Composing
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Are you a rebel?
Do you compose inside the box or deliberately outside it?
Rules, structure, theory... or pure instinct and feeling?
- 12 months ago
I'm pure instinct but only after my rituals
- 12 months ago
Love that Dylan Lee!
- 12 months ago
Haha Mike Hall - you know I never follow them!
- 12 months ago
With a Rebel yell. :~). ha ha . It's my R&R coming out.
More of an Pop Rock / Jazz and RnB guy now.
I usually go with what's on screen - writing to what's there.
Though, this last Gravity scene from t...
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Studio Update: A New Home for Creative Sound
Just finished building my new studio in Hamburg.
It’s been a month of crafting, tweaking, and preparing my piano for some unusual sounds – and now I finally have a space that feels truly mine.
Looking forward to new film music and sonic experiments here.
Is anyone else here working with prepared piano...
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- 1 year ago
yes! i do! i love piano! its my pleasure to play that instrument
- 1 year ago
Beautiful setup!!!
- 12 months ago
Paul Timmich, congratulations on the new studio, it looks and sounds like a labor of love and creative vision. That feeling of having a space that’s truly your own can be such a catalyst for fresh wor...
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- 12 months ago
Looks like good mic techniques for the Piano. I've seen a live view where a 2nd mic is placed underneath the piano - for Live use. Sometimes two mics inside the piano for Studio.
- 12 months ago
Paul Timmich Stunning studio! I definitely have unconventional techniques. I'm sure most would laugh. But I do what I can with what I have. And it works :) Most of the time......
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Scores for TV Series
It may just be me, but it seems that the quality of soundtracks for many high-profile series varies tremendously. I'm an admirer of the work of both the composers who write for A Handmaid's Tale and Blacklist, but to my ears they seem worlds apart in terms of uniqueness, individuality and even continuity. What are your thoughts?
- 12 months ago
I take your point Dylan, but this seems to indicate a concerning trend. After all, if clients are content with 'musical wallpaper', then AI can easily generate this without any need to step outside the safe box. Where will this leave the human composer I wonder?
- 12 months ago
wow Dylan Lee , sounds like school music programs (sadly as well). Yes, hope we are safe. Know the composing industry is competitive, though working with Producers and Filmmakers help us with what the...
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The Music Behind Netflix’s Forever: Let’s Talk Sync, Tone & Emotion
If you’ve been watching the new Netflix series Forever, you already know that music plays a huge role in its storytelling. From setting the tone of pivotal scenes to capturing the emotional undercurrents of its characters, the song choices are deeply intentional, and they’re getting a lot of attenti...
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Spatial Symbolism in Horror – 59 sec. analysis of Shining & Hereditary
I’m a composer and visual symbolism researcher, and I’ve started a new 59-second video series where I explore cinema through the lens of the Tarot’s Major Arcana.
This first episode reflects on Shining and Hereditary, focusing on how both films use geometrical framing, camera movement and spatial iso...
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Hey Monobjo, this is Lindsay from the Stage 32 team. I just wanted to let you know I moved your post from Cinematography to Composing, as it fits much better there. Let me know if you have any questions, and all the best to you!
Hi Lindsay, thank you for your message and for taking the time to move the post.
I just wanted to clarify that this video isn’t focused on composing or music scoring. It’s a symbolic visual analysis of...
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Believe in the Power of Connections
For my birthday, I treated myself to a theater showing of Mission: Impossible. The monologue at the end was brilliant. The soundtrack, as always, was beautiful. I especially loved the flute at the end. I won’t discuss the rest unless you haven’t seen it yet.
What I will say is that it beautifully de...
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Shining & Hereditary – A 59 sec. film analysis through Tarot archetypes and sound
Hi everyone,
I’m a composer and a student of esotericism, and I recently launched a short-form video series (59 seconds each) where I explore iconic films through the symbolic lens of the Major Arcana of the Tarot.
This first episode focuses on Shining and Hereditary, not only as visual works, but as...
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How to Train Your Dragon Composer John Powell Returns to the Skies!
John Powell, the brilliant composer behind How to Train Your Dragon, returned to score the live-action adaptation of the beloved animated film. In this new Hollywood Reporter interview, he dives into his creative process, his relationship with the original themes, and how he’s evolving the music for...
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“Scoring With FREE Stuff” full Walkthrough
Hey all, I’m just following up on something I posted a couple of weeks ago regarding scoring a short film with only free software. It was just the short film itself at that time.
Now I have a full session walkthrough up on that FREE Stuff project, and a Free resource pack as well for those who want a...
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- 1 year ago
I texted you on instagram :)
- 1 year ago
Julia Maria Kolasińska been great messaging with you! Thanks again!
Mobygratis.com
Hi there,
I came across this news-bite from Moby himself, about free music for filmmakers. Along with 500 new songs there are also multi-tracks, which can be mixed/remixed for your projects.
I hope you find this helpful. Let me know what you think.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1908257809991220...
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- 1 year ago
its interesting. I always feel like a thief and not well with my ethic to do something like that, even if it's for fun. Its not like I don't use songs, but I just feel like its harder to feel that I r...
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- 1 year ago
Julia Maria Kolasińska Hi Julia, thanks for your comment. I can see what you mean, I think, for as a Director I would need a personal connection with the composer when finding/creating music for a fil...
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- 1 year ago
yeah, I think here is a point: If you wanna be realistic or just artistic or know where your balance point is. Depends on general situation in life, projects and aspiration you have different ideas, s...
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What's your favorite musical moment?
Something that gives you chills every time. Something you'll never get tired of hearing.
- 1 year ago
The Jaws theme, Kat Spencer.
- 1 year ago
To be honest, some of my own songs do that every time I hear them. Songs I wrote such as Meow for Now, a song of heartbreak and loss. The same for my song The Silence Said Enough which is also about l...
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- 1 year ago
Many such moments…lately though I’ve been revisiting Holst’s Neptune:The Mystic, and that moment not long after the 4 min mark when the single note of the sopranos come in and hold over the orchestra…...
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- 1 year ago
I do not get chills, but I do get pleasure every time I watch Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984). It is such a joyful and fun blend of music with New Wave competing against more traditional rock. It is a tasty slice of B movie heaven.
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Sad to hear - I watched some of those episodes growing up.
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Florin Şumălan Oh that is sad :(
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Thank you for sharing this, Florin Şumălan!