Cinematic
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5 free beat making plugins for KONTAKT
Propel your productions with unconventional textures and tones in these five free beat making plugins for KONTAKT…
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How to score with vocals: Top tips for composers
Add a human element to your cues with composer Reuben Cornell's advice on adding virtual vocalists into the mix.
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How Deathloop composer Tom Salta channels the 60s with KONTAKT
"I’ve learned to simply have faith that when the music I create comes from an authentic place, it’s going to…
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5 free cinematic KONTAKT piano libraries
These keyboards aren’t so black and white...
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Legendary composer Danny Elfman returns to his rock roots on Big Mess
The man behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, and The Simpsons on creating his dystopian masterpiece with KONTAKT and GUITAR RIG.
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Clinton Shorter on scoring for film and TV with KONTAKT and LORES
The Canadian composer behind District 9 and The Expanse explains how his unusual sample treatments inspired LORES, our cinematic new…
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Meet the innovative composer behind Tomb Raider, Far Cry, Dead Space, and more
Award-winning composer Jason Graves reveals the studio techniques (and KONTAKT tricks) behind his intricately sound-designed scores.
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Watch Robot Koch find musical inspiration and finish tracks with PLAYBOX
The producer and composer talks about the thrill of randomization, the textures of his new Alchemy EP, and our radical…
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From sample developer to full-time composer, mentor, and YouTuber: meet Anne-Kathrin Dern
We get the low-down on orchestral sampling, diversity in Hollywood, and the myth of the lone composer.
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The Wonder Years composers make the 1960s and ’70s sound new again
Jacob Yoffee and Roahn Hylton mix KONTAKT keys, drums, and bass with live instrumentation for a fresh reboot of the…
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Deafheaven guitarist Kerry McCoy shreds on his custom GUITAR RIG 6 presets
Watch Kerry play through and explain his signature GR6 sounds, and read about his musical influences and stylistic inspirations.
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Brush up on your knowledge of the Chinese instruments from our East Asia collection
Dive into the fascinating origins and rich legacies of some of China's finest traditional instruments.