Building a Career as a Trailer Music Composer with Chris Davey

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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