Mar 8, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Perfect Fifth Double Stops on Strings There are several disagreeing statements in orchestration books about perfect fifth double stops on string instruments that don’t involve open strings. Some claim they are impossible and should be avoided while others say they are...
Mar 7, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Sustains at the End of Film Cues You should always make sure to have long enough last chords/sustains in film music cues that are supposed to “vanish” into nothing as the fade-out time needed might be longer than you think. If you end too early, the fade-out might be...
Mar 6, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Planning a Composition In spite of many composition teachers and professors recommending to plan out a composition properly beforehand and making sketches to create a proper structure and drama for a piece, letting a composition develop out of itself might be a valid...
Mar 5, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Relevance of Playback Medium for Film Scoring Always be conscious about what medium you’re writing music for. The audience has a different focus on the story, the visuals and the music when sitting in a dark cinema staring at a huge screen as opposed to watching a...
Mar 4, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
The Director-Composer Relationship Once there has been established a working relationship between a director and a composer, as long as both parties are happy with this relationship, it will usually last for quite a while. While this is beneficial and makes a few...
