Jul 24, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Complementary Rhythm A very common musical concept to keep music interesting is to use complementary rhythm. This means, when for example your main melody comes to a rest (e.g. holding for a whole note), you bring in another side line/figure/motif somewhere else....
Jul 23, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Doubling Strong Emotions with Music Strong emotions that are portrayed visually in the movie (e.g. someone crying desperately) feel rather awkward when they get doubled by the music. You are usually better off scoring such moments rather sparsely or possibly even...
Jul 22, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Stay in Touch With Clients Taking care of your important business contacts and keeping the contact alive is a very important thing to do. This is especially important when you haven’t worked with them for a while. Producers/directors often have so many things on their...
Jul 21, 2019 | Tutorials, Working with a Film Composer
What is the function of film music? Check out my music: The function of music in the movies is a very wide field. Music can serve several purposes that are either important on the emotional side of the movie or help/enhance the storytelling. It is not only helpful but...
Jul 19, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Chord Voicings Without Fifth When constructing chords, try the difference of leaving out the perfect fifth of the chord and having it in. Due to the fact that the fifth will be quite a strong overtone of the root (=usually the bass note) anyway, it will be present in...
