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Paint the Noise (PTN) Pulse

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BRIEF ROOM: TRAILER NIGHT
We’re opening up the first Brief Room session. This one is focused on trailer music. Wednesday, April 15th @ 7pm - 8:30pm (Link coming soon) This is where your ability to read direction, respond to it, and deliver with intent gets tested in real time. We listen together, break it down, and react through one lens: Does it serve the brief, while still making it yours. GUEST HOST We’re welcoming our first guest host, trailer composer @Brandon Lau whose work includes Scream, Destiny 2, and Arcane, along with campaigns for titles like League of Legends and Call of Duty. He’ll be running the session alongside PTN's @Nate Michalic and @Gilde Flores , listening, giving feedback, and breaking down what’s working, what’s not, and how to push it further. This is direct insight from someone actively creating at a high level in this space. WHAT WE’RE LISTENING FOR StructureHooksExecution within the genre If it hits, we elevate it.If it misses, we fix it. If you’re into trailer music, or want to sharpen your approach, this is where you do it. Submit your work. Show up. Be in the room. You don’t know where this leads. INSTRUCTIONS TO DOWNLOAD + STEP IN Download the attached briefs. Pick your lane and commit. This is where you read direction, respond, and deliver. NO REFERENCES PROVIDED Part of this process is learning how to find your own direction. In the real world, some briefs come with references, and some don’t. This is one of those moments where you get to develop that skill. If you need guidance, take the time to explore what fits. Listen, study, and understand why something works. If you already have a clear instinct, trust it and build from there. Either way, the goal is the same, create something that serves the brief with intention. Have at it!!!! SUBMIT [email protected] Taking submissions up until - Tuesday, April 14th, cutoff at 7pm CST -
BRIEF ROOM: TRAILER NIGHT
4 likes • 4d
Excited to hear all of the tracks!!
LIVE LISTENING SESSION – ROUND 2
Wednesday, Feb 18 at 7 PM CST, All current submissions are carried over. I SEE you SOON! See you next week.
LIVE LISTENING SESSION – ROUND 2
1 like • Feb 12
@Gilde Flores I'd be happy to share the track anyways if it would be helpful for the community, but otherwise feel free to cut it if there are many tracks to be heard!
0 likes • Feb 13
@Nate Michalic no sweat man we'll meet next time!
3 likes • Feb 6
Great track dude, like Nate said, the 808s are insanely fat! If you're aiming to put this towards sync, I'd be wary about distortion even if it's tasteful for listening. I'd also love to hear that piano develop a bit more as the track progresses. It's kind of front and center in terms of frequency, and while a background element can totally pedal through the whole thing with no changes, I felt that the piano could definitely have a bit of development. It's fire though!
PTN LIVE LISTENING SESSION – ROUND 2 -
HOSTED BY our own: @Nate Michalic LINK TO JOIN US NEXT WEEK, FEB 18th --- @ 7 PM CST - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89476999781 ALL SUBMISSIONS will be carried over to Next Week!
PTN LIVE LISTENING SESSION – ROUND 2 -
2 likes • Feb 4
7pmCST! I'll be sure to make it this time haha!
Holidays and Plug Ins!
Hello everyone and happy holidays! For those of us with a little extra Christmas cash haha I was wondering did you all have Any recommendations on sound packs or VST’s that will go a long way in Visual media music? If there’s any sales as-well anyone knows about this could also be a mega thread to put those out there maybe! Best! And happy holidays!
0 likes • Jan 2
Happy New Year Colby! These aren't sales, but I'm a composer who notoriously has a very low budget setup and I've been able to get a ton of mileage out of 2 plugins, pretty much having them in every single project since 2020. For strings I'm using Cinematic studio strings. The price isn't necessarily that cheap, but I've used this library for literally everything that needs strings. I can confidently say it's one of the best libraries for a general string sound. For synths, Serum by Xfer is evergreen. With its free upgrade in Serum 2, the synth has continued to stayed relevant in ways that no other software synth has.
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Brandon Lau
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Trailer/TV music composer specializing in dark and electronic soundscapes

Active 2d ago
Joined Jul 31, 2025