May 17, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Problematic Woodwind Unisons Intonation on woodwind instruments is sometimes quite trickier and way more problematic than samples might make you believe. There are few configurations where slight intonation differences become very obvious: 1. Avoid exposed unisons on...
May 16, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Film Scores and Dolby Atmos Recent years have shown the rise of so called “immersive audio formats” such as Dolby Atmos, Auro3D and DTS:X. While all formats have different technical specifications and concepts, all have the advancement of providing...
May 15, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
The Right Way of Finding Ideas There is no wrong or right way to compose music. Essentially, what works best for you to get ideas is the right way. Many people feel like cheating when finding ideas by playing random things on the piano or even clicking away in the...
May 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Artistically Ambitous Film Scoring While ambitous film scoring is definitely something that can be very attractive and thought provoking, especially young composers tend to push this a little too far in their search to reinvent the wheel. The essential difference...
May 13, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Contract Negotiations in the Age of Social Media With references being much more important than university degrees in the media world, and with social media becoming more and more a vital tool to actually get your name around, you should make sure about a few...