In this 4 part tutorial series, I will take you through some practical and easy, yet super effective steps to make your themes more interesting, more cinematic and powerful.

In the following articles, we will take musical themes themes and enhance them using a mix of atmospheres and textures, booms, hits and transitions, ostinatos and layering.

These techniques and tips are not meant to teach you how to write new themes, but how to enhance existing themes to make them more interesting, powerful and cinematic. They are elements that enrich the main theme – by changing what’s around it.

Let’s take an image as an example. Look at the two images below.