Oct 31, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Spontaneous Modulations A very common device used in film scoring, especially when writing action music that leads to a climax is to spontaneously modulate up a semitone, whole tone or minor third.This works most effectively on ostinato-driven music with...
Oct 30, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Watching Rough Cuts When you see a film you’re going to be working on for the first time, there might be a big chance that it is far away from picture lock and you might easily be lead on the wrong track regarding its dynamics. Usually you get a quite rough cut which...
Oct 29, 2018 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
When to Start Looking for Scoring Gigs It is never too early to start scoring movies. I often hear excuses like “I want to perfect my writing skills before I do the first film project” or “I need to buy some more sample libraries in order to create music properly.” as...
Oct 25, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
The Film Mix During the phase where your music is being mixed together with the movie, you should be well prepared for spontaneous requests to re-deliver certain files. Sometimes that has something to do with technical issues (e.g. audio glitches, unreadability of...
Oct 24, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Pedal Points Pedal points are very common in film music, meaning usually that you change chords over a sustaining bass note. Even very dissonant chords in relation to the bass note work under such circumstances. Pedal points are great for buildups. In a busy sequence...
