Oct 2, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Linear Bass Motion Linear bass motion (or rather bass lines with strong melodic quality/voice leading) in general feel very attractive to the ear. Their power is actually strong enough to make even the strangest chord progressions on top of that plausible to our ear....
Aug 5, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
The Difficulty of Networking at Networking Events Very often, business connections are not made in places where they are expected to be made (e.g. business meetings, fairs, festivals etc.) but rather in places where you normally won’t expect them. The simple reason...
Jul 16, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Narrative Links Beyond Themes Themes are not the only thing that can be used to identify characters/locations/situations musically. In fact, using too many themes especially on a genre that usually doesn’t have many themes might just become feeling strangely operatic...
Jun 25, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Connecting Close Cues If during the planning of your score you notice that two ore more cues will be pretty close together (meaning less than 30 seconds in between), unless that moment of silence is essential (point of a joke, strong emotional moment etc.), you should...
Dec 11, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Dramatic Links beyond Leitmotifs There are many more possibilities when scoring a film (or rather when writing music at all) to create dramatic connections. Every single musical element can serve the purpose of connecting cues. Obviously, a melodic idea is the...
