How to Read Movie Scripts

Nov 11, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General

How to Read Movie Scripts  Sometimes, you need to start working or conceptualizing a score already with nothing more than a script. Be aware that this is not like reading a book and without experience you’ll probably quickly get a wrong impression of what it’s...

Music Theory vs. Your Ear

Oct 15, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits

Music Theory vs. Your Ear The mass of rules, possibilities and concepts in music theory can be overwhelming or even intimidating for your own writing. However don’t give music theory a higher value than being a tool. Changing your music for the reason that it is...

Communicating With a Client

Oct 1, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring

Communicating With a Client Don’t expect your director to have enough musical knowledge to be able to communicate in musical terms. Find a way to make communication with him/her clear when presenting your concept or ideas. A good way is to talk in emotions like “It...

Scoring Intensity

Sep 3, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring

Scoring Intensity It might be very tricky sometimes to find the right level of “musical intensity” on a cue. With inexperienced composers you sometimes get the feeling that the music is too distracting and active (e.g. on dialogue sequences) or too weak on more active...