Jul 25, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Safety Takes Whenever you record live instruments, no matter if it is just a soloist or a whole orchestra, always go for “safety takes” if time allows. Those are takes that you do after the point where you are happy with a take. It can and will happen that you don’t...
Jul 12, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Limits of Balancing Rules Balancing out orchestral “forces” is a lifelong learning process as there are dozens of factors involved that have influence on how sections in the orchestra balance. Not only does the instrument by itself but also its number, the dynamic,...
Jun 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
Unindicated Switches of Instruments There are some sections in a real orchestra that constantly switch between different instruments without you as a composer even noticing it. The most prominent examples are the Clarinets and Trumpets. Even though a part might be...
Jun 20, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
How to Record Live Musicians Efficiently If you’re recording real instruments, most of the time it is better to let them finish a take even if it contains some errors. These errors can be later patched from another take or you can use parts of this take to patch...
Jun 7, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Orchestration
“Leggiero” and “Pesante” Italian “score sheet poetry” that extensively describes the desired feelings of tempo changes or interpretation is rather uncommon in the scoring session world. Most of the time, the tempo is fixed through a...
