Cinematic music generator
A ready-made cinematic prompt, sweeping and emotional, you can generate here on your choice of model, ElevenLabs or Google Lyria.
Starter prompt
Cinematic orchestral, ~90 BPM in D minor, lush strings, swelling brass, deep taiko and timpani hits, soft piano motif, a slow tense build into a powerful emotional climax, epic and sweeping, wide hall reverb, instrumental, for a film or trailer.
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One click fills the builder, then tweak anything.
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The sounds you want to hear.
Best honoured by structure-aware models like Lyria.
Cinematic orchestral, ~90 BPM in D minor, lush strings, swelling brass, deep taiko and timpani hits, soft piano motif, a slow tense build into a powerful emotional climax, epic and sweeping, wide hall reverb, instrumental, for a film or trailer. around 110 BPM.
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Generate on licensed, commercial-cleared models, pick the one that fits.
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Cinematic music is about dynamics and arc. A great cue starts restrained, builds tension through layered strings and percussion, and pays it off with a big emotional swell. The hard part is describing that journey, not just the instruments, so a generator builds to something rather than looping flat.
The prompt above is shaped around that slow build and payoff. Generate it here on your choice of model, or reverse a film cue you love to capture its key and mood as a starting point.
What makes a good cinematic prompt
Describe the arc as much as the palette: 'slow tense build into a powerful climax' tells the generator to shape dynamics rather than hold one level. Name orchestral forces, lush strings, swelling brass, taiko and timpani, soft piano, and set a mood (epic, emotional, ominous). A minor key reads as darker and more dramatic; wide hall reverb gives the scale.
Trailer versus underscore
For a trailer, push the contrast: 'quiet piano intro, sudden braams, huge percussive hits, triumphant final swell'. For underscore that sits beneath dialogue, ask for 'sustained strings, sparse, no big percussion, stays in the background'. Same orchestral language, very different energy.
Start from a cue you like
If a particular score sets the tone you want, run it through the reverse tool. It detects the tempo and key and infers the mood and instrumentation, giving you a prompt grounded in that reference, ready to edit before you generate your own original cue.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this free?
- The prompt and editing tools are free; generating a full track here runs on credits, on licensed, commercially cleared models.
- How do I get a big climax?
- Describe the arc explicitly, ask for a slow build into a powerful climax, and name the forces that grow (layered strings, brass swells, big percussion). Structure language is what makes a cue build.
- Can I use the music commercially?
- Yes, we generate on licensed, commercial-cleared models (ElevenLabs, Google Lyria), so cues for a film, trailer or video are cleared for commercial use.