How To Make - How To Write a Soundtrack / 1902

Sonic_Academy · January 17, 2025, 4:53am

This week, we welcome back Emmy award-winning audio engineer - Taylor Franklyn for a new epic course on How To Write a Soundtrack.

As a producer, you have to take a different approach when writing for video. The rules and structure you’re used to can vary significantly and your job is to enhance and support the video rather than the other way around.

Over these ten videos, Taylor takes you through the process from start to finish, firstly learning how to mark out the important areas and nailing the percussion so it aligns with the cuts and edits. We also tackle structure, synth sound design, orchestral layering, spot effects and more.

Once it’s mixed and mastered, the end result is a hard-hitting orchestral piece that perfectly complements the high-octane video - and after you’ve checked out the course, download the video from the resources tab and create your own soundtrack to try out your newfound skills!

Check it out!

BDrifter · January 17, 2025, 4:54am

I have a casual interest in soundtracks and how they shape the way the narrative is perceived by the audience. Bluffmunkey touched on this in his Ambient course. (I think Protoculture has touched on this as well.) I think there’s an entire genre of “soundtracks to movies that never existed” so there’s plenty of creative space to work in!

I’d like a follow up that covers video game scoring. Video games, especially indie video games, are a great way to reach new audiences outside the normal rock/pop/EDM spectrum. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory turned me on to Amon Tobin, Mirror’s Edge turned me on to Solar Fields and the indie platformer GRIS turned me on to Berlinist.

This is going to be so good!