Aug 6, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Finding Thematic Material Finding the right thematic material and having both parties (you and your customer/director) agree on it can take quite some time. When you present possible themes, it is common today to present them in their best shape as directors very...
Aug 2, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
DAW Orchestration vs. Real Life Orchestration Just because you write orchestral music does not mean that you can orchestrate when it comes to working with a real ensemble. I’ve come across many composers who write excellent music in DAW with virtual instruments and...
Aug 1, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Orchestral Intransparency It is in the nature of orchestral music to not be able to hear every instrument clearly in the mix. Some instruments like woodwinds even regularly “drown” in tuttis and their only purpose is to add to the ensemble sound. This is actually a...
Jun 13, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Loops, Prerecorded Phrases and Presets The use of loops, presets and prerecorded phrases is seen very controversial among the community of composers with some people using only their own individually programmed presets and loops. There are of course two sides to this:...
May 30, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Fingers off the Pan Knob The standard panning knob (or balance on a stereo signal) works in a way that it simply changes the levels of the right and left channel according to where you set it. Therefore, on stereo signals it only seems to change the direction of the...
