How to Write Better Orchestral Music (Viewer Track Reviews)

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

Thank you so much for your feedback and for reviewing unnatural forces alex!! Love everything you do!

[@cauefernandes5931]

Nice music!!

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

@@cauefernandes5931 Thank you so much!

[@composingtips]

Great track!

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

@@composingtips Thank you man! It's a lot coming from you

[@Shin_v2]

nice track dude, really love the choir!

[@KevinMuellerMusic]

Hey Alex, Thank you very much for your feedback and kind words on my track "Welcome To Faerial". I also want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing this. I mean, I literally got free feedback from a professional composer. How cool is that? I will definitely support you on Patreon now! Also thanks for suggesting the FFTA soundtrack! I've never listened to it before, but I did now, and I'm already writing a new track in this genre. It's inspiring as hell! :) Thanks again!

[@musicgrounds5077]

Aye I'm supporting you all the way!

[@KevinMuellerMusic]

@@musicgrounds5077 Thank you! :)

[@dannikenx]

How did you submit your track?? I would love to participate!!

[@KevinMuellerMusic]

@@dannikenx Just wait for the next stream, there will be an url where you can upload your track.

[@michaelyangmusic]

Alex M swaying to my music, life goal complete :D thanks so much for the feedback and kinda words

[@Fingers998]

brilliant composition mate, loved it. so cool!

[@michaelyangmusic]

@@Fingers998 thanks!

[@ClownWorldEnjoyer]

The way you get hyped about the transitions gets me hyped up too.

[@Diego0wnz]

And this video instantly remotivated me to start making music again! Thankyou Alex

[@Plabloski12]

Honestly who the hell are these people? The amount of talent you guys have is overwhelming. I've been producing for 6 years or so and I just got into orchestral as well so I can make my music richer (I make hardstyle and love to add orchestral parts to my songs) but rn I wouldn't be even close to this sort of madness. All my support to you guys, I will follow the composers of the pieces reviewed in this vid. Loving your content Alex, keep it up!

[@annaliseanastasia]

Hey Alex, I am a 12 year student from China. I have just started composing orchestral music, specifically trailer music around the time I saw your tutorials, and they are very specific. Though I am still struggling to get the right way to like, arrange all of the instruments correctly and create a better sound, I do appreciate your videos greatly, thank you very much for all the advice and techniques that you shared

[@louselfridge517]

Good luck!! Dont give up, starting at such a young age is a huge blessing! Work everyday, your future self will thank you!

[@coalescence3835]

Bro, I'm 16 and I started doing this stuff at 12. Keep going with what you're doing! The more you get into it and learn, it's really fun. Don't give up!

[@ThaUnspokenTruth]

OK this is amazing. So happy to have found your channel. The people here are incredibly talented and will only help me improve. I have always made orchestral hip hop but I want to get into movie music. I am absorbing all this knowledge. Great job!!

[@ErikOrchestralTutorials]

Do you have any favourite film composers yet? I would recommend listening to John Williams, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri, Ennio Morricone.

[@bellsofheart85]

gotta admit that's a masterpiece

[@Morpheix]

Damn, watched till the end, time went so fast, I love these kind of videos keep it up !

[@jonteguy]

This has to be a thing more often, great watch! Maybe I'll get the courage to open one of my tracks up for critique live in time.

[@ErikOrchestralTutorials]

You should post your music on your channel! Do it!

[@ogpche9178]

Alex!! Love your content Man U low key the 🐐 when it comes to producing orchestra music!

[@Dracstar]

This was very informative. Thanks again, Alex!

[@dafingaz]

Great stuff man!

[@MrChanlokyin]

WOW... those tracks are so professional

[@DheavyMetal]

Great tutorial! Your videos are helping me progressing through this art. Thanks :)

[@mirzaaljic]

I love this live feedback. Also, I just realized our logos are so similar @Alex 😂😂

[@BLHz8blah1]

I am a musician from AL and I'm not afraid for the music to music to be decontrusted. It's very neat to listen to I've only don't one video game song. but can't wait to get more into it.

[@theclassicalmusicchannel3297]

So awesome! Love your videos Alex, you really give so much great advice 😀

[@sapthputraas]

Just counting " What tha " 😁

[@tanaythakar9255]

Love your insights dude. However, can we get a full listen to the tracks first and detailed comments afterwards in the rerun? I really think it'll help us internalize the tracks a little better.

[@tosvus]

Wow, go NIV!!! The only small pick I have is that a few minutes in, I don't think the quantization is off, but rather you should add negative delay on the instruments. FANTASTIC though.

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

Thank you so much! Yes you are right , i may have forgot to do it , i have so much to learn yet besides that and i appreciate every feedback i get. Thank you for that !

[@encapsulatio]

@@nivschriebermusic3603 What courses and in what order to go thru them if i'm starting from zero?Thank you!

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

@@encapsulatio Hey! I can whole heartedly recommend the cinematic music course from idea to finished recording by arn Anderson in evenant. A great course that will teach you a lot , but it depends on how much you are willing to improve and practice. I can also recommend that you learn at least basic music theory for a start as it will help you a lot too , and further down the line expand on it when you feel you need it in order to grow.

[@encapsulatio]

@@nivschriebermusic3603 Do you have any favorite reddit threads where cinematic music type things are discussed?

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

@@encapsulatio Not really...sorry, i am not an active user there

[@George1017bsm]

Hello, 3 years ago, I left a comment under "The Landing" from FF8. You said you would do "Premonition";) I'm still waiting)))

[@vidasegunrichie]

WHats the name of the first track?

[@mikinitsunoru8211]

Niv Schrieber - Unnatural Forces

[@luccilla3428]

I am afraid to Share most of my Orchestrations. It isnt any better after watching this... However respect to all these great composers

[@Kraflyn]

good orchestration, bad bad mix? If so, you should post it for him to review and suggest the way to mix it properly! Oh, good mix, but bad orchestration? You should post it here for him to review and suggest the way to orchestrate... :D :3

[@sebastianrojas2227]

Thanks, teacher

[@neuneru]

It's a pleasure to watch this And btw, how do i submit a track to be reviewed???

[@ncn0505]

6:44 you literally predicted the melody 😂😂👍👍

[@francisb1]

hello Alex, I think you should let us first hear a bit more of the piece, and then the commentary. Now, wtf, that sand surfer was stunning. Makes me really want to give up hearing people that are up there :(((

[@michaelyangmusic]

dont give up!

[@mountnofficial]

awesome!

[@ComposerChronos]

I would like to submit music but everything I hear is much better than mine and all I would do is make a fool of myself so I end up not sending it

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

Hey! We have all been there and there are always things to learn no matter what stage you are. Alex gives some solid feedback and i can assure you that if you submit your track maybe you wont like everything he has to say , but he is very honest and will give you pointers on how to improve which is what you need as a starting composer in order to ...well...improve. honesty from a trusted individual is very important if you want that to happen. You have nothing to be ashamed of!

[@izzlefrizzle]

Hey Alex, what do you think of the Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra?

[@2nn1i]

I’d love to know what you think of destiny 2’s journey, both versions (the vocal one and the orchestral one)

[@ClicStudio]

The second track sounded like assassin’s creed 1’s soundtrack

[@michaelyangmusic]

:)

[@mazone8156]

Hello alex how to make best way choir oceania vocal please make video on this

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

I have an introtrack of ±2,5 minutes. And I really wonder what you think about it as well. Especially since it's like my first full orchestral piece. Is just not fully done since I still need to do the mixing (I'm currently preparing the track for analog processing) and after that I have to add one more part that transitions into the song that it introduces. Would it be possible for me as well to get feedback on that track, bc so far I only had feedback from people who don't really produce music themselves that much. +most if the stuff I learned about composing, is stuff I learned from your videos'.

[@Castler]

Alex, can you recommend some libraries that include Shakers or other high percussion? I'm really in need of those!

[@davidbrussard-composer7372]

I know it's late but I'd really recommend Perc X. It has a good variety of shakers and high drums, and also everything else.

[@marceloguerra1192]

Hi Alex. How do I buy the midi from your tutorials? Not by Patreon. Cheers.

[@taiga2805]

Please "Electro Swing" Stuff!

[@pianoscapes09]

Brou u should do a transformers score remake from like all the epic transformers scores like mixed together cuz ur the shit man love ur videos

[@SDSMOfficial]

Just noticed Wade Smith was here. He had good training to win the competition.

[@songsa93]

Hello Alex i want to change my headphones for homestudio can you tell me what are yours plz?

[@piyaratnewickramasinghe4886]

Hey Alex , please tell me where can I find samples for ochestrial music ,trailer muisc.....samples like epic horns,stabs ?

[@dhanushadithiya5131]

check the description in the videos because he has the names of the kontakt libraries names and also the sample packs he uses

[@svquinteromusic]

Hey Alex, how can I submit a track for reviewing??

[@ambralemon]

Today I'm so fucking emotional I got teary at 1:42 wtf

[@Kraflyn]

the sound of entries is as if recorded through mic, instead of through daw directly... or are they all mixed so badly? 0o

[@instrumentaldude8349]

Hi Alex, I've been having some problems with the CPU rendering lately...I am recording a orchestral song and I have by now 29 tracks...but now if I wanna hear it in full the noise is getting distorted and has errors and the CPU is going in red. I use native instruments Ultimate and The Orchestra libraries. I notice that the action strikes are for sure a huge memoryeater. What can I do to fix this? Or is this because my laptop isn't strong enough. My laptop is a I5 processor with 16 G ram and 1 Terrabyte memory or something. It's very annoying cause I can't even listen to the track properly. Best regards

[@MujjOMusic]

Hi bro i am fascinated in orchestral music 😍 actually i produce edm but orchestral music is way to express our self 😍

[@Alex-wx8be]

Alex I’m also named Alex. How can I starting learning how to compose?

[@akinfernape840]

Alex, im actually also named Alex. Just watch his videos.

[@ErikOrchestralTutorials]

Just start doing! It's helpful if you can play some piano, but you could always put in notes manually in FL Studio as well. Listen to a lot of music, find composers that you like and ask yourself "What is it that makes this sound GOOD to me?", try to break it down and reproduce it yourself. I would also say that it's easier to start with just a few number of instruments, like piano and maybe a violin than going full orchestra. Good luck Alex, you can do it!

[@jesleycaceresmarcelino1812]

Hey Alex, congrats for your work. I would like to know If you do classes, ir if you van help me tô rewrite a song of mine. Thank you

[@music_creator_capable]

Good! ^^

[@DnkJMusic]

👍❤️

[@munavvarali9278]

Iam 16 year old.is it possible to make music like these without music theory?

[@zenaxproductions7927]

Possible yes, but WAAAY harder then learing some music theory and getting that over with. You will learn it by making music anyways, just slower and you progress will be slower aswell.

[@donikdn5528]

4:38 Я никогда никого не забывал. Но меня часто забывали ))

[@Muthugaming843]

Please make the udemy course I'm waiting for tutor like you

[@wiczus6102]

Cmon guys the first one is basically 2steps from hell united we stand divided we fall.

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

Hey man , i am the guy who composed the track. What you're saying is true , the reason its almost like united we stand divided we fall is because i wanted to compose something in that style of thomas bergersen just because i love this track and album so much.I also address this in the description of the track in my own channel. This track was pretty much me trying to immitate that style just to show to myself that i can and in order to practice. I believe its always great to try and immitate the composers you love in order to better understand their decision making process and to try to "get into their heads" a little bit. I hope you have a great day and that you understand what i am trying to say here (english isnt my first language obviously 😜)

[@wiczus6102]

@@nivschriebermusic3603 I get that you wanted to learn from it and it's okay. But you can't just replicate a song change few notes and slap your name on it..

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

@@wiczus6102 change a few notes? I think you are over reacting and i dont agree with you. But to each his own :) have you ever listened to john williams score to star wars and holst the planets? specifically mars the bringer of war. If not , check it out. You will be surprised.

[@wiczus6102]

@@nivschriebermusic3603 1. Planets is Public-Domain. 2. Some melodies and chord changes sound similar, definitely under 5%. 3. Even if Williams does something wrong, it doesn't make it right, just because he is famous. You copied like 90% of the song... This is not fair use.

[@nivschriebermusic3603]

@@wiczus6102 I did not. Its not even in the same key, not the same chords. I did however followed along the structure of the track , and the 7/8 rhythm.that one is true. I think you should check things or a/b both tracks side by side before you accuse someone of basically stealing. And again , i did that for practice only. I am not monetizing it and am not selling it.

[@OwLee69]

Please do a SKYRIM ORCHESTRATED COVER

[@TapausSES]

Would be nice to hear whole song and not to pause it like every 5 seconds. Otherwise good points on tracks.

[@petertremblay3725]

Your voice level is very loud versus the music playing!

[@phillipjones3766]

Hi Alex. Madison Jones here. Please check your email for my inquiry about our new tv series in development. I'm a multiple Emmy Award-winning producer based here in LA and have an opportunity for you. Thanks.

[@reisaki18]

First!