Writing Music for Film: Horns

There are a couple of things we’re pretty much guaranteed when it comes to Hollywood film scores; the soaring strings through an emotional love scene, and the blasting of the horns through an epic action scene.  For some composers, the use of horns in modern scores is used so much, it’s almost overdone. Today we’ll…

Soundtracks: The Rebirth of the Concept Album

Image via Wikipedia There was a time when the idea of a concept album was huge. It was the equivalent of going on a musical journey with your favorite artist. It went beyond the idea of just having ‘hits’ and ‘singles’ to the idea that music should be a journey and an experience. These days…