Dec 18, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
“Treading Water” Between Hit Points Writing music for film often has a danger of just writing “bridgeing” music that just fills time until the next hit point. While sometimes it can’t be avoided to just fill bars between hit points in order to not have an overly...
Sep 2, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Writer’s Block Writer’s block is something that is extremely annoying especially when you are under heavy deadline pressure. At certain moments, if you let yourself being dragged down by this, it can even cause pure despair. Whenever you suffer from writer’s...
Jul 17, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Chance as Creative Force In composition, chance can be a strong creative force. Accidentally hitting a few interesting notes on the keyboard or stumbling across an inspiring sound, even getting melodic ideas from a bird tweeting etc. can all be very good sources for...
May 15, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
The Right Way of Finding Ideas There is no wrong or right way to compose music. Essentially, what works best for you to get ideas is the right way. Many people feel like cheating when finding ideas by playing random things on the piano or even clicking away in the...
