How to use storytelling, structure, and musical psychology to craft powerful film cues. If you're trying to score a scene but keep...

Fun Fact: Despite the popularity of its famous soundtrack, only about a third of Interstellar actually contains music Silence can be...

Turn your melody into a story the audience can feel. Why Most Themes Fall Flat (and How to Fix It) Catchy melodies are everywhere, but...

One of the most common mistakes I see newer film composers make is this: They write music that perfectly matches how the character ...

In film scoring, your job isn't just to support what's happening now . It's to guide the audience through how a character changes and...

It's not just about major and minor TL;DR Harmony is your strongest tool for shaping valence — the brightness or darkness of an emotion....

Why writing music for your character isn't always the right move. TL;DR Most composers write music to match what the character is...

Why Valence, Energy, & Storytelling Matter More than Just "Minor Chords" TL;DR Writing powerful, sad music isn't just about using...

And how to turn them into emotional storytelling tools TL; DR Music theory can help you build technically correct chord progressions —...

By far, the single most important role of a film or videogame composer is to enhance the emotional experience of their audience. Whether...

Chord Relationships, or “CRs” for short, are a somewhat obscure but supremely helpful concept to learn (in my own opinion). They are...