Real Musicians and Rhythmic Complexity

Apr 10, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits

Real Musicians and Rhythmic Complexity One of the most common reasons for slowdowns in recording sessions with real musicians are (unnecessarily) tricky rhythms. As a composer/orchestrator you should always be sure that real musicians are not sequencers that can play...

Ethnic Instruments

Mar 15, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration

Ethnic Instruments Ethnic and more rare instruments are still pretty popular in film/game/trailer music and are of course a great tool to locate a scene or character or to simply add unusual textures. However these instruments pretty often come with technical...

The Danger of Composing on the Piano

Nov 7, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits

The Danger of Composing on the Piano Composing on a piano is a great tool but can also be quite limiting. For example, chord voicings that sound good or decent on a piano don’t neccessarily translate too well to real orchestra.Usually, the biggest problem with such...

8va and vb lines

Jul 6, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration

8va and 8vb lines Even though you might think it makes life easier for your players and is a good idea to incorporate into your scoresheets wherever needed, orchestral players don’t like seeing 8va/8vb lines or marks at all. Even the players where the use of such...