Jun 4, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Film Music and Emotional Extremes Scenes and situations that are emotionally hardly bearable (major characters dieing, catastrophic plot twists, portrayal of gruesome psychic or physical violence, fatal decisions etc.) need special attention from the musical side. The...
May 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Ignoring Hit Points in Favor of the Bigger Arc In some situations, it might be the better choice to musically ignore hit points that you normally would score in favor of a higher dramatic purpose. For example imagine a battle scene with lots of action going on, many...
May 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Cue Naming Discipline It is incredibly important to have a strong discipline regarding naming, sorting and organizing versions of music cues. Sometimes you need to write several versions of a cue, sometimes you just need to change small things several times, and every...
Apr 30, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Music and the Perception of Time Music can alter the perception of time quite heavily. It can actually even work like a subjective slow motion. For example imagine a huge battle, the last few minutes of it, the hero is fighting, lots of fast action and instead of...
Apr 16, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Setting a Time Period with Music e of the many functions of film music is to set a time. This is especially helpful in period pieces and can be a big part of the concept. However, just as with geographic hints in the music, most of the time it works best with the...
