Sound & music briefs
Music brief for a 60-second short
A cue shaped to your edit, with room for dialogue.
The prompt
Music (ElevenLabs Music or your licensed music source, 60 s): [Mood in 3 words: tense, sparse, hopeful] score for a [genre] short film, [2-3 instruments], about [tempo] BPM. Shape: near silence for the first [x] s; very low under dialogue from [x] s to [y] s; building from [y] s; one peak at [z] s on [the key moment]; then only a soft tail. No vocals. No sudden loud hits under dialogue. Keep a licence note.
What to swap for your story
- instruments -> describe sounds, never name artists or film scores
- timings -> copy them from your edit's timeline
Last updated 2026-10-29. Tested in Google Flow.
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