had a composers impression episode in the series so it could be. Most of these were inspired from something else so you’ll likely find lots of other references as well 😁

[@BinExis]

Yeah I got Test Drive vibes immediately

[@clonecy8237]

Hello, I want to systematically study composition and soundtrack for film and television, where did you learn these awesome music?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Blood, sweat and tears my friend 😂 A lot of time listening, studying, transcribing and imitating all types of music on my own.

[@designerelefant]

WOW 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@FILhOrnMusic]

Huge!

[@davidheymann7741]

What string library was used for the runs in the hedwigs theme version? (and the other faster strings in other versions)

[@MattiaChiappa]

It’s cinematic studio strings using the marcato patch without overlay

[@brucewang5073]

This is a genius thing

[@The_Musical_Cartograph]

Well, and me who thought i'd have to go through every single one of the vids in the series That makes things a bit easier for mock-up sunday Thanks ^^ I'd be curious to know where you learn to orchestrate like this though, because it's really beautiful craft :) Score study ? trial and error? or only transcribing like you said before ?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks, mostly transcribing and trying to imitate composers I liked.

[@user-qh6vm7wd5k]

wow! Amazing and precious! I have a question ,could you please tell me What should I focus on when looking through scores?😉

[@MattiaChiappa]

Thanks! I tried to put the most important stuff in the center in a piano fashion. It’s not necessarily playable but that should be the foundation and I focus on those. The rest is decorative stuff and textures

[@MattiaChiappa]

Any brave soul who wants to help me with timestamps and possibly a brief description? You'll be rewarded with my eternal gratitude :)

[@AMoorkens]

Here you go!!! Timestamps: 0:00 - 1. Majestic, noble 0:14 - 2. Slow, pondering 0:35 - 3. Slow, pondering 0:49 - 4. Bright, active 1:04 - 5. Bright, active 1:17 - 6. Hopeful, sweet 1:38 - 7. Mysterious, moody 1:57 - 8. Comedic, animation 2:08 - 9. Romantic 2:31 - 10. Heroic 2:43 - 11. Light, energetic 2:54 - 12. Bombastic, martial 3:06 - 13. Christmas joy 3:16 - 14. Thomas Newman pensive 3:38 - 15. Exotic delight 3:52 - 16. Woodwinds quirky 4:08 - 17. Lush Disney fairytale 4:27 - 18. Star Wars villain 4:48 - 19. Field of Dreams, noble 5:01- 20. 1950's domestic utopia 5:13 - 21. Menacing 5:29 - 22. Dark, quirky 5:46 - 23. 6:00 - 24. 6:37 - 25. 7:05 - 26. 7:27 - 27. 7:55 - 28. 8:23 - 29. 8:45 - 30. 9:03 - 31 9:21 - 32 9:31 - 33 9:52 - 34 10:04 - 35 10:19 - 36 10:40 - 37 11:08 - 38 11:20 - 39 11:44 - 40 11:59 - 41 12:12 - 42 12:29 - 43 12:48 - 44 13:05 - 45 13:18 - 46 13:39 - 47 13:52 - 48 14:06 - 49 14:23 - 50 14:45 - 51. Duffer Brothers (Stranger Things) 15:10 - 52. Don Davis (Matrix) 15:36 - 53. John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon) 16:00 - 54. John Williams (Jurassic Park) 16:19 - 55. Alexandre Desplat (Imitation Game) 16:50 - 56. James Horner (Cocoon) 17:23 - 57. Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek) 17:36 - 58. Hans Zimmer (Inception) 18:19 - 59. Alan Silvestri (Predator) 18:39 - 60. Ludwig Göransson (Mandalorian) 19:16 - 61. Dark ostinato 19:37 - 62. Playful violins spiccato 19:53 - 63. Big soaring full orchestra 20:16 - 64. Big soaring full orchestra 20:35 - 65. Luke skykiller and the star wars 20:51 - 66. Intimate waltz muted trumpet 21:17 - 67. Quirky mysterious exotic 21:34 - 68. Dark clusters mystery 21:59 - 69. Hedwig theme 22:14 - 70. Gypsy solo violin and cimbalom 22:30 - 71. Strings divisi 22:48 - 72. Simpsons 23:07 - 73. Spanish, latin, tango 23:30 - 74. Willow (ripping off James Horner ripping off Prokofiev) 23:40 - 75. More from willow (ripping off James Horner ripping off Copland) 23:51 - 76. Home alone (ripping off John Williams ripping off Tchaikovsky) 24:08 - 77. Irish hornpipe (not a jig) 24:20 - 78. Air on the g string 24:44 - 79. Lydian vibes 24:57 - 80's 25:33 - 81. Tchaikovsky 25:56 - 82. Rachmaninoff 26:21 - 83. Holst 26:37 - 84. Smetana 26:54 - 85. Barber 27:26 - 86. Ravel 27:50 - 87. Stravinsky 28:09 - 88. Beethoven 28:21 - 89. Debussy 28:40 - 90. John Adams 29:44 - 91. 29:55 - 92. 30:05 - 93. 30:17 - 94. 30:32 - 95. 30:45 - 96. 31:00 - 97. 31:07 - 98. 31:19 - 99.

[@AMoorkens]

After a small hour of work I've finally finished!! Enjoy using the timestamps

[@5ammy13]

@@AMoorkens haha loved some of your annotations 😉 good job and you have my thanks 😁

[@MattiaChiappa]

@@AMoorkens you’re the man! Thanks so much brother, I’ll add them right now!

[@aymanalasadimusic7491]

@@MattiaChiappa thanks a lot for everything Mattia, you helped spark some ideas to compose! can you please come up with names / description for the styles from 20 to 50 and from 90 to 100

[@ttguitarstringstt1550]

If I become a patreon member, can I obtain the pdf's of these 100?

[@lukehaddock]

I like the reference for 85

[@yunieskidurruthy1357]

Could you tell me what the name of that book is?

[@wangsuper7093]

Hi Mattia How to correspond to notes where there are multiple instrument markings!thx

[@MattiaChiappa]

I go through each one of the examples in detail in my series: 10 orchestration techniques ep. 1 to 10. This is meant to be a recapitulation, I suggest watching the videos

[@wee5357]

wonderful，how can i get midi files to learn at a deeper level

[@MattiaChiappa]

On my Patreon

[@kimyeonjun-qo7eb]

Hi! Is the sheet music on Patreon for piano scores as above or orchestral scores?

[@MattiaChiappa]

Just the reductions that you see here

[@edengongbang]

Thank you my orchestra study 4:08 3:05 3:16

[@chesyandrimusic7579]

What computer do you used for mock up mattia?

[@MattiaChiappa]

I have an old iMac i7, 32Gb

[@juliendecot6915]

Bonjour et merci pour vos vidéos c'est vraiment génial !! Je suis entrain de toutes les reproduire avec la banque Esatwest mais je ne comprends pas ce qu'est l'instruments Bones. Si vous pouviez m'éclairer, merci d'avance et encore bravo pour votre chaîne KZbin !!

[@MattiaChiappa]

Bones is just short for trombones

[@juliendecot6915]

@@MattiaChiappa Merci, merci beaucoup !!! Bien à vous !!

[@blackrachmaninov]

Hello :) Are these music sheets available for Patreon users?

[@MattiaChiappa]

They are indeed!

[@unboundboundarie211]

What vsts?

[@MattiaChiappa]

BBC, Cinematic Studio, Sample modeling, BHCT, Hollywoodwinds and other smaller stuff. If you scroll back a few videos you'll find a template walkthrough I made recently

[@lingyin4578]

This is so practical, but I have some difficulty in reading the score. Can someone please tell me how to read this abbreviated score?😂

[@MattiaChiappa]

Watch the videos where I break down each single one of them

[@lingyin4578]

​@@MattiaChiappa Thank you very much for the reminder.😀

[@flyingcamel224]

11:03 licc

[@orciety]

W spot

[@marcoponzio1644]

I have a question: how do you then take these techniques (some of which are clearly rip-offs) and create an original piece of music which doesn't sound stereotypical?

[@TayWoode]

I’d say copy the original as best you can then change the main melody to fit, then change the other instruments arrangements to fit the new melody. I’ve done it with dance music, copied a song then changed the bass, then used different chords, then the melody and used different voices and drums so it sounds different yet familiar

[@enriquesanchez2001]

Sounds like a primer on John Williams orchestrations.

[@user-zv3se8yo4d]

#96 is checking the time cinderella.

[@augustincarroll4669]

I'm very frustrated that these scores are so condensed. The unorthodox score order and tightly packed information makes it difficult to read, but the hardest part is that when several instruments are sharing the same staff, it's not always clear which instruments are playing what, whether they're stacked, interlocking, etc., which notes are being doubled, or even how many of an instrument are playing, all of which can make a really big difference. Overall, this is a virtuosic display of orchestration skills and an excellent source of inspiration, but I wish it was a little clearer what's actually going on in each of these scores.

[@MattiaChiappa]

Just a quick reminder, there’s hours upon hours of content on this channel of me breaking down in detail what I did, in my 10 orchestration techniques series. This video is meant to be the conclusion of that and to be used for a quick engagement. Additionally i shared all the session files on my Patreon for those who want even more. I appreciate your feedback but given the enormous amount time I already invested in the series and the progressively diminishing interest, I don’t have any immediate plans of getting back into this series again. I hope you’ll stick around for other stuff though as there will be plenty

[@augustincarroll4669]

@@MattiaChiappa I've been watching some of the more detailed videos as well, and even though I still have some questions that a more detailed score would answer, I'm getting a lot out of it. Thanks for sharing, I'll stay tuned for more great stuff in the future!

[@DanGabrieldS]

Im exactly one minute in, but I can already tell that this is pure cuality! Thank you so much for sharing!