Feb 27, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Relevance of Ear Training for Composers Even though it might not seem necessary directly for composition, ear training is one of the most important things for a quick composition workflow. You can’t be bothered struggling to find that starting note of the melody that...
Feb 26, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Rewriting Cues Due to Re-Cuts Rewrites of cues due to re-cuts of the movie are very annoying but unfortunately quite common. If the edits are not as drastic (like trimming a few frames here and there), there a good chances that you can make your old cue fit again by...
Feb 25, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Exaggerating Your Portfolio When being new in the field of writing music for media and not having a lot of references and jobs that you have done, trying to get a gig that pays well and/or will have a higher impact on your career is always tricky and also not very...
Feb 22, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
“Epic” Low Horns Recent years have shown a tendency in film music to write more often for brass in their very low register. Especially horns are often requested to play in their lowest octave. While excellent players in great numbers (speaking of at...
Feb 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Remote Recording Sessions Many orchestral recording facilities/studios/services offer the possibility to do a remote session either via Skype, Source Connect or another form of audio stream where you as the composer can hear what’s coming right through the monitors in...
Feb 20, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Working With Chord Symbols Even though it is not necessary at first sight and might take a considerable amount of time, especially when you feel insecure in this, make a habit out of writing down the chord symbols of your piece into your working environment (either in...
