BIFSC
Berlin International Film Scoring Competition
BIFSC offers emerging Film Composers the platform to showcase their work and compete to receive multiple Awards worth of over 3500 Euros, participate in Film Scoring Workshops and have their music recorded by a live ensemble, be invited in Film Festivals with VIP accreditation.
Full Awards for the 3 Prize Winners
First Prize Winner
The First Prize Winner of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition will receive the following Awards
Cash Prize
500 Euros cash prize
A Full Scholarship for Online Participation at the Fusion Film Scoring Workshops 2023, valued at 950 Euros
The Fusion Film Scoring Workshops are designed for musicians and composers looking to enhance their knowledge and compositional skills in writing for Film and gain experience writing for a live ensemble. The workshops aim to give the composer all the essential tools needed to create an original Film Score with seminars by industry professionals that will cover both the aesthetic and creative aspects of writing for film and technical aspects and score preparation.
Meet the Director, Producer, and Sound Designer, and experience the real-life process of composing the original score for a film.
The faculty will mentor and assist individually every composer in producing an original score for a live Ensemble (with or without Electronics, optional);
Each participant will
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Be mentored by our internationally acclaimed faculty and visiting industry professionals
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Create an original score for a short film of approximately a 5-minute duration.
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Receive copyright permission to use in their portfolio & share the film with their music
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Receive a recording of their composition mixed and mastered as well as a pro-tools session with all the recorded material to be used creatively in the future.
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Selected participants will receive accreditation to take part in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023 where they will have the opportunity to meet film industry professionals and promote their work at the market (agora) of the festival.
A bundle of libraries by Cinematic Studio Series including Cinematic Studio Strings, Cinematic Studio Brass, and Cinematic Studio Woodwinds valued at approx. 900 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Strings is a library bursting with character. Featuring Australia’s finest musicians and meticulously recorded in a world-class scoring stage, CSS boasts a gorgeous sound, stunning true-to-life dynamics and a wide variety of articulations. With an intuitive and efficient GUI, CSS was created to meet the demands of working composers in today’s film, TV and video game industries. This outstanding orchestral strings library for Kontakt and Kontakt Player is available now at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Brass is the result of three years of intensive recording, editing and programming. Featuring some of the world’s most talented brass players in Australia’s premiere scoring stage, this incredible collection of orchestral studio brass instruments will bring your music to life with a level of detail, power and realism rarely heard in the sample library world. Carefully crafted for precision and consistency, with the same easy-to-use interface and beautifully rich sound as the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series, the new Cinematic Studio Brass is available now!
Cinematic Studio Woodwinds is a superbly versatile library that will add a new and important dimension to your musical palette. With the gorgeous sound and stunning realism of these instruments you’ll find yourself wanting to feature woodwinds in your musical creations in new and exciting ways. Boasting the same intuitive and efficient GUI as the strings and brass, CSW is designed to perfectly complement the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series. This outstanding orchestral wind instrument library is available now for Kontakt and Kontakt Player.
In 2001, composers Maarten Spruijt, Vincent Beijer and Marco Deegenaars teamed up to found ProjectSAM. Not fully satisfied with the orchestral samples available at the time, they set out to record their own, focusing on three main things:
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an ambient, multi-mic setup in a concert hall environment,
-
the right set of articulations, emphasizing on note lengths in-between a sustain and a staccato, to be able to build thematic lines,
-
instrumental effects that cannot simply be recreated using individual samples.
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Symphobia 4: Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility.
TENSION AND DRAMA – FROM THE DARK SIDE
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility. Pandora’s innovative Adaptive Sync quickly and effortlessly matches its huge library of articulations and effects with your sequence – so your next deadline needn’t be a nightmare. Plus, fully-customizable sound design tools help you quickly sculpt your desired timbres.
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Effortlessly sync risers, rolls & crescendos to your sequence with Adaptive Sync
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Over 140 GB of orchestral ensemble recordings covering strings, brass, woodwinds & percussion
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Generate thrilling scores with powerful, fully customizable sound design tools
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Complete articulations in 5 mics
A Jaeger by Audio Imperia valued at approx. 599 €
Audio Imperia is a boutique sample library developer, crafting instruments designed to instantly inspire. Continuously renewing its creativity and inventiveness, Audio Imperia is supported by a team of producers that have years of experience in the world of cinematic music and who understand how to breathe life into the heart of a sample.
Our instruments provide composers and producers with unique and niche sounds that you can't find anywhere else. Take a look at our Best Sellers and hear for yourself!
From the German word for “hunter”, Jaeger is a brawny and agile hybrid orchestral instrument with modernity at its core. Designed to fire up stories with a loudly dramatic flair, this is the tool that does it all.
Everything you need for Epic/Hybrid music, and much more.
Jaeger conceptually focuses on Epic/Hybrid music. However, it can be used for many other genres. Give your scores the impact and emotion you’re looking for with this set of exceptionally flexible tools.
Vocals by Merethe Soltvedt.
Merethe Soltvedt is an award-winning vocalist who has performed for composers such as Jeff Broadbent, Henry Lai, Tom Salta, Ivan Torrent and companies like Brand X, Two Steps From Hell, and Ghostwriter Music. A truly unique and very angelic voice that will add a whole other dimension to your music
Recorded with Capellen Music Production.
A magnificent set of players, an incredibly balanced room, state of the art equipment, and an exceptional team of sound engineers. Mix all of that together and you get the authentic sound of Hollywood. Right at your fingertips.
Our signature Sound Design.
In true Audio Imperia style, we provide you with some really unique sound design elements to enhance your experience with the library.
Introducing Performance Patches.
Sometimes you just need to sketch out ideas quickly, and while key-switching is a great tool for expression, it can be quite time-consuming. That is where our Performance Patches come in.
Technical perfection.
High standards of quality - that is the base of our foundation. All of our sample libraries are meticulously handcrafted, and every single sample is treated like a gem: carefully polished to bring out all their brilliance. This ensures you a buttery-smooth experience when making music. Carefully synced sample-starts and standardized pre-pads ensure that your performances will never be out of sync, while ensuring maximum realism.
Our mission is to build professional virtual instruments that can inspire you to create, with uncompromising quality and deep flexibility. Our libraries are built with over 20 years of award-winning engineering experience and come packed with intuitive features and unique content that you won't find elsewhere. We're a small team of sound designers, programmers and instrument builders. Soundiron is who we are and this is what we do.
The Soundiron Artist Bundle is a collection of 15 fascinating & imaginative virtual instrument libraries specially designed in collaboration with musical minds like Bart Hopkin, David Oliver, Mimi Page, Blake Ewing, and more. Encompassing a broad range of acoustic and electronic sounds, integrated performance features, and efficient GUI workflows, you'll find hundreds of intuitively playable, fully customizable Kontakt instrument presets and brilliant sound quality.
This bundle includes 15 libraries, with a wide variety of world-class sample content. From Didgeridoos to Bird-synths, there's plenty to love. With expressive percussion like our experimental Lamellophones, Knockout Drums, and Rhythmic Odyssey , as well as legends like the Sonespheres Series and Mimi Page Light & Shadow, this bundle represents an incredible opportunity for fresh tones in any genre. You'll find hundreds of intuitively playable, fully-customizable Kontakt instrument presets and industry-leading sound quality.
One year Pro Subscription at ReelCrafter, valued at 250 $
Created by a professional composer, ReelCrafter lets you showcase your audio and video work with professional, trackable demo reels. No followers, comments, or artist discovery searches to clutter up your presentation. And forget about all those clunky file-sharing links.
Send stunning demo reels everytime with ReelCrafter.
Know when they listen (or when they don’t) with instant email notifications
See exactly when reels are viewed (or ignored)—real-time listening and video play events appear right in your account dashboard.
Get email notifications for reel opens and watch how listeners interact with your reel, including time positions for skipped tracks and download confirmations.
Keep your entire library accessible with unlimited track uploads
Upload your entire music library once and organize everything with folders and tags. A bird’s eye view of your entire library lets you quickly build the perfect presentation.
Create snippets in the cloud, from anywhere
Create reels using full tracks or non-destructively create snippets right in your web browser. Then keep track of every pitch you send with customized, shareable links.
Simple, clean players for your website
Embed ReelCrafter reels into your WordPress, Squarespace, or custom website. Sleek design and custom player colors will keep all the focus on your work.
Plus, save time with instant reel updates—no need to mess around with code each time you make a change to tracks or names.
A one year ComposerCloud+ Subscription by EASTWEST valued at 192 Euros
EASTWEST (soundsonline.com) is the #1 producer of virtual (software) instruments in the world. With clientele that spans the music, film, television, games, multimedia and performing arts, EASTWEST has led the industry for 30+ years and provides professionals with the very best music creation tools available.
THE #1 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND MUSICIANS
Total Creative Freedom:
With ComposerCloud+, you get access to all EastWest instruments and every new addition for a single monthly fee, including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, world instruments, guitars, drums, pianos, synths, and much more — all downloadable with a single click.
Instant Access
Audition and download any instrument from ComposerCloud+ in seconds. Activate your licenses on your computer directly or with an iLok key and start using instruments in your DAW immediately.
Royalty-Free:
All EastWest instruments are 100% royalty free for commercial use, including millions of samples, phrases, loops, and presets — you keep the rights to everything you create, forever.
Full Orchestra:
Instant access to the entire Hollywood Orchestra collection and its brand new expansions with hundreds of articulations. The best-selling and most awarded virtual orchestra ever released. Double winner of the 2022 TEC Award for Best Musical Instrument Software and the Sound on Sound Award for Best Software Instrument – the first time in history one product has won both!
Synth & FX
Comprehensive synth suites, hybrid collections, and scoring tools perfect for cinematic film and game soundtracks, EDM, pop, hip hop, and more. And now includes Forbidden Planet, a brand new hybrid synth plugin featuring over 600 expertly crafted morphing synths.
Vocals:
Solo and choral performances in nearly every style, including classical, opera, soul, and traditional performances from around the world. For Hollywood Choirs, Symphonic Choirs, and Hollywood Backup Singers, type in words and listen as the WordBuilder engine reproduces them flawlessly.
Rock & Pop
Create realistic hit records with crunchy guitars, punchy basses, and powerful drum kits on demand, perfect for classic rock and metal alike. Or grab blazing pop brass sections and funky loops and beats.
Pianos
The most responsive collection of concert grands and pianos to date, featuring up to 18 velocity layers, up to 3 mic positions, and 8 separate articulations. Includes Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bösendorfer 290, and Yamaha C7
Opus Engine
Hyper-fast loading, pulling only the samples you need, at the moment you need them. Advanced routing and mic positions, extensive processing capabilities, custom macros & controller mappings, on-demand instrument loading, and more.
Shreddage Guitar Library of Choice by Impact Sound Works valued at approx. 150 €
Impact Soundworks creates audio software designed with composers in mind: sample libraries, virtual instruments, and plugins. We’re as passionate about creating music tools as you are about making music!
The next generation of virtual guitar instruments for KONTAKT PLAYER is here! More realistic and versatile than ever before, featuring an American classic sound, three pickups, tons of articulations and the new CONSOLE mixer and modular FX rack!
Shreddage 3 Stratus is a next-generation virtual guitar instrument great for rock, metal, funk, blues, pop and much more!
1 Ethera Gold Atlantis 3 by Zero-G valued at approx. 99 €
We have been developing and publishing high-quality sample libraries since 1990. High professional standards and consistent artistic integrity make Zero-G a superb choice when seeking sonic inspiration for your own audio or visual productions, or added value content for your products.
ETHERA GOLD ATLANTIS 3 is a remarkable, innovative instrument designed for crafting soundtracks, cinematic compositions, awe-inspiring music trailers, and any musical piece demanding exceptional solo vocals. Serving as the successor to the highly-praised and top-selling ATLANTIS 2 library, ATLANTIS 3 builds upon its predecessor's success.
Atlantis 3 contains a staggering 30GB of 24bit, 48Khz samples unique to this instrument (compressed into 21GB). This achievement is a testament to the extensive dedication and research invested in crafting the definitive vocal library. Drawing inspiration from the ethereal charm of Celtic tunes, grandiose fantasy compositions, and medieval melodies, we confidently assert that this is the finest, most invigorating, and vibrant vocal library ever tailored for these music genres. With Atlantis 3, you'll have the means to compose with unparalleled inspiration and truly extraordinary vocal quality!
Atlantis 3 is packed with content and features. There are 6 amazing Professional Cinematic Singers, 16 Different Types of True Legato Instruments including Chromatic Vocal True Legato, Romantic True Legato, Valhalla True Legato and an Elven True Legato. There are 6 brand-new True Legatos in the following styles - Heroic, Dark Siren, Roma, Venezia, Firenze, and Syllables.
First Runner-up
The First Runner-up of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition will receive the following Awards
In 2001, composers Maarten Spruijt, Vincent Beijer and Marco Deegenaars teamed up to found ProjectSAM. Not fully satisfied with the orchestral samples available at the time, they set out to record their own, focusing on three main things:
-
an ambient, multi-mic setup in a concert hall environment,
-
the right set of articulations, emphasizing on note lengths in-between a sustain and a staccato, to be able to build thematic lines,
-
instrumental effects that cannot simply be recreated using individual samples.
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Symphobia 4: Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility.
TENSION AND DRAMA – FROM THE DARK SIDE
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility. Pandora’s innovative Adaptive Sync quickly and effortlessly matches its huge library of articulations and effects with your sequence – so your next deadline needn’t be a nightmare. Plus, fully-customizable sound design tools help you quickly sculpt your desired timbres.
-
Effortlessly sync risers, rolls & crescendos to your sequence with Adaptive Sync
-
Over 140 GB of orchestral ensemble recordings covering strings, brass, woodwinds & percussion
-
Generate thrilling scores with powerful, fully customizable sound design tools
-
Complete articulations in 5 mics
A Dolce by Audio Imperia valued at approx. 499 €
Audio Imperia is a boutique sample library developer, crafting instruments designed to instantly inspire. Continuously renewing its creativity and inventiveness, Audio Imperia is supported by a team of producers that have years of experience in the world of cinematic music and who understand how to breathe life into the heart of a sample.
Our instruments provide composers and producers with unique and niche sounds that you can't find anywhere else. Take a look at our Best Sellers and hear for yourself!
Capturing the sweetness and softness of a Chamber Strings section has long been a dream of ours. Recorded in collaboration with our friend Jasper Blunk from Performance Samples we have now made that dream a reality.
Twice the know-how - A true collaboration.
With Dolce, you get the know-how and experience from not just one but two orchestral developers: Audio Imperia and Performance Samples. Both Jasper Blunk (Owner of Performance Samples) and Audio Imperia brought their best to the table again to provide a truly amazing experience.
Dolce was recorded in the same room as Fluid Woods, Fluid Brass, and Performance Samples’ Pacific series and sits perfectly between the symphonic and grand sound that you get with Pacific and the more pointed and lush Hollywood type of sound that you get with our Areia series products.
Technical perfection.
High standards of quality - that is the base of our foundation. All of our sample libraries are meticulously handcrafted, and every single sample is treated like a gem: carefully polished to bring out all their brilliance. This ensures you a buttery-smooth experience when making music. Carefully synced sample starts and standardized pre-pads ensure that your performances will never be out of sync while ensuring maximum realism.
Cinematic Studio Strings, and Cinematic Studio Piano by Cinematic Studio Series valued at approx. 420 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Strings is a library bursting with character. Featuring Australia’s finest musicians and meticulously recorded in a world-class scoring stage, CSS boasts a gorgeous sound, stunning true-to-life dynamics and a wide variety of articulations. With an intuitive and efficient GUI, CSS was created to meet the demands of working composers in today’s film, TV and video game industries. This outstanding orchestral strings library for Kontakt and Kontakt Player is available now at a very affordable price.
With Cinematic Studio Piano, we invite you to take a seat at a Yamaha C7 Grand in a world-class scoring stage. You’ll be inspired by the warm, realistic sound of the instrument, captured by an array of beautiful ribbon and condenser microphones and recorded using the same techniques as the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series. CSP’s intelligent scripting ensures maximum realism and versatility. CSP uses the same straightforward GUI as the rest of the series and is available now for Kontakt and Kontakt player.
Antidrum Machine is the ultimate compendium of alternative instruments, experimental percussive sounds, toys, junk, machines, tools, surfaces and objects and all kinds of other uniquely musical and acoustically interesting sonic sources. This vibrant palette of musical inspiration contains a vast collection of "found-sounds", field recordings, prepared objects, surfaces, machines and noisy contraptions, booming bass to tight clicks, clacks, zips, zings, ticks and tocks.
Antidrum Machine includes all of the content from our Antidrum series of libraries (Antidrum 1, Antidrum 2, and Antidrum 3) all well as Cathedral of Junk, Luftballoon, Luminabells, PVC Beatbox Ensemble, and Snow Drums. We've also created a vast new volume of toys, instruments and sound sources exclusively for this compendium.
Glitch Hero is the work of composer and EDM/glitch artist Spencer Nunamaker. Glitch Hero is perfect for minimalist, EDM, IDM, dubstep, chillwave, glitch, post rock, soundtrack, downtempo, dub and ambient music. It's also fantastic for sci-fi sound design and creating user interface SFX for games and apps. Each library covers a unique style of hand-crafted, sound-designed drums & FX. It features thousands of samples and dozens of flexible instrument presets for Kontakt.
A one year ComposerCloud+ Subscription by EASTWEST valued at 192 Euros
EASTWEST (soundsonline.com) is the #1 producer of virtual (software) instruments in the world. With clientele that spans the music, film, television, games, multimedia and performing arts, EASTWEST has led the industry for 30+ years and provides professionals with the very best music creation tools available.
THE #1 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND MUSICIANS
Total Creative Freedom:
With ComposerCloud+, you get access to all EastWest instruments and every new addition for a single monthly fee, including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, world instruments, guitars, drums, pianos, synths, and much more — all downloadable with a single click.
Instant Access
Audition and download any instrument from ComposerCloud+ in seconds. Activate your licenses on your computer directly or with an iLok key and start using instruments in your DAW immediately.
Royalty-Free:
All EastWest instruments are 100% royalty free for commercial use, including millions of samples, phrases, loops, and presets — you keep the rights to everything you create, forever.
Full Orchestra:
Instant access to the entire Hollywood Orchestra collection and its brand new expansions with hundreds of articulations. The best-selling and most awarded virtual orchestra ever released. Double winner of the 2022 TEC Award for Best Musical Instrument Software and the Sound on Sound Award for Best Software Instrument – the first time in history one product has won both!
Synth & FX
Comprehensive synth suites, hybrid collections, and scoring tools perfect for cinematic film and game soundtracks, EDM, pop, hip hop, and more. And now includes Forbidden Planet, a brand new hybrid synth plugin featuring over 600 expertly crafted morphing synths.
Vocals:
Solo and choral performances in nearly every style, including classical, opera, soul, and traditional performances from around the world. For Hollywood Choirs, Symphonic Choirs, and Hollywood Backup Singers, type in words and listen as the WordBuilder engine reproduces them flawlessly.
Rock & Pop
Create realistic hit records with crunchy guitars, punchy basses, and powerful drum kits on demand, perfect for classic rock and metal alike. Or grab blazing pop brass sections and funky loops and beats.
Pianos
The most responsive collection of concert grands and pianos to date, featuring up to 18 velocity layers, up to 3 mic positions, and 8 separate articulations. Includes Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bösendorfer 290, and Yamaha C7
Opus Engine
Hyper-fast loading, pulling only the samples you need, at the moment you need them. Advanced routing and mic positions, extensive processing capabilities, custom macros & controller mappings, on-demand instrument loading, and more.
One year Pro Subscription at ReelCrafter, valued at 250 $
Created by a professional composer, ReelCrafter lets you showcase your audio and video work with professional, trackable demo reels. No followers, comments, or artist discovery searches to clutter up your presentation. And forget about all those clunky file-sharing links.
Send stunning demo reels everytime with ReelCrafter.
Know when they listen (or when they don’t) with instant email notifications
See exactly when reels are viewed (or ignored)—real-time listening and video play events appear right in your account dashboard.
Get email notifications for reel opens and watch how listeners interact with your reel, including time positions for skipped tracks and download confirmations.
Keep your entire library accessible with unlimited track uploads
Upload your entire music library once and organize everything with folders and tags. A bird’s eye view of your entire library lets you quickly build the perfect presentation.
Create snippets in the cloud, from anywhere
Create reels using full tracks or non-destructively create snippets right in your web browser. Then keep track of every pitch you send with customized, shareable links.
Simple, clean players for your website
Embed ReelCrafter reels into your WordPress, Squarespace, or custom website. Sleek design and custom player colors will keep all the focus on your work.
Plus, save time with instant reel updates—no need to mess around with code each time you make a change to tracks or names.
1 Ethera Gold Prometheus by Zero-G valued at approx. 109 €
We have been developing and publishing high-quality sample libraries since 1990. High professional standards and consistent artistic integrity make Zero-G a superb choice when seeking sonic inspiration for your own audio or visual productions, or added value content for your products.
Welcome to Ethera Gold Prometheus, the ultimate male vocal sample library for cinematic and video game music composers, and the next chapter in the award-winning Ethera Gold series created by Stefano Maccarelli. This collection is the first male vocal chapter of the series, featuring three talented male singers with stunning cinematic folk vocals and over 38 multi-sampled Kontakt instruments. With its powerful and emotional sounds, Prometheus will add truly epic male vocals to your music and help you create stunning cinematic folk soundtracks. Whether you're working on a blockbuster movie or a cutting-edge video game, this incredible library will be your go-to tool for crafting captivating and unforgettable vocal scores.
The Ethera Gold series boasts one of the best solo vocal true legato on the market, of which Prometheus contains 7 different variations on including Warrior, Deep and Folk styles. Along with this, Prometheus contains over 5000 ready-to-use Vocal Phrases, all organised by BPM and KEY.
Prometheus is equipped with 5 different Chant Builders that cover a range of styles, from haunting phrasing or warrior tribal vocal chants to ritual chants. This set of instruments allows composers to live-play a polyphonic melody or harmony, like background choirs or medieval chants, with different vocal articulations and the legato mode to create a seamless connection during the phrasing. Also included are Sustains and Rituals Instruments which contain a variety of long, inspiring vocal textures or backing vocals.
Second Runner-up
The Second Runner-up of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition will receive the following Awards
A Dolce by Audio Imperia valued at approx. 499 €
Audio Imperia is a boutique sample library developer, crafting instruments designed to instantly inspire. Continuously renewing its creativity and inventiveness, Audio Imperia is supported by a team of producers that have years of experience in the world of cinematic music and who understand how to breathe life into the heart of a sample.
Our instruments provide composers and producers with unique and niche sounds that you can't find anywhere else. Take a look at our Best Sellers and hear for yourself!
Capturing the sweetness and softness of a Chamber Strings section has long been a dream of ours. Recorded in collaboration with our friend Jasper Blunk from Performance Samples we have now made that dream a reality.
Twice the know-how - A true collaboration.
With Dolce, you get the know-how and experience from not just one but two orchestral developers: Audio Imperia and Performance Samples. Both Jasper Blunk (Owner of Performance Samples) and Audio Imperia brought their best to the table again to provide a truly amazing experience.
Dolce was recorded in the same room as Fluid Woods, Fluid Brass, and Performance Samples’ Pacific series and sits perfectly between the symphonic and grand sound that you get with Pacific and the more pointed and lush Hollywood type of sound that you get with our Areia series products.
Technical perfection.
High standards of quality - that is the base of our foundation. All of our sample libraries are meticulously handcrafted, and every single sample is treated like a gem: carefully polished to bring out all their brilliance. This ensures you a buttery-smooth experience when making music. Carefully synced sample starts and standardized pre-pads ensure that your performances will never be out of sync while ensuring maximum realism.
Cinematic Studio Solo Strings by Cinematic Studio Series valued at approx. 280 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
With Cinematic Studio Solo Strings, we’ve taken the simplicity, workflow and authentic sound of the Studio Series and applied it to solo violins, viola and cello to create an incredibly realistic solo strings sample library, for Kontakt and Kontakt Player. The whispering harmonics and tremolos, emotional legatos and portamentos, and biting staccatos and staccatissimos of Cinematic Studio Solo Strings will give you the tools you need to truly bring your music to life. CSSS is both a perfect “first chair” complement to blend with our hallmark Cinematic Studio Strings library, and an extensive standalone library that brings a classy, vibrant and elegant string quartet section to your productions.
A one year ComposerCloud+ Subscription by EASTWEST valued at 192 Euros
EASTWEST (soundsonline.com) is the #1 producer of virtual (software) instruments in the world. With clientele that spans the music, film, television, games, multimedia and performing arts, EASTWEST has led the industry for 30+ years and provides professionals with the very best music creation tools available.
THE #1 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND MUSICIANS
Total Creative Freedom:
With ComposerCloud+, you get access to all EastWest instruments and every new addition for a single monthly fee, including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, world instruments, guitars, drums, pianos, synths, and much more — all downloadable with a single click.
Instant Access
Audition and download any instrument from ComposerCloud+ in seconds. Activate your licenses on your computer directly or with an iLok key and start using instruments in your DAW immediately.
Royalty-Free:
All EastWest instruments are 100% royalty free for commercial use, including millions of samples, phrases, loops, and presets — you keep the rights to everything you create, forever.
Full Orchestra:
Instant access to the entire Hollywood Orchestra collection and its brand new expansions with hundreds of articulations. The best-selling and most awarded virtual orchestra ever released. Double winner of the 2022 TEC Award for Best Musical Instrument Software and the Sound on Sound Award for Best Software Instrument – the first time in history one product has won both!
Synth & FX
Comprehensive synth suites, hybrid collections, and scoring tools perfect for cinematic film and game soundtracks, EDM, pop, hip hop, and more. And now includes Forbidden Planet, a brand new hybrid synth plugin featuring over 600 expertly crafted morphing synths.
Vocals:
Solo and choral performances in nearly every style, including classical, opera, soul, and traditional performances from around the world. For Hollywood Choirs, Symphonic Choirs, and Hollywood Backup Singers, type in words and listen as the WordBuilder engine reproduces them flawlessly.
Rock & Pop
Create realistic hit records with crunchy guitars, punchy basses, and powerful drum kits on demand, perfect for classic rock and metal alike. Or grab blazing pop brass sections and funky loops and beats.
Pianos
The most responsive collection of concert grands and pianos to date, featuring up to 18 velocity layers, up to 3 mic positions, and 8 separate articulations. Includes Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bösendorfer 290, and Yamaha C7
Opus Engine
Hyper-fast loading, pulling only the samples you need, at the moment you need them. Advanced routing and mic positions, extensive processing capabilities, custom macros & controller mappings, on-demand instrument loading, and more.
Shreddage Guitar Library of Choice by Impact Sound Works valued at approx. 150 €
Impact Soundworks creates audio software designed with composers in mind: sample libraries, virtual instruments, and plugins. We’re as passionate about creating music tools as you are about making music!
The next generation of virtual guitar instruments for KONTAKT PLAYER is here! More realistic and versatile than ever before, featuring an American classic sound, three pickups, tons of articulations and the new CONSOLE mixer and modular FX rack!
Shreddage 3 Stratus is a next-generation virtual guitar instrument great for rock, metal, funk, blues, pop and much more!
A Library of choice between Orchestral Essentials or Orchestral Essentials 2 by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling, valued at 150 €
All instruments have been re-designed to fit the Orchestral Essentials concept, providing out-of-the-box playability and a cinematic sound that is impossible to beat at this price point.
The new 2.0 version of Orchestral Essentials offers a completely modernized library experience, with a new engine and design, all-in-one browser, reimagined Multis, improved legato engine, envelopes and filters – and Adaptive Sync. 100% free for all existing users!
Hyperior Brass Elements by SoundIron valued at approx. 90 €
Hyperion Brass Elements is a universal brass ensemble library built for everyone. It was recorded with uncompromising engineering precision and then hand-edited and carefully balanced to achieve a new benchmark in quality and playability. We set out to strike the ideal balance between polished refinement and natural humanism, for maximum creative flexibility, advanced utility and acoustic realism. This symphonic brass library is a robust musical production workhorse that will serve you well, whether you’re a working composer, student, producer, songwriter, teacher, arranger, band, sound designer, or are just curious about creating your own music.
One year Pro Subscription at ReelCrafter, valued at 250 $
Created by a professional composer, ReelCrafter lets you showcase your audio and video work with professional, trackable demo reels. No followers, comments, or artist discovery searches to clutter up your presentation. And forget about all those clunky file-sharing links.
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See exactly when reels are viewed (or ignored)—real-time listening and video play events appear right in your account dashboard.
Get email notifications for reel opens and watch how listeners interact with your reel, including time positions for skipped tracks and download confirmations.
Keep your entire library accessible with unlimited track uploads
Upload your entire music library once and organize everything with folders and tags. A bird’s eye view of your entire library lets you quickly build the perfect presentation.
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Create reels using full tracks or non-destructively create snippets right in your web browser. Then keep track of every pitch you send with customized, shareable links.
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1 Cinematic Rhythms by Zero-G valued at approx. 80 €
We have been developing and publishing high-quality sample libraries since 1990. High professional standards and consistent artistic integrity make Zero-G a superb choice when seeking sonic inspiration for your own audio or visual productions, or added value content for your products.
Zero-G Elements Cinematic Rhythms is a brand new Kontakt Instrument for creating contemporary tribal and warrior percussion referencing the aesthetic of soundtracks such as the Last Kingdom, Age of Empires and Assassin's Creed.
Elements Cinematic Rhythms is the ultimate cinematic folk percussion library. Developed by Stefano Maccarelli, the creator of the incredible Ethera Gold series, Elements Cinematic Rhythms is the second chapter of the Elements series and is the perfect add-on to the critically acclaimed Elements Modern Scoring Synth and the Ethera series.
There are over 60 percussion instruments, over 40 hybrid percussion instruments, and over 70 multi-instruments. Each instrument is sampled with up to five dynamic layers, 12 Round Robins and two microphone positions. The list of instruments is extensive, from warrior drums to tribal percussion, low, deep percussion all the way up to taiko drums. You will find the perfect percussion for your project.