A movie score isn’t the only thing that needs an orchestra. Explore the magic of classical motifs in Hip-Hop with ARCADE‘s cinematic Lines and create enchanted hip hop beats with melodic loops.
There is beauty in simplicity and just one loop can go a long way, just take A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s mega-hit Drowning, which features a piano loop as the backbone of the entire 3:29 of the song.
Let’s explore a few of the royalty-free orchestral samples featured in ARCADE by Output.
If you’re making a hip hop track, creating melodic loops is a giant step in the right direction when your listeners have both a rapper’s lyrics and a tight melody stuck in their heads.
In this video, we created the skeleton of a hip hop beat with orchestral samples pulled from Overture, Passport, and Distant Voices in ARCADE to create emotional melodic loops. A simple string pad creates movement and solid progression. String ostinato mimics percussive elements and establishes tempo and groove, before we added a counter-melody with the bittersweet timbre of a Chinese violin.
The only thing missing is a driving drum loop, which you can add with ARCADE lines like Drum Machinery.
Orchestral elements in Hip Hop are a key staple of the musical genre. Artists like Kanye West, Timbaland, and J. Cole have utilized the intensity of strings, horns, and auxiliary percussion throughout their careers to create emotionally moving music time and time again. Follow in the footsteps of the greats and introduce some of ARCADE‘s cinematic Lines like Overture, Passport, and Distant Voices into your productions.
Once you’ve laid down a melody, counter-melody, and a few harmonies, you’ve created your very own loop; now, you can do it over and over again.
Give creating these melodic loops from orchestral samples a try, and try ARCADE free for 30 days here.
