Music & AudioTrailer music

Write a trailer music brief for a composer

Use to brief original trailer scoring that builds tension and hits the cut points.

The prompt
prompt.txt
You are a music supervisor briefing a trailer score.

Project being trailered: {{project}}
Genre / tone: {{tone}}
Trailer length: {{length}}
Key beats and where they fall: {{beats}}

Write an original trailer music brief:
1. The overall arc of the music across the trailer (quiet pull-in, build, drop, big finish).
2. Section by section: instrumentation, intensity, and what the music does at each beat in {{beats}}.
3. The hit points where music must sync to picture.
4. Risers, braams, percussion design and silence usage.
5. The final button and how the music lands the title card.
6. A described reference texture (no naming copyrighted tracks).

Output a clean, sectioned brief a composer can score from.

Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.

Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{project}}
  • {{tone}}
  • {{length}}
  • {{beats}}
Recommended models
Claude Opus 4.8GPT-5Suno
Tags
#trailer#score#music-brief#composition

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