Scoring for a Superhero Theme from Scratch in 15 Minutes!

[@squeakD]

Great video.., and you’re using Reaper too!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Reaper gang here 😎

[@HopefulMoose-go5iw]

Finally a reaper user getting some reach we'll deserved video you gained a subscriber

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for subbing! Glad to discover another fellow Reaper gang member😎

[@jakehillenmusic]

Hear here!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@jakehillenmusic 🤝🤝

[@melissamurphyhorn]

I do my very modest mockups with Reaper too. Thought I was the only one...

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@melissamurphyhorn Reaper gang here! You're not alone 🤗

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

pls do more complete videos like this one where you show everything. and if you could briefly show us volume balancing, library microphone selections and mixing of the tracks would also be very helpful thanks, i understand quite a bit now but am also feeling very lost when i attempt to create a project. videos like this will be very helpful. you speak very nice and clear and easy to understand thank you.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for your feedback! I will certainly talk more about sound mixing, libraries, VSTs, and hardware in my upcoming tutorials. Learning composing certainly takes a long time, but one step at a time. It's an endless journey, and we all learn something new every day!

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor I use Reaper too , google search "HOW TO: Set Up REAPER's MIDI Editor for Better Workflow Seventh Sam" they are a video game composer, i really like his tips. Reaper Tips here on youtube very good too for customization.

[@frahohen]

No mistake with the melodic part while recording it live. Respect. I would fail at this without recording it over and over again.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

My background is in piano! Practicing sight reading can help improve it :)

[@frahohen]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor My background is saxophone. I can improvise on it without mistakes, but to improvise on piano is a completely different story. 🙃 Chords do not exist on sax to play. XD

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@frahohenFair enough XD it's impossible for me to improv on saxophone tho 😅 since I don't play it. I'm sure you can write very beautiful melodies on the saxophone 😊!

[@TigHam]

Very nicely done! This tutorial deserves more views

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DavidJewell98]

Great tutorial! And love seeing that you're using Reaper

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you, Reaper is great!

[@fishoscine1220]

Incredible video! Thank you so much. Great to see other composers using Reaper. I would suggest that you set all of tracks to "Automatic Record-Arm When Track Selected". It can be found by right clicking a track (or multiple selected tracks). It's a huge time saver in my workflow.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for your suggestion 🙏 I'll try it right now 😊

[@Comedy4cast]

Easy. Thorough. Just what I needed. Thank you, Hammy.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@user-np4hw4vn1j]

Fascinating. I had only the vaguest idea how that is done. Thanks!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you!

[@beMOTIONdESIGN]

Feels very Avengers-esque! Well done!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you so much 😊!

[@CirTap]

very heroic! love this theme, the build up, your explanations and teaching style. I see there's more: subbed ! seeing this I'm surprised you had so much trouble with Cubase 14 recently (7 months later). What you did here in the key editor is as rudimentary as it might get in MIDI editing and it's what Cubase (and it predecessor 24 pro) pioneered in some 30 years ago 🙂 anyhow, you're using Dorico (now also powering the score editor in Cubase) so no love lost for Steinberg I suppose 😁

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@CirTap Thanks for subbing 🙌 at the time I was making this tutorial, I hadn't started using Cubase 13 yet. The score was done in MuseScore. I did try Dorico tho, it's perfect for film scoring!

[@TigerRichards]

Is that Audiomachine? Or maybe Howard Shore? No, it's Hammy! You make it look easy. Great tutorial, and I for one appreciate the tight editing. Well done.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for your kind words!! 🙏

[@johnhazlett3711]

I use Reaper and LMMS, for different purposes. Thank you very much for this instruction video.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@Imagineyourmusiccom]

you are amazing, all the details you give like images , notation, sheet music, how to play, references, instruments, orchestration and so on are so complete! it's very very useful for us , and most of all the sharing of the midi file! keep it up, soon you will l be very well known and a star, I'm sure, thanks a lot Hammy (please, what choir library are you using? thanks)

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you so much and I'm glad my tutorials are helpful 😊 the choir is Chorus by Audio Imperia. More tutorials coming soon!

[@Imagineyourmusiccom]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor thanks a lot Hammy, looking forward to what's next, best greeting from Switzerland ♩♪♫♬♭♮♯🎶🎵😊

[@OtelloAzzali]

Great job! Many thanks. Pls keep doing video like this. Ciao

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you so much! Will keep doing this type of video

[@jenstornell]

It seems so easy but in real life it's a real challenge. Great work! 🎉

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

It certainly is a challenge! But with practice everything will become easier and easier

[@SohrabP.M.R]

Good scoring and your orchestration was interesting for me !

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you so much!

[@IzzyRock]

wow! amazing! awesome video!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for watching!

[@Alex69ification]

Amazing videos and as everyone said finally educational videos with reaper. I will love to see a video where u break down your reaper preferences and how do u aproach the software for mixing and auxiliary sends

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for your comment! Will make a tutorial on Reaper preferences and routing sometime 😊

[@Auddictaudio]

fantastic work!!!!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks a lot!

[@wutangfan3160]

Very great tutorial, I like that it's detailed and the fact that sometimes, you don't just show how to do it but explain why one would do such a thing as well ! It would have been interesting if you had deconstructed the rythm for this kind of music (especially in the drums section) but there is plenty to learn from this video already ! Btw i noticed that on the french horn melody the note seems to fall before the beat but maybe it's just the DAW that gives this impression (I don't know I never used reaper and I can't tell by ear) or it's intentional to convey a certain feeling. Since everthing sits so well together I guess it's either of them ?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for your feedback! I'll implement some details showing how the drum rhythm is constructed and etc. There's always so much to learn and it's never enough 😊 If the French horns fall or out of sync, I suggest just drag the notes and let them start playing before the beats. French horns have slower attack tho so that's probably why they would sound slower and laggy

[@AtlasBenighted]

Great orchestration! It's also refreshing to see that your template doesn't have a separate track for each articulation. I particularly ditched that for sound variations (expression maps), but I still have a track for shorts and longs for each instrument. May I ask how do you make it work for you in terms of mixing and/or stems?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

I usually make Legato as a separate track. Other articulations will be on the same track. I find expression maps in programs like Logic Pro are more neat and easier to use. When I work with a huge amount of instruments, I prefer to just use the keys to switch articulations so my template looks more organized. It's also a personal preference how you wanna organize your tracks and what makes your workflow faster depending on the projects 😊

[@igotbit9454]

Beautiful composition. Found you on IG. Subbed.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for following and subbing 🙌

[@rickarroyo]

Hi Hammy How great to find this kind of cinematic content/soundtracks using Reaper 01:18 - What hotkey do you use to change the octave? Your work is amazing! I'll follow you Thank you very much

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@rickarroyo Hi there! Thanks for watching! I never found a shortcut for moving notes octave + - so I added a customized shortcut. All you have to do is to go to Actions - New action - under Filter, search "Pitch item down one semitone", and double click on it 12 times (12 semitones makes up an octave), and under Custom action name, name it however you like, ex "One octave down". Then click on OK. Then in the Actions list, you'll see the "One octave down" action you just created, click on it, under "Shortcuts for selected action", click on "Add", then it'll prompt you with a window, in there, you can assign a shortcut to this action by typing on your keyboard. I use Alt + Num2. Once it's assigned, click on OK. Same way to set up for one octave up.

[@kennethjackson4858]

Thank you got to learn how you do this. I use Logic, sorry don’t have Reaper. What size is your screen monitor. Is it flat or curved? Which is better. Looking for one. Thanks and I’m subscribing to your channel and thank you for using Musescore. It looks like a great notator.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@kennethjackson4858 Logic is great too! The size of my monitor is 34 inches. It is curved. I believe curved is better, it feels more immersive. Thank you for subscribing! MuseScore is fantastic!

[@jim476a]

I'm glad I found you, and immediately subscribed. Your presentation was quite useful. Could you tell us about your melody-writing process?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thanks for subbing! I'll make a tutorial talking about melody writing sometime! It's a big topic

[@xxdaniel_harrisxx]

Please do more from scatch videos like these!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Will do! Thanks for liking the video

[@absinha6209]

That’s super cool!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

🙌🙌

[@NinghuiYu-vg3lb]

Amazing!👍It helps me a lot. btw I'm interested with this vocal virtual instrument, could you tell me its name?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you! The vocal is Chorus by Audio Imperia

[@AlexandruSura]

Bravo!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you!

[@Ehrmantraunt]

Превосходно. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Спасибо 🎉

[@音乐了没]

好飘逸的动作

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

😎😎😎

[@luucdentoom6955]

Very heroic. Awesome composition! May I ask which choir libraries you’re using on this piece?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you! The choir library is from Chorus by Audio Imperia

[@luucdentoom6955]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor thanks, will look into that!

[@jasaaransemenlagudanvideok7209]

Very2 helping thx

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Glad it's helpful!

[@ontrada]

Very nice! What string and choir libraries are you using? Thanks!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

String is Modern Scoring Strings by AudioBro, Choir is Chorus by Audio Imperia

[@ontrada]

Thank you! @@cinematic.sound.sculptor

[@volcom877]

nice!! god job

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@ollied2025]

Hammy are you using reaticulate or another articulation system for reaper? thanks

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

I'm not using Rearticulate. For articulation switching I just put down the articulation notes in the midi editor

[@SayarJohnSebastian_57]

Could you give a little advice what software do I need to use to create such music creation?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Any DAW software can work. I use Reaper on my PC. For IOS system I recommend Logic Pro X. Cubase and Pro Tools are also good

[@unclespooky]

I understand this is a basic tutorial. would a more advanced version include automations? great tutorial btw. I keep forgetting how intuitive Reaper is

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Thank you! I'll go in depth and talk about automations sometime in more advanced tutorials 😊

[@ollied2025]

I haven't seen many, if any, people using sonuscore's the orchestra! Which other libraries do you have and which do you prefer?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

I own various libraries. Some libraries can take up too much GPU, so I prefer to combine heavy + small libraries, depending on the type of project and end result I want Everyone uses Spitfire but I do believe you can get decent sound with other alternatives out there. My main string library is Modern Scoring Strings. EastWest also has good libraries such as Hollywood Fantasy Orchestra

[@ollied2025]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor thanks. I was hoping therre might be a good budget library but I think eastwest is going to be the cheapest acceptible quality. keep up the great videos!!

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@ollied2025 EastWest has a subscription, I believe you have access to many different libraries with that subscription

[@renakmans3521]

Terrific!! So you use Modern Scoring Strings but what do you use for the brass? It all sounds great!

[@MasterSongStudiosReal]

What is the choir library you're using?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

The choir is Chorus by Audio Imperia

[@shayraecok578]

How do I learn to do this ?

[@RebekahParkhurst]

Is the notation built into your DAW or did you write that elsewhere for the video?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

I wrote it in MuseScore. The DAW I use is Reaper, it doesn't have a really good built in notation.

[@shayraecok578]

can you do drums, guitar and vocal in this software ?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Hi there, yes, it's a standard DAW, you can use any instruments or plug-ins

[@shayraecok578]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor thanks for answering :) Where would you go about for someone who wants to learn to do that like you do ?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@shayraecok578 I recommend start composing something simple and gradually build up your orchestration skills. Maybe try picking up a few instruments you're familiar with, or interested in, and experiment with them. That's how I started to learn orchestration and composing :)

[@shayraecok578]

@@cinematic.sound.sculptor awesome :) Thanks for the answers, I appreciate it. great content :)

[@avinashkr.ranjan3068]

Can this be created using any free sound library?

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Of course! The techniques and work process will be the same. You can choose any free sound libraries (strings, brass, choir) you have and work with those

[@loganingram9397]

0:19 made me wanna go re play Spider-Man lol

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Good game, I played it several times before

[@skaybeatz_]

What bpm did u use and time signature

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

The BPM is 114, time signature is 3/8. You can find it on the timeline in the DAW I use (top left just right above the tracks)

[@skaybeatz_]

Can I have maybe your contact or any means of reaching you cause I have so many questions to ask Cause I want to dive in orchestra music. I hope you don't mind

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

@@skaybeatz_ Hi there, for sure! You can reach out to me on my Instagram: cinematic.sound.sculptor

[@skaybeatz_]

Okey Please reply🙏 I'm WILLIAM So you can identify me when I message you 💯 Tnx @cinematic.sound.scultor

[@aaronmarcial3085]

This reminds me of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Make sure to tell Sam about it if you run into him one day 🙌

[@neelukadam7934]

Mam can you share this notes into alphabet please to understanding

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

I definitely encourage you to learn music notation and music dictation instead of using the alphabet!

[@leszeabowski482]

The notes you posted for this tutorial are written wrong.

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Hi there, could you please let me know which bar or instrument?

[@leszeabowski482]

Next time do it correctly.

[@CarlineFrancois]

This is awesome tutorial! I will be using some of these in my compositions! Thank you! @Francis413musicllc

[@cinematic.sound.sculptor]

Glad my tutorial was helpful! Thank you so much!