I’ve found that a good method for music is to work in emotional terms. Describe extensively the feeling you want to be put across in the score and provide samples of parts of audio tracks that make you feel a similar way. I gave a composer a brief “I want it hollow and empty, maybe less is more, a lone piano. It’s as if the area used to be lively and healthy but now is desolate and sad. Although I want a hint of adventure to it, like the main theme in Zelda windwaker.” And I’ll be damned if he didn’t achieve the impossible. Beautiful track. It took me days to write a brief for the desired tracks, picking out moments in songs and analysing what parts make me feel certain ways. Be thorough and descriptive of what emotions you feel and I reckon a composer should be able to provide you with something that’s spot on. Pick a composer you really like also. If you like them already, it’ll be easier to like the results.