Aug 30, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Music Mix as Part of the Concept Not only your musical concept and style is part of making a score homogenous but also the mix. If you record a live ensemble for your score, you will most likely have a quite homogenous mix throughout the score as the room/mics etc....
Aug 29, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Rhythmic Variety The rhythmic placements of notes can be just as important as their pitch. Unless you’re writing a march or something compareable, avoid monotonuos rhythmic figures. Hitting every downbeat of a bar makes melodies very firm but also quickly feels...
Aug 28, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Placement of Hit Points The exact placement of musical hit points is very often a matter of psychology and should be done quite carefully. On quite a few hit points it’s not the most effective thing to place the musical accent exactly on the visual action but rather...
Aug 27, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Face to Face Meetings Nothing beats face-to-face meeting. Even though the internet and Skype have made it possible to work on a project over long distances without constant personal meetings, meeting a client in person and spending an evening together at a restaurant...
Aug 24, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Midi Controller Curves in Score Sheets Just because you have drawn extensive Midi Controller curves into your sampled mock-up doesn’t mean you have to translate all that into the score sheet before you go to a real orchestra recording. Extensive micro-managed...
Aug 23, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Combining recordings from different rooms Combining sample libraries or recordings that have been recorded in different rooms with different ambiences in one piece is usually not that much of a problem as some people think or make believe. Especially in more tutti...
