Milestone Madness: James’ 500th Article GIVEAWAY Special

1. Random one shots, old drum machine sample
2. Blade Runner (original) – one of the finest examples to date where the music and pictures really compliment each other so well.
3. New York City

Happy 500th! Thanks for all the work. I have to agree, the community is very nice here, and often enough i got some helpful comment when stuck.

1. I love to record my own samples. Even some plain synth sounds can be useful, but mostly it’s drum/perc sounds and FX/pattern/modifier/modulator, layers, etc. Weird stuff for some spice and color.
2. Depends on the score. I kinda dislike all those epic soundtracks and therefore they tend to sound generic (to my ears) after the xth action or super hero movie. SciFi often gets more creative soundwise, so i’d draw a line there. Sunshine for example has an epic soundtrack although its quite simple sounding.
3. There are a lot of cities i’d like to visit for some music inspiration. NYC, LA, etc are quite obvious. Since i’m living in the middle of the Ruhr Area i get a fair share of inspiration already. But if i had to choose, give me anything close to the sea and i’m good. The city will always be the contrast.

Q. What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most?
A. I’ve been using samples from the Oliver PowerTools series of sample packs, quite regularly, lately.

Q. When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?

A. Dances with Wolves John Barry. Although I have had many favourites since, this is my earliest favourite. It’s main theme tune was echoed throughout the movie in different ways to reflect the changing mood of the scene.

If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?

A I would say Vienna. But actually, I could find plenty of musical inspiration from Miami. I feel inspired by most genres of music, but latino music is something I’d like to discover more of. Miami is a hub for latino music and has a vibrant scene.

1.) Dark Ambient / Atmospheric
2.) Blade Runner because of its moody, lonely vibe in a rainy, melancholic city. The soundscapes really inspire me.
3.) London because it is the city that matches those vibes the closest. Especially in the fall / winter

What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.) – Ambient/Pads
When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why? Star Wars!
If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be? Reykjavík, Iceland

1. Field recordings, especially just daily ambiences of places far from me, they make great beds for ambient tracks.
2. Tron: Legacy. Just timeless, like Blade Runner (which is probably my joint first come to think of it!)
3. Seoul, it’s probably as diametrically opposed to where I currently am as possible.

1. I only use my own sounds, both for samples and for synth presets. On my latest track I had a lot of fun sampling my own voice. I’m not singer, of course, but the textures I got were somewhat unique to me.
2. I just watched the new and improved Mission Impossible movie, so that what comes to mind first.
3. I often think of where I would rather be in this period of my life. I think I could be inspired by any city or place on Earth now. But somehow I think of Paris.

Happy 500th Birthday! Such a big milestone. Here’s to 500 more posts. I love the community because it’s non-toxic. For the most part, we’re like-minded individuals pursuing greater and increasingly better goals in music. On to the questions.

1. Vintage samples, whether they be movie dialogue or spoken word, old recordings and the like.

2.Not a big movie watcher, so I’ll have to go with The Sound of Music. That was such a great film, with such great music. Grease is second.

3. The music capital of the world, NYC baby.

1. My favourite sample pack is That Sound Sterloid drum patterns.
2. My favourite epic soundtrack is the score to the movie Heat, it creates amazing atmosphere and depth to the scenes.
3. New York.

1: industrial sounds, rare synths/test equipment
2: it’s not a movie, but the soundtrack to Shadow of the Colossus
3: Japan, Russia, or Egypt

1. Sample Packs – I mostly look for Neo Soul guitar samples
2. Soundtrack – Drive – Bride of Deluxe
3. Place – Lofoten Islands, Norway

1. Modular Percussion
2. 2001:A Space Odyssey
3. Ho Chi Minh City

1. I use mostly Maschine packs and I want mostly Maschine packs ;)
2. Interstellar. It relatively simple but it just cliiiiiiiicks with something inside.
3. Many but pragmatically – New York.

1) I like odd, atypical field recordings I can use as percussion & ambience. There are so many percussion sample kits around already so it’s fun cutting up new sounds to use instead.

2) I thought the most recent Dune was powerful & fresh. My heart though lies with Star Wars because its themes & motifs have been so accurately stereotyped at this point.

3) New York City because there are so many diverse areas to zone out in & get ideas. If I get bored of one, I’ll just walk to the next & people watching in its parks is good too. (I know this is not necessarily exclusive to NYC but there are sure many diverse characters & all walks of life.) There’s also always something fun going on.

1. Sample packs are for wimps. But I do like multi-sampled drum libraries…
2. Amelie. If you don’t know why, you haven’t seen it.
3. Iceland

1.Foley
2.Batman (1989)
3.Seattle

Aloha!
1. Field recordings from various forests all over the world.
2. Music of various spaghetti westerns composed by Ennio Morricone because a few weeks ago I watched more of them. Especially The Dollars Trilogy.
3. Havana, Cuba

Keep up the great work, I am waiting for the next 500!

1. acoustic drum kit one shots round robin with phase aligned matching overhead and room mic hits
2. jurassic park
3. paris

Congrats, James!
My answers:
1. I probably use foley or sound design samples the most.
2. The Dark Knight! Not necessarily my favorite of all soundtracks, but I think its influence is undeniable, from the minimalistic sorts of themes to the usage of synthesizers as supporting elements in the background (and sometimes in the foreground as well of course!).
3. Vienna
Here’s to another 500! Cheers!

1. My own sample pack of my vocals / sounds made by voice
2. Fight Club – Pixies -“Where is my mind” – ending
3. Utopian Playland of dr. Phineas Waldolf Steel

1. Definitely drum samples, and specifically drum machine samples/loops! Been looking for loops from old Rhythm King drum machines recently.
2. Either Tenet or Lord of the Rings, very different, but each amazing and impactful in their own ways.
3. Probably NYC, it seems like there are a lot of interesting things always going down including many musicians I have a lot of respect for!

1. I like the orchestral especially Cello
2. Secret (2007) – Jaycou, because there are lots of Instrumental sections and musical compositions
3. Virginia – USA

1. Foley samples……always

2. The Drive My Car soundtrack because its so incredibly soothing

3. New York City

analog drums
game of thrones
iceland

1. Something I can’t do myself. inspiring but not obvious.

2. lord of the rings

3. York (UK)

1 – Orchestral sounds
2 – Everything by John Williams
3 – Rio de Janeiro

1. I’m always looking for more horns, flutes, string ensembles, and foley/found percussion.
2. I mean, anything John Williams, but especially Star Wars. It’s as iconic as it is thematic.
3. Portland, to match my eccentric energy.

Well
1. Vocal Samples: Vocal samples are widely used in electronic music genres like EDM, house, trance, and hip-hop. These sample packs offer a variety of vocal phrases, chops, ad-libs, and vocal effects that can be incorporated into tracks to add energy and emotion.
2. When thinking of an epic soundtrack/score, one movie that immediately comes to mind is “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, composed by Howard Shore. This film series, directed by Peter Jackson and based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels, is renowned for its breathtaking and immersive music that perfectly complements the epic fantasy world depicted on screen.
3. If I could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, I would choose New Orleans. Known as the birthplace of jazz, New Orleans has a rich and vibrant musical history that continues to influence musicians from all genres. The city’s unique blend of African, European, and Caribbean cultures has given rise to a diverse range of musical styles, including jazz, blues, zydeco, and funk.

1. natural drum hits and claps and folley etc
2. i still like vangelis’s music more….
3. i don’t travel somewhere specifically for inspiration, for a brake i like forest parties, no cities involved.

1. Field recordings.
2. Back to the Future. The melody is catchy and gives such a cool adventure vibe. However, my favorite soundtrack is from the TV show Lost. It is really diverse, lots of awesome motifs and it is an important part of the show.
3. Probably Toronto because some of my favorite rock bands come from that area.

1. One Shot Pop Drums
2. Dark Knight (such an epic movie and Hanz Zimmer is just amazing)
3. London

What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most?
melodic packs – isolated or sparse arrangement, clearly labeled with key & bpm

When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
any by Francois de Roubaix – always unusual and cool arrangements

If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?
LA – a don’t love the city, but many producers I enjoy seem to be from or live there

1. A full-pack collection of all the common drum and fx samples
2. Studio Ghibli Movies
3. I would say Japan at the moment

Great Post James and thanks for your contributions to BPB, looking forward to more !!

1. I don’t use any Splice or similar platforms as I dislike prefabricated loops, I want my music to feel alive and handcrafted. For sample packs I do appreciate drum hits especially if there are velocity layers which is actually way too rare. I never use melodic samples, way prefer to use synths or instruments.

2. We now have heard many many epic soundtracks. I think the best ones retain a catchy melodic elements, I think of Star Wars for example. Catchy yet contains complexity. These days it seems all about big brass and all those fairly cliche thunderous hits… Works, but a bit overused.

3. I see many movie scores are produced in Bulgaria, I think the country has a fascinating history and culture, I’d love to go.

One thing I’d love even more is to win this competition, I work SO HARD on producing my first album, writing playing and recording everything by myself, already over a year with about two thirds done, I need quality plugins!

1.) Thats a hard one, I’d say themed sample packs, like horror themed, space themed, etc. Really challenges the designer i think cus they always have a really unique sound.

2.) Interstellar and the LOTR trilogy come to mind

3.) For me personally I’d say Seoul or New York City

1. Foley and atmospheric sample pack
2. Interstellar, cause it always give me a chill
3. UK for some history, Japan for musical influence

1. Ambient, noise, field recordings
2. Dune (2021)
3. Ushuaia

1. I use mainly drum and percussion loops.
2. “Inception” – Hans Zimmer
3. Stavanger in Norway. Make sure to visit the Lysefjorden and then hike to Preikestolen. I am sure you will find a lot of inspiration there

1.Cymatics is really cheap and always give gifts , like some vintage drums is well.

2.La La land(best vocal I think)

3.Scotts Valley, where the Universal Audio is come from.

1. I use cinematic samples a lot; from transitions to drums and percussion.
2. Still liking Inception’s soundtrack!
3. I’ve been inspired by the views in London as a kid, so I want to visit there at least once.

Congrats on the 500th article, and cheers to the BPB team!

What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.)
When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?
1.Some foley sounds that can be used in sound design
2.The Sun Also Rises – Joe Hisaishi, it’s just breathtaking
3.Chengdu

1 Hip-hop & vocal sample pack and Foley samples
2 lord of the ring and Hobbit.
3 Delhi ( INDIA )

1: Crunchy 80s 90’s drum machine or rompler samples.
2: The AKIRA soundtrack. Or Terminator II. The emotional intensity of these movies seem largely in debt to the music.
3: Granada, Spain.

Congrats James! Looking forward to many more great articles.

1. I’ve never been a good drummer as it isn’t my primary instrument, so anything based for solving that as a sample pack is a blessing.
2. Dark Knight- Hans Zimmer
3. City wise, I’d like to work in a place where artists are not swindled, given delayed payments, false promises, discouraged to strive for musical greatness. Anywhere that is the case, please sign me up!

1. Mythica by Cinetools
2. Dark Knight
3. Most (Brüx)

1) I mainly use Primeloops sample pack currently using “ The Major Avenue “Drill Violins”. *I love rap/ classical music

2) Inception sound track by Hans Zimmer because of the power sounds and it inspires visual image

3) Berlin, Gernany . To watch some real orchestra

Thanks a lot Will really appreciate the plugins

1. I don’t use samples. I try to use physical simulation generators wherever possible, because they have such higher fidelity. I’m in love with the FL drum synths BassDrum and DrumPad because BassDrum sounds like a DS9 (which I used to own!), and DrumPad for it’s sick snare sounds. I like procedural synths because I can push and twist them in interesting ways. I love Twangstrom because it’s the only spring reverb I own that actually sounds like the real units (I don’t own Springs… yet.)

2. 2001.

3. I would go hang with aborigines in the australian outback. Didgeridoos sound amazing. I love how they combine multiple tones.

1.I usually use Trap sample packs, but generally not for the genre. I incorporate them in pop productions mostly.

2.The first epic soundtrack that comes to my mind is “Jack Sparrow” from Pirates of the Caribbean.

3.I would probably go to Rio de Janeiro . Produce some upbeat music with my friends.

1. chillwave, vaporwave, synthwave
2. Interstellar
3. Los Angeles

1. Asian and African Drum Sample Pack
2. The Wheel of Time
3. Quincy

1. Samples from Slate Digital and Vengeance
2. Dune
3. Sahara

1. Funk / hip hop / soul acoustic drum loops, organic atmospheres, analogue synths recorded to tape.
2. Lord of the Rings because it epitomises the word epic.
3. Berlin.

Thanks!

1. I don’t use samples because it does not inspire me unless we talk about ir- samples. But if I would use any it would be upright jazz bas because I don’t have a good way to get that sound.

2. The holy mountain! It’s a stunningly beautiful movie with stunningly beautiful music made by Don Cherry and most likely Bengt Berger to some degree. The soundtrack lifts the movie to an even higher level and blend in with the visual language of the movie. The track “tarot will teach you” I can’t stop myself from playing often

3. I would probably visit the gnawa dessert music festival in Morocco and stay there a few days to listen to as much as possible aswell as buy instruments to bring home to sweden.

1. Rock-based sample packs, haven’t seen many ppl doing that kind of stuff
2. Sarah Schachner, her scores in AC Origin and the new MW trilogy is badass
3. 150 Freston Road, London; you know the rules, and so do I

1. Drums mainly. But love atmospheres and textures.
2. Gladiator – Hans Zimmer. Incredible in the cinema. Epic film and score.
3. New York

Mostly drums, foley, and vocals, generally avoid anything that is melodic or harmonic.

Loved the soundtrack from Annihilation, huge sounds and very mysterious and alien tones and melodies, complementing the mood of the film.

New Orleans

1. Birds
2. Das Boot
3. Castrop-Rauxel

1. Machines/industrial sounds
2. Inception, because without this score there would be no Braams :)
3. Reykjavík

1. I don’t usually use sample packs, I try to record everything myself.
2. Inception because it’s grandiose.
3. Tokyo.

1. atmospheres key labelled samples – to get that background of the track sitting nicely
2. Hard to say a favourite as mood dependant but one example is Pirates of the Caribbean – it has energy, that feel good factor. it has an epic score
3. Vienna – for their Philharmonic orchestra

Congratulations on the big 500!

1. Electric guitar
2. Interstellar
3. Marseille

Samples- I like to use drum samples one shots or loops then adding a little bit of field recordings and it will turn into weird drum stuff.

Soundtrack – “Meet Joe Black” The movie is slow and emotional but beautiful so as the music and Im 90’s kid so memories and nostalgia.

Iceland – Reykjavík (but of course the whole country its a magical place with loth of inspiration)

Congrats on your journey!

1. Ambiences, textures so I can layer them up in my sounds.

2. Interstellar, because of the clever use of various techniques to capture the essence of the moment

3. Vienna. Love the stuffs from there.

1. Drum samples

2. Inception and Mortal Kombat (nostalgia)

3. Seoul Korea

1. Mostly use drum samples have not really messed around with other samples that much.
2. Definietly The Pirates of the Caribbean. I think anybody who has seen the movies can agree.
3. Something exotic to get out of the everyday grayness of the world. So like maybe Athens or something like that.

1.) Really raw sounding acoustic drum sample libraries. Ugritone’s stuff is top notch.

2.) Probably Inception, I don’t really watch movies at all.

3.) Sofia, Bulgaria. I love traditional Bulgarian music and the Jazz Fusion stuff coming out of there is an amazing blend of their traditional music and Jazz Fusion. The musicianship is out of this world good.

1. Drum samples
2. Blade Runner
3. Tokyo

1. Drum and percussion, world percussion
2. Gladiator
3. New Orleans

1. Authentic sounds, sounds that cannot be made by a synthesizer or some other plug-in.
2. Star Wars. Perhaps the most iconic score of all time, spot on in every aspect. It really describes what type of movie it is and highlights the feeling and the story all the way through.
3. Los Angeles

1. Ethnic/folk instrument loops
2. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Ennio Morricone) ; I also dearly love Nicola Piovane’s scoring (e.g. the Kaos soundtrack) but I don’t think it sufficiently qualifies as epic.
3. Dublin

What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.)
I use a lot of drum one shot kits, as well as melody loops to chop up.

When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
Probably Insterstellar… that was the last movie with a really memorable epic score that I watched

If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?
Hmm I’m not sure. Maybe Nashville? There are a lot of musicians that I look up to there. Maybe also San Diego or LA

1. All kinds of percussion (world/ethnic), but then nothing sets me more on fire than brazilian stuff.

2. Apocalypse Now, for an epic soundtrack that doesn’t sound bombastique like (too) many others.

3. Rio de Janeiro (or Sao Paulo)

1. Drum samples
2. Star Wars
3. Paris, France

Thanks for 500!

1. Industrial hit/drum samples.

2. Really, anything that uses Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna”. (300, Red October, Natural Born Killers and so on.) It is very hard to beat for that massive, epic overload. The way the choir and particularly the timpani work together both in the insanely intense crescendoes and the ominous builds is in my opinion unmatched still, nearly ninety years later.

3. While it may stretch the definition of “city” (since it’s no longer inhabited) I would love to visit the archaeological site at Ur in what is currently southern Iraq. I find the profound meeting of alien and familiar in Sumerian culture hugely inspiring.

What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.)
When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?

1. effected drum samples (from older drum machines)
2. Blade Runner!!
3. Detroit

1. Drum and ethnic percussion
2. Avatar
3. Rio de Janeiro

What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.)
When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?
1. I love to use synth one shots for floaty trap beats. I love to use drum loops to put texture in the background.
2. Interstellar honestly. i know boring answer
3. Maybe Toronto. i heard there was a big producer scene. Or maybe Berlin or Amsterdam

1. One Shots (Drums, synths, FX etc.) is that what my Brain and my DAW Need.

2. Athena (Soundtrack was perfeckt in this Movie) #goosebumps

3. NEW YORK I think all the sounds in the world are there.

1. Right now I want the most East West Hollywood, but Vienna Library would also do!
2. First thing that came to my mind was Jurassic Park, the original one.
3. Vienna!

1. I use Kontakt Instruments for realistic instruments a ton, but I don’t work with sample packs much, except one shots like modern kicks & snares.
2. Interstellar, the soundtrack added so much scale & emotion to the movie.
3. Lhasa, Tibet

1. drum machine sample packs
2. Lord of the Rings, very symphonic, epic, interesting tempos
3. Kyoto

1. afro sound packs with melodies and lots of drumfills/drum rolls.
2. smallville scores nurtured me lol.
3. Lagos

1.Drumloops
2.Blade Runner
3.Japan
Thank you very much!

1. I don’t use sample packs perse, but use a lot of sample-based virtual instruments. Spitfire LABS plugs are really fun .. and in my price range!. I used to use mostly percussion and drum stuff, but have started using more and more melodic and instrumental packages. NI’s Session Horns is a lot of fun for that. Mostly use them for background to my songs, to add atmosphere. Well, except the classical piece I somehow managed to compose (Spitfire’s BBC Orchestra free and Solo Cello libs).

2. 2001 A Space Odyssey is the first to pop to mind. The music is huge and expansive when needed, but then very sparse/close/intimate at the same time.

3. New Orleans. But not at Mardi Gras time. Ick! Too many people! Second choice would be somewhere outside ANY city, like the SW U.S. desert, or rain forest. Nature. That’s where all the sounds come from anyway.

1 Foley sounds
2 Pirates of the Caribbean
3 Not a city, but maybe some island in the sun on the beach

1) Percussion, drums and experimental sounds.
2) Robocop 2 (1990) movie of my childhood.
3) Maybe China.

Techno, drums, percussion, vocals
Something scifi, with braams
Berlin, Germany

Sample packs containing construction kits or MIDI files
Back to the Future
Venetia

1. Ambient and drums
2. Lords of the Rings: the sound track is emphasizing every moment of the movie, covering every aspect, from sadness to full epic.
3. Venice

Ultimate Cinematic Bundle
Lord Of The Rings
Royal Albert Hall – London, UK.

1 Electric Guitar, Wurlitzer or Clavinet clean recordings

2 Birdman

3 London

1. Drum Loops, One shot drums, synth, vocals etc, usually from EDM and Retro Synthwave Sample packs

2. Spiderman Spider verse

3 any city in Norway

1. Female vocals
2. Interstellar, because Hans Zimmer is a genius!
3. Japan

1) I like quality sounding acoustic drum sample packs because thats what I need most in my mixes.
2) Gladiator. I love how spheric, organic and epic it is. Especially ‘Now we are free”
3) Seattle !!!

Thanks for beeing part of this amazing community!

1. Oriental Instruments, Foley, Orchestral
2. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
3. Asia.

I’ve seen some amazing performances of modern music with traditional Asian instruments on YouTube, acapella bands like Maytree, who specialise in performances of famous TV tunes using just their voices, and Kpop tracks like Jisoo’s Flower and several Black Pink songs that combine clever sampling of classical music and really inventive sounds and effects, coupled with crystal clear mixing.

Morricone has to be the reigning master of soundtracks, and his recent death was a huge loss to the music industry. If I could name a dozen scores by Morricone, I would, including the excellent The Thing, but TGTB&TU is a treasure chest overflowing with fabulous themes, culminating in the aptly named Ecstasy of Gold, one of the most gleeful and glorious themes I’ve ever heard.

1. Ethnic instruments
2. Hans Zimmer’s Interstellar
3. New York

1. Snare sample pack. I know it’s so basic, but I can’t get enough.

2. Any Scorsese film or anything John Williams. I guess I’m thinking about Inception, interstellar, all 9 star wars.

3. Japan

1. Pianos and orchestra
2. “Avatar” and other like this: picture of world and relevant music for it
3. Venice and other Europe, each has its own color

1. Drums ..one shots ..
2. Gladiator sound track …The big Lebowski..any thing from Hans Zimmer..
Dany Elfman
3. Norway..Painted Dessert ..Drenthe, The Netherlands

1: vocals , live drums
2: semi pro ) – cool film and amazing soundtrack
3: London

1) What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.)
I look for Cinematic sample packs. Those that contain Foley sounds for film or video.

2)When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
Lord of the Rings and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In my mind the two both function to carry their respective films but LOTR provides more ambiance for carrying the tone of the film while ROTLA, provides ambiance but much more energy for carrying the films action scenes.

3)If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?
London England. That city and its surrounding provinces have produced great bands who to this day still can be found on the charts influencing the music world. London also has many great cinematic composers both living and dead. My favorite John Barry.

1 All sort of musical instruments from all around the world, I really like collecting them

2 Forest Gump

3 Amsterdam

1-Afrobeat
2-Spartacus Blood and Sand
3-California

1. IR’s from unique buildings
2. Labyrinth – Bowie wrote five of the tracks, case closed
3. Sofia

1. Unprocessed percussion
2. Gladiator
3. Otautahi

Certainly, here are your answers for the Bedroom Producers Blog giveaway:

1. I’m particularly fond of sample packs that cater to electronic and experimental music genres. Drum and percussion samples, synthesizer loops, and atmospheric soundscapes are always welcome. I also find unique instrument samples, especially those from world or vintage instruments, to be a great source of inspiration.

2. When I think of an epic soundtrack/score, the movie that comes to mind first is “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The music composed by Howard Shore for these films is both emotionally stirring and technically brilliant. It perfectly complements the epic, adventurous, and dramatic nature of the story, and it has left a lasting impact on how I perceive the connection between music and cinema.

3. If I could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, it would be Berlin, Germany. Berlin has a vibrant and diverse music scene, encompassing electronic music, classical, experimental, and more. The city’s rich history, art, and culture make it a melting pot of creative energy. It’s a place where innovation and tradition coexist, and it’s known for nurturing and inspiring musicians and producers across various genres.

1. I am not using Sample Packs anymore
2. Blade Runner, a timeless Masterpiece
3. Buenos Aires, Argentinia

1. Drum samples
2. Vangelis – L’Apocalypse des Animaux
3. London

1) Vocals and field recordings
2) How to train your dragon – emotions are captured very well in the music
3) Prague

1) Acoustic instruments, wind, brass…
2) I’m blind, so movie watching is not my strongest skill, sorry (;
3) New York (USA), Salvador (Brazil)

1. I usually buy real world sounds – location recordings, movements, even voices (wallas)

2. Blade Runner. Somewhere between music and sound design and for me perfect in both in every way.

3. Paris. Whether its the ancient sounds, psychogeographic locations of say the Palais Royal or Notre Dame (before the fire); or the real-world sounds of its Metro stations and under the bridges of the Seine; or at its internationally most advanced through the GRM or IRCAM.

1. I generally prefer one shot samples where creating my music is concerned, but I am trying to break into scoring so collecting a serious amount of foley and sfx where I can also.

2. The Social Network – it was the first time I had heard a scoring by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and it’s still one of my favourites to this day.

3. A lot of people would probably answer New York or LA to this straight away, but I would say Germany, possibly Berlin, it’s a source of inspiration for so many people, not just musically, and now that I’m pushing forty, I think the difference in pace would probably suit me better also!

1. Most interested in drum loops, stuff that drives
2. Bladerunner 2049 – references the original and then goes off the hook with original sound design
3. Barcelona – would love to go to Sonar

1. I need more funky Guitar Samples
2. Terminator
3. New York

1. I really like guitar riffs and intricate drum patterns. Those two for me.
2. Literally any work of Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi. Also, Gladiator, Armageddon.
3. Close call between NYC and LA. So, probably, both. :)

1. Melodic weird sounds (foley etc)
2. Aliens, dune
3. Ivalo

1. Experimental, unusual, ambient
2. Tron Legacy
3. In an isolated cabin surrounded by nature

1. Oriental
2. Indiana Jones; it opens you up and propels you
3. Tokyo; to learn about shakuhachi (making)

1. rain/nature sounds
2. 28 Days Later or Amelie
3. Istanbul

Congratulations!

1.drum breaks,percussion and foley
2.Oblivion
3.Sao Paulo,Brazil

1) Sonic Academy Drums for EDM
2)Blade Runner 2049
3)Edinburgh Scotland

Drum n bass
A fist full of dollars
Prague

1.
obscure or entirely new istriments like the Pikasso geetar – sample packs like this

Lawrence of Arabia

Granada – The Guitarrería Bitar de Granada is located on a corner of the emblematic Cuesta de Gomérez, a street with a tradition of craftsmanship and guitar building since the 19th century, a must on the way to the Alhambra.

1. Mdi drums
2. Pulp Fiction
3. Los Angeles

1. choral samples
2. Indiana Jones. It’s hard not to get pumped up by that music.
3. New Orleans

1. Electronic DRUM OneShots/Loops – that’s because I’m so into EDM lately, so is very fun to get inpiration!
2. MOVIE: Pirates of The Caribean – But can I tell about a VideoGame? I remember being 10yo playing Medal Of Honor: European Assault, and everytime the Theme song was played I was like “OMG that’s so EPIC journey!”
3. LONDON would be great, so many classics that I LOVE were created or performed there!

1. I would love to get a Vi that can produce ethereal guitar sounds, think Emma Anderson of Lush and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau twins. I would try to play the guitar myself, but my left hand is paralyzed after a stroke, so it kind of limits my creativity :-(
2. Solaris (Soderbergh 2002, with George Clooney and the lovely Natasha McElhone) – absolutely mesmerizing soundtrack and that way the singing bowl is used. Goes perfectly with the vibe of the movie.
3. I’ve been @ SxSW in Austin a couple of times and would like to go again. I just love the vibe during those days. A little closer to home I find my old workplace VoxHall in Aarhus, Denmark. I hope someone here have heard of it (?). It holds the highest standards for live-music, a state-of-the-art venue, and a program to match it. A lot of US bands probably have some fond memories from VoxHall. Not endorsing, just a fact.

1.What kind of sample packs do you like, use, or want most? (Feel free to name genres, instruments, or anything else you feel relevant.)
Splice Samples – Lofi
2.When you think of an epic soundtrack/score, which movie comes to mind first, and why?
Saving Private Ryan
3.If you could go to any city in the world to be musically inspired, where would it be?
Cuba

1/ Brass samples, solo sax and trumpets
2/ Bladerunner by Vangelis, for its incredible atmosphere and the warm analog sounds.
3/ Bangkok, a very inspiring city for hmm… many reasons.

1. Vocal Samples
2. Dune Part 2 because the part 1 score was incredible and Im super stoked for the next one!
3. (Not technically a city) but McMurdo Station in Antarctica because it’s probably like the most quiet place ever and ice sounds really cool.

1. Foley
2. Star War
3. LA

1. I rarely use samples, but when I do I use some one-shot percussion stuff I make myself.

2. Waterworld. Nice dynamic orchestrations and big melodies.

3. New Orleans or Tokyo

1. EBM / Industrial – Basslines, Noise, Drums
2. Highlander
3. Berlin

1) Love the Vengeance sample packs for EDM, esp. the Electro Essentials ones.
2) Illuminati by Hans Zimmer. The choral elements are just amazing in my opinion.
3) Miami – Ultra Music Festival takes place there and lots of new tracks are dropped, which can be pretty good for inspiration.

The sample packs I prefer usually have a hip, soulful, and sensual feeling to them. The sound of LOVE just draws me in.

The Dark Knight trilogy. I’ve been studying and trying to understand the thought process of the one and only Hans Zimmer. I love the deep richness of the bass and his choice of sonic pallets is amazing to hear.

Venice would be my city of choice because of its overwhelming beauty that I’ve seen in photos in the web. I want to hear that kind of beauty.

1. Not a big user of sample packs, but when I do, it is usually ambient sounds from real life (field recordings).
2. The Last Emperor
3. Springdale Utah, just outside Zion National Park

1. I mostly use and enjoy good drumkits that can be used over multiple generes.
2. Star Wars
3. Lagos or Tokyo

1. Anything I can resynthesize.
2. Blade Runner
3.London

1. Vocals
2. Star Wars
3. London

1 Drums, Percussions & Noises
2 John Carpenter Soundtracks (maybe epic in another way)
3 Berlin in 1980

1) Foley
2) Marry Christmas mr Lawrence
3) London

1-drumsamples
2- 2001 space odyssey
3-New Dehli

1) drum packs, monte booker sounds to the moon
2) last black man in san francisco, best orchestrations in any contemporary soundtrack
3) london

1. Synthwave
2. Blade Runner
3. Miami

1. I generally do not use too many sample packs unless of course they are percussion/drum used same packs. The reason being that, it tends to limit what I can do, but on the contrary you can also use them for inspiration as well. So as far as sample packs go, I would go for once that are more percussion/drum focused especially world instruments and maybe even FX based percussion.

2. Inception – the score by Hans Zimmer. The orchestration captures the essence of the story.

3. Varanasi, India

1-Violão
2-Titanic
3-Berlim

samples

1. Middle Eastern Percussion and Ethnic samples
2. Last of the Mohicans…simply majestic!
3. Japan

1. Organic textures
2. Top Gun Maverick?
3. Sheffield, England

1.Kshmr Vol 3
2.《Interstellar》
3.Japan

1. I’d say I enjoy raw samples of instruments that are not used to being processed through fx. The very utility of sample packs for me is that it makes you want to include “different” sounds to your music, therefore increasing your range of creativity. That’s how I wanna feel when I’m downloading a sample pack, not look for hours and hours for a better snare or guitar.

2. Wouldn’t call it epic but lately Phamtom thread by PTA, score by Jonny Greenwood blew my mind. There will Be blood would be more epic I suppose. same people.
Otherwise Lawrence of Arabia

3. London

1. Snare and Kick Samples
2. Blade Runner because of the epicness and the mood is so perfect.
3. Lima, Peru

1.Drum kits and percussion samples

2.The Lord of the Rings trilogy

3.Vienna.

1. Foley-based percussive instruments and loops
2. Johann Johannssons score for Sicario
3. Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway

1. Old 60/70s soul samples (could be drum breaks or whole samples)
2. Amazing Spiderman Man Soundtrack
3. London UK

1. Percussion loops, one shot drums and FX
2. The Rock
3. New Orleans

1. Vocal/RnB samples
2. Oppenheimer
3. Japan