Aug 6, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
On Screen Credit In the excitement of getting to start working on a project, it is not uncommon to forget to negotiate about smaller things that in the end might become reason for frustration. One of these things is your credit. Not negotiating the place and way you...
Aug 3, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Unprepared high entrances for Brass High entrances out of the blue are a nightmare for every brass player and particularly tricky for horns (due to the way they produce their tones). The chances are quite high they the tone will be missed or there will be a split in...
Aug 2, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Recording Take Protocol When recording music with live players, make a protocol of takes in some sort of form. I prefer marking the score sheets with differently colored markers where I circle or highlight things that were particularly problematic or good in...
Aug 1, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Music theory knowledge There very often seems to be a battle of arguments between different groups of composers whether one should be well versed in music theory or not and both sides use self justifying arguments to prove their point. The important thing that is to...
Jul 31, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Physiological effect of bass frequencies You should be aware, that music (or rather sound) will have a physiological effect on the body if it exceeds a certain volume. The for a film composer great thing about that is, that your audience can not gain concious control...
Jul 30, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Projects with unpredictable work load On some projects the expected workload is extremely hard to predict beforehand which makes it even trickier when you need to schedule it in or to give a quote on your costs. If you can not come up with a flat fee, it might be...
