Film score – Heather Fenoughty

7 April 20095 December 2024

Composing Film Music Tips: Imperfection

black and white image of vintage condenser microphone for voice

I'm continuing this series of tips for composing music with a post about imperfection. I've been trawling through the ol' music back catalogue to add to the new Music Store. It's been a real trip down memory lane, listening to tracks I created when fresh out of music college. (Edit: As of August 2010 the …

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13 October 200822 March 2022

Is Film Music Art or Just Low-Brow Commercial Fluff?

close up microphone in front of an audience

Is any music that is created for a purpose, other than that of it's own existence, art? Is film music art, or theatre music, or advert music, or music that appears on a CD-Rom presentation, or accompanying a website promo film, or music on a trailer? Even if the music's primary purpose is purely commercial - to sell that product or promote another - does that preclude its intrinsic value as art?

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2 October 200815 January 2025

Tips for Composing Music With A Computer

Composing on a computer sequencer with software/outboard synthesizers and samples is quite a bit different to composing for real instruments. There's no substitute for an orchestra when that's the sound you want. However, if you think of your kit as something other than an orchestra-in-a-box, and write instead to its strengths, you might not ever …

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