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Gateway Scores: Men in Black

By   /  July 2, 2009  /  Composition  /   Comments

When Jai asked us to write a Blog this week on the score that got us into the business, or at least opened our eyes to the industry, I was reminded of something I was once told in an interview I had done with a composer called Andrew Sigler. I keep coming back to this [...]

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Gateway Scores: Star Wars (Episode IV)

By   /  June 29, 2009  /  Composition  /   Comments

Strangely enough, it was quite a while before I owned an actual score album for Star Wars. My parents, in a moment of thrifty but well-intentioned genius, brought home the Electric Moog Orchestra LP for my consumption instead (!). I still have that album, by the way. Maybe it was a sign, because I’ve been [...]

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Virtual Instruments vs. Real Orchestra

By   /  May 29, 2009  /  Orchestration  /   Comments

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We all know that an increasing proportion of music produced for media can be made on our computers, using all manner of virtual instruments and tools. Much music made this way is accepted by listeners, and for some, no doubt, even preferred. At the other end of the spectrum, a lot of music is still [...]

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SCOREcast 6: Managing a Live Session

By   /  February 8, 2007  /  Recording & Prep, The SCOREcast Podcast Show  /   Comments

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Podcasting straight from the frozen tundra of Portland, Oregon, Deane is busy this week auditioning players for an album project at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, and took the opportunity in this episode to answer some listener mail about working with orchestras.

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