Nov 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Sub Bass Synths The ultra low bass frequency support for instance on sustained (string) chords is very common in today’s film scores and one of the style defining traits of “modern Hollywood”. However, it is practically not achievable with acoustic...
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...
Feb 8, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Doubling Woodwinds Woodwinds usually sound more brillant and characteristic when they’re playing solistically instead of doubling the same instruments in unison. For example 3 flutes playing a line in unison in generally sound thicker and slightly louder than a solo...
Sep 7, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Pitch impression on Double Basses Double basses have a quite unfocussed sound, especially in their very low register. In some occasions, it might be even tricky to actually identify clearly which note they are playing. This occurs on passages where the basses have a...
