How to Write an Instrumental Underscore Track – Audio Plus

Aug 4th in General by Adrian Try

In this week's Audio Plus content, Ryan Leach teaches you how to create an instrumental underscore for a film score.

To learn more about what you get as part of Audio Plus, read this. To take a peek inside this tutorial, hit the jump!

Author: Adrian Try

Adrian is writer and editor for Audiotuts+ and the AudioJungle blog. He has been playing keys and acoustic guitar for three decades, and has six kids. Follow him on Twitter at @audiotuts.

"In this tutorial we'll walk through the entire process of creating an instrumental composition, from the first sketches of an idea through to the final mix. Of course there are a thousand ways to write a piece of music, this is just one method. You shouldn't expect to use this method for everything you ever write, but it should be helpful for you to see one process for developing a composition in this style."

Here is an example of the type of track this tutorial will teach you to create:

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

Table of Contents

1. Initial Planning
2. Find an Initial Idea
3. Start Creating an Introduction
4. Develop an A Section
5. Repeat the A Section
6. Develop a B Section
7. Repeat the A Section
8. Listen Through for Improvements
9. Add Interest
10. What, No Mix?
11. Mastering
12. The End Result

Existing Plus members can log-in and download. Not a Plus member? Join now.