The Makings of Hinomaru - Walkthrough

Here's a walkthrough of my latest Single, Hinomaru! I will show you the Project Session of the track right where I stopped working on it. Hopefully, it may give you an insight as to how I write this Epic Orchestral music!

Full Timeline of the Video
00:00 - Waiting Time & Chatting
20:00 - Background & Story of Hinomaru
26:20 - Template & Sound Libraries
29:10 - Strings
36:00 - Brass
39:00 - Percussions
46:50 - Sound Design Elements
48:12 - Sound Design Trailer Hits
51:50 - Guitars
54:45 - Choirs
58:13 - Pulsing Bass
59:30 - Break
1:07:05 - Walkthrough of Each Section - Coming up with Melody
1:11:40 - Introduction of Melody in Hinomaru
1:20:10 - Music Break Section before Epic Part
1:26:00 - Empowering the Melody, drive it home!
1:31:30 - Gap and Music Break
1:32:07 - Developing Melody idea, adding counter melody, more variations
1:37:00 - Epic Climax Part 1 - Introducing Choirs in a new variation of the song
1:42:00 - Toning down the epicness, focus on emotional and tenderness of the song
1:45:30 - Final Climax
1:50:00 - 5 mins break
1:53:06 - Mixing Techniques used on Hinomaru
2:01:50 - Some Marketing Tips
2:13:40 - Chit Chat and Questions

Listen to the song:
https://orcd.co/iliyazaki-hinomaru

Видео The Makings of Hinomaru - Walkthrough канала ILIYA ZAKI