TRAILER PERCUSSION: How To Write Epic Cinematic Beats (Tutorial)

[@AlexMoukala]

Just a couple heads up guys: - Trailer Music Redefined will ONLY be available until the 25th of November. Not sure when it'll open again. - Quantum has a FREE Demo pack available for download. Link to both in the description!

[@timhassler3488]

Why is this video not marked as advertisement? I'm just curious, no offense...

[@AlexMoukala]

@@timhassler3488 it is already.

[@timhassler3488]

@@AlexMoukala ah well it is now, didn't show up somehow yesterday, sry

[@The_Musical_Cartograph]

Alex : *bangs his head against the wall to find the trailer music formula* Also Alex : *Sample the sound of his head against the wall to make a trailer hit* because manic

[@davidguthrie3895]

Could you imagine if the classical greats were able to come back and get their hands on what we have now?? Dude. I can't even imagine it. Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Paganini... All of them

[@FuzzekeMusic]

LOL!

[@72-bit]

@@Jaxius that's deep

[@emanuelbarkoczi5347]

@@72-bit 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@darrenhirst9900]

@@Jaxius Orgasms' Synthphony no 1 Mozart 😂

[@SlyHikari03]

Don’t forget Mussorgsky or Grieg.

[@unit333angel]

THIS WAS THE TUTORIAL I NEVER THOUGHT I NEEDED BUT NOW I KNOW I DO !! THANK U

[@bilcifer666]

this is seriously the best educational and inspirational channel for this genre out there. thanks for all the videos you have made for us.

[@peej9805]

Magnificent!!!! I'm telling you, at 8:11, all I could envision was Tom Cruise running, leaping, kicking frantically, and running some more!! Bravissimo!!

[@cartermatthews8585]

you're such a boss bro. hitting my head against the wall is what making this music feels like. so true. thank you so much for the help. ur tracks are fire

[@MikeHathawayMusic]

I absolutely love your videos and tutorials, they're honestly so helpful and absolutely awesome. I've learnt so much from you and I've already applied so much of your knowledge to the music I make on my KZbin. Thanks so much for everything you've done. (I do however need to had more of an oomf to my precision XD)

[@michaelhathaway5743]

Mate good foor you I saw some of your stuf and its good

[@MikeHathawayMusic]

@@michaelhathaway5743 thanks.

[@frankpleece6052]

Man, this video has is so concise and yet contains so much information! Really love this format, Alex! Keep it up :)

[@RMSCHORUS]

black panther making avengers music!

[@CodenameM-v]

RIP Chadwick Boseman

[@AtharvaMohiteMusic]

Me : WOAH this Sounds Pretty Good I think this is the end... Alex : BUT WE CAN GO EVEN FURTHER BEYOND Me: *Not suprised cause this happens in Literally every tutorial* Love your music Alex !!!

[@jslaughter95]

clearly, Alex has ascended to SS3

[@IndustryFailure333]

This tutorial helped me so much, thank you for the tips man.

[@davidsenecalmusic]

I don't see a lot of talented producers/composers on youtube and you my man, are hella good! Thank you for the recommendations!!

[@XL_Consultant]

Noob here... man, you are EPIC. As a drummer I love this video!

[@stefanul]

you are the most important youtuber in my life right now

[@jordanjohansenmusic]

This is extremely helpful and very easy to follow! Love your work!

[@edelbirdproductions5664]

Awesome tutorial, Alex-senpai!

[@dup4126]

im on the other side of music production. but im really interested in scoring but its quite a lot on my table right now cos im 20 old only. love these stuffs. enjoyed watching hehe

[@MABMusicTTRPG]

Just found your channel, it is very interesting, loving it mate !

[@shakhsaid01]

Concise and detailed, love it!

[@ryevick]

I really wish you would do a video giving your top 3 to 5 (in order) full orchestral library plugin recommendations and the pros and cons to each. BEFORE BLACK FRIDAY! You obviously know what is what. I'm looking to purchase my first orchestral plugin and I'd like to know I'm getting one that's going to have all of the orchestral instruments with their articulations, pedal & mod supports, etc If you do a search for best list your not sure if you can trust the list and/or the reviews you see. The recommendations are all over the map. The only one I feel good about getting is a supplemental library: Spitfire Solo Strings.

[@dafingaz]

Revisiting this now that I'm making my official journey into trailer music. Let's go!

[@AllanGildea]

Thank you very much Alex, and congratulations on your well earned success.

[@gasparabba5985]

Wow another amazing tutorial Alex, thank you!

[@Tsskyx]

You know, I've always wondered what kind of drums Zack Hemsey used for his song Waiting Between Worlds. It's the most epic percussion I've ever heard, and naturally, I began to wonder whether I could replicate it somehow.

[@earthquakemusic3923]

It is amazing how much I have learned from you thank you Alex, thank you so much for still making tutorials about this subjekt. Much Love🙏❤

[@BEHNKEMUSIC]

No, not too much information. Its cool. Easy to follow. 💪

[@reese3344]

Alex thank you so much for this tutorial, you’re really knowledgeable and I look up to you as a composer. You the king my guy 💎

[@alirezasarpas]

I like it

[@greatvedas]

The force is definitely strong! Great stuff mate.

[@calloway2117]

I’ve just found new info. Thank you !

[@Woltrayn]

WOW!👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@pxlcrdgm8140]

Everything you said and the beginning AND PLUS you use FL Studio, which is the same I use so, new subscriber ❤

[@Pxrish]

You're vids have taught me so much. Thanks brother

[@namelessalias0007]

Just I'm metal with this.

[@beefcurry2209]

Alex thanks a lot

[@pianoatthirty]

Dude, u seriously rock

[@carllewis6745]

Amazing!

[@shri1300]

awesome manh thanks so much

[@dafingaz]

This is so powerful! Thanks for the information!

[@rabornjohnson]

Excellent tutorial!!

[@guymiddleton6411]

Thanks for all the great info Alex! Appreciate it! :D

[@spiralsofdanu]

Thanks for another great video. What was the name of the stutter plugin?

[@MortenChristian]

Amazing tut once again Alex!

[@riku_kiritani]

8:12 I'm imaging, Loki: I know what I am, a villain, a liberator, I am Loki and I am burdened with glorious purpose.

[@gmunyielding6302]

Good stuff bro! FL Studio for life! 😀

[@pliskin179]

Too professional for me... Damn you are crazy

[@mikekorsun]

Thanks,Alex !

[@youngboyfuture]

Really good bro

[@Karthikmdkg1025]

Good explanation sir

[@MiloMcCarthyMusic]

Could you do a video on how you got trailer placements?

[@steffenhuebschmann]

Sehr gutes Video! Punkt ist leider der, dass alle versuchen den gleichen Style zu machen. Die Kombination aus dem Aktuellen und neuen Ideen wäre der Weg..... Das was die Leute kennen zu kombinieren mit neuen Ideen wäre eine Möglichkeit. 😀 Tolle Arbeit, Meiner....!!

[@SteveDangBeats]

You good Alex! Are you still writing?

[@shaunstark1365]

Ah the epic version of Warriors in Wonder Woman trailer 🔥🤘

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

I didn't even know Cinematic drums were actually sampled. That's interesting.

[@LuckDorgado]

you the best

[@kingshahzad78]

Hi dear. Nice explanation. We can use ACTION STRIKES for Kontakt to achieve the same goal to a some extent.

[@DarkSideofSynth]

From now on I'll have trailer music played everytime I enter a room

[@gray1677]

Can you make tut on cinematic synthesis . To create futuristic, robotic, sci fi synths and hits

[@joydrive_]

What are your thoughts on the Evolution: Devastator libraries?

[@producedbykaeph]

Getting into this heavy..

[@reu3412]

5:31 alex you dirty man hahaha

[@Madhayter]

Where can I find the percussion you used in this?

[@mohan.b3714]

U should work with Hans Zimmer 😊

[@DHOWSR4DEEPDEPOT]

Cool channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks.

[@grahamsouthern6781]

do you initially use midi based plugins like Rise and Hit for your riser effects, or do you prefer to just drag and drop audio files from the very beginning?

[@colbyallen4566]

Are those Gross Beat presets custom made? I may just be derping on the default but a while back I messed with the presets folder and now every slot is blank.

[@zachfitzgeraldmusic]

Hey! I was wondering if these were all centered?

[@jaredlimbu7410]

what are those samples for the drum Sir

[@GDHWL2001]

Hey, the link for the Quantun SFX isn't working btw.

[@billbradleymusic]

Best to make one's own sounds. How to do that?

[@masmony2647]

really soun spectacular|||

[@humzaarif4842]

Yooooo how much money did you get from the placement. Feel like you would’ve gotten an insane amount of money considering how popular the trailer was

[@splitcontact]

i need a drum kit and dont know where to look :(

[@STRM1106]

new headphones

[@gaellllllll]

Please can you remake or analize the (PASSENGERS) MOVIE INTRO, I´ve loved that soundtrack for years and nobody analized it

[@woodyoulove-reynaldguibone6890]

Was shocked with this. Lol. 2:38

[@arnoldingo01]

I was wondering, which comes first? The footage for the trailer or the music for the trailer?

[@EfisioCross]

wow

[@xec1]

Finna make some Minatory out of this

[@bnjization]

Perfect video as usual... I have a question : Can't we do all of this effects in MIDI ? Why in .WAV ? I like to do all the work by myself... Sorry for my english...

[@bnjization]

@David D Daniel my question was... As Alex mentionned it : include wav audio in a track, a midi file or whatever is not cheating but i'm not agree because i like to make my song in midi files only. For my proud for exemple. I think it's possible to have the same result as a wav but with midi files + effects but it will be a hard work i suppose.. I hope i'm clear

[@davidbrussard-composer7372]

@@bnjization Personally I prefer converting samples to midi for percussive sound effects, but if I'm adding say a whoosh bang, it's much easier to use wav so I can clearly see where the hit is going to be. At the end of the day, you should just do whatever works for you

[@lumunartyparty9321]

No views 3 likes sick

[@MikeHathawayMusic]

I know right XD

[@DailyDipto]

wow.. man

[@peter486]

Howe can you affrod all the plugins?

[@janus8159]

I tried to reproduce your percussion sound. But it didn't work using the same instruments. Your patches sound way more bass heavier even when selecting the same notes. Some OTT didn't make it better. Did I miss something or what is the real trick of it Alex?

[@odioinfinito1]

hey man, hope you will read this. There's obviously a processing on it. An exciter/compression maybe and some frequencies boosted. There's always a trick that they wont show you.

[@EelasMusic]

Bro canu give the sample library link pls?

[@sasufreqchann]

Would you like to review the new BBC library ? It's BBC orchestra at your fingertips

[@arielenriques]

I would like to get something like this in Spanish , I understand a little bit but not so much, and I should take that course but again, before I would have to get better my English :'(

[@RoofElmao]

If anyone has a good advices or sound design tutorials on how to make quality samples like whoosh/downer/raiser/hit please tell me 🙏

[@Red_ls_andrews]

Probably is something that you already know, but just for informative purposes I'm gonna say it anyway. You can make whooshes starting with samples like taiko drums, making riff, adding reverb, distortion, eq and stuff; downers are synthy or low end sound pitched down, maybe low passed and distorted; risers are the opposite, sound or maybe synth stuff mixed with white noises with maybe reverb, eq (boosting or cutting frequency, or with little high pass), compression, distortion, automated parameters or other stuff; hits in a digital world can be made with a very fast down pitching of 1 or 2 octave, or maybe you can start from recorded samples of puncky stuff and manipulate and mix them with the effects I said before. About sound design there are a lot of things to say, cause sound design, like composing, is a lot about trial and error, you can learn a lot with SeamlessR's videos or taking private lessons from him, or maybe taking the cinematic courses of evenant about sound design (Cinematic Synthesis for Synthy sounds, From Source To Cinema to better understand HITS and Other FX stuff), but remember that all this stuff needs not only theory but really A LOT OF PRACTICE, it's a long Journey, but It's worth it, especially if you want to develop your own sound.

[@RoofElmao]

@@Red_ls_andrews appreciate your answer big thanks

[@PianoMinh]

name song ?

[@jacekrall5080]

And don't forget the music into Mario movie trailers

[@emeldie9275]

Nobody : Litterally no one : Cymbals in orchestra : 1:34

[@Marvestal]

too bad the access to these sfx have been disabled

[@devonk298]

Evenant Trailer Music Redefined - brought to you by Alex's Affiliate Link

[@epicsoundeffects9878]

🤟🤟🤟

[@Greg-zo5hi]

its DT-770 250Ohm? ;-)

[@AlexMoukala]

Yep

[@Hanoitami]

Personally I believe that percussion is being overused and pretty much any trailer has this shit in it. Most of the time it outshines the screenplay and doesnt match the emotion or feelings of the situation. Creative is sonething else.

[@MikeHathawayMusic]

Yeah, I know that it's supposed to "get the blood pumping and the excitement rushing" but when ever I see a trailer without these massive hits in them I pay more attention to the trailer itself.

[@L4Vo5]

Yet, this is what labels and trailer editors or whatever, pay for.

[@MikeHathawayMusic]

@@L4Vo5 yeah, its a shame

[@mindmachinepsy]

The problem is that you don't get placed if you don't do it that way. They want exactly that and you have to provide or you won't get any money. I agree, it's boring, but sadly this is how it is.

[@AlexMoukala]

One of the reasons I don't write as much trailer music is because I wasn't particularly impressed with the trends of the time. However, those trends exist for a reason: simply put, they work into creating hype and emotion. And that is the sole purpose of trailer music. You either accept it and play the game, or move on to different things like I did. If you try to play the game by going completely against what works, due to personal experience, I can tell you to expect frustration. Before deciding all trailer music is boring though, one should spend time looking into the different genres of it that exist and that are currently trending. There's quite some diversity in them and how they're made, despite the goal always stays the same.

[@Wallmusic_Z-Drys]

Demonios!!

[@npcvaadndjej6149]

Can you teach me how to creasendo and dim ?

[@jackze3405]

1:33 lol