You love music. You play an instrument (or dream of playing one). You spend hours listening, practicing, and perhaps even writing your own melodies. But have you ever felt like there’s a missing piece? Like you’re hitting notes, but not truly speaking the language? You’re not alone. Many aspiring musicians, from guitarists shredding solos to […]
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Why Every Great Composer Make Use Of This Music Theory Trick: The Chromatic Mediant Modulation
Are you a music enthusiast who loves to explore new sounds and experiment with different chord progressions? Then you’ve probably heard of chromatic mediant modulation – a music theory trick that has been used by some of the greatest composers of all time. In this article and video, we’ll explore what chromatic mediant modulation is, […]
Rings of power music analysis – Film Scoring for beginners episode 8
Welcome to the rings of power music analysis. This is a complete breakdown and music analysis of the Rings Of Power opening theme from the Amazon Prime series. I picked out the theme by ear, arranged and produced the cue in Logic Pro for the episode so there might obviously be differences between the original […]
How to play The Rings Of Power theme song on piano
I made a video on how to play the Rings Of Power theme song so you can play it too! The opening theme to the Rings of Power is a grandiose and powerful cue highlighting the light… and the darkness of the world of Tolkien. While the Rings of Power’s first motif (out of the […]
TIME macro and micro review – You never heard the orchestra like this!
I made a video demonstrating the TIME macro and micro bundle release from Orchestral Tools. It’s a versatile orchestral textures library with great attention, details and phrasings of the sampled orchestra. Furthermore, the library contains both ensamble patches and individual sections for a complete sound at your fingertips. It will truly give you plenty of […]
How to build tension in music with pedal point
In todays episode you will learn how to build tension in music! What is music without tension and release? Not much! That’s why I made this new video on how to build tension and anticipation in music.Music is much more exciting if it’s going somewhere! This trick you will learn is used all over the place…and in all […]
How to find videos to practise scoring – Film Scoring For beginners episode 6
In todays episode in the film scoring for beginners series we look at how to find videos to practise scoring. How to find videos to practise scoring In the video I first show the service I use, pexels.com, to find attractive AND free video clips that I use in some of my music videos. These […]
How to score action scenes – Film Scoring for beginners E05
In the latest Film scoring for beginners episode 5 we look at how to score action scenes! Welcome to Film Scoring For Beginners episode 5. In this episode we look at how to score action scenes in a film. Todays film score is from the short film, Bag of bones. A film I scored a […]
Best video format for film scoring or audio post
In general, less compression gives better playback / scrubbing performance. Generally you want to work with less compressed video file formats when editing. A less compressed video format will tax your cpu less during playback. When you play back an encoded file format the cpu (or hardware gpu) will have to decode the data in […]
Film Scoring For Beginners #4 – Theme Variations
Welcome to film scoring for beginners episode 4. How do you transform an original melody into different moods? Learn music arrangement tricks that I use to awake certain moods in a film score. Film Scoring for beginners #4 In the Film Scoring for beginners episode 4 I show my work process when it comes to […]
Diabolical Lilith – New Album Release
I’m proud to announce my latest album release, Diabolical Lilith! Diabolical Lilith This album is a collection of 34 orchestral songs. Diabolical Lilith features some of my most dramatic music scores. What inspired me to write Diabolical Lilith? You will find inspiration from medieval melodies, choral voice music, Diablo, The Witcher… and some of the […]
Film Scoring For Beginners Video Course
Welcome to the Film Scoring For Beginners series. A brand new online video course with film scoring techniques. Importantly, you will learn everything you need to know on how to score music for film and animations. In the video episodes we will go through everything from the very first contact with a producer / director. […]
How to make Kickstarter background music
In this video and article we will discuss the workflow and process of producing Kickstarter background music for a product trailer. You will learn many of my secrets in creating an emotional score. Watch the video below and get the additional details in this article. Watch the final Kickstarter trailer If you are impatient, you […]
