The Composer Guide

What is the composer guide?

Welcome to the Composer Guide, your ultimate companion on the journey of composition. We're a dedicated platform offering sample libraries, vibrant communities, and footage, enabling you to begin practicing scoring for film right away!What makes us unique? We thrive on community collaboration. Share your library suggestions, contribute practice footage, and help shape this platform alongside us.Embark on your creative journey with Composer Guide – where simplicity meets endless possibilities. Have something valuable to share? Contact us below and become part of our musical community.

Who are we?

I’m Ruben, a media composer based in the Netherlands. You can learn more about me on my website.I created The Composer Guide as a resource hub to help aspiring composers and producers dive into music production without wasting hours scouring the internet for sounds, only to come up empty-handed. I built it around what I wish I had when I was starting out.Now, it’s become one of the most popular starting points for beginners, with over 1 million downloads in 2023! I’m excited to see where The Composer Guide goes from here!

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The Composer Guide, a passion project driven by one person, is gaining momentum with valuable contributions. We're expanding our library with diverse sample collections and soon introducing footage for composers to showcase their talents.Your support accelerates our growth and helps us provide more resources to the community. Join us in shaping the future of musical creativity—contribute today and be a part of The Composer Guide's success!

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The creator program

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What is the creator program?

It’s a concept designed to help composers take their first steps in social media by bringing real gigs from world-renowned, or startup brands straight to their doorstep, for free.

Signing up and what to expect

Once you complete the form below, we’ll review your application and let you know within a week or two if you’re accepted. If you don’t hear from us within a month, it likely means you’re not the right fit for the program at the moment. But don’t hesitate to reapply each year—people grow, and sometimes it takes time to find the right creative direction for meaningful storytelling on social media.If you're accepted, congrats! You're in the creator program. Here, you'll have the opportunity to work with real brands and create content for them, either paid or credit-only. Keep in mind that if you only choose paid work, it might take longer to match you with a client. If you select both, you'll have a more consistent stream of opportunities.We can’t guarantee a set amount of work for every creator, as some will be a better fit for certain brands than others. But we’ll do our best to keep everyone on our list as busy as possible.

Can anyone apply?

The creator program isn’t about follower count—it’s about the quality of your content. If you’ve got something great to show but don’t know how to get noticed by brands, this is the place for you!Getting accepted can take up to a week, and if we think you’re a good fit, we’ll definitely let you know.We don’t accept everyone because we want to ensure that every creator on the list gets real opportunities to collaborate and demonstrates both discipline and excitement to brands—and to us.

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How does it work?

It’s simple, we have a vast network of brands looking for creators. But finding the right talent isn’t always easy, and that’s where we come in, connecting the right composers with the right opportunities.

Products

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Pitching Toolkit for Film Composers - 3$

A toolkit designed to make you a master at networking and client communication. Put in the work, and you’ll earn back your investment 100x.It comes packed with email templates for the essential client types every composer will encounter, a quick yet powerful guide on how to communicate effectively, and a clear breakdown of what to charge.

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MIDI Map Bible - 3$

A complete archive covering everything about MIDI CC, diving deep into different synths and custom CC mappings for various hardware synths—so you don’t have to remap anything yourself.Perfect for understanding how your MIDI CCs are set up in your DAW, making it an essential tool for any serious composer.

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