The Composer Guide

The ultimate starting point for composers.

An ecosystem built to support the next generation of composers. What started as a mission to open real opportunities has grown into a space where emerging talent can build, learn, and get discovered.

Work with Crescendo

We believe the craft of composing grows louder every time someone writes down how they did it, and passes it on.

Most of what working composers know was never published. It lives in sessions, in sketches, in late-night messages between friends. We are building the place where it gets shared on purpose.

How we've impacted the composer community

100+

composers got a collab with their dream brands thanks to Crescendo.

What is the Composer Guide?

Crescendo

Leading the shift in content creation. Creating talent instead of overusing the same standard, delivering bespoke content. The creator program is built around small to medium size creators to deliver the next generation of storytelling for brands.

Community

Where composers share knowledge and resources, save what they find useful, and learn from people a few steps ahead.

About us

Why we started, what we stand for, and the brands that make up The Composer Guide.

Start with the people who write the music.

Start with Crescendo

Leading the shift in content creation.

Five years in content taught us one thing: stories outperform ads.

Small and mid-size creators, bespoke content, dependable quality every month, at a fraction of the price. Curious how it works? Keep reading.

Who we are

Ads interrupt. Stories stay.

Think about the last ad you actually remember. Can’t? Now picture a video that made you stop scrolling and send it to a friend.

That gap, between what people skip and what people share, is the side we work on.

1.200.000

Views for brands:

That’s the number of views we’ve gathered for brands across the first six months of starting our agency. And we’re only just getting started.

This is our testament, proof that what we speak of isn’t just another type of agency. It’s a revolution: one built to open up more opportunities for creators who are starting out, and to give brands a new path toward originality and content that actually sticks.

We’re not here to blend in with everyone else. We’re here to change what an agency can be, and this is only the beginning.

Our proven, and trusted path.

  1. Adaptability at its core

    Every brand has its own taste and content needs. Our creator selection always goes above and beyond, we communicate clearly through briefs and style guidelines to find the right creators for each campaign. If a brand has a different workflow or preferred way of working, we’re happy to adapt to best fit their process.

  2. Our workspace, your peace.

    Our project exists because of transparency. In our dedicated workspace, you can see exactly which creators we recommend, approve or pass on them, and track where each one is in the content process, start to finish.

    Need creators to follow specific guidelines? Want full visibility on how NFRs are shared? It’s all built in. We handle the structure and oversight, so you stay in control and can focus on the creative, knowing every piece of content aligns with your brand.

  3. Built to perform

    All content our creators produce is 100% usable for ads or any other brand needs, as long as proper credit is given to the respective creator. When working in a continuous partnership, we also analyze each campaign’s performance together with the brand to understand what worked best and where improvements can be made. High performance comes from continuous reflection and optimization.

Who we work with

Software brands

DAWs, plugins, sample libraries and notation tools: the software behind every score.

Hardware brands

Interfaces, monitors, keyboards, synths and the gear that shapes the sound.

Education brands

Not yet, but high on our wishlist: schools, courses and programmes.

  • Spitfire Audio
  • Audiomodern
  • Sonarworks
  • Soundiron
  • Sonokinetic
  • Emergence Audio
  • Evolution Series
  • Datamind Audio
  • Pulsar Audio
  • Scaler 2
  • Polyverse Music
  • Pssst! Instruments
  • Audio Ollie
  • WA Production

Tell us who you want to reach.

Two ways in. Pick whichever feels right, we read everything.

Start a campaign

Tell us what you’re making and who you want to reach. We come back with creators who fit, and a plan you can see from start to finish.

Talk to us directly

Questions, half-formed ideas, a “would this even work?” No brief needed. A real person from the team writes back.

Creators.
Listen up.

This is your chance to start collaborating with major brands. And no, there are no hidden fees.

Our mission is to support the next generation of creators, and our success comes from helping you get real opportunities.

Not just a portfolio. A way in.

Most composers learn how to write. Fewer learn how to get hired, and almost nobody gets shown where the doors are.

Crescendo is built to change that: collaborations with brands you actually use, for creators who are still starting out.

100+

Composers with a collab:

That’s how many composers have landed a collab with their dream brands thanks to Crescendo. You could be next.

Our creator program is built around small to medium size creators. You don’t need a huge audience to get started, you need a point of view and the craft to back it up.

We’re here to open up opportunities that used to stay behind closed doors.

How it works, for creators.

  1. Briefs that fit your style

    Every campaign starts with a clear brief and style guidelines from the brand. We match creators to the campaigns that suit their sound and strengths, so you spend your time on work you’re right for.

  2. A clear process, no guessing

    You create inside a structured process, from brief to delivery. Everyone can see where each piece of content is, so there’s no chasing for feedback and no wondering what happens next.

  3. Credited for your work

    Brands can use the content you create for ads or any other need, as long as proper credit is given to you. Your work travels further, and your name travels with it.

What you can get

Content collaborations

Create with industry brands such as our partners Spitfire Audio, Eventide, Sonarworks, Audiomodern, etc.

Scoring gigs

From aspiring filmmakers to aspiring composers, projects that need music.

Introductions

The kind that would otherwise take a hundred cold emails.

Ready to work with brands you admire?

The room you wished existed when you started

The Community, where composers trade knowledge and resources, and build a personal shelf of the things worth coming back to.

What’s inside the room

Three corners, one shared desk. Here’s the feel of it.

Trade knowledge

Swap what actually works: workflows, templates and hard-won lessons.

Build your shelf

Save the guides, files and tips worth coming back to, all in one place.

Learn from people ahead

Composers a few steps further along share how they got there.

How it works

  1. 1

    Join the waitlist

    Leave your email below. That’s the whole step.

  2. 2

    First beta round

    The doors open in Q1 of 2027, waitlist first.

  3. 3

    Start your shelf

    Pick up your first resources and start trading.

The Community opens in Q1 of 2027.

Be first through the door in the first beta round.

The Composer Guide is an ecosystem built to support the next generation of composers.

with love, the Composer Guide crew

It started with a simple frustration: film music education and real opportunities are still locked behind expensive courses and closed doors. So we started opening them.

Resources by The Composer Guide

Today, that means all of this, with new resources added every month.

180+

Free professional sample libraries

100+

Scenes to score on

Scoring footage from the kind of films you grew up watching.

Workshops

Led by working professionals, and composers from the community.

Tools

The team at TCG is constantly creating software to make the lives of composers easier!

Everything you need to start composing, in one place, instead of digging through hundreds of articles. No hidden fees, no catch.

But resources are only half of it.

Crescendo gives collaborations to creators with industry-leading brands, and through it we work with some of the biggest names in music software, so we’re able to pass real opportunities on to the people who earn them.

Content collaborations

With industry brands such as our partners Spitfire Audio, Eventide, Sonarworks, Audiomodern, etc.

Scoring gigs

From aspiring filmmakers to aspiring composers.

Introductions

The kind that would otherwise take a hundred cold emails.

Here, you’re not just collecting sample packs. You’re building a portfolio that actually leads somewhere.

Meet Crescendo

Who’s The Composer Guide for...

Whether you’re writing your first cue or you’re an experienced composer still hunting for the right collaboration, The Composer Guide has you covered.

for the ones starting out

Emerging talent

This is where emerging talent builds and gets discovered.

for the ones hiring

Brands

Where brands come to find new voices.

notes

for the longest time, making music felt like a locked room. you needed the right connections, the right gear, the right people willing to let you in. i never thought it should be that way.

the composer guide has been my project since i was 17. back then i was piecing it all together alone, and i kept thinking, if i just had one place with everything i needed, i’d have been so relieved. so that’s what tcg is. everything i wish i had when i started, built for the next person walking in.

no gatekeeping. just community, and a real shot at making it.

it’s early! we’re not perfect, and definitely not finished. tcg is just taking off, and we’d love for you to join the ride.

try what we’ve got today, and dm me any feedback, i read all of it.

Ruben Camacho Ruben Camachofounder
TCG team

The brands of The Composer Guide

Crescendo

The content agency. Tutorials, series and campaigns made with working composers.
Kespi

A visual sample library editor. Build a sample library without ever touching scripting.

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What we stand for

open doors

Open doors

Film music education and real opportunities shouldn’t sit behind expensive courses. We share what we know, and we share it free.

composers first

Composers first

Everything we build starts with working composers: their craft, their time, their credit. If it doesn’t help someone write better music, it doesn’t ship.

learn by doing

Learn by doing

Real scenes, real libraries, real briefs. We’d rather you score something today than read about it for a month.

better together

Better together

Music gets better when composers trade notes, feedback and gigs. We’re building the room where that happens.

Let’s start making your musical dream a reality.

Founded by Ruben Camacho

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