The short answer is yes – more than ever. The media industry is growing rapidly and almost every piece of new content requires music so there is more work about than ever. But the need to truly understand the market, your customers and deliver unique distinctive music has never been more crucial. That’s where a film scoring Masters degree comes …
Part Three: Vincent’s ThemeThis is Part 3 in our harmonic investigation of music from Final fantasy VII. If you haven’t checked out Part 1 click the link HERE, and for Part 2 click HERE Continuing the trend, we shall be examining the theme music used for specific characters from the game, and seeing what we can learn. This week: Vincent’s …
Part Two: Tifa’s ThemeThis is Part 2 in our harmonic investigation of music from Final fantasy VII. If you haven’t checked out Part 1, click the link HERE. Continuing the trend, we shall be examining the theme music used for specific characters from the game, and seeing what we can learn. This week: Tifa’s theme. In last week’s blog about …
Part One: Aerith’s ThemeWith the imminent release of the Final Fantasy VII remake (finally!), it now seems like an appropriate time to look back to the original and see what we musicians can learn from the soundtrack. As evidenced by sell-out concerts of the ‘Distant Worlds’ symphony orchestra performances, as well as appearances on classical radio stations like Classic FM …
An Analysis and Review by Lois MuglestonCaptain Marvel is the first in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series to be led by a female protagonist. Alongside this, it is the first to have a female director, Anna Boden, and the first major action film to be scored by a woman since Shirley Walker scored Memoirs of an Invisible Man in 1992. The …
Coming across a solo guitar rendition of the song ‘Lonesome Town’ in the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack initially struck me as a little odd. The game is set in 1899, but here is a song from the 1950s, composed by Baker Knight and made famous by Ricky Nelson in 1958 (you may know it from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack). …
A Short Lesson On The Nature Of SoundUnderstanding the overtone series may seem at first to be a little abstract, and to an extent it is. But there is a beautiful mathematical simplicity to it that explains so much about the nature of music and sound, and it is worth your time learning to understand it. As you may or …
Hi there! Guy here again! I’ve been immensely busy with music recently so I started writing these blogs to help you all get started writing amazing music with the absolute best equipment!
In the last of our composer kick-start blog series we’ll be looking at the best computers for composers. One of the questions that hits our inbox all too frequently is ”should I go for PC or Mac?” and ”what is the best computer for music production”
Guy’s mission is to answer one the most frequently asked questions in digital music composition: “What is the best music composing software (DAW)?” Well, here is the 2021 answer to that question!
