May 23, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Natural Phrasing of Brass Sustains Orchestral Brass players will always execute a natural decrescendo on sustained notes unless otherwise indicated by special dynamics. Many sample libraries come with absolutely flat sustains on the brass (in order to be loopable) and...
May 8, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Influence of Sample Limitations on Composition A lot of what defines today’s style in commercial orchestral music is actually defined by the limitations of samples. Certain things clearly can be pulled off more realistically with samples than others. This was even...
Mar 21, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Hiding Sample Shortcomings If you can not mock-up an instrument convincingly in a piece (that eventually will end up without recording of real instruments in a score) due to the lack of decent libraries or just out of the fact that this instrument can not be simulated...
Mar 14, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
“True Legato” Samples Lag When you’re working with true legato sample patches (where the transitions between notes have been sampled as well) be aware that depending on the instruments, the lines will always feel more or less late. Real players will always...
Feb 28, 2019 | Career Building, Daily Film Scoring Bits, Technical
Technical Skills for a Film Composer Quite a few composers who want to work for film reject to work on their technical skills. Very often an argument like “John Williams got to where he is by just writing short scores on paper and demoing things on the piano.” While...
