Hello everyone! I’d love to hear from those of you with experience in the game industry, especially anyone who has worked directly or indirectly on trailer music (not licensing/royalty deals, but cases where full rights are given to the client). 👉 What would you consider a reasonable price for composing a 1-minute track for a release trailer, EA announcement, or gameplay trailer for an indie studio that actually has funds? Here’s a music example for reference → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBGt1JP0NTA&ab_channel=GameSpot

As we know, the purpose of trailers is to sell you the movie, which is why the music in it is also important. So which movie trailer whose track made you want to see the movie? For me, it was the trailer for “2012” directed by Rolan Emmerich which featured Two Steps From Hell’s “Master Of Shadows”. The combination of the music with the scenes fascinated me. It also is one of the reasons it made me want to produce trailer music.

Hey music crafters! Just quickly wanted to let you guys know that Trailer Music Trailblazers II is out of early access mode! All videos for all twelve tracks are up and I already have a few bonus videos and sessions planned. The exclusive track was originally not planned but will of course be continued. I wanted to make sure to keep my promise and first make the track sessions available. I don't like to tap my own shoulder but I recorded a loooot of videos during the last days. I hope my lady still knows me and won't get scared when I suddenly step out of the studio 😂😅 Cheerio and let me know if you like it. Any suggestions or comments? Need help? Already own it? You can dive in right here ⭐ Trailer Music Trailblazers II ⭐

*Disclaimer: I know there are layers and likely no simple answers* Hopefully this is in the right place 😅 I have shared the below track with a handful of trailer houses and music supervisors with nothing back. Of course this leads to the ever so loverly "I suck at this". I imagine its partially due to my pitch and having not previously built much of a relationship with any of these people. It seems like it depends on who you follow but I like Alex's approach the most and will use that going forward. For me, this also leads to the next part of the "I suck" conundrum; how do you know when a track is ready for the big screen? I would love to hear from folks who have made even a single dollar from getting a placement. I know its easy to play with a track for ever and ever and ever so at what point would you call it done? Very curious to hear people thoughts on this and any feedback on the track as well. DAW - REAPER (Yea I'm one of those guys) Thank you everyone!

I’ve been writing tracks for my Aether Audio project that combine various elements from different elements with orchestral trailer music (from metal, rock and indie, EDM to world music) so I wanted to know what’s you approach in terms of composition (melody, harmony, structure, etc.) and mixing (panning, EQ, levels, etc.). In terms of composition, I try to separate the track into two “mixes” so that there is one “orchestral” version and one “other genre” version.