May 24, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Ten Seconds per Texture The ear/brain needs about ten seconds to adjust to and digest a new musical texture so changing orchestration colours roughly in that tempo is something that feels quite natural/interesting and is easy to digest for our brain. However using...
May 23, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Natural Phrasing of Brass Sustains Orchestral Brass players will always execute a natural decrescendo on sustained notes unless otherwise indicated by special dynamics. Many sample libraries come with absolutely flat sustains on the brass (in order to be loopable) and...
May 22, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Major 7th Chords in Film Scoring Major7 chords (e.g. Cmaj7) are a bit tricky to handle and should be written with care. They are usually used as tonic chords, however function very nicely on the subdominant position as well. The actually very dissonant major7 in this...
May 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Cue Naming Discipline It is incredibly important to have a strong discipline regarding naming, sorting and organizing versions of music cues. Sometimes you need to write several versions of a cue, sometimes you just need to change small things several times, and every...
May 20, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Work Routines for Film Composers Even though the job of a freelance composer is very unpredictable, developing a daily work routine will help you to work more efficiently. Irregular working hours combined with little sleep, irregular breaks etc. will in the long run...
