(Emerging Dances is not actually a film soundtrack but uses many of the techniques of film music.)
Understanding the orchestra
Take an interactive tour of the orchestra, listening to individual instruments and their families, and watching instruments being played, in the orchestral piece Emerging Dances.
Find out how to achieve interesting effects from an orchestra and use some of the sounds you find to make up your own composition. Look out for the little yellow notes on the left.
A trail through some of the many different ways you can make interesting textures in music, ending up with composing opportunities to make up your own textures.
