SpriteFright for #scorerelief2022 – Virtual Walkthrough / Making–Of
Channel: wesboundmusic
Date: 2022-02-09

In this video I walk you through the project template I used in coming up with my entry for #scorerelief2022, initiated by The CueTube (Bryan Waters) for a fund raising campaign benefitting "In Place Of War", a global organization that rebuilds communities and (social) life in places that have been struck by war or other armed conflict. My main motivation was to support this campaign and their cause as their work touches on very personal aspects of my own life and being. Other than that I meant to support the growing The CueTube-community and challenge myself to something meaningful. I hope that this video can help others starting out and venturing into this exciting domain of music and composing. Content chapters and all relevant links further below.
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I've used these (free) libraries for instrumentation (see all URLs below):

- Spitfire Audio BBC SO Discover 
- Spitfire Audio LABS
- Keepforest Free Ferrum Edition 
- Project SAM's Free Library (basic components of their "Symphobia")
- Native Instruments' Komplete Kontrol START and other NKS instruments that were Christmas Give Aways over the past years or are freely downloadable
- Logic Studio Pro X stock instruments

Contents I speak about (chapter markers) in terms of creative decisions taken, short demo'ing of crucial features in DAWs for authentic instrument expression

00:00 intro trailer
00:11 welcome & thanks to relevant parties
01:20 technical info
01:40 load movie into project
02:20 scene cuts / markers
03:20 track stacks, busses, signal routing
04:12 1st cue, opening scene & intro theme
04:25 instrumentation, thematic inspiration (BBC SO, ProjectSAM, stock sounds)
05:00 isolated sections for theme, e.g. strings, woodwinds etc.
07:15 orchestra basics, e.g. sections, instruments
09:05 articulations, MIDI CC:
10:20 demo key switches for articulations (BBC SO Discover strings)
10:25 MIDI CC: for dynamics & expressive articulations 
11:30 "staging" / instrument sections' placement in stereo field
13:00 2nd cue: Ellie, thematic inspiration, instrumentation, piano roll view
15:08 3rd cue, "Out of the way!"
15:22 thematic inspiration, instrumentation
16:05 4th cue, Ellie discovers sprites, solo parts & instrument sections
17:50 sprites' habitat, parts & instrumentation
19:20 "Greetings!" (5th) cue
20:40 (6th) cue, sprites working away, Ellie, "Chamber Orchestra" ProjectSAM & LABS
22:53 (7th) "nightmare cue", instrumentation, ProjectSAM Symphobia
25:08 (8th) cue "Sprite's ritual", lead up to action sequence
25:52 (9th) cue, "Sprite them!" (Action Sequence w/ trigger warning for violence)
26:15 instrumentation 9th cue
27:40 synth bass & arpeggiator, Free Ferrum Edition percussion + NI Drumlab, guitars
31:35 (10th) cue, "Bird Theme" 
32:12 (11th) end of Sprites' attack action sequence
32:48 (12th) closing theme before outro
33:37 (outro) "Let's burn the bodies and have some peppermint tea!" /End of cues
34:12 final remarks on orchestration and creative decisions ("spotting")
34:50 thanks & see you soon

==Libraries==
https://www.spitfireaudio.com/shop/a-z/bbc-symphony-orchestra-discover/
https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/
https://keep-forest.com/store/libraries/225185
https://projectsam.com/libraries/the-free-orchestra/
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/bundles/komplete-start/get-komplete-start/

==Other URLs relevant to this competition==
https://thecuetube.com/
https://www.northernfilmorchestra.com/
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/scorerelief2022
https://www.inplaceofwar.net/
https://studio.blender.org
https://wesbound.wordpress.com/2022/02/03/scorerelief2022-a-music-crowdfunding-project-in-carlisle-by-the-cue-tube-and-northern-film-orchestra/
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==YouTube Channels I regularly visit for info, edutainment and inspiration==
All things orchestral composing, libraries, DAWs, sampling and music theory and composing in general (in no particular order) :

https://www.youtube.com/user/jacobcolliermusic/
https://www.youtube.com/user/thinkspaceeducation/
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCueTube/
https://www.youtube.com/c/spitfireaudiollp/
https://www.youtube.com/c/NativeInstruments/
https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinHeidenreichComposer/
https://www.youtube.com/c/DanKeenMusic/
https://www.youtube.com/user/CinematicComposing/
https://www.youtube.com/c/BlenderAnimationStudio/
https://www.youtube.com/c/Omeleto/
https://www.pianobook.co.uk/
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Guitar-centric materials:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RickBeato/
https://www.youtube.com/c/mjlettieri/
https://www.youtube.com/c/Premierguitarofficial
https://www.youtube.com/c/DarrellBraunGuitar/
https://www.youtube.com/c/sweetwater

... and generally what's in my list of subscriptions
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