€99,00
THE SCORE ESSENTIALS -
Start Your Cinematic Journey
THE SCORE ESSENTIALS introduces you to our acclaimed cinematic scoring family. With 45 expressive Stories and a curated selection of orchestral tools, this inspiring film scoring plugin offers a focused starting point for composers looking to create emotional, story-driven music with clarity. It's the ideal way to explore the creative possibilities of modern cinematic composition – without the usual technical distractions.
- 45 expressive, flexible presets called Stories - crafted for fast, emotional scoring in film, trailers, and multimedia.
- A streamlined interface and responsive sounds let ideas flow naturally and take shape in real time.
- No clutter or complexity – just direct access to premium orchestral textures and scoring tools.
- Shape your sound with mod wheel dynamics, tweakable Stories, and FX – all DAW-friendly.
- Part of The Score ecosystem, with a simple upgrade path when you're ready for more.
- Includes Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Synths, Guitars, Keys, Choir, and World instruments like Oud, Taikos, and Ronroco.
Cinematic Tools That Keep You Composing
THE SCORE ESSENTIALS provides a perfectly coordinated set of tools, guiding you from your first musical idea to a fully realized composition. It comes with a diverse and colorful instrument palette.
DISCOVER THE SCORE ESSENTIALS’ FULL POTENTIAL
PRO COMPOSERS ABOUT THE SCORE ESSENTIALS
We let industry pros experience THE SCORE ESSENTIALS. Here’s their reaction.
“THE SCORE ESSENTIALS offers a clever, inspiring framework for cinematic music creation. Even this streamlined version feels impressively rich and accessible — especially for students and non-keyboard players.”
Robbie Dwyer PGCE, FHEA
Programme Leader, University of Winchester
“THE SCORE ESSENTIALS has real potential as a teaching tool. It’s affordable, intuitive, and ideal for showing how harmonies and melodies work in film and game music.”
Nikolas Nikita Jeremić
Composer, Educator, Sound Designer – SAE Institute in Belgrade, Serbia
Destiny 2, Cyberpunk 2077, Aliens: Dark Descent
“THE SCORE ESSENTIALS is intuitive, sounds great, and offers real creative flexibility. I can see students really enjoying it in composition and theory classes.”
Todd Urban
Professor of Audio Engineering
Urban Sound Studio founder
45 Animated Stories – Instant Inspiration
Unlock instant creativity with 45 dynamic Stories—each containing four different arrangements with a vast dynamic range, designed to help you shape your own musical narrative.
10 Instruments per Story
All Stories consist of 10 arranged instrument slots, which you can swap freely to craft your unique sound.
Create & Share Your Stories
Use the 45 included Stories for inspiration or create, save, and share your own.
Control Your Stories
Each Story features diverse musical variations and is fully customizable, giving you complete control over your composition.
Quickly achieve professional-quality compositions suitable for films, trailers, and multimedia projects.
Jam Your Way into Film Scoring
No keyboard at hand? No problem! With our JAM Station, you can easily explore and try out our Stories without any external hardware. Simply enter the Jam Station, click on the preset chords, and instantly get a feel for the sound of each Story.
Discover an intuitive and immediate way to achieve compelling, cinematic results.
Effortless Creativity, Maximum Control
THE SCORE ESSENTIALS gives you everything you need to compose for any genre—right out of the box. Play our inspiring Stories, utilize our smart tools, and experience an intuitive, efficient, and fun composing process.
INSTANT INSPIRATION - CINEMATIC RESULTS
Jumpstart your creativity with 45 dynamic, customizable Stories designed to effortlessly craft professional-quality compositions.
ORCHESTRAL SCORING WITHOUT FRICTION
This is film scoring software designed to stay out of your way. The interface encourages exploration, and the sounds respond naturally – helping ideas take shape in real time.
STREAMLINED SETUP
No sprawling menus or convoluted routing. Just direct access to high-quality scoring tools for a natural compositional flow - especially valuable when time is short and ideas are flowing.
DEEP EXPRESSION WITH INTUITIVE CONTROL
Use mod wheel dynamics, adjustable Stories, and a flexible FX suite to shape every moment. It works seamlessly with your MIDI workflow, making it a strong scoring tool for DAW users.
PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER
The Score Essentials is more than an entry point – it’s a core part of The Score ecosystem, with a straightforward path to upgrade when you’re ready to expand.
Compose cinematic, expressive, and dynamic film music faster than ever with THE SCORE ESSENTIALS!
The Score Essentials gives you everything you need to keep moving forward. If you’re serious about turning your ideas into finished, powerful cinematic scores, now’s the time to make it happen.
Start your journey with THE SCORE ESSENTIALS today!
Upgrade / Crossgrade Options
Crossgrade To The Score Essentials
- The Orchestra, The Orchestra Complete 1-3, The Orchestra Essentials
- Strings Of Winter
- Horns Of Hell
- Woods Of The Wild
- Elysion
- Elysion 2 – The Encounter
- Dark Horizon
- Horizon Leads
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Key Features
- 45 expressive, flexible presets called Stories – crafted for fast, emotional scoring in film, trailers, and multimedia.
- A streamlined interface and responsive sounds let ideas flow naturally and take shape in real time.
- No clutter or complexity – just direct access to premium orchestral textures and scoring tools.
- Shape your sound with mod wheel dynamics, tweakable Stories, and FX – all DAW-friendly.
- Part of The Score ecosystem, with a simple upgrade path when you’re ready for more.
- Includes Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Synths, Guitars, Keys, Choir, and World instruments like Oud, Taikos, and Ronroco.
System Requirements
- Works with the FREE KONTAKT PLAYER
- KONTAKT Version 7.10.7 or higher
- Apple Silicon Macs: macOS 12, 13 or 14 (latest update).
- Intel Macs (i5 or higher): macOS 12, 13 or 14 (latest update)
- Windows 10 or 11 (latest Service Pack), Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 2 GB RAM.
- Be advised that some sessions of THE SCORE ESSENTIALS need a fast CPU to run smoothly and require an Intel i7 processor or higher.
- Graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher and Direct 3D 11.1.
- 4 GB RAM (we recommend 6 GB as THE SCORE ESSENTIALS is a large Kontakt Instrument).
- At least 11.7 GB of free hard disc space
