Nov 12, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Red Herrings Another very common way of scoring certain moments in movies are so-called “Red Herrings”. This principle is used for instance in tension scenes where you musically build up to something that DOESN’T happen. A classical scenario would be a woman walking...
Apr 3, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Melodic Target Notes Melodic target notes of a phrase should be avoided for as long as possible before reaching that target. For example, if your melodic phrase has a target note of a c, you should try to not use that c (if possible also in no other octave) in the...