Aug 2, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
DAW Orchestration vs. Real Life Orchestration Just because you write orchestral music does not mean that you can orchestrate when it comes to working with a real ensemble. I’ve come across many composers who write excellent music in DAW with virtual instruments and...
May 10, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Practice Working With Limitations As a learning orchestrator and composer you should practice a lot to work with limitations, especially if you want to eventually work with real musicians. While it is great to know how to write for a huge orchestra with all...
Dec 14, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
OVER-ORchestration Even though you have a lot of instruments at your fingertips when writing for orchestra, that doesn’t mean they have to be all in use all the time. A lot of inexperienced composers and orchestrators often “over-orchestrate” staying for long in a...
Oct 15, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Being Prepared for Outsourcing Work At certain points, for example when a project becomes just too big to be pulled off only by yourself in the time given, you will not get around outsourcing certain parts of the work to someone else. Usually things like score/part...
Sep 10, 2018 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Getting help Don’t be too shy or to proud to ask for help if a project asks too much of you. Every composer once in a while encounters a situation where he/she is pushed so far out of his/her comfort zone that it becomes a struggle to handle the project properly. Very...
