Jun 6, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Recording in Two Minute Chunks Recording action passages and music that demands a lot from your players is best to be split into approx. two minute chunks and later edit them together again. With this procedure, the musicians can focus on certain passages and pull...
Mar 22, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Musicians’ Feedback No book or course on orchestration can actually replace the invaluable lesson you can learn by talking to and/or observing musicians who are playing your music. Whenever you have the chance to work with musicians, try to find time to have a...
Feb 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Remote Recording Sessions Many orchestral recording facilities/studios/services offer the possibility to do a remote session either via Skype, Source Connect or another form of audio stream where you as the composer can hear what’s coming right through the monitors in...
Feb 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Good Samples vs Bad Orchestras On low budget movies, composers often try to squeeze the last penny out of their budget and try to get amateur or student orchestras involved to record their score. My general experience on such experiments is to rather go for a good...
Jan 4, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Notes Near the Range Limits of Instruments For practically every woodwind and brass instrument, there is the general rule that the closer to the limits of the range you get, the less controlled the sound will be. This means that either the intonation gets problematic...
