Sep 4, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Voice Leading is King Good voice leading beats any other rule. This was already valid in Bach’s times where there were fifth parallels and doubled thirds in the chord because the voice leading of the individual voices was so strong that it could easily justify for...
Jul 24, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Complementary Rhythm A very common musical concept to keep music interesting is to use complementary rhythm. This means, when for example your main melody comes to a rest (e.g. holding for a whole note), you bring in another side line/figure/motif somewhere else....
Jul 9, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Classical Counterpoint in Film Scoring To have a thorough knowledge of classical counterpoint writing is definitley benefitial to sharpen your musical understanding but the strict classic rules hardly have any application in modern (film) writing. The term...
Feb 13, 2019 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
First Statement of a Theme When composing a piece, present your main musical idea for the first time in the clearest direct and most unobscured way to your audience so it is actually being perceived as important and remembered for further appearances where it might be...
Aug 22, 2018 | Composition, Daily Film Scoring Bits
Rhythm of Secondary Melodic Lines When trying to find a secondary melodic line to a main melodic line (e.g. you have your main melody in the strings but want an independent horn line as well to support it) try shaping that secondary melody in a way that it moves on...
