Finding Thematic Material

Aug 6, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring

Finding Thematic Material Finding the right thematic material and having both parties (you and your customer/director) agree on it can take quite some time. When you present possible themes, it is common today to present them in their best shape as directors very...

Dialogue Scoring

Jul 30, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring

Dialogue Scoring Avoid anything that draws too much attention on itself when you’re scoring dialogue. This applies especially for instrumental solos but also for uncommon playing techniques or strange registers. Dialogue score usually needs to be as un-obtrusive as...

Doubling Strong Emotions with Music

Jul 23, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring

Doubling Strong Emotions with Music Strong emotions that are portrayed visually in the movie (e.g. someone crying desperately) feel rather awkward when they get doubled by the music. You are usually better off scoring such moments rather sparsely or possibly even...

Narrative Links Beyond Themes

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...