Great stuff, your music tells a detailed story. Exciting!

fantastic and gentle, fresh track. harmonies are also very good!

captures the mood of the title perfectly 

This is a collection of selected pieces I have composed as official sample library demos. Included are demos created for products by Orchestral Tools, Musical Sampling, and Embertone.

Sample Library Demos

A piano based song with orchestral backing

Soaring

This fast-paced track is an official demo I wrote for Orchestral Tools' new flagship percussion library, Berlin Percussion. Every instrument in this demo save for the brass (combination of CineBrass Core and Hollywood Brass) comes from an Orchestral Tools library. Percussion patches used:

Toms
Dresdner Snare 13"
Bass Drum 40"
Roto Toms
Xylophone
Crotales
Glockenspiel
Celesta
Cow Bells (More!)
Zildjian Cymbal
Piatti 20"
Tamtam 130cm
Anvil and Brakedrums
Triangle 1
Seashell Tree
Metal Chimes 1
Ship Bells

Strings: Berlin Strings Main Collection
Woodwinds: Berlin Woodwinds Main Collection, Expansion B.
Percussion: Berlin Percussion Main Collection
Brass: CineBrass Core (primarily), Hollywood Brass (for the FX)


Race to the Ocean (Official Berlin Percussion Demo)

This epic track I wrote as a demo for Orchestral Tools' new, monumentally loud sample library, Metropolis Ark 1. Everything you hear in this track is from Metropolis Ark 1--everything. I cannot wait to blend this library with the other instruments in my template... :)

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Into the Nebula (Official Metropolis Ark 1 Demo - Lib Only)

To access and study the MIDI from this VST-ONLY track, check out the MIDI Study pack for this piece, which comes with MIDI (and Cubase Files--bonus if you're a Cubase user), reference audio, and a multi-page PDF for guided composition and orchestration instruction and assignments. https://store.fortecomposeracademy.com/midi-study-pack-1-commanding-the-fleet

I wrote this adventurous track as a demo for Musical Sampling's debut sample library, "Soaring Strings," which has won a spot in my template due to it's ease of use, solid sound, and the most fluid, agile legatos I've ever used. Programming and performing with this library is remarkably easy--there are a few spots in this track where the melody line remains almost untouched since my first pass at inputting it via keyboard and modwheel. With a ridiculously low retail price of $249 (and an introductory price of $199) this library demands a look: http://www.musicalsampling.com/soaring-strings/

Also used in this piece:

Berlin Woodwinds Main and Ex B
Berlin Percussion
Metropolis Ark 1 (choirs + brass)
Cinebrass Core 
CinePerc Core (timpani)
Hollywood Brass (6horns legato)
Spitfire Harp

Commanding the Fleet (Soaring Strings Demo)

This heroic march is an official demo I wrote for Musical Sampling's latest brass library, "Adventure Brass." The library is very athletic and playable--making it a joy to work with. Check it out here: http://www.musicalsampling.com/adventure-brass/

I will also note that all the strings in the first 2/3 of the piece are from Musical Sampling's recent "Soaring Strings" library. The shorter string articulations in the last 1/3 of the piece are from Berlin Strings. 

Woodwinds: Berlin Woodwinds. 
Perc: Berlin Percussion and CinePerc Core
Choir: Metropolis Ark 1

March of The Victors (Adventure Brass Demo)

The Upward Call (Official Metropolis Ark 2 Demo - Lib Only)

This is a demo I wrote for Embertone's Joshua Bell violin sample library. More info here: http://www.embertone.com/instruments/joshuabellviolin.php

As The Years Pass (Official Joshua Bell Violin Demo)

Frat by Cedric Baravaglio

A Last Dance - Oliver Patrice Weder

Against The Time

This track is an official demo I composed a few months ago for Orchestral Tools' Berlin Woodwinds Revive--an updated and revived edition of their classic and industry-standard woodwind library, Berlin Woodwinds. http://www.orchestraltools.com/libraries/berlin_woodwinds_revive.php

The Quest (Official Berlin Woodwinds Revive Demo)

Saga

The Second Star to the Left

The Second Star to the Left (Berlin Woodwinds Demo)

Winds Of Sea

Century 2.0 includes 2 new mixes with the instruments placed in natural orchestral seating position.  Great, polished sound, out of the box.  MIX A is very focused and detailed.  LOTS of bow.  MIX B is wide and ambient, puffy and warm. We realize that many composers out there are defining their own sound by mixing and matching libraries.  With this in mind, we will also be providing EQ presets and videos to help you mix Century with other great strings libraries.

8Dio Century Strings 2.0 'Howdy, Lone Star'(Strings Only) by Colin O'Malley (MIX A)

An official demo I composed for Orchestral Tools' new library Modus - Jess Russo.

Orbit: Official Modus - Jeff Russo Demo

1m88 Happy End (A Baby For Christmas, OST)

To learn how I create music like this on a computer, consider checking out my online course about How to Compose with MIDI and Virtual Instruments: https://store.fortecomposeracademy.com/how-to-compose-with-midi-and-virtual-instruments

Benjamin Botkin began composing music for film and visual media projects in 2005.  Since then, Benjamin has composed the music for multiple feature, documentary, short, and promotional films, written demos for leading sample developers, lectured about film scoring at film festivals, and is creator and head instructor at Forte Composer Academy,  a site dedicated to helping composers succeed in the new music industry. 

Benjamin lives in the greater Nashville area with his beautiful wife Audri and three sons: Ethan, Elliot, and Philip.

The Second Star to the Left (Berlin Woodwinds Demo)

Benjamin Botkin

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