BIFSC
Berlin International Film Scoring Competition
BIFSC offers emerging Film Composers the platform to showcase their work and compete to receive multiple Awards worth of over 3500 Euros, participate in Film Scoring Workshops and have their music recorded by a live ensemble, be invited in Film Festivals with VIP accreditation.
Full Awards for the 3 Prize Winners and Finalists
First Prize Winner
The First Prize Winner of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition will receive the following Awards
Cash Prize
500 Euros cash prize
A Full Scholarship for Online Participation at the Fusion Film Scoring Workshops 2025, valued at 990 Euros
The Fusion Film Scoring Workshops are designed for musicians and composers looking to enhance their knowledge and compositional skills in writing for Film and gain experience writing for a live ensemble. The workshops aim to give the composer all the essential tools needed to create an original Film Score with seminars by industry professionals that will cover both the aesthetic and creative aspects of writing for film and technical aspects and score preparation.
Meet the Director, Producer, and Sound Designer, and experience the real-life process of composing the original score for a film.
The faculty will mentor and assist individually every composer in producing an original score for a live Ensemble (with or without Electronics, optional);
Each participant will
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Be mentored by our internationally acclaimed faculty and visiting industry professionals
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Create an original score for a short film of approximately a 5-minute duration.
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Receive copyright permission to use in their portfolio & share the film with their music
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Receive a recording of their composition mixed and mastered as well as a pro-tools session with all the recorded material to be used creatively in the future.
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Selected participants will receive accreditation to take part in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2023 where they will have the opportunity to meet film industry professionals and promote their work at the market (agora) of the festival.
A bundle of libraries by Cinematic Studio Series including Cinematic Studio Strings, Cinematic Studio Brass, and Cinematic Studio Woodwinds valued at approx. 900 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Strings is a library bursting with character. Featuring Australia’s finest musicians and meticulously recorded in a world-class scoring stage, CSS boasts a gorgeous sound, stunning true-to-life dynamics and a wide variety of articulations. With an intuitive and efficient GUI, CSS was created to meet the demands of working composers in today’s film, TV and video game industries. This outstanding orchestral strings library for Kontakt and Kontakt Player is available now at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Brass is the result of three years of intensive recording, editing and programming. Featuring some of the world’s most talented brass players in Australia’s premiere scoring stage, this incredible collection of orchestral studio brass instruments will bring your music to life with a level of detail, power and realism rarely heard in the sample library world. Carefully crafted for precision and consistency, with the same easy-to-use interface and beautifully rich sound as the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series, the new Cinematic Studio Brass is available now!
Cinematic Studio Woodwinds is a superbly versatile library that will add a new and important dimension to your musical palette. With the gorgeous sound and stunning realism of these instruments you’ll find yourself wanting to feature woodwinds in your musical creations in new and exciting ways. Boasting the same intuitive and efficient GUI as the strings and brass, CSW is designed to perfectly complement the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series. This outstanding orchestral wind instrument library is available now for Kontakt and Kontakt Player.
In 2001, composers Maarten Spruijt, Vincent Beijer and Marco Deegenaars teamed up to found ProjectSAM. Not fully satisfied with the orchestral samples available at the time, they set out to record their own, focusing on three main things:
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an ambient, multi-mic setup in a concert hall environment,
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the right set of articulations, emphasizing on note lengths in-between a sustain and a staccato, to be able to build thematic lines,
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instrumental effects that cannot simply be recreated using individual samples.
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Symphobia 4: Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility.
TENSION AND DRAMA – FROM THE DARK SIDE
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility. Pandora’s innovative Adaptive Sync quickly and effortlessly matches its huge library of articulations and effects with your sequence – so your next deadline needn’t be a nightmare. Plus, fully-customizable sound design tools help you quickly sculpt your desired timbres.
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Effortlessly sync risers, rolls & crescendos to your sequence with Adaptive Sync
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Over 140 GB of orchestral ensemble recordings covering strings, brass, woodwinds & percussion
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Generate thrilling scores with powerful, fully customizable sound design tools
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Complete articulations in 5 mics
A Chorus by Audio Imperia valued at approx. 499 €
Audio Imperia is a boutique sample library developer, crafting instruments designed to instantly inspire. Continuously renewing its creativity and inventiveness, Audio Imperia is supported by a team of producers that have years of experience in the world of cinematic music and who understand how to breathe life into the heart of a sample.
Our instruments provide composers and producers with unique and niche sounds that you can't find anywhere else. Take a look at our Best Sellers and hear for yourself!
Chorus is an incredible cinematic choir made for Kontakt Player, that can deliver the full spectrum of emotions and depth that choir vocals are capable of. Whisper quiet and soft, but also mighty, epic, and thundering. This unique property makes Chorus an invaluable tool for any composer looking to add what naturally resonates with all of us: the human voice.
Twice the know-how - A true collaboration
With Chorus you get the know-how and experience from not just one but two orchestral developers: Audio Imperia and Performance Samples. Both Jasper Blunk (Owner of Performance Samples) and Audio Imperia brought everything to the table which, for example, you can see in how we approached the syllables: Jasper brought his expertise with energetic syllables and Audio Imperia brought the expertise with slow syllables.
A new signature mix: Scott Michael Smith
Additionally, we also brought renowned and Grammy Award-winning Hollywood mixing and recording engineer Scott Michael Smith on board for Chorus. Scott's credits include The Revenant, The Handmaids Tale, It Chapter 2, Shazam!, Mank, The Gilded Age, The Adam Project, Call of Duty: Vanguard, and many others. He provided a signature mix mic for Chorus, that really brings the sound of modern film music to the library.
Versatile and Cinematic
Chorus is a powerful choir library that works across many, many genres. We recorded not only a comprehensive set of traditional articulations but also not just one, but three types of syllables: Traditional, Energetic, and Slow.
Recorded with Budapest Scoring.
Recorded with 24 women and 24 men at the wonderful Rottenbiller recording stage. An incredible team of contractors, musicians, and sound engineers. A true recipe for success.
Expression Maps.
Download the pre-made expression maps here: CUBASE / LOGIC.
Our mission is to build professional virtual instruments that can inspire you to create, with uncompromising quality and deep flexibility. Our libraries are built with over 20 years of award-winning engineering experience and come packed with intuitive features and unique content that you won't find elsewhere. We're a small team of sound designers, programmers and instrument builders. Soundiron is who we are and this is what we do.
Hyperion Strings Ensemble is an orchestral string scoring library with brilliant sound, expressive control, and adaptive performance features. It’s loaded with a massive array of dynamic long and short articulations, fingered true legato and portamento, emotive dynamic expressions, tremolo, runs, trills, flautando, ponticello, harmonics, chromatic and aleatoric effects, and creative sound-design elements. It's a complete string scoring solution right at your fingertips, with everything you'll need to shape your own sound, from the intimate to the astral.
Whether you want human realism and detail or vast ambient textures, Hyperion Strings Ensemble offers total flexibility to fit any style and arrangement, wrapped in a wide, intuitive interface that lets you dive right in. This 30-piece string ensemble has compact sections with 8 1st Violins, 7 2nd Violins, 6 Violas, 5 Cellos and 4 Double Basses to produce natural divisi arrangements, with a 12-layer slot system that lets you quickly build huge symphonic groupings. Create your own mix with 4 distinctive microphone distances. The ultra-close Stage mix has intense character and clarity. The newly remastered Close position delivers modern tone with relaxed processing. The wide Mid Hall blend offers velvety warmth with a rounded top end. The lush Far Hall has a classic atmospheric sound.
One year Pro Subscription at ReelCrafter, valued at 250 $
Created by a professional composer, ReelCrafter lets you showcase your audio and video work with professional, trackable demo reels. No followers, comments, or artist discovery searches to clutter up your presentation. And forget about all those clunky file-sharing links.
Send stunning demo reels everytime with ReelCrafter.
Know when they listen (or when they don’t) with instant email notifications
See exactly when reels are viewed (or ignored)—real-time listening and video play events appear right in your account dashboard.
Get email notifications for reel opens and watch how listeners interact with your reel, including time positions for skipped tracks and download confirmations.
Keep your entire library accessible with unlimited track uploads
Upload your entire music library once and organize everything with folders and tags. A bird’s eye view of your entire library lets you quickly build the perfect presentation.
Create snippets in the cloud, from anywhere
Create reels using full tracks or non-destructively create snippets right in your web browser. Then keep track of every pitch you send with customized, shareable links.
Simple, clean players for your website
Embed ReelCrafter reels into your WordPress, Squarespace, or custom website. Sleek design and custom player colors will keep all the focus on your work.
Plus, save time with instant reel updates—no need to mess around with code each time you make a change to tracks or names.
A one year ComposerCloud+ Subscription by EASTWEST valued at 192 Euros
EASTWEST (soundsonline.com) is the #1 producer of virtual (software) instruments in the world. With clientele that spans the music, film, television, games, multimedia and performing arts, EASTWEST has led the industry for 30+ years and provides professionals with the very best music creation tools available.
THE #1 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND MUSICIANS
Total Creative Freedom:
With ComposerCloud+, you get access to all EastWest instruments and every new addition for a single monthly fee, including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, world instruments, guitars, drums, pianos, synths, and much more — all downloadable with a single click.
Instant Access
Audition and download any instrument from ComposerCloud+ in seconds. Activate your licenses on your computer directly or with an iLok key and start using instruments in your DAW immediately.
Royalty-Free:
All EastWest instruments are 100% royalty free for commercial use, including millions of samples, phrases, loops, and presets — you keep the rights to everything you create, forever.
Full Orchestra:
Instant access to the entire Hollywood Orchestra collection and its brand new expansions with hundreds of articulations. The best-selling and most awarded virtual orchestra ever released. Double winner of the 2022 TEC Award for Best Musical Instrument Software and the Sound on Sound Award for Best Software Instrument – the first time in history one product has won both!
Synth & FX
Comprehensive synth suites, hybrid collections, and scoring tools perfect for cinematic film and game soundtracks, EDM, pop, hip hop, and more. And now includes Forbidden Planet, a brand new hybrid synth plugin featuring over 600 expertly crafted morphing synths.
Vocals:
Solo and choral performances in nearly every style, including classical, opera, soul, and traditional performances from around the world. For Hollywood Choirs, Symphonic Choirs, and Hollywood Backup Singers, type in words and listen as the WordBuilder engine reproduces them flawlessly.
Rock & Pop
Create realistic hit records with crunchy guitars, punchy basses, and powerful drum kits on demand, perfect for classic rock and metal alike. Or grab blazing pop brass sections and funky loops and beats.
Pianos
The most responsive collection of concert grands and pianos to date, featuring up to 18 velocity layers, up to 3 mic positions, and 8 separate articulations. Includes Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bösendorfer 290, and Yamaha C7
Opus Engine
Hyper-fast loading, pulling only the samples you need, at the moment you need them. Advanced routing and mic positions, extensive processing capabilities, custom macros & controller mappings, on-demand instrument loading, and more.
Shreddage Guitar Library of Choice by Impact Sound Works valued at approx. 150 €
Impact Soundworks creates audio software designed with composers in mind: sample libraries, virtual instruments, and plugins. We’re as passionate about creating music tools as you are about making music!
The next generation of virtual guitar instruments for KONTAKT PLAYER is here! More realistic and versatile than ever before, featuring an American classic sound, three pickups, tons of articulations and the new CONSOLE mixer and modular FX rack!
Shreddage 3 Stratus is a next-generation virtual guitar instrument great for rock, metal, funk, blues, pop and much more!
We have been developing and publishing high-quality sample libraries since 1990. High professional standards and consistent artistic integrity make Zero-G a superb choice when seeking sonic inspiration for your own audio or visual productions, or added value content for your products.
Zero-G/Xfonic proudly present the latest addition to the Elements Series: KEPLER, created by Stefano Maccarelli.
Step into the extraordinary realm of Kepler, the pinnacle in hybrid scoring instruments! Crafted for visionary composers of epic cinematic scores and immersive video game soundtracks, Elements Kepler features an extensive array of 20 multi-sampled Kontakt instruments exploring dramatic synths and strings, thundering hybrid percussion, organic sound design textures, strange voices and celestial choirs. This monumental library embarks on a sonic odyssey that is sure to ignite boundless inspiration within your musical compositions.
Embodied within Kepler's vast sonic universe is the visionary artistry of Stefano Maccarelli, drawing profound inspiration from the iconic sonic landscapes of legendary composer Hans Zimmer for the Dune films, alongside the ground-breaking scores of Ludwig Göransson for Tenet and Oppenheimer.
First Runner-up
The First Runner-up of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition will receive the following Awards
In 2001, composers Maarten Spruijt, Vincent Beijer and Marco Deegenaars teamed up to found ProjectSAM. Not fully satisfied with the orchestral samples available at the time, they set out to record their own, focusing on three main things:
-
an ambient, multi-mic setup in a concert hall environment,
-
the right set of articulations, emphasizing on note lengths in-between a sustain and a staccato, to be able to build thematic lines,
-
instrumental effects that cannot simply be recreated using individual samples.
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Symphobia 4: Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility.
TENSION AND DRAMA – FROM THE DARK SIDE
Give your action, sci-fi, and horror scores a blockbuster boost with the fourth volume in ProjectSAM’s acclaimed Symphobia Series. Pandora lets you summon rousing cinematic risers, foreboding falls, and earth-shattering crescendos with unmatched ease and flexibility. Pandora’s innovative Adaptive Sync quickly and effortlessly matches its huge library of articulations and effects with your sequence – so your next deadline needn’t be a nightmare. Plus, fully-customizable sound design tools help you quickly sculpt your desired timbres.
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Effortlessly sync risers, rolls & crescendos to your sequence with Adaptive Sync
-
Over 140 GB of orchestral ensemble recordings covering strings, brass, woodwinds & percussion
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Generate thrilling scores with powerful, fully customizable sound design tools
-
Complete articulations in 5 mics
Cinematic Studio Strings, and Cinematic Studio Piano by Cinematic Studio Series valued at approx. 420 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Strings is a library bursting with character. Featuring Australia’s finest musicians and meticulously recorded in a world-class scoring stage, CSS boasts a gorgeous sound, stunning true-to-life dynamics and a wide variety of articulations. With an intuitive and efficient GUI, CSS was created to meet the demands of working composers in today’s film, TV and video game industries. This outstanding orchestral strings library for Kontakt and Kontakt Player is available now at a very affordable price.
With Cinematic Studio Piano, we invite you to take a seat at a Yamaha C7 Grand in a world-class scoring stage. You’ll be inspired by the warm, realistic sound of the instrument, captured by an array of beautiful ribbon and condenser microphones and recorded using the same techniques as the rest of the Cinematic Studio Series. CSP’s intelligent scripting ensures maximum realism and versatility. CSP uses the same straightforward GUI as the rest of the series and is available now for Kontakt and Kontakt player.
A Areia by Audio Imperia valued at approx. 399 $
Audio Imperia is a boutique sample library developer, crafting instruments designed to instantly inspire. Continuously renewing its creativity and inventiveness, Audio Imperia is supported by a team of producers that have years of experience in the world of cinematic music and who understand how to breathe life into the heart of a sample.
Our instruments provide composers and producers with unique and niche sounds that you can't find anywhere else. Take a look at our Best Sellers and hear for yourself!
Areia is a cinematic ensemble strings software instrument made for Kontakt Player, that combines the most sought after features into one single product: detailed realism with expressive emotion and range, and a lush Hollywood sound - all the way from delicate and soft to aggressive and epic. Areia is a powerful and intuitive instrument that provides you with a lot more than just the essentials for modern string writing and gives you stunning control and the true ability to sculpt and shape the sound to your liking.
Our mission is to build professional virtual instruments that can inspire you to create, with uncompromising quality and deep flexibility. Our libraries are built with over 20 years of award-winning engineering experience and come packed with intuitive features and unique content that you won't find elsewhere. We're a small team of sound designers, programmers and instrument builders. Soundiron is who we are and this is what we do.
Introducing Sonespheres Limitless, the ultimate compendium merging the ethereal realms of Sonespheres Distance, Origins, Current, and Direction into a seamless sonic journey. Crafted by acclaimed film and TV composer Blake Ewing in collaboration with Soundiron, this collection transcends boundaries with its meticulously designed atmospheric synths, textural pads, evolving soundscapes, nuanced drones, and tonal ambiences.
This library features an intuitive XY pad that empowers you to effortlessly blend between all four series unlocking boundless creative potential. With a fusion of acoustic and electronic instruments, each volume explores Blake's unique creative vision, delving into deeper aesthetics, stylized niches, and specialty production concepts. Additionally, the library offers a suite of innovative features including infinite randomization, wavetables, and user sample import capabilities, further expanding the horizon of creative expression.
A one year ComposerCloud+ Subscription by EASTWEST valued at 192 Euros
EASTWEST (soundsonline.com) is the #1 producer of virtual (software) instruments in the world. With clientele that spans the music, film, television, games, multimedia and performing arts, EASTWEST has led the industry for 30+ years and provides professionals with the very best music creation tools available.
THE #1 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND MUSICIANS
Total Creative Freedom:
With ComposerCloud+, you get access to all EastWest instruments and every new addition for a single monthly fee, including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, world instruments, guitars, drums, pianos, synths, and much more — all downloadable with a single click.
Instant Access
Audition and download any instrument from ComposerCloud+ in seconds. Activate your licenses on your computer directly or with an iLok key and start using instruments in your DAW immediately.
Royalty-Free:
All EastWest instruments are 100% royalty free for commercial use, including millions of samples, phrases, loops, and presets — you keep the rights to everything you create, forever.
Full Orchestra:
Instant access to the entire Hollywood Orchestra collection and its brand new expansions with hundreds of articulations. The best-selling and most awarded virtual orchestra ever released. Double winner of the 2022 TEC Award for Best Musical Instrument Software and the Sound on Sound Award for Best Software Instrument – the first time in history one product has won both!
Synth & FX
Comprehensive synth suites, hybrid collections, and scoring tools perfect for cinematic film and game soundtracks, EDM, pop, hip hop, and more. And now includes Forbidden Planet, a brand new hybrid synth plugin featuring over 600 expertly crafted morphing synths.
Vocals:
Solo and choral performances in nearly every style, including classical, opera, soul, and traditional performances from around the world. For Hollywood Choirs, Symphonic Choirs, and Hollywood Backup Singers, type in words and listen as the WordBuilder engine reproduces them flawlessly.
Rock & Pop
Create realistic hit records with crunchy guitars, punchy basses, and powerful drum kits on demand, perfect for classic rock and metal alike. Or grab blazing pop brass sections and funky loops and beats.
Pianos
The most responsive collection of concert grands and pianos to date, featuring up to 18 velocity layers, up to 3 mic positions, and 8 separate articulations. Includes Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bösendorfer 290, and Yamaha C7
Opus Engine
Hyper-fast loading, pulling only the samples you need, at the moment you need them. Advanced routing and mic positions, extensive processing capabilities, custom macros & controller mappings, on-demand instrument loading, and more.
One year Pro Subscription at ReelCrafter, valued at 250 $
Created by a professional composer, ReelCrafter lets you showcase your audio and video work with professional, trackable demo reels. No followers, comments, or artist discovery searches to clutter up your presentation. And forget about all those clunky file-sharing links.
Send stunning demo reels everytime with ReelCrafter.
Know when they listen (or when they don’t) with instant email notifications
See exactly when reels are viewed (or ignored)—real-time listening and video play events appear right in your account dashboard.
Get email notifications for reel opens and watch how listeners interact with your reel, including time positions for skipped tracks and download confirmations.
Keep your entire library accessible with unlimited track uploads
Upload your entire music library once and organize everything with folders and tags. A bird’s eye view of your entire library lets you quickly build the perfect presentation.
Create snippets in the cloud, from anywhere
Create reels using full tracks or non-destructively create snippets right in your web browser. Then keep track of every pitch you send with customized, shareable links.
Simple, clean players for your website
Embed ReelCrafter reels into your WordPress, Squarespace, or custom website. Sleek design and custom player colors will keep all the focus on your work.
Plus, save time with instant reel updates—no need to mess around with code each time you make a change to tracks or names.
1 Ethera Gold Atlantis 3 by Zero-G valued at approx. 99 €
We have been developing and publishing high-quality sample libraries since 1990. High professional standards and consistent artistic integrity make Zero-G a superb choice when seeking sonic inspiration for your own audio or visual productions, or added value content for your products.
ETHERA GOLD ATLANTIS 3 is a remarkable, innovative instrument designed for crafting soundtracks, cinematic compositions, awe-inspiring music trailers, and any musical piece demanding exceptional solo vocals. Serving as the successor to the highly-praised and top-selling ATLANTIS 2 library, ATLANTIS 3 builds upon its predecessor's success.
Atlantis 3 contains a staggering 30GB of 24bit, 48Khz samples unique to this instrument (compressed into 21GB). This achievement is a testament to the extensive dedication and research invested in crafting the definitive vocal library. Drawing inspiration from the ethereal charm of Celtic tunes, grandiose fantasy compositions, and medieval melodies, we confidently assert that this is the finest, most invigorating, and vibrant vocal library ever tailored for these music genres. With Atlantis 3, you'll have the means to compose with unparalleled inspiration and truly extraordinary vocal quality!
Atlantis 3 is packed with content and features. There are 6 amazing Professional Cinematic Singers, 16 Different Types of True Legato Instruments including Chromatic Vocal True Legato, Romantic True Legato, Valhalla True Legato and an Elven True Legato. There are 6 brand-new True Legatos in the following styles - Heroic, Dark Siren, Roma, Venezia, Firenze, and Syllables.
Second Runner-up
The Second Runner-up of the Berlin International Film Scoring Competition will receive the following Awards
Cinematic Studio Solo Strings by Cinematic Studio Series valued at approx. 280 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
With Cinematic Studio Solo Strings, we’ve taken the simplicity, workflow and authentic sound of the Studio Series and applied it to solo violins, viola and cello to create an incredibly realistic solo strings sample library, for Kontakt and Kontakt Player. The whispering harmonics and tremolos, emotional legatos and portamentos, and biting staccatos and staccatissimos of Cinematic Studio Solo Strings will give you the tools you need to truly bring your music to life. CSSS is both a perfect “first chair” complement to blend with our hallmark Cinematic Studio Strings library, and an extensive standalone library that brings a classy, vibrant and elegant string quartet section to your productions.
A Constrictor by Audio Imperia valued at approx. 250 €
Audio Imperia is a boutique sample library developer, crafting instruments designed to instantly inspire. Continuously renewing its creativity and inventiveness, Audio Imperia is supported by a team of producers that have years of experience in the world of cinematic music and who understand how to breathe life into the heart of a sample.
Our instruments provide composers and producers with unique and niche sounds that you can't find anywhere else. Take a look at our Best Sellers and hear for yourself!
Capturing the sweetness and softness of a Chamber Strings section has long been a dream of ours. Recorded in collaboration with our friend Jasper Blunk from Performance Samples we have now made that dream a reality.
Craft not just music, but immersive experiences. Recorded at the revered Rottenbiller recording stage with 10 Violins, 4 Violas, 4 Cellos, and 3 Double Basses, Constrictor benefits from a synergy of masterful musicians, expert contractors, and seasoned sound engineers.
Budapest Scoring has become a sought-after destination for film scoring sessions and has worked on projects with renowned composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Jung Jae-il, Michel Legrand, Alan Menken, Ennio Morricone, Alan Silvestri, Kevin Kiner, Danny Elfman, and many others.
This potent combination forms a true recipe for success. Let Constrictor guide you through realms uncharted, where every string pluck becomes an exploration of the beautifully eerie.
A one year ComposerCloud+ Subscription by EASTWEST valued at 192 Euros
EASTWEST (soundsonline.com) is the #1 producer of virtual (software) instruments in the world. With clientele that spans the music, film, television, games, multimedia and performing arts, EASTWEST has led the industry for 30+ years and provides professionals with the very best music creation tools available.
THE #1 VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMPOSERS, PRODUCERS, AND MUSICIANS
Total Creative Freedom:
With ComposerCloud+, you get access to all EastWest instruments and every new addition for a single monthly fee, including strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion, world instruments, guitars, drums, pianos, synths, and much more — all downloadable with a single click.
Instant Access
Audition and download any instrument from ComposerCloud+ in seconds. Activate your licenses on your computer directly or with an iLok key and start using instruments in your DAW immediately.
Royalty-Free:
All EastWest instruments are 100% royalty free for commercial use, including millions of samples, phrases, loops, and presets — you keep the rights to everything you create, forever.
Full Orchestra:
Instant access to the entire Hollywood Orchestra collection and its brand new expansions with hundreds of articulations. The best-selling and most awarded virtual orchestra ever released. Double winner of the 2022 TEC Award for Best Musical Instrument Software and the Sound on Sound Award for Best Software Instrument – the first time in history one product has won both!
Synth & FX
Comprehensive synth suites, hybrid collections, and scoring tools perfect for cinematic film and game soundtracks, EDM, pop, hip hop, and more. And now includes Forbidden Planet, a brand new hybrid synth plugin featuring over 600 expertly crafted morphing synths.
Vocals:
Solo and choral performances in nearly every style, including classical, opera, soul, and traditional performances from around the world. For Hollywood Choirs, Symphonic Choirs, and Hollywood Backup Singers, type in words and listen as the WordBuilder engine reproduces them flawlessly.
Rock & Pop
Create realistic hit records with crunchy guitars, punchy basses, and powerful drum kits on demand, perfect for classic rock and metal alike. Or grab blazing pop brass sections and funky loops and beats.
Pianos
The most responsive collection of concert grands and pianos to date, featuring up to 18 velocity layers, up to 3 mic positions, and 8 separate articulations. Includes Bechstein D-280, Steinway D, Bösendorfer 290, and Yamaha C7
Opus Engine
Hyper-fast loading, pulling only the samples you need, at the moment you need them. Advanced routing and mic positions, extensive processing capabilities, custom macros & controller mappings, on-demand instrument loading, and more.
Shreddage Guitar Library of Choice by Impact Sound Works valued at approx. 150 €
Impact Soundworks creates audio software designed with composers in mind: sample libraries, virtual instruments, and plugins. We’re as passionate about creating music tools as you are about making music!
The next generation of virtual guitar instruments for KONTAKT PLAYER is here! More realistic and versatile than ever before, featuring an American classic sound, three pickups, tons of articulations and the new CONSOLE mixer and modular FX rack!
Shreddage 3 Stratus is a next-generation virtual guitar instrument great for rock, metal, funk, blues, pop and much more!
A Library of choice between Orchestral Essentials or Orchestral Essentials 2 by ProjectSam Cinematic Sampling, valued at 150 €
All instruments have been re-designed to fit the Orchestral Essentials concept, providing out-of-the-box playability and a cinematic sound that is impossible to beat at this price point.
The new 2.0 version of Orchestral Essentials offers a completely modernized library experience, with a new engine and design, all-in-one browser, reimagined Multis, improved legato engine, envelopes and filters – and Adaptive Sync. 100% free for all existing users!
One year Pro Subscription at ReelCrafter, valued at 250 $
Created by a professional composer, ReelCrafter lets you showcase your audio and video work with professional, trackable demo reels. No followers, comments, or artist discovery searches to clutter up your presentation. And forget about all those clunky file-sharing links.
Send stunning demo reels everytime with ReelCrafter.
Know when they listen (or when they don’t) with instant email notifications
See exactly when reels are viewed (or ignored)—real-time listening and video play events appear right in your account dashboard.
Get email notifications for reel opens and watch how listeners interact with your reel, including time positions for skipped tracks and download confirmations.
Keep your entire library accessible with unlimited track uploads
Upload your entire music library once and organize everything with folders and tags. A bird’s eye view of your entire library lets you quickly build the perfect presentation.
Create snippets in the cloud, from anywhere
Create reels using full tracks or non-destructively create snippets right in your web browser. Then keep track of every pitch you send with customized, shareable links.
Simple, clean players for your website
Embed ReelCrafter reels into your WordPress, Squarespace, or custom website. Sleek design and custom player colors will keep all the focus on your work.
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Our mission is to build professional virtual instruments that can inspire you to create, with uncompromising quality and deep flexibility. Our libraries are built with over 20 years of award-winning engineering experience and come packed with intuitive features and unique content that you won't find elsewhere. We're a small team of sound designers, programmers and instrument builders. Soundiron is who we are and this is what we do.
Rhythmic Odyssey is a flexible and highly-customizable loop-based virtual percussion instrument for Kontakt Player and a huge open-format modular loop library for use with any software or hardware you wish. This deep and stylistically expansive collection focuses on dynamic live tuned and untuned percussion performances by British instrumentalist and media composer David Oliver.
David has unleashed his massive collection of drums, percussion and rare world instruments, with powerful, authentic and spirited performances that are carefully and perfectly hand-crafted for easy direct use in films, games and all other forms of multimedia. He captured an incredible variety of percussion instruments and objects, exploring more than 130 distinct instruments from drum kits to raw pine tree logs.
This library spans a huge range of styles and genres, with over 100 percussion track sets ranging from traditional ethnic arrangements and combos, to raw, hard-driving percussion beds and huge rock grooves. Each song set is a tonally rich and creatively inspired multi-track piece, with unique arrangements and exotic instrumental selections from all over the world. This enormous variety of sounds and rhythmic variations is powered by an innovative interface and powerful engine features to provide you with a massive toolbox and endless creative possibilities.
A full non-encrypted multi-track wav library is also included, so you can use the loops in any DAW, sampler, plugin or hardware unit that supports 24bit/48kHz stereo wav files. In the wav library, each track’s loop collection is split into an average 8 discreet solo/sub-mix tracks, as well as wet and dry stereo master tracks. The wav library includes a grand total of 6500+ loops! We’ve also included long human-readable sample names and a detailed loop database in the Documentation folder to make searching and custom arrangements as convenient as possible.
1 Ethera Gold Prometheus by Zero-G valued at approx. 109 €
We have been developing and publishing high-quality sample libraries since 1990. High professional standards and consistent artistic integrity make Zero-G a superb choice when seeking sonic inspiration for your own audio or visual productions, or added value content for your products.
Welcome to Ethera Gold Prometheus, the ultimate male vocal sample library for cinematic and video game music composers, and the next chapter in the award-winning Ethera Gold series created by Stefano Maccarelli. This collection is the first male vocal chapter of the series, featuring three talented male singers with stunning cinematic folk vocals and over 38 multi-sampled Kontakt instruments. With its powerful and emotional sounds, Prometheus will add truly epic male vocals to your music and help you create stunning cinematic folk soundtracks. Whether you're working on a blockbuster movie or a cutting-edge video game, this incredible library will be your go-to tool for crafting captivating and unforgettable vocal scores.
The Ethera Gold series boasts one of the best solo vocal true legato on the market, of which Prometheus contains 7 different variations on including Warrior, Deep and Folk styles. Along with this, Prometheus contains over 5000 ready-to-use Vocal Phrases, all organised by BPM and KEY.
Prometheus is equipped with 5 different Chant Builders that cover a range of styles, from haunting phrasing or warrior tribal vocal chants to ritual chants. This set of instruments allows composers to live-play a polyphonic melody or harmony, like background choirs or medieval chants, with different vocal articulations and the legato mode to create a seamless connection during the phrasing. Also included are Sustains and Rituals Instruments which contain a variety of long, inspiring vocal textures or backing vocals.
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Cinematic Studio Solo Strings by Cinematic Studio Series valued at approx. 280 €
Cinematic Studio Series is a brand new collection of professional orchestral sample libraries for Kontakt Player. The series was recorded with incredible care, consistency and attention to detail in a world-class scoring stage. The result is a breathtakingly realistic, expressive and emotive series of instruments that can inspire and amaze. With elegant design and an emphasis on usability, the Cinematic Studio Series brings you that true Hollywood sound at a very affordable price.
Cinematic Studio Piano is recorded in the same world-class scoring stage as Cinematic Studio Strings, and is the perfect piano accompaniment to the rest of the series. With an integrated high quality reverb, multiple microphone positions and carefully recorded key and pedal noises, CSP’s intuitive GUI and real-life sound make it an invaluable addition to your orchestral template