Aug 24, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Midi Controller Curves in Score Sheets Just because you have drawn extensive Midi Controller curves into your sampled mock-up doesn’t mean you have to translate all that into the score sheet before you go to a real orchestra recording. Extensive micro-managed...
Aug 23, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Combining recordings from different rooms Combining sample libraries or recordings that have been recorded in different rooms with different ambiences in one piece is usually not that much of a problem as some people think or make believe. Especially in more tutti...
Aug 22, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Rhythm of Secondary Melodic Lines When trying to find a secondary melodic line to a main melodic line (e.g. you have your main melody in the strings but want an independent horn line as well to support it) try shaping that secondary melody in a way that it moves on...
Aug 21, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Musical Drones While they are musically not spectacular at all, drones are very effective in film scoring. A drone is usually a long sustaining note or set of notes, usually in the lower register that keeps ringing without any or much musical variation through a...
Aug 20, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Listen to other music This one seems like a no-brainer but actually listen to music. It is very often surprising how little time professional musicians and composers spend listening to music other than their own. “When I leave the studio in the evening, I don’t want...
