In this episode of The Trailer Music Composer's Podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Chris Davey about his journey from working as a part-time labourer to landing regular placements as a trailer music composer.
In the Podcast, We Cover:
- How Chris first learned about trailer music
- How Chris made contacts within the music industry
- How long it took Chris to go full time
- Chris' creative process for creating unique signature sounds
- Chris' advice for aspiring trailer music composers
Chris's Go-to Music Production Gear
As part of the quick-fire round, Chris shared with us what gear he most often uses in his trailer music productions:
- Fazioli Grand by Imperfect Samples
- Soft Piano by Spitfire Audio
- Metropolis Ark 1 by Orchestral Tools
- Cinebrass by Cinesamples
- Angry Brass by Performance Samples
- Trailer Brass by Musical Sampling
- Fluid Shorts by Performance Samples
- CSS by Cinesamples
- Pacific Strings by Performance Samples
- Damage 2 by Heavyocity
- Cerberus by AudioImperia
- Omnisphere by Spectrasonics
- Serum by Xfer Records
- Fabfilter Saturn 2
- Soundtoys Echoboy
- Valhalla Room
Links Mentioned in the Show
- Chris’s Interview about how he wrote his track Dream City
- Sound on Sound Magazine
- Evolution Media Music
- Gargantuan music
- Evolving Sound
- SPM Music
- Colossal Trailer Music
- Dos Brains
You can see and hear more of Chris' work on his website.
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