Nights of Horror Vol. 01
Twelve horror cues.
Written for the technique.
Twelve horror cues written out as MIDI, five to eleven parts each. Col legno, sul ponticello, muted tremolo, flutter brass and brass clusters, over ethnic and orchestral percussion. The writing is about how the notes are played as much as which notes they are.
- Format
- MIDI + MP3
- Download
- 6.6 MB ZIP
- Sketches
- 12 × 9 bars
- Tempo
- 4/4 · your project tempo
Audio demos
4 tracksSketch 02 — spiccato and tribal percussion
Nights of Horror Vol. 01
Twelve cues.
Built from techniques.
The palette here is extended technique rather than a big ensemble. Strings appear col legno, sul ponticello, muted and tremolo as often as they appear playing normally, and the brass is written in clusters, crescendos and flutter as much as in lines.
Underneath that sit ethnic, tribal and orchestral percussion, with anvil hits, tubular bells, marimba and timpani for the colour. Male, female and low male choir appear across several sketches, and one uses an ethereal pad.
Each sketch is one MIDI file with its parts on separate tracks. The music runs eight to ten bars and begins a bar in on most sketches.
| Sketch | Leading parts | Bars | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Staccato strings, Strings col legno, Percussion | 8 | 7 |
| 02 | Spiccato strings, Tribal percussion, Strings col legno | 8 | 7 |
| 03 | Strings pizzicato, Brass, Piano | 9 | 5 |
| 04 | Strings short, Strings col legno, Brass cluster | 9 | 10 |
| 05 | Ethnic percussion, Orchestral percussion, Woodwind | 10 | 11 |
| 06 | Woodwind, Brass crescendo, Strings short | 9 | 9 |
| 07 | Strings long, Strings bass and cello, Flute | 9 | 6 |
| 08 | Strings pizzicato, Low percussion, Strings sul ponticello | 10 | 5 |
| 09 | Marimba, Harp, Strings pizzicato | 8 | 6 |
| 10 | Piano, Ethereal pad, Muted cello | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | Low brass, Piano, Strings short | 9 | 8 |
| 12 | Strings short, Orchestral percussion, Woodwind | 9 | 7 |
Leading parts are the three carrying the most notes in that sketch. These files carry no tempo event, so the parts follow whatever your project is set to; the MP3 previews, 20 to 28 seconds each, are the reference for how a sketch was meant to move. The previews are reference only and are not licensed for release.
Your DAW. Your libraries.
Any DAW
The files are plain type 1 MIDI with every part on its own named track. Drag one onto your timeline in Cubase, Logic, Studio One, Reaper, Ableton or anything else that reads MIDI. There is no installer, no sampler to buy and no licence to activate.
Any library
The parts carry notes and velocities, not keyswitches, so nothing is tied to one developer. Track names say which technique each line was written for, which matters more here than in the other boxes: col legno and sul ponticello are the sound, so patch them deliberately rather than dropping everything on a legato preset.
Parts in this box
- Strings col legno, sul ponticello, muted and tremolo
- Strings short, long, staccato, spiccato and pizzicato
- Violins, cello, contrabass and bass clarinet
- Brass, low brass, horns, clusters, crescendos and flutter
- Trumpet and woodwind, high and low
- Flute
- Male, female and low male choir
- Ethnic, tribal and orchestral percussion
- Timpani, anvil hits and tubular bells
- Marimba, harp, piano and ethereal pad
12 MIDI files in total, one per instrument per sketch.
Ready for commercial projects.
Use the MIDI in your own personal and commercial music. Reselling or redistributing the MIDI in any form is prohibited. Read the license.
These files carry no tempo event, so the parts follow your project tempo. Set the tempo by ear against the preview, then move it wherever the cue needs to go.