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 15, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
The Right Way of Finding Ideas There is no wrong or right way to compose music. Essentially, what works best for you to get ideas is the right way. Many people feel like cheating when finding ideas by playing random things on the piano or even clicking away in the...
May 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Artistically Ambitous Film Scoring While ambitous film scoring is definitely something that can be very attractive and thought provoking, especially young composers tend to push this a little too far in their search to reinvent the wheel. The essential difference...
May 8, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Influence of Sample Limitations on Composition A lot of what defines today’s style in commercial orchestral music is actually defined by the limitations of samples. Certain things clearly can be pulled off more realistically with samples than others. This was even...
May 1, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Alternative Chord Structures The structure of having a chord consisting of root, third, fifth etc. is nothing that is written in stone. Alternative chord structures may have a very interesting and useful sound and still sound like a fully working chord. A nice field...
