I'm sure we'd all like to see a day 3!

Every so often I like to pop back to these and other tutorials - a good catch up.

Completely unrelated, but I _love_ how _British_ it is to have an intro / outro far out on some natural landscape just talking to the camera. It's such a classic hallmark of British productions, and I am enamoured with that style. Charming. Great video, as was the last! Keep it up!

Day 1 - spends $450 in spitfire library Day 2 - spends $4500 in spitfire additional libraries

Every instrument has to be played like an actual player.. I had always just worked each part into a piece with the goal of getting the instruments to sound realistic. Not with such sincere emotion/commitment. My goal was always the piece, not the player. But now I realize each player has to be given personality. Emotional input.. Loved this.. Huge Huge thank you, Christian.

I can't believe these videos are free. Grateful.

The second pass took this composition from "non-copyrighted music" to "AAA game soundtrack song #17"

What a natural born teacher! Great!

Absolutely wonderful to sit on your shoulder whilst you're at work. A privilege! So many KZfaq videos are put up by the "aren't I wonderful" crowd. You've been successful in a very tough business "without being trained". I believe this will inspire me and many others to work on our skills. Thank you!

This may well have been the most enjoyable 2 hours I’ve spent on KZfaq in the last couple years. Thank you for your brilliant breakdown of your process and yes, another hour (or more) would be most welcome Christian. Cheers.

I was always fascinated by orchestral music. I could never imagine that a single person could score an orchestral masterpiece by using just a keyboard and a software.

Dear Christian, you know what I like the most in your videos? It´s personality, switching to nature, have a walk, reflect life & make the most out of it. This is to enjoy not only music making, but reflect what your doing to get inspired. Like the lately announced new Albion trip to Norway. Big thumbs up!

it's been 3 years and these videos still impress me, great job Christian

This video (and Day One) are the best explanations of orchestration I've ever seen. I'm new to orchestration and immediately fell in love with Spitfire's approach. I decided to become a new Spitfire customer and purchase Abbey Road One and BBC Symphony Orchestra. I literally followed every step of your videos using ARO and BBSCO and everything worked perfectly and sounds amazing! Thank you, Christian, for inspiring a whole new generation of composers!

THANKS CHRISTIAN GOD BLESS YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1:56 "timbral opportunity" is a phrase i need more in my life

As a composer, you are ingenious. As a teacher, bringing back my long forgotten english skills you are priceless. Thx from Germany.. EDIT: By watching this episode i remembered Bob Ross. You Do with music what he was doing with paintings.

Christian: what a lovely presentation (Day 1 was a bit of a surprize!) But I watched both Days with utter fascination. What a gem!

I never realized just how much playing the MIDI automation as you do adds so much life and human feel to the music! Very cool and inspiring!

What a brilliant teacher you are

I liked the advice from 47:13 to 48:28. Its really helpful. Thank you for sharing this video.

GOD BLESS YOU CHRISTIAN THANKS FROM COSTA RICA

Love these breakdowns. They really help us non-conservatory trained composers. Many thanks!

Well done Christian - top notch!

Christian, I don't know if you ever see this or not. What you're doing is amazing. I always wanted to see an orchestra's recording session and thanks to you I did, I always wanted to know about orchestrating and thanks to you I've learned. You have been such big help that I can't put it into words, I hope someday you see this and feel my appreciation. Thank you so much. I wish the very very best for you.

Very inspiring. Thank you! And I really appreciate the disclaimer at 47:15. It would be tempting to make yourself look better by keeping the illusion of the polish flowing easily/quickly...but your honesty is most helpful. Thanks again.

Christian you’re the best, man. Plethora of useful tips, choices, ideas, and the focus is on personal originality and most of all - fun. Keeping it light-hearted, low stress and FUN. Cheers to you and Spitfire for this series and your willingness to teach

The statement at the end really filled me with confidence thank you. Leaving very inspired.

36:14 Omg that was BRILLIANT! I jumped up with excitement when I heard that! That counterpoint really feels like an answer to the question, wow! Thanks so much for these two days of lessons, I'm learning SO much!

Somehow, it is only now (mid 2022) that I've discovered these videos, and they are a revelation in showing a non-academic approach to composition and arranging with a DAW. Thank you so much for the time you have put in along with the distillation of 25 years of experience into "a nutshell", for our benefit (while irrelevant to the learning goal of the videos, I feel the theme of the music could have been a little more appealing).

It´s a wonderful education... Thanks in the name of intuitive musicians

This was ABSOLUTELY inspiring! It's kind of heartwarming listen to you and your music. Thank you, Christian. Cheers to the team.

Highly recommend Samuel Adler- The Study of Orchestration.

This was such a well put together short series of videos. Thank you Christian Henson. Thank you Spitfire audio.

Wow, the tempo changes made a huge difference. Thanks.

A sincere acknowledgment for your professional candor, willingness to share, and especially for the precious time it takes to make these videos. You have helped immeasurably by sharing your history and process, and I deeply thank you. A "Day Three" video would be most welcome.

Im late to the party but so so glad you did a day 2, and I hope to find you did a day 3 and beyond. I'm 8 minutes in and have learned a lot already! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience so feely.

I like when he said (using my words) "this is how far I can take you, if you need more I leave it to the real experts". However good someone is, a bit of self-reflection is the best quality a person can have. A breath of fresh air, there are too many self-proclaimed geniuses, who think they are the second coming of Mozart as soon as they click some button and a beat starts coming out of a light-flashing tool they call an instrument. Technology is there to help people create, not do the creating for you. In my opinion you only create music when you play and/or invent music, start putting layer upon layer until you get a finished product, and this is best created in orchestral music, in my mind.

Simply amazing... Probably one of the best humble and useful tutorial we can find around here. Thanks a million time for sharing this Christian!

I absolutely love this type of stuff. If there was a tv show that only had stuff like this on it I would pretty much only watch that.

It was many, many years since I last touched playing music on keyboard, what brought me back to relearn the keyboard was watching Christian in the studio with an Orchestra in London do the music for some film, I sat there for hours watching the video it and it immediately started me back on the path learning how to play music again but this time learning how to do it on a DAW. These videos are so fantastic, thanks Christian.

It's great to see the way you work and the tools that can made something seamlessly sound good. Well done.

Yes, yes yes.. very inspiring! Thanks! 😊

One noteworthy thing in this is a covert tip on productivity and workflow. Christian knows what he wants from the percussion, and knows how to get there.... around 42-43 minutes. Where I would normally make a big deal on trying to play the percussion correctly. Doing my damnedest to play it at the incredibly low velocity levels and in perfect time (often restarting because i didn't get it right) I REALLY appreciate seeing how Christian just plays the line in, and then a couple button pushes later it's exactly where it needs to be in the mix. Love these videos for the ability to see and learn the process different from my own.

Just discovered your videos tonight. Brilliant Christian.

We’d definitely all love to see a “Day 3”! This has been so inspiring and beneficial. Thank you for the way you expertly break everything down and simplify the process. It’s fascinating to watch. I’m learning so much!

"If it sounds right, if it sounds GOOD, then leave it in. Even if you feel that it might be breaking certain rules." Love that advice. At the end of the day, no one will be paying attention to the hierarchy of the strings or certain rules about what instruments should be where. They'll be focussed on the sound, and whether that sound moves them.

Day three please! :D This has been incredibly informative.

Inspirational! Yes. Part 3!

The hand-written notebook and lists, are invaluable

I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, I've learnt so much from you.

Wow. I really loved this series. It’s so amazing to see you take a “simple” idea and develop it into something so complex and wonderful. Your descriptions are so candid and yet vulnerable. I’ve been looking for a “tutorial” for a couple of years now that’s done what this has. Thank you so much for your effort and willingness to share. I’m inspired as hell to sit down and write again. Looking forward to more.

Your a great teacher, honest, humble, inspired, to the point. This has been an absolute pleasure to the point where after giving up music at school 30 years ago, im going to create some and have a go. Thankyou

I've always been weary about Spitfire cause of the price (even though I knew the quality was very good), cause I didn't know much about the company. However, since these day One and Two videos and seeing your interview with Rick Beato, I have a newfound respect for your company. I now look forward to supporting you guys when I can. You are a lovely person and I wish you the best.

Of all the orchestral tutorials I have seen, this is by far the best. Truly amazing with lots of qualified changes. I lack the words to express just how impressive this really is in terms of educational content. I'm glad you said this only included the finished takes and not the umpteen ideas that never made the cut. It did seem like this was all just falling from a genius mind until you said that. Glad to know you are human. - In general I usually enjoy your videos but this one, with part 1 is just super-concentrated, orchestral powerhouse of creation at its best. (seems I found the words after all) Thank you.

3 years late to the party but I'd like to say these videos are awesome. Just waiting on a decent pair of monitors so I can start my composing journey

what a genius... watched day 1 and 2 and feel so inspired...thank you Christian...

These videos in addition the quality of VSTs is the reason I have spent thousands of dollars in your company.

Beautifully helpful! Your way of teaching and sharing evokes a sense of wonder that renders me having fresh ears & courage to effectively utilize Spitfire's incredible libraries.

The mixing sounds so smooth so clear this is really impressive.

Really helpful. many thanks Christian !

I never fail to prepare a notebook with a pen whenever I watch Spitfire Audio's videos. These contents are pure valuable. Cheers!

Christian, you are a fantastic tutor, and composer! Thank you!

Thank you so much for the lovely work you do.

Great content. I normally watch videos at x2 speed and skip the parts I know, but your videos are so honest and sincere, I spent hours watching your videos at normal speed without getting bored. However, I feel kind of daunted because having even one of those libraries is a dream for people like us living in 3rd world countries. Tried other free stuff but that never sounds like these top ones.

Thanks for doing these. I'd love to see a walk-through of all those controllers on your desk. ;)

Just builds beautifully off Day One. This is exactly what I needed to add just a little more appetite to my orchestral chops. Yes I agree Day 3 to finish things off and have some fun :-) Many thanks Christian.

These are the most informative videos on the net for getting productive with orchestral sounds thanks dude

Insane how you took such a simple melody and made it sound so dynamic.

The creative process is so magical. Thank you for allowing us behind the curtain. Please do more!!!

Thank you very much!

Great stuff Christian. Def would watch day 3. I'm a beginner with Spitfire and setting up, and your down to earth approach is invaluable. Thanks.

I would love an every day video!!!!! For all my life. Thanks for sharing your genius

A league above any other video of this type. As a natural explainer, Chris should be prepared for an offer as a TV presenter. I've never liked the Kontakt sampler but he's inspired me to purchase Spitfire Neo to use on my latest BBC commission.

These videos you're making Christian are really quite wonderful. Thank you. Cheers!

Day 3 yes! These 2 videos have been fantastic, and I would love to see the "fun" one, cheers

Christian, you are a truly gifted individual. Thank you kindly for your gracious presentation of these principles that will certainly help us in our production projects. All the best to you. Ron Flack, Canton Ohio

I'm new to orchestral, I appreciate this series. I'm sat watching and taking notes. Maybe I won't spend hundreds on available stuff, but I've bought affordable stuff with money, I would of spent on a night out in the pub, I no longer can go to. Every cloud has a silver lining,. I try to look for the positive to turn around a negative.

You are such a wonderful help. Thank You so much.

Inspiration at it very best, thank you so, so much, you certainly set a very high bar for others to ascend too.

Just the videos alone are inspiring. It’s really overlooked how you make them. You’re cut-aways to nature while you explain things really helps my dyslexic brain gear up for the next thing your explaining. If it’s not well thought out, then you’re just naturally really good at it! Haha.

It's amazing how much I'm learning here, and all you ask for is a single like. Thank you, Christian, you earned your thumbs up!

Brilliant, thank you. Definately two the best videos on this stuff out there. I've never played with tempo, (I'm a complete hobbyist), so looking forward to trying this out. Part three on mixing/reverb/eq etc would be icing on the cake. Once again, thank you for your time on this and by the way, great video production!

If you'd get Andy Blaney on board with this that would be outstanding. He's such a genius.

48:13 "You would hear something from Mozart from years back..." I had to rewind and listen to that again. He said when something YOU heard from years back, not something from Mozart that is obviously from years back. Most of you understand that already, but I'm from California.

fantastic! thank you for this, love your honesty

wow, this and day one are an absolute gold mine of information and inspiration - thank you so much

47:41 Hearing this is very important to me, I always think I have to get it right the first time. I'm loving this series!

People need to hear this. The skills im good at is best validated by my peers, and myself when im being reflective. Not by someone with official education status and i feel like this applies so much in creating music as it is a creative process. Thanks for the great video!

This is the video set I have been searching for. I was doing some of this by just using my ears and blind luck but now I can understand what I am trying to achieve. Thank you!

You're epic. Period. Thank you for these two videos!

Makes me think of the theme from "The Pacific", especially the climax. Loving it.

I like how you make it sound really simple and you explain everything in detail. As a freshman, I'm starting to learn this stuff so I have more experience for when I hopefully start making music for films, tv shows, or games like you and your tutorials are very helpful. I'm starting to get the hang of using orchestras (I play the cello and violin myself) but I will definitely keep watching your vids to help me compose with brass and woodwinds. At the time I'm typing this comment, I know nothing about using them in music.

This was immensely helpful and inspirational, Christian. Lots of dots being connected for me by your talent, humility, and sheer will to share and inspire us to give our best. Thanks a lot!!!

Very helpful Christian, thanks! I was stoked to find I'd already implemented many of these ideas after watching the first episode, including tempo changes and splitting voices. Our workflows are very similar and this has fuelled my confidence in transitioning to the orchestral realm 🙏

Thanks Christian - great video! Perhaps for Day Three you could show the process of mixing, effects (EQ and compression), ambience with reverb, etc. Basically taking the Day Two arrangement and showing how you would polish it as a final piece. Would bring a nice closure to the whole process started with the Day One composition - from inspiration to mixed song.

Christian, thank you so much for this video and the Day One video! I'm an absolute beginner who just got Albion One and the Spitfire Chamber Strings, and these have been so helpful for learning. So many questions that I previously had and frustrations that I had with programming in general have been so clearly and concisely explained here, without all the unnecessary terminology/technical language. Your insight is so awesome, and I love your music philosophy! THANK YOU!

Wow, I bought the spitfire product solely to collect harp samples for a synth I am building. But watching your video, I am stunned by the absolute beuty of your creative endeavor. I know little of keyboards, but now I am inspired. Thank you friend.

I'm very impressed and I'm slowly starting to understand how to bring an orchestra to life.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I finally put Orchestra music with one of my songs and it took it up a whole other level. Again thank you For sharing I learned a lot.