Halloween Special: How To Write Music For Horror

In this special Halloween video tutorial, Paul Thomson breaks down his spooky tips and scary tricks for scoring to Horror — including building a palette with spitfire audio libraries, creating an atmosphere using dissonance, building tension, jump scares, and building your own sample library. Chapters here: Palette - 00:45 Atmosphere - 05:55 Tension - 08:51 Jump scares - 14:38 Personal toolkit - 21:26 Enhance your scary track with the products mentioned: Scraped Percussion: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/scraped... Hg20: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/hg2o Resonate: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/resonate Eric Whitacre: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/eric-wh... Bernard Hermann Composer Toolkit: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/bernard... Albion Range: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/albion Abbey Road One: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/abbey-r... Hans Zimmer Range: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/hans-zi... Symphonic Organ: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/symphon... Mercury: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/mercury LCO: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/london-... Looking for more tips and tricks? Explore more video tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/@spitfireaudi... Explore Spitfire Audio: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/