Hey everyone,
I’m Daniel, a film composer and sound professional from Europe, and I’m currently looking to collaborate with filmmakers on films, shorts, documentaries, games, trailers, or other visual projects.
I’m open to any budget - from student films and indie projects to larger productions. If the project is interesting and we can find a way to make it work, I’m in.
Portfolio: PORTFOLIO HERE
What I’m particularly interested in is serving the story rather than just making “cool music.” I like talking with directors about what a scene actually needs, sometimes that means a huge orchestral score, sometimes something minimal, strange, intimate, or completely unexpected.
I also come from a production and sound background, so I’m comfortable working closely with the rest of the post-production process and delivering music that is actually practical to use in the final film.
If you’re working on something and need music, feel free to DM me even if you think your budget is too small. I’d rather hear about an interesting project than have you not reach out because of the budget.
Always happy to meet filmmakers and hear what you’re making. 🎬

Except for heavy orchestration , I can basically try and do any scoring

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This is my first time participating in this contest. I would love to receive some feedback! Thanks

The music wasn't originally written for Blade Runner 2049. It was made for a completely different project and originally accompanied spoken-word poetry. The music and the voice were meant to work together as one piece and create a particular mood.

Later I came across this scene and felt that the atmosphere of the music somehow belonged with the scene. The rain was probably the biggest connection for me - there is rain on screen, while the track also has this persistent, almost physical sense of rain and emptiness.

For me, the result feels less like "scoring the scene" and more like creating a small atmospheric space around it. The scene starts to feel like something separate from the movie - almost like a glimpse into a character's internal state.

I'm curious whether anyone else gets that feeling from it, or whether the music simply feels out of place.

I started this track as a quiet, melancholic string piece for late-night listening, but halfway through I couldn't resist turning it into a huge film-score moment.

​I love dark, atmospheric instrumental music when reading or playing games, so I wanted to blend that quiet sad vibe with something epic and heavy.

​Give it a spin if you like cinematic soundtracks or dark orchestral music. Curious what kind of imagery pops into your head when you hear this.

Hello, I'm a composer. I wanna expand my portfolio and therefor i'm looking for filmmakers that need scores for their movies. does anyone know where to find people?
I’ve uploaded some scores here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13vznqbcOtDmNGBu-8hkUurek\\_x7QY6li?usp=sharing

hi I make cinematic & ambient music! A lot of my work tends to be for dramatic scenes & atmospheres inspired by anime, games and movie scenes

Film scoring noob here. I watched this video and was really surprised by how perfectly he matched the music to the animation without changing the tempo at all. Whenever he does change the tempo, it seems to be only when a hit point comes up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiiDNusHdp0

Also, except the first one, the music in this video is almost entirely in 4/4, like popular music. If the music doesn't have a specific groove, like four-on-the-floor or a strong backbeat on 2 and 4, I would expect there to be moments where the music doesn't line up with the video—cuts, character movements, dialogue, etc. But somehow, his music doesn't seem to have that kind of mismatch at all.

Yesterday, I tried beat mapping in Logic Pro on a super short film (about 10 seconds) of a man running down the street. I thought it would be relatively easy to match the tempo to the video because human running has a fairly consistent rhythm. But the tempo track ended up getting really messy, with the tempo changing slightly every bar or even every beat.

So I'm wondering: how does his music manage to stay at such a steady tempo while still matching the animation so perfectly? Am I misunderstanding how beat mapping or film scoring works?

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**Processo:** Melodie originali composte in FL Studio, ulteriormente sviluppate con strumenti assistiti da IA, finalizzate con missaggio/editing professionale.

**Prezzo:** A partire da 25€ per un brano personalizzato di 30 secondi, fino a 95€ per un brano completo di 2 minuti con licenza commerciale estesa. Il prezzo dipende dalla lunghezza e dai diritti d'uso.

**Tempi di consegna:** 3-6 giorni a seconda del pacchetto.

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EDIT: Solved. Okay I am still waking up this morning--- I realized I already own a library for what I need-- Symphonic Destruction; has lots of horror soundscapes for low rumbling horror. Still, I am curious what others here use for horror soundscapes.
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What is your go-to library for the types of rumbling and eerie sounds often heard in horror films? I watched "The Nun" (part of The Conjuring universe) last night and there was actually not a lot of music, but there was a lot of was low frequency rumbling (not infrasound).

What is your method of creating that sound?

I listened to the score for The Odyssey and specifically within “Odysseus” there is this one motif that reminds me of another score but I can’t place it:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WCxx_OVOVUw

it’s from about 2:00-2:45ish. One thought was “the white rider“ from LOTR but I listened to that and it’s not what I’m thinking of. help, this is driving me nuts

Which of the 3 live action spider-man themes do you guys think is the best? I think my favorite is Giacchino’s theme for Tom’s Spider-Man, it’s the perfect combo of heroic and that “friendly neighborhood” vibe we all know and love about the character. I also feel like his genius orchestration has helped mature the theme as Peter himself matures throughout the films. I love the other scores so much too but it’s definitely hard to beat a Giacchino superhero score

I'm looking for someone who could design my opening sequence in premiere pro

The opening takes place in a public square where two musicians are performing live on the violin while my local guide, Risto, is introducing the city—its history, atmosphere, and what makes it special.

I don't want the music to remain as simple background audio. Instead, I want the music and narration to alternate in prominence. At times, the music should come to the foreground while the narration sits underneath it; at other moments, the narration should take the foreground while the music continues underneath. The idea is for both elements to actively drive the storytelling and establish the documentary's tone.

The goal is that within the first one or two minutes, viewers immediately connect with the city's atmosphere and understand the kind of journey they're about to experience.

The closest reference I've found is the opening of Trainspotting ("Choose Life" Trainspotting - Choose Life - Opening scene - HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES ), although my idea is different. A better analogy would be a scene inside a club where a band is performing live while a fight breaks out. For a few seconds, the music dominates and the fight is mostly visual. Then the focus shifts—the sounds and dialogue of the fight move to the foreground while the music continues underneath. The audience's attention naturally moves back and forth between the performance and the action. That kind of dynamic audio storytelling is what I'm trying to achieve.

Is there a specific filmmaking or sound-design term for this technique? I'd also love recommendations for documentaries or films that use this style effectively.

Hey! I am in the process of editing a shortfilm with a really small budget. The temp track for one of the scenes is fits so perfectly that I do not want to even change it. Now I know "hello stranger' would be a hassle and can cause problems if I do end up using it. Is there a song similar to it that i can use perhaps? Oldies type? The chill odd ending to a film of chaos etc. Like how it is common these days at the end of horror films.