Tag: michael giacchino

  • Why Do We Like Sad Music So Much? On ‘Life and Death’ From ‘Lost’

    Why Do We Like Sad Music So Much? On ‘Life and Death’ From ‘Lost’

    Let’s look at how music can make a song sound sad even when there are no lyrics — and why we like that so much.

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  • Off Notes: Musical Facelifts

    Off Notes: Musical Facelifts

    Welcome back! It’s been a few weeks since our last internet round up, because — as you may have noticed — we’ve been hard at work giving both Soundfly and Flypaper quite the makeover! And the redesign has inspired our theme for the week: finding new in the old. Below we’ve got all kinds of innovations and […]

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  • 3 Professional Lessons from Film Composer Michael Giacchino

    3 Professional Lessons from Film Composer Michael Giacchino

    Anyone who knows me at all knows how much I love Pixar films. The Incredibles is still one of my favorite all-time movies. Ratatouille made me see the world differently. Up had me balling like a child within the first ten minutes. And no small part of that was the music. I only recently found out […]

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RJD2: From Samples to Songs