THE SCORE ESSENTIALS introduces you to our award-winning family of cinematic scorings. With 45 evocative stories and a carefully curated selection of orchestral instruments, this inspiring film scoring plug-in offers a focused starting point for composers looking to create emotional, story-driven music with clarity. It’s the perfect way to explore the creative possibilities of modern cinematic composition – without the usual technical distractions.
Cinematic tools to help you compose
THE SCORE ESSENTIALS provides a perfectly coordinated set of tools, guiding you from your first musical idea to a fully realized composition. It comes with a diverse and colorful palette of instruments.
45 animated stories – instant inspiration
Discover instant creativity with 45 dynamic stories, each containing four different arrangements with a wide dynamic range, designed to help you shape your own musical narrative.
10 instruments per story
Each story consists of 10 ordered instrument slots that you can freely change to create your own unique sound.
Create and share your stories
Use the 45 included stories for inspiration, or create, save and share your own.
Manage your stories
Each story contains a variety of musical variations and is fully customizable, giving you complete control over your composition.
Quickly create professional compositions suitable for films, trailers and multimedia projects.
Plot Your Path into Film Scoring
No keyboard at hand? No problem! With our JAM Station, you can easily explore and try out our Stories without any external equipment. Simply enter the Jam Station, click on the preset chords, and instantly feel the sound of each Story.
Discover an intuitive, fast way to achieve compelling cinematic results.
Easy Creation, Maximum Control
THE SCORE ESSENTIALS gives you everything you need to compose in any genre – right out of the box. Play our inspiring Stories, use our intelligent tools, and experience an intuitive, efficient, and fun composing process.
INSTANT INSPIRATION – CINEMATIC RESULTS
Unleash your creativity with 45 dynamic, customizable Stories designed to make professional compositions easy.
FRICTION-FREE ORCHESTRA SCORING
This is film scoring software designed to stay out of your way. The interface encourages exploration, and the sounds respond naturally, helping ideas take shape in real time.
SIMPLIFIED SETUP
No cluttered menus or confusing routing. Just direct access to high-quality score tools for natural compositional flow – especially valuable when time is short and ideas are flowing.
DEEP EXPRESSION WITH INTUITIVE CONTROL
Use the dynamics of the modulation wheel, customizable stories, and a flexible effects suite to shape every moment. It works seamlessly with your MIDI workflow, making it a powerful scoring tool for DAW users.
PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER
Score Essentials is more than just an entry point – it’s a core part of The Score ecosystem with an easy upgrade path when you’re ready to expand.
Compose cinematic, expressive, and dynamic film scores faster than ever with THE SCORE ESSENTIALS!
Score Essentials gives you everything you need to move forward. If you’re serious about turning your ideas into complete, powerful cinematic scores, now is the time to do it.
Start your journey with THE SCORE ESSENTIALS today!
45 expressive, flexible presets called Stories – designed for fast, emotional scoring of films, trailers and multimedia.
A streamlined interface and responsive sounds allow ideas to flow naturally and take shape in real time.
No clutter or complexity – just direct access to premium orchestral textures and scoring tools.
Shape your sound with modulation wheel dynamics, customizable Stories and FX – all DAW-friendly.
Part of The Score ecosystem, with an easy upgrade path when you’re ready for more.
Includes strings, brass, woodwinds, drums, synths, guitars, keys, choir and world instruments like oud, taiko and ronroko.