Creating Epic Cinematic Compositions is rated
4.7 out of 5 by
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Rated 1.5 out of
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Janamdo from
Not clear introduction
The first introduction , it seems
s that Gary had a mistake by naming the
piano sketch parts : sloppy ?
Date published: 2021-05-30
Rated 5.0 out of
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Brendan from
Excellent Course
Delighted with this course Learnt an awful lot.
Date published: 2021-03-15
Rated 4.5 out of
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Music of the True Spirit from
Very Helpful for comosing
Short to put it in a nutshell. Every important topic is included.
Thumbs up ; )
Date published: 2021-02-02
Rated 5.0 out of
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Vismay from
better than YouTube
very helpful lesson are very good
learning everything about daw
Date published: 2020-12-28
Rated 5.0 out of
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TBenJamInD from
Great Walkthrough!
I appreciate the fact that I was able to watch the composition from idea to finished product, including how to export.
Date published: 2020-10-31
Rated 5.0 out of
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PositiveEnergy from
Improved my knowledge and skills
The instructor is amazing. He teaches by taking you through creating a cinematic composition from scratch. The pacing is good, teahing style is great, and i have made my first cinematic composition. I have been making pop music for over ten years, recently I have an itch for cinematic orchestral music.
Date published: 2020-10-30
Rated 5.0 out of
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HB from
Very useful tutorial series.
I learned a lot from this series, and not only about producing epic compositions. Lots of transferrable info for all types of productions. Nice presentation style, easy to follow, well explained and informative.
Date published: 2020-10-01
Rated 5.0 out of
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Salman from
simply awesome
it has helped to learn how simple it is to create amazing cinematic compositions
Date published: 2020-09-14
Rated 0.5 out of
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CHOKSTAR from
"Groove3 - Creating Worst Without Genre Music for even lower than beginners"
Usually, Groove3 videos are good. The mentors are really great. But not this guy.
The guy has no clue what he is talking about. People nowadays will make just any random videos they can get on their mind.
Explained in videos:
1. Creating ostinatos = He already has piano melody, talking about chords, no smooth talking, no one realizes him; Then he talks about cc#1 for ostinato things, its done by velocity in notes, not any cc#1, plays end of something that sounds bad with piano, sounds annoying like kid jumping over piano with legs.
2. Whole 5 minutes video to copy paste notes, well done.
3. Added violas in same registry as first violins, and made horrible sound, showing he has no clue what he talks about.
4. Using horns with in muted dynamic range, which will hurt your ears, creating some bad melody.
5. Adding more piano!!!!
6. Pulsating synth. After ruining orchestral instruments, lets fix it by some loop already done by someone smarter than you.
7. Risers and effects - EDM epic cinematic music.
8. Random percussion hitting, luckily that library sounds good however you hit it.
9.. More percussion random hitting not knowing what hes doing.
10. Adding scale and wasting woodwinds on it.
11. Not very informed chord spelling (that B6 is not a B6 at all in that context)
Honestly, these contents are a 'UDEMY WORTH CONTENT'. These type of contents are basically, trying to degrade the value of GROOVE3.
Date published: 2020-09-14
Rated 5.0 out of
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Roberto from
Very Helpful indeed!
It is an excellent tutorial because it explains a clear, rational and working musical form. You study step by step the basics from which to build a complete small piece of music: a perfect tutorial for all beginners. I wish there were a thousand tutorials like this: one for each music genre.
Date published: 2020-09-06
Rated 5.0 out of
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Koomikoomz from
Fun and really learned a lot.
This is a fun genre indeed. Thanks for making it available and affordable.
Date published: 2020-08-25
Rated 4.5 out of
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Dylanguitar@aol.com from
Very helpful
This was was helpful. Not so sure about about doing deep ultra low end freq cuts for cinematic stuff. But the content is good and like all his videos is well explained.
Date published: 2020-08-09
Rated 5.0 out of
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Teunis from
This did show a lot. Helped no end.
Lately been playing about with orchestration this really gave me some good answers to achieve what I was looking for. Thank you
Date published: 2020-07-13
Rated 4.5 out of
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Itzhak Yaron from
Very Valuable Knowledge Great Teaching
I am excited to watch this in Logic X . My new DAW with insights how to use VI layered from various libraries. The techniques and step by step work flows are very good and easy to adapt. This will be easily adapted even into more Harmony and Composition oriented works.
Date published: 2020-06-03
Rated 5.0 out of
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gmcclure from
Excellent
This course is so much fun and so helpful -- it's been a great experience to go through the videos and apply the ideas to my own composition. My own result is quite different from the sample provided in the course, but by following along I've learned a ton about my DAW, MIDI editing, orchestration, the characteristics of my own orchestral libraries (I'm using NI's Symphony Series instruments), as well as having explored the capabilities of some of the NI instruments I hadn't yet had the opportunity to learn or use, like Evolve. This is top-quality content. Well done and thank you.
Date published: 2020-04-26
Rated 5.0 out of
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apklypz from
Perfect Walk Through
The exact kind of tutorial Like, very informative and thorough, yet moved quickly.
Date published: 2020-04-21
Rated 5.0 out of
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Cristian Beatz from
Amazing and helpful
Excellent guide to demonstrate how to carry out an epic orchestral composition.
Date published: 2020-04-08
Rated 4.5 out of
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israeltandrade from
Almost perfect!
Very well organized! The only thing I would like on the course is it to be more detailed on orchestration technics (anyway the examples are very good)
Date published: 2020-04-06
Rated 5.0 out of
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JGR from
Very profitable for me
It is a course that addresses many aspects of the cinematic composition and from which you can extract a catalog of resources to compose songs of this type.
Date published: 2020-01-24
Rated 4.0 out of
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HarmonyCore from
Great course but a bit misleading
The course is amazing in everything. However, the course title is a bit misleading as it's not a composition course. The course is more of instruments arrangement and orchestration. Composition is a different story that shows what scales, chords, modes, etc. to be used in an epic project. Despite the instructor slightly covered a small glimpse of Composition by offering certain chord progressions, most of the material was talking about arrangement. Hence, the four stars.
Other than that, the entire tutorial was carefully prepared and properly delivered.
Well done.
Date published: 2020-01-24
Rated 4.5 out of
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Sherwin from
I find it very helpful.
I am truly enjoying the video training on creating Epic Cinematic Composition. You have an outstanding method of teaching. Very few provide detail style of instructions and illustrations as you do. Thanks
Date published: 2020-01-09
Rated 5.0 out of
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AaronSven from
Comprehensive and well presented.
Just a brief mention in the beginning on writing a piano sketch so a beginner will need to have that to get started but covers just about everything else.
I felt like I came away from the series with a blueprint for orchestrating this type of music.
Date published: 2020-01-01
Rated 5.0 out of
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LovinDog from
Very Helpful Loved it
Excellent
Date published: 2019-10-15
Rated 5.0 out of
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ruthers from
Very helpful
This tutorial series really helped me understand the genre
Date published: 2019-06-15
Rated 5.0 out of
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Modal Moods from
Great!!!
Loved this series and all of the others from Gary, Thanks man!
Date published: 2019-04-29
Rated 5.0 out of
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Hoodie from
A very clear and practical course
I enjoyed this course. I've some experience in the area, but it was great to see the trainer's perspective, and I gained a lot of handy practical tips on how to improve my work.
Date published: 2019-03-17
Rated 5.0 out of
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Ally from
Excellent - recommended.
Very well constructed series - Gary is a great teacher.
Date published: 2019-03-14
Rated 4.5 out of
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Mr R Racoon from
To The Point
Goals are clearly explained, looking forward to the other
part sI have bought from Gary's tutorials.
Date published: 2018-12-29
Rated 3.5 out of
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Introducción from
Muy bueno
Me gustaría que los tutoriales estuvieran traducidos al español. Muchas gracias
Date published: 2018-11-10
Rated 5.0 out of
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FLiK from
A treasure chest of tips and ideas
There are so many little techniques and approaches showcased here, that almost any producer - especially beginners or intermediate level - are bound to find something helpful.
Date published: 2018-09-05
Rated 5.0 out of
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ViktorTrue from
Detailed Tutorial
I really enjoyed Gary's tutorial series on creating epic cinematic compositions. You're not going to find a massive cinematic piece being worked on in the series, all of the functional building blocks to create your own epic sound are here and waiting to be built upon. I found the descriptions of the instrumentation and composition elements to be very helpful. The mention of specific sound libraries was valuable to me as well.
I'm looking forward to more products from Gary as the I felt the quality was very good to get me moving in the epic arena.
Date published: 2018-07-21
Rated 3.5 out of
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AM from
Overall a good course with some flaws
Overall, this course represents a helpful look at writing cinematic music.
It does features some odd choices which would be considered by most professional orchestrators as poor writing (e.g. writing 2nd violins one octave higher than 2st) and some not very informed chord spelling (that B6 is not a B6 at all in that context) but it is very enjoyable and it gave me one or two helpful tips.
Date published: 2018-07-11
Rated 5.0 out of
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NickEss from
Easy to follow
In just under 3 hours, Gary explained the basics of producing epic music and did it very well. I followed along by creating my own track after each video.
Date published: 2018-05-08
Rated 5.0 out of
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Eric from
Awesome
This course was great. Lots of practical information, and it was laid out in an organized way. Highly recommend. Hope they make another one!
Date published: 2018-04-25
Rated 5.0 out of
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mikeprovencher from
Very enlightening.
Great to see someone put this together to show all the possibilities.
Date published: 2018-03-23
Rated 5.0 out of
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Lamby from
Brilliant
Just watched the full series over a few days and it has been a really useful series, highly recommend.
Date published: 2018-03-22
Rated 5.0 out of
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Eugenio Jedi Martinez from
Very Good !
Thank you so much, this tutorial is great !!
Date published: 2018-03-08
Rated 4.5 out of
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Rifo from
Fun to follow
It was fun to follow. It's mostly for beginners but refreshing for all. I was able to achieve the same exact piece with using only kontakt factory library (+ Rise and hit)
Now we need a second level course ASAP.
Date published: 2018-02-14
Rated 5.0 out of
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ciberscriber from
Encore, Encore!
Well done! I encourage Groove 3 to create a tutorial catagory covering the various elements of Production Music (a.k.a Stock Music or Library Music), e.g., Epic, Cinematic, Trailers, Soundtracks, Foley, ADR, Video Games, Commercials and Jingles.
Date published: 2018-01-23
Rated 5.0 out of
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WMan from
Epic Presentation
This was a stellar presentation from start to finish. Well thought out and presented. The breakout of instrument parts including Risers and Hits and clarifying the use of midi articulations which used to confuse me was invaluable. Thank you very much
Date published: 2018-01-22
Rated 4.0 out of
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RicardoHenrique from
Helpfull!
That was a good example of how to create a cinematic composition!
I hope you can produce others!!
Date published: 2018-01-16
Rated 5.0 out of
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GabrielTyranny from
Absolutely Amazing
Every moment was on point. This was an excellent use of my time.
Date published: 2018-01-11
Rated 4.5 out of
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Jonny2soops from
Yeh! Great Series
The essence of each section is well explained without too much repetition or monotony.
Date published: 2018-01-07
Rated 5.0 out of
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ERO from
Fantastic tutorials! Highly recommended.
Very well presented. Very useful information. Final track sounds fantastic! Thank you Gary!
Date published: 2018-01-06
Rated 5.0 out of
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andy1324 from
Outstanding, One of the Best of Groove3
So impressed and pleased with the information presented here, this author deserves a lot of credit for organizing and putting together his experience. This was such a launching pad for my creativity. Each video, layer by layer, brings into focus a great approach to creating an Epic Orchestral piece. All I can say is thank you for sharing this...
Date published: 2018-01-06
Rated 4.0 out of
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bgabika from
Very nice!
It would be great to see subtitle for videos
Date published: 2018-01-06
Rated 5.0 out of
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kos from
Great stuff, very helpful.
Long awaited instruction video on this topic. Hopefully there is more to come.
Date published: 2018-01-05
Rated 5.0 out of
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ronny22 from
Orchestral Bliss
this is a very good tutorial on how to use and manipulate orchestral libraries,ill strongly recommend this video to all who use these libraries
besides the masters of movie soundtracks
Date published: 2018-01-03
Rated 4.5 out of
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Nyj from
Interesting and useful
Loved this series, though sometimes he got a bit repetitive, eg. "now I'll record another pass with some expression". In general though I found it very instructive and interesting. So interesting that I watched it all through back-to-back
Date published: 2018-01-03
Rated 5.0 out of
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turraf from
Very helpful
A great example on how to expand a simple chord progression to a huge cinematic orchestral piece and a great tutorial on good workflow habits. Recommended to the beginning composer and arranger with a basic knowledge of music harmony.
Date published: 2018-01-01
Rated 5.0 out of
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Jay38 from
How to expand on a very simple theme
There is no one way to do anything, but this video shows a very valid way to take an odd chord progression to create a simple haunting melody and orchestrate it with some really good ideas. No matter what level you are as an orchestrator you will likely get more than one good idea here. The mix of orchestral instruments with synth noise patches it very well done. It is hard to tell where some rise and hit patches are sitting in the mix, so well are they blended with orchestral tympany samples. Kudos.
Date published: 2017-12-30
Rated 5.0 out of
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AlMur from
Excellent!
This is a fantastic tutorial. I was looking for something like this for a long time. Everything is very well explained from chord progression to layering and mixing/mastering and exporting stems. Extremely helpfull tutorial.
The only thing I would like to hear about is what next steps in advancing furtner besides Groove3 website, like other more advanced tutorials, etc.
Thank you for the great tutorial!!
Date published: 2017-12-30
Rated 4.5 out of
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ceeleeme from
Insightful
Well explained
Date published: 2017-12-29
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