Free EPK Template
Copy this layout. Fill in your own info. Send it. Below you will find every section a working EPK needs, with copy formulas, real example wording, and a bonus 5-email pitch sequence — all on this page.
Every section below is a piece of a complete EPK. Use it as a checklist when you build yours in Notion, Canva, on your own site, or in DropCue.
First thing the supervisor sees. Make it identifiable in under 3 seconds. Layout: banner image (1500x500), profile photo, your name, one-line tagline (e.g., “Trailer composer · Los Angeles”), email.
The chronological autobiography is killing more EPKs than bad music is. Lead with what you do and your strongest credit. Formula: [What you do] + [strongest credit / placement / accolade] + (optional) [genre or specialty in one line].
Example: “Sarah composes trailer music for major studio campaigns including Disney's Wish, A24's Civil War, and Netflix's 3 Body Problem. She specializes in epic hybrid orchestral with female vocal toplines.”
Pick your strongest, not your newest. Sequence by impact, not chronology. For each track include: title, length, optional one-line context note, and an inline play button (never a download-only link). If a supervisor only presses play on track 1, what do you want them to hear? That decision is the most important one in your entire EPK.
A montage of your music in real placements (or a polished demo reel of your strongest moments). 3-6 short clips, 8-15 seconds each. Open with your strongest, most recognizable cue. End with your contact info on screen for 2 seconds. No real placements yet? Score 60 seconds of public-domain or Creative Commons trailer footage with your music — better than no video.
Make it stupid easy to follow up. One email. One streaming link. Two social handles, max. Leave off: phone numbers (supervisors do not call), personal Facebook, any social with under 200 followers, LinkedIn unless you are pitching to corporates.
Just one. One credible quote outperforms ten. Format: “[Quote — one sentence ideally, two max]” — [Name], [Title at recognizable company]. No testimonials yet? Skip the section — missing is fine, weak is not.
Your EPK is the destination. These emails get supervisors to open it. Email 1 (Day 0): initial pitch with EPK link. Email 2 (Day 7): bump if no reply. Email 3 (Day 21): value-add — new cue you just wrote. Email 4 (Day 60): relevance trigger — congratulate them on a recent placement. Email 5 (Day 120): annual touchpoint — brief update with refreshed EPK link. Rule: never send email 2 if email 1 was opened but not replied to — the supervisor saw it and chose to wait.
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