With great plugins and sample packs, creating lush orchestral textures digitally is easier than ever, but making it sound real remains a challenge.
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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.
Essential Tips for Orchestral Positioning and Mix Panning
Having been a music director for a couple of open source game projects, I’ve reviewed…
Mixing and Processing a Virtual Orchestra
When mixing music on a computer, you have a ton of advanced tools and processing…
Extracting Latent Sound: Composer Lawrence English on Scoring David Lynch’s Photography
In 2015, Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art presented David Lynch: Between Two Worlds, a major…
Being Your Own Cheerleader: An Interview with Ian & Sofia Hultquist
Ian and Sofia Hultquist are contemporary composers who live in Los Angeles, California. In addition…
The Weird and Creepy World of String Harmonics
I have played stringed instruments for my entire musical career — namely, the electric bass,…
How to Guarantee Your Music Is Heard by a Film/TV Supervisor
With recorded music revenue in shambles as the transition from digital downloads to streaming takes…