The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

In this episode, I show you how I wrote the music for Disney's Pete's Dragon.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I show you how I wrote the music that was used in the Destiny 2 trailer.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I sketch out an inspiring trailer music intro with only 6 sounds.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I show you 8 trailers with great trailer music that will definitely inspire you to get straight onto your DAW and get writing!You can watch the episode here: https://youtu.be/7budj9AVGQ4 Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I break down the amazing music used in the trailer for A Million Miles Away.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I break down why I think the music to the Corner Office is so great and what you can learn from it.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode of the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jiri Nemec.Jiri reached out to me via email with the subject line "Star Wars placement at 17 thanks to your podcast", and I knew I had to have him on the show to explain this great success at such a young age (obvs).What We Discuss on the ShowLearning from YouTubeSelf-imposed deadlinesBeating your inner criticReaching out to publishersHaving a community to shareThe importance of publishing on YoutubeHow 'Design Thinking' Can help you in your craftWhere You Can Find JiriInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nemecmusic/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nemecmusicSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1uPhJvRlxI5Y8Hhzz66CwOFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/jirinemecfilmsGrab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I answer a couple of questions from one of your fellow listeners, Rob.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode of The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Davey about his journey from working as a part-time labourer to landing regular placements as a trailer music composer.In the Podcast, We Cover:How Chris first learned about trailer musicHow Chris made contacts within the music industryHow long it took Chris to go full timeChris' creative process for creating unique signature soundsChris' advice for aspiring trailer music composers-------------⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

In this episode, I discuss the quiet panic induced by a run of getting no placements and of course, ways to help.⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

Richard Interviews orchestral mixing and mastering engineer Joël Dollié about life as a freelance mixing engineer, course creator, and plugin developer.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

In this episode, I take you on a walkthrough of my track Gremlin which was used in The Lost Ark Artist Update trailer.Grab Your FREE Trailer Music Toolkit - https://richardpryn.com/toolkit Check out this amazing offer - https://richardpryn.com/trailermusicbundle/You can now get all 12 of my trailer music courses for an amazingly low price.You might be asking why am I doing such a thing. Because, as I say to my kids, "sharing is caring" and I want my courses to help as many people as possible. To be honest with you, at this price I'm tempted to buy them mys

End An Action Sound Design Track with This.⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

In this episode, I break down the structure of the Ruby Gillman trailer music.⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

In this episode, I talk about the trailer music trends this month.⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

In this episode, I show you how to compose massive action drums with ease.⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

In this episode, I walk you through 5 simple steps you can follow to make your second act sound even better!⭐ Download Rich's FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://richardpryn.com/toolkit

In this episode, I talk about what it is to "fail" and how important it really is for our growth.⭐ Download the FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://therailermusicschool.com/blueprint ❓ Ask rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast: https://podinbox.com/tms 

In this episode, I walk you through my process for creating sketches for my Trailer Music cues in a matter of minutes. ⭐ Download the FREE Trailer Music Toolkit: https://therailermusicschool.com/blueprint ❓ Ask rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast: https://podinbox.com/tms 

In this episode I walk you through how I wrote the music that was used on The Glass Onion Official trailer.⭐ Download the FREE blueprint to craft a perfectly structured trailer cue❓ Ask Rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

In this episode I answer a question from the audience about when it is the right time to start reaching out to publishers?⭐ Download the FREE blueprint to craft a perfectly structured trailer cue

In this episode I wanted to shamelessly plug my latest venture, my weekly newsletter.You can read the latest issues of 'The Quiet Whisper' or you can go straight ahead and sign up.⭐ Download the FREE blueprint to craft a perfectly structured trailer cue❓ Ask Rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Yoav Goren on the Trailer Music Composer's podcast.For those of you who don't know Yoav, is the co-founder of Immediate music with Jeff Fayman. Together they played an enormous part in shaping the railer music world and even the epic music world as we know it. Yoav and Jeff also went on to found 1 Revolution music which is a production music company focused on producing music for use on TV.Yoav is also the man behind Globus, the epic music artist that introduced me to epic music. As you can imagine I was very happy to be able to thank him in person for that!We also shared the same ideas behind the importance of joy and playfulness in what we do and also the plain and simple fact that we must share what we create as a matter of course!In the show we discuss:The importance of joy in music creationRealising that what you create is a gift to the worldHow Globus was createdHow to approach writing music for custom scoring workThe importance of layering live instruments with samplesLinks mentioned in the show:Globus CinematicaKeyscapeAscendNovo StringsLos Angeles Scoring StringsSpitfire Audio Abbey Road Cinesamples BrassSpitfire Symphonic BrassEast West Symphonic Orchestra SoundToys EchoBoyOTTMelodyne⭐ Download the FREE blueprint to craft a perfectly structured trailer cue❓ Ask Rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

In today's episode we get a question from Stephen Tallamy, in fact it is a string of excellent questions about what composers should expect in terms of timelines; of releases, first placements, receiving royalties, and track performance. A ton of great info and of course I get sidetracked along the way talking about purpose, meaning and self care.⭐ Download the FREE blueprint to craft a perfectly structured trailer cue❓ Ask Rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

About five years ago I was asked to write some music for an album aimed at TV spots. Each rack was to be full of character, weird sounds, and all manner of stops.One of those tracks just landed on a Halo trailer (gasp!)I want to share with you exactly how I created the music; what I was thinking at the start and how I developed it into an entire piece of trailer (production) music.

I wrote a piece of music for a trailerized string quartet last year. It recently got used on the trailer for The Lost King.As you know I am a huge fan of sharing, especially sharing my knowledge, experience, and process.I want to share with you exactly how I created the music; what I was thinking at the start and how I developed it into an entire piece of trailer (production) music.

I am a huge fan of Marvel and the MCU. Marvel Studios has just released the trailer for Secret Invasion and I wanted to take a look at it and do a breakdown of the trailer music. It's what I would do anyway as a matter of professional development and thought it would be cool to do it properly and share with you all.You can read the full article here: https://thetrailermusicschool.com/secret-invasion-trailer-music-breakdown/⭐ Download the FREE blueprint to craft a perfectly structured trailer cue❓ Ask Rich a question that he will feature on the Trailer Music Composer's Podcast

In this episode I wanted to give you the most detailed breakdown of trailer hits and impacts so that you could better utilise these amazing tools in your music.For a very long time I did not properly educate myself on hits & impacts thinking that they were "gimmicky". Little did I know I was missing one of the key ingredients to a great piece of cinematic music.⭐  FREE Blueprint to the Perfect Trailer Cue

In today's episode I talk about the life of a creative person. What it can feel like when you are pursuing something intangible like art. This is a gentle reminder that the creative path can feel frustrating and lonely, but you are not alone. We are all in this together [teary high fives all round]⭐  FREE Blueprint to the Perfect Trailer Cue

In this episode I answer another question from one of my amazing listeners, Darin.The question he wants me to answer is, "Should I end the first act of my neoclassical trailer cues on the fifth chord or should I return to the tonic?"⭐  FREE Blueprint to the Perfect Trailer Cue

I decided that I wanted to create a guide to our wonderfully overused but still incredibly useful friend, BRAAAMS. In this episode of the show I run through the origins of the Braaam, how we can use them, and how we can get the most of them.⭐  FREE Blueprint to the Perfect Trailer Cue

Hooray, the first episode of 'Ask Rich'.  In this episode I answer a question from one of my listeners called Rob.He asks if I can explain how to leave a review of The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast and if I am planning on launching a TMS version of Pianobook - a place where members of our community can upload their own sample libraries to offer for free to the whole community.I decided to launch this with my own free instrument, the Chamber Cello.Don't forget to grab your FREE trailer music blueprint.

I know what you are thinking (well I assume at least),"Is Rich really gonna do an entire episode about DRONES in music!?" Yes, yes I am and for good reason. There are one of those things that often people completely overlook as they are pretty basic. I would suggest otherwise. You need to be making some time to get to know your drones and to give them their own life and identity because if you do =you will reap the rewards later on down the line when your drone stems get cut to trailers!I have even written a really detailed blog post covering all the important stuff about drones in music and how you can make them yourself and even give them some more life.

I am launching a new service for the podcast where you can record your questions as an audio file that I will include in the show and answer it to the best of my ability.I'm really excited about this as I have already had a few questions recorded and it is so much fun having this interaction with the community.If you do want to ask me a question then follow the link to ASK ME A QUESTION ABOUT COMPOSING/PRODUCING/BEING COMPOSER etc.

In this episode I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Christian Henson (@christianhensonmusic). An absolute legend of a man and a super nice dude! Once I got my initial fanboying out of the way Christian and I had a fascinating conversation about his earliest memories as a composer and how he got into the business, the origins of Spitfire audio, dealing with his anxiety and his "secret" to productivity.I was incredibly honoured that Christian was so open and honest about his anxiety and hearing that one of the composers whom I look up to most has suffered from it too it was like a weight off my shoulders.You will also be interested to hear that we both share similar ideas of what being "productive" looks like and how you can adapt that to your own life.All this great stuff aside, I had a really fun chat and I know you guys are going to absolutely LOVE this episode!#christianhenson #spitfireaudio #podcast #trailermusic #musicproduction #composer❤️ Grab your FREE blueprint to the perfect trailer cue.☎️ - Ask Rich any question you have about trailer music⚡- Check out the Trailer Music School Courses

❤️ Grab your FREE blueprint to the perfect trailer cue.I have been a working composer for almost 15 years now. I started in custom; it was exciting, it was fast paced, it was way out of my comfort zone. I LOVED IT.Fast forward all those years and I am only now realising the effect that the custom way of life has effected me, not just as a composer but also as a human bean!This episode is a bit of a self help for myself episode whilst also hoping that at least one of you will resonate with this struggle and hopefully it will help.#trailer music #trailermusiccomposer #podcast #musicproducer #musicproduction #composer #emails☎️ - Ask Rich any question you have about trailer music ⚡- Check out the Trailer Music School Courses

Grab your FREE blueprint to the perfect trailer cue.You know I love walkthroughs and you do too (I know you do). This one is a different one today. It's another trailerised "solo" violin track. This was one of thirty tracks I composed aimed at (pretty unashamedly) HBO promos, BBC dramas, and other thrillers alike.IF you struggle to complete your trailer tracks or run out of ideas then grab my free blueprint and watch/listen to this episode. I show you step-by-step how I make one single bar rhythm into an entire trailer cue.Check out the Trailer Music School Courses

In today's episode I talk with composer Jon R. Mohr. Jon reached out to me on Instagram about coming on the show. He was keen to share his story of going from nothing to now writing for trailer publishers all whilst dealing with his speech impediment.Jon is a cinematic composer and producer from Ohio, specializing in cinematic music ranging from film scores to epic trailer music. He is completely self-taught. He's written music for a variety of short films, as well as composed the soundtrack for the game TurBot on steam.Where can you find Jon and his work:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonRMohrTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonrmohr?Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonRMohrBandcamp: https://jonrmohr.bandcamp.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0PO1C5EUeysjyFC1JthnGS

In today's episode I talk about the origins of my pseudonym, Richard Schrieber, and why I am no longer going to be working under that name. Basically it is not necessary anymore and still very confusing for me and everyone else. Hee hee.Craft the perfect trailer music cue with this FREE trailer music cheatsheet.

In this episode I walk you through my experience of recording strings and brass at Abbey Road Studios for an action adventure trailer music album.As you can imagine I was super excited about this so I thought it would make an amazing podcast episode where I talked you through what was going through my head before and after the recording.The great thing is that there were 6 clear lessons that have come out of this experience and I wanted to share them with you guys - my awesome listeners.Craft the perfect trailer music cue with this FREE trailer music cheatsheet.----------------------------------Interested in submitting work for Rapture MX? For those of you who are interested in working with Emma Middleton on her new trailer music library, Rapture MX,  the please use the email heading “Registering Interest” and send to creative@rapturemx.com

In this episode I talk to the award winning trailer music composer Kati Falk-Flores. Kati shared how she went from studying the French Horn (among other instruments) to learning the ropes of writing trailer music.We talked a lot about the importance of a positive mental attitude and how it can help not only get you out of a funk but also lift those around you.Kati Falk-Flores is a composer known for her start in trailer music. Her work has been recently featured in trailers like Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage, the Xbox Series X trailer, and Finch.Kati has additionally written music for advertising and sonic branding, choral and orchestral works, and just finished a film scoring project. Make sure you grab a copy of my Perfect Trailer Cue blueprint.https://www.instagram.com/katifalkflores/https://katifalkflores.com/

In today's episode I walk you through the Trailer Music that was used in A Very British Scandal.This was a bit of a double win for me as this track was a track that I wrote when teaching how to write Emotional Solo String pieces for the Protege Pro students.I'm gonna be totally honest here, I still suffer from bouts of imposter syndrome and fears of it all falling apart (ie not winning any more trailers and everyone finding out that I am a fraud).Not easy to admit but feels pretty good and hopefully helps you realise that that stuff doesn't just go away.So, winning this trailer with this track was the proof in the pudding that I needed to remind me that the stuff I am teaching is relevant and useful still.This after all is one of the purposes for Protege's existence; to teach people how to write in many different styles and to make each track ready for sync (sale).I hope you get a lot out of this walkthrough, I always really enjoy doing them.

Hey Guys,In today's episode I talk to trailer music and video game composer Sigurd Jøhnk-Jensen.A few months ago he reached out to me on Instagram to tell me about his journey.  I was so inspired by Sigurd's story that I had to get him on the show. Sigurd is a composer and live musician. Having toured Europe multiple times most recently with Blindstone and Walter Trout. Music composition credits mainly in video games and trailers include; Killing Floor, Marvels Eternals House Of Gucci, Scream and many more.This episode was such a joy to record. Sigurd has a very wise head on his shoulders and delivers some absolute gems when it comes to your mental health and balancing your work with your life.I came away from this interview wanting to be more kind to myself and I think you will too. Links mentioned in the show:Metropolis ArkSpitfire AudioNative Instrument's RaumSoundtoysMammoth AudioHow to get in touch with Sigurd:sigurdmusic.comInstagram.com/sigurdthemusicdudehttps://youtube.com/channel/UC4ejoId4XON7ciHcP0ysWzgFacebook.com/sigurdthemusicdudeTwitter.com/SigurdJJ

In this episode I show you how I composed the track ‘Monument' that was featured in the trailer for the Netflix show, Archive 81.This track was one of the ten tracks written for Elephant Music's album, Throat 4.The focus of this album was to bring throat singing to the fore and let vocals replace the cello that had become so popular.I sketched out the entire album using only my voice and then slowly replaced those parts with other instruments and we even got a throat singer in to really hammer home that sound.I really enjoyed writing this album as it felt so fresh and exciting.

In this episode I talk about feeling like I had lost my passion for writing music and how I re-ignited my spark.Recently, maybe even over the last couple of years, I have been feeling a bit meh about writing music.I didn't really want to openly admit it, especially on my show/blog, but as you know I think being open about these types of struggles we all face is incredibly important to keep the mental dialogue open.I have felt like I have just been running through the motions.It wasn't until I had the help and advice of some of my colleagues and fellow composers that I realised that I needed to get myself excited about writing music again.In this episode I show you what tools I used and how they can help you to get you excited about your creative process again.I really do hope it helps.

In today's episode I take you behind the scenes of a track of mine that was used in the trailer for Netflix's special, Britney vs Spears.The track was a track I wrote for a two album release from Mammoth. The albums were solely epic drum intros aimed at action comedy trailers.The effect of each track was to give the editors percussive tracks that started small, gave them good cut points, and also supplied enough drive and impact to create enough drama for their trailers.I really enjoyed writing all of these 20 tracks and as this track was one of the first I was really happy to see it land on this trailer. I am also a huge fan of Britney Spears, so doubly awesome really.—If you want to know how to craft the perfect trailer cue then you can download the FREE PDF here.

In this episode, Richard talks with digital nomad, Richard Graham.Richard Graham is the lead educational consultant with Genki English and is the world's leading authority on teaching in a fun, exciting and “genki” way.Through his Genki teaching, Richard Graham has sold millions of dollars of CDs and music downloadsHe has provided training sponsored by Ministries of Education, universities, boards of education and schools throughout the world as well as appearing on TV, TEDx and in numerous press articles.His materials are now used in over 190 countries by millions of teachers & students both in the developed and developing worlds.Links mentioned on the show:http://GenkiEnglish.comhttps://www.youtube.com/genkijapannethttps://www.facebook.com/richard.graham.313/

In this episode of the podcast I talk about why it's important to use big trailer hits in your trailer music.This goes back to something I am always saying to students, “Trailer music is about character, build, and impact”. Yes, you guessed it, these hits take you one step closer to getting that impact that you need.Why do you even need impact? We are dealing with stories. These stories are usually set against a larger world. We as composers are representing these stories and struggles in our music so we also have to give the viewers/listeners a sense of these large tales. These big hits supply the sense of something bigger. Something larger than life.I go into more detail about this and how you can even use hits to speed up your writing.Start your journey in Trailer Music