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Welcome producers & friends. Today I will teach you how to make those big hollywood cinematic chords. You will learn about orchestrating chord notes from a very basic piano progression. Learn how to beef up those small triad chords into wonderful, dramatic and epic scores like Hans Zimmer and the big guys over in Hollywood. Enjoy! Watch the sequel episode here: Easy Cinematic Music like John Williams ๐ผ Orchestration https://youtu.be/edk11MxWbqs BITWIG MASTERCLASS: https://store.morningdewmedia.com/products/complete-guide-to-bitwig-masterclass Discount Code: MATTIAS20 Use the code on checkout and get 20% discount on the Bitwig Masterclass! If you enjoy my videos and content please subscribe and let me know in the comments! You rock! Thanks for watching, // Mattias Holmgren https://store.morningdewmedia.com My Gear List โถ https://www.morningdewmedia.com/resources-for-music-production-and-video/ Become a patron โถ https://www.patreon.com/gelhein My Partners: ๐น Bitwig โบ https://bit.ly/3dYvYsO ๐ฟ DistroKid (Save 7%) โบ https://distrokid.com/vip/mattias ๐ Kilohearts โบ http://bit.ly/2I9GzC8 ๐ง UJam โบ https://www.ujam.com/vice/#a_aid=morningdewmedia&a_bid=ccefd08f โผโผโผJoin My Discord!โผโผโผ https://discord.gg/fkDw4uu โผโผโผFollow Mattias Holmgrenโผโผโผ Twitter: https://goo.gl/4uuQeq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gelhein Bandcamp: https://goo.gl/ktz3cw Website! https://goo.gl/Dz9rck Spotify - Gelhein: https://goo.gl/SbM9xH Spotify - Mattias: https://goo.gl/QMRp3S #musictheory #cinematic #musicproduction CONTENTS 00:00 Intro 00:40 Chords 01:57 Re-arrange the notes 02:15 Double the root (bass) notes 02:43 Add cello bass notes 8va below 03:02 ...even deeper bass 03:13 Voice leading 04:40 Orchestration rules. 04:51 Double the root note 05:04 Double the fifth 05:12 Do not double the third! 06:05 Avoid closed voicing in the low end / bass 06:23 Strings - replace the piano 07:00 Expression 07:47 Modwheel - dynamics expression 08:00 Epic Female Choirs melody 09:55 Alternative melody 10:14 Epic Male Choirs (chords) 11:25 FINAL RESULT 11:38 Summary and ending notes 12:22 How do you make epic music?
