“Shore’s music is known for its rich orchestration and its ability to evoke strong emotions in the listener. He often uses leitmotifs, or recurring themes, to help tell the story of the film. “ A Glimpse into Howard Shore’s Life Born on October 18, 1946, in Toronto, Canada, Howard Shore displayed a prodigious musical talent … Read more
Cover Photo by Nadiia Ganzhyi Introduction In Western music, a mode is a permutation of a scale. To play a mode, we reorder the notes of the scale such that you begin and end on a note that isn’t the tonic. This rearrangement yields an entirely new scale – a “mode” – with its own … Read more
Cover Photo by James Kovin While the majority of our posts have primarily focused on music theory (particularly harmony), today we’re shifting our focus to mixing. More specifically, we’ll be examining the use of audio analyzer plugins, which are powerful tools that enhance the quality and precision of your audio production. This post isn’t an … Read more
Photo by Marius Masalar This post was brought to you in collaboration with our partner site Behind the Score. Discover the Harmony Secrets of Modern Film and Video Games. Introduction and Polychord Our next section explores a few ways to create uncertainty and suspense in music. There are many quick-and-easy orchestration tricks, including high-string sustains, tremolos, timpani rolls, designed … Read more
Cover Photo by Luana Azevedo This post was brought to you in collaboration with our partner site Behind the Score. Discover the Harmony Secrets of Modern Film and Video Games. Both polyrhythms and polymeters, as the name suggests, are techniques of combining two different rhythms, which are played simultaneously in one musical moment. When two contrasting rhythms are played … Read more
