Make Trailer Music and Film Scores with UJAM Virtual Pianist Score

Is film scoring in your blood? Hungry for a great Steinway D grand piano plug-in? You could ask anyone, or you could ask a Mr. Hans Zimmer about it. Great news for anyone who doesn’t have the finances to afford his equally awesome Spitfire Audio piano plug-in: he has a cheaper alternative from his UJAM product line called Virtual Pianist SCORE, and students and disabled musicians who qualify for the free Able Artist Foundation get discounts!

German-American virtual instrument maker UJAM have just launched SCORE, the third title within their best-selling Virtual Pianist series, and UJAMs take on cinematic Grand Piano.

A Finisher and Ambience section adds powerful sound design capabilities from pristine Grand Piano setups to ambient soundscapes and experimental textures.

Adam D’Agostino of UJAM: “Virtual Pianist SCORE is made for anyone who looks to create the piano soundscapes we all love from movies and games - and aspire to as music makers. And the best: Like with any instrument within the series, even total non-keyboardists can produce impressive and absolutely professional piano performances using SCORE.”

Virtual Pianist SCORE comes with 175+ Presets, 40 Pianist Styles with a total of 360 Phrases as well as 45 Finisher and 45 Ambience FX modes. It is available now in VST2, AU 2 and AAX formats and also as a free, fully functional 30-day trial. It also runs natively on Apple Silicon systems.
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Using Virtual Pianist SCORE, I created the film trailer music for my upcoming animated film, Peter Pan and the Adventures of Dreams. Sure, it’s at least a year away. Why not? You always ought to be excited about your creative work as a composer. Take a listen to the “Kensington Gardens” track on Spotify.

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Mr. Zimmer’s UJAM website has a direct secret recipe to compose film scores in his epic style. Read it here and be sure to add his products to your holiday wish list! Adding this new piano plug-in will be the icing on the cake.

Hear it in the official UJAM walkthrough: Virtual Pianist SCORE is great for newbies and super for experienced composers. If you work with it using your original chords and playing style, the plug-in easily manipulates to charming one of a kind sounds. Because the piano itself sounds fancy, you can always choose the 100% freehand method for your scores or homework assignments that lead you to becoming a professional composer. Never say never! My teachers when I was 13 might have told you about a silly girl who brought in her own music works as extra credit homework, shocker not that she grew up to be a real composer.

Nicole Russin-McFarland

Nicole Russin-McFarland scores music for cinema, production libraries and her own releases distributed by AWAL. She is currently developing her first budgeted films to score and act in with friends. And, she owns really cool cats.

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