Mar 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Mixing Volume Always mix your music at the approximate volume it will be in the movie later. The human ear has a different perception of balance depending on the volume of music. Especially the bass register is very sensitive in this matter. You tend to need way more...
Mar 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Hiding Sample Shortcomings If you can not mock-up an instrument convincingly in a piece (that eventually will end up without recording of real instruments in a score) due to the lack of decent libraries or just out of the fact that this instrument can not be simulated...
Mar 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
“True Legato” Samples Lag When you’re working with true legato sample patches (where the transitions between notes have been sampled as well) be aware that depending on the instruments, the lines will always feel more or less late. Real players will always...
Feb 28, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Technical Skills for a Film Composer Quite a few composers who want to work for film reject to work on their technical skills. Very often an argument like “John Williams got to where he is by just writing short scores on paper and demoing things on the piano.” While...
Jan 31, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Streamlined Working Environment Keep your working environment streamlined and focused. Many people like buying all sorts of gear or sample library they can get their fingers on and believe it will improve their output quality but in reality, the more you have the...
