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Table of Contents
- Contact
- Nathan Drube
- ✉️ Email
- 📱Phone
- 🌐 Website
- 📱Social Media
- Table of Contents
- Resume
- Quick Stats
- 🧾 Credits
- Additional Music & Assisting
- 🎵 My Music
- Orchestral
- Hybrid
- Action
- Moderate Action
- Ambient / Textural
- Emotional / Dramatic
- Rock / Indie
- Romantic Comedy
- Rock / Driven
- Horror
- Action Horror
- Textures
- Other Genres
- 🎹 Mock-up Examples
- “Rey’s Theme” - John Williams
- Video Comparison (download here)
- Audio Files
- Mock-up
- Original
- Seven Hour Orchestral Mockup
- “The Starkiller” - John Williams
- Mockup
- Original
- 🎥 Trailer Tracks
- Saudade
- Ascendency
- Metanoia
- 🎸 Instrument Proficiencies
- Guitar & Bass
- Piano
- Cello
- Flutes
- Drum Kit
- Hand Percussion
- 📽️ Videos
Resume
Download Link ⬇️Nathan Drube - Resume.pdf191.0KB
Last updated in July 2024.
Quick Stats
Average Writing Speed | Version 1 Approval Rating |
3 hours = 1 minute of written deliverable music | 66% approval on version 1 of cues |
Instrument Proficiencies | DAW Proficiencies |
Guitar/Bass,
Piano,
Cello,
Flutes,
Drum Kit,
Hand Percussion,
Synthesis | Nuendo/Cubase,
Pro Tools,
Dorico,
WaveLab,
Max,
Ableton Live |
🧾 Credits
Additional Music & Assisting
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🎵 My Music
These are all cues from projects I have written for. Thank you for taking a listen!
Orchestral
Avant-Garde Orchestral – Abstract Motion
Title: “Observing the Experiment”
Genre: Orchestral
Subgenre: Avant-Garde / Abstract Tension / Chamber Texture
Mood: Curious, Uneasy, Intellectual, Pensive, Surreal
Mockup: ⛔
Recorded Instruments: 40+ Piece Orchestra
Light Orchestral Cue – Reflective Drama Bed
Title: “The Quiet Hour”
Genre: Orchestral
Subgenre: Emotional Drama / Classical Underscore / Reflective Theme
Mood: Tender, Thoughtful, Melancholy, Hopeful, Introspective
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: ⛔
Animation Cue – Energetic Wrap-up
Title: “The Final Flight”
Genre: Orchestral
Subgenre: Whimsical / Family Adventure / Light Comedy
Mood: Playful, Quirky, Cheerful, Curious, EnergeticLe
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Small Chamber Orch.
Hybrid
Action
Urban Pursuit – Fast-Paced Chase
Title: “Over the Fence, Under the Gunfire”
Genre: Action
Subgenre: Percussive Action / Tension Chase / Trailer Hybrid
Mood: Intense, Urgent, Relentless, Tactical, Chaotic
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Hand Percussion
Tactical Action – Infiltration Sequence
Title: “One Shot, One Entry”
Genre: Hybrid
Subgenre: Tactical Action / Percussive Hybrid / Combat Underscore
Mood: Aggressive, Calculated, Intense, Suspenseful, Military
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass)
Tactical Movement – Electronic Action Cue
Title: “Blocked at Every Turn”
Genre: Hybrid
Subgenre: Urban Action / Percussive Tension / Electronic Chase
Mood: Tense, Fast-Paced, Gritty, Kinetic, Focused
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Hand Percussion
Gritty Action – Street Chase Hybrid
Title: “Bottles, Bricks, and Broken Glass”
Genre: Hybrid Action
Subgenre: Urban Combat / Action Chase / Percussive Tension
Mood: Frantic, Aggressive, Kinetic, Gritty, Dangerous
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric), Hand Percussion
Moderate Action
Analytical Underscore – Sci-Fi Execution Sequence
Title: “No Mistakes, No Distractions”
Genre: Electronic Hybrid
Subgenre: Tension Build / Strategic Montage / Sci-Fi Suspense
Mood: Calculated, Anticipatory, Focused, Strategic, Subtle
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: ⛔
Space Transition – Tension and Awe Build
Title: “One Last Burn Before Descent”
Genre: Electronic Hybrid
Subgenre: Sci-Fi Underscore / Expansive Ambient / Technological Drama
Mood: Tense, Focused, Expansive, Reflective
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Hardware Synths, Custom Samples
Hybrid Tech Cue – Controlled Research Theme
Title: “They Didn’t Expect It to Work So Well, And It Didn’t”
Genre: Electronic Hybrid
Subgenre: Investigative Underscore / Light Tension / Scientific Curiosity
Mood: Focused, Curious, Hopeful, Precise, Intriguing
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Hardware Synths, Custom Samples
Ambient / Textural
Alien Mystery – Analytical Sci-Fi Sequence
Title: “They Don’t Match Any Known Species”
Genre: Electronic Hybrid
Subgenre: Sci-Fi Suspense / Minimal Tension / Investigative Ambient
Mood: Curious, Uneasy, Mysterious, Cautious, Analytical
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Custom Samples
Ambient Underscore – Mystical Texture
Title: “Looking Into the Light”
Genre: Ambient Hybrid
Subgenre: Ethereal / Minimalist / New Age Texture
Mood: Mystical, Ethereal, Meditative, Curious, Dreamlike
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Voice, Custom Samples, Hardware Synths
Emotional / Dramatic
Emotional Arc — Light Build with Twist
Title: “When It All Changed”
Genre: Emotional Orchestral
Subgenre: Reflective / Uplifting Drama / Light Hybrid Underscore
Mood: Hopeful, Emotional, Bittersweet, Uplifting, Poignant
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: ⛔
Emotional Fallout – Ambient Tragedy Bed
Title: “It’s Too Late to Change Anything”
Genre: Electronic Rock Hybrid
Subgenre: Tragic Underscore / Dark Emotional / Dark Ambient
Mood: Grieving, Heavy, Raw, Subdued, Tense
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric)
Post-Violence Texture – Ambient Hybrid Tribute
Title: “He’s Already Gone”
Genre: Emotional Hybrid
Subgenre: Ambient Memorial / Dramatic Underscore / Heroic Grief
Mood: Mournful, Noble, Reflective, Uplifting, Quietly Heroic
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: ⛔
Rock / Indie
Romantic Comedy
Rom-Com Conflict – Miscommunication Montage
Title: “Two Rooms, Zero Words”
Genre: Indie Rock / Pop Hybrid
Subgenre: Emotional Comedy Underscore / Relationship Conflict / Montage Pop
Mood: Frustrated, Emotional, Playful, Sarcastic, Tense
Mockup: ⛔
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Indie Ambient – Relationship Fallout
Title: “This Time, It’s Real”
Genre: Indie Ambient
Subgenre: Emotional Underscore / Post-Romance / Relationship Drama
Mood: Melancholy, Numb, Reflective, Introspective, Lonely
Mockup: ⛔
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Romantic Comedy – Title Sequence Theme
Title: “This Wasn’t in the Script”
Genre: Rock Pop
Subgenre: Feel-Good Indie Rock / Quirky Rom-Com Theme / Upbeat Title Cue
Mood: Playful, Lighthearted, Energetic, Hopeful, Cute
Mockup: ⛔
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Date Montage – Playful Groove Underscore
Title: “The Walk Home Takes a Little Longer”
Genre: Indie Pop Rock
Subgenre: Romantic Comedy Groove / Feel-Good Underscore / Light Pop Vibe
Mood: Playful, Warm, Charming, Flirty, Light
Mockup: ⛔
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Rock / Driven
Anime Intro – High-Energy Rock
Title: “One Final Spark Ignites”
Co-Write with Tyler Bertrand
Genre: Rock Hybrid
Subgenre: High-Energy Anime Theme / Heroic Pop Rock / Modern Opener
Mood: Heroic, Energetic, Uplifting, Confident, Bold
Mockup: ⛔
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Emotional Resolution – Slow Orchestral Rock Build
Title: “She Stands Again”
Genre: Orchestral Rock Hybrid
Subgenre: Emotional Rock / Slow-Build Anthem / Inspirational Underscore
Mood: Hopeful, Triumphant, Emotional, Uplifting, Determined
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Modern Rock Underscore – Electric Guitar Momentum
Title: “Nothing to Lose Now”
Genre: Rock Hybrid
Subgenre: Action Rock / Modern Trailer Rock / Percussive Hybrid
Mood: Bold, Confident, Energetic, Gritty, Driven
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Guitars (electric & bass), Drum Kit
Horror
Action Horror
Horror Action – Percussive Assault
Title: “Dead Run”
Genre: Action Hybrid
Subgenre: Horror Hybrid / Tension Percussion / Industrial Orchestral
Mood: Intense, Aggressive, Tense, Menacing, Chaotic
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Custom Samples, Hardware Synths
Horror Action – Aggressive Survival Drive
Title: “No Time to Breathe”
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Horror Action / Dark Percussive Underscore / Industrial Tension
Mood: Intense, Chaotic, Menacing, Frantic, Violent
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Custom Samples, Hardware Synths
Textures
Dark Fantasy Texture – Slow Horror Ambience
Title: “Offerings to the Flame”
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Ambient Ritual / Dark Fantasy / Mystical Tension
Mood: Foreboding, Hypnotic, Creepy, Mysterious, Otherworldly
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Cello, Custom Samples
Suspense Cue – Ritual Tension Bed
Title: “Ashes and Shadows”
Genre: Horror
Subgenre: Mystical Tension / Atmospheric Dread / Ambient Horror
Mood: Ominous, Suspenseful, Mysterious, Uneasy, Dark
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: ⛔
Other Genres
EDM Theme – Energetic Game Intro
Title: “Bolt Craft”
Genre: Electronic
Subgenre: EDM / Synthpop / Video Game Theme
Mood: Energetic, Uplifting, Playful, Bright, Confident
Mockup: ✅
Recorded Instruments: Custom Samples
🎹 Mock-up Examples
“Rey’s Theme” - John Williams
I used Rey’s Theme and The Starkiller, along with the rest of the Star Wars 7-9 scores, as the baseline for my template system. Disney had the greatest composer in the world write this music, it was performed by the greatest studio orchestral musicians in the world, in the best studio in the world by the best recording engineer who used the best equipment. It also costs millions of dollars to create the original recording. I was able to re-create it on a laptop, in my studio, and without recording a single real instrument. The idea from here is that my template can write anything from solo to quartet, chamber, and orchestra-sized cues, all while maintaining a very natural sound. That also enables the final mockup to be mixed in a variety of ways, whether it needs to sound natural or hyperrealistic.
Video Comparison (download here)
Audio Files
These audio files are the same length and can be A/B’d in your DAW.
Seven Hour Orchestral Mockup
I created this full orchestral mock-up in exactly seven hours as a means to demonstrate my capabilities and the sound of my default template. Every piece of music that is in my portfolio here has been created from this template.
“The Starkiller” - John Williams
This is another example of recreating a John Williams cue using my template. This one was created to focus solely on orchestral strings.
🎥 Trailer Tracks
These were all made in-the-box using a special “trailer” template designed for trailer and hyperrealistic orchestral music. They are all mixed and mastered by me as well.
Saudade
Ascendency
Metanoia
🎸 Instrument Proficiencies
These are all instruments I am proficient with and can record in my studio.
Guitar & Bass
Proficiency | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Piano
Proficiency | ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Cello
Proficiency | ⭐⭐⭐
Flutes
Proficiency | ⭐⭐
Drum Kit
Proficiency | ⭐⭐
Hand Percussion
Proficiency | ⭐⭐⭐
📽️ Videos
Everything you hear in these videos is from one part and one take on my cello.