Cinematic & Game
Music that serves the picture: film, games, stage and functional background music.
This family is grouped not by place or era but by use: scoring methods, worldbuilding scores, game music, story songs and stage, and functional music. It's the most useful set for MVs, short films, games and ads.
What they share
- Aimed at mood and picture
- Structure follows narrative
- Often instrumental
Branches


Scoring MethodsCore film-scoring methods: orchestral, hybrid, minimalist and spaghetti western.


Worldbuilding ScoresMusic for specific worlds: JRPG, gothic, cyber, sci-fi, horror and folk.

Game MusicGame-specific music: interactive scoring and 8-bit chiptune.


Story Songs & StageTelling stories through song: animated musicals, K-drama OSTs and Broadway.

Functional MusicBackground music with a clear job: ads, promos, children's songs and lullabies.
All styles
Cinematic / Film ScoreMusic doesn't just describe the picture; it arranges how the audience lives through it.
Hybrid OrchestraPuts human breath and machine pressure to work in the same story.
Orchestral FantasyGives mountains, peoples and characters sonic memories that are recognisable and can change.
Minimalist ScoreLets small changes accumulate until they shift the weight of a whole stretch of time.
Spaghetti WesternWhistling, echoing electric guitar, whip cracks and choral cries: a showdown in the noon desert.
JRPG FantasyMakes every town and every farewell a place on the journey you can come back to.
Gothic Fantasy ScoreLets the castle keep its former beauty while letting you hear what it's hiding.
Cyberpunk OSTThe sound field of a high-tech, low-life world, not one fixed style.
Sci-Fi Sound DesignFirst ask how this world sounds, then decide whether it needs familiar instruments.
Horror AmbientMakes listeners start doubting the space instead of seeing the monster right away.
Folk / World-inspired ScoreGives traditional timbres a place of origin, and gives the fused sound a life of its own.
Adaptive Game MusicLets music respond to what the player is doing while keeping its own narrative breath.
Chiptune / 8-bitSongs written on old console sound chips: square, triangle and noise waves that take you straight back to childhood.
Animation SongsLets a song say what a character can't do yet, and hasn't admitted yet, right now.
K-Drama OSTLets one melody gradually become a relationship through meeting, missing each other and reunion.
Broadway MusicalCharacters drive the plot through song, orchestra and chorus pushing emotion to a showstopper.
Corporate / CommercialOptimistic, clean, unobtrusive background music written for launches, promos and tutorials.
Children's Song / LullabySimple melodies, repeated lyrics and gentle tones: songs for children and for bedtime quiet.