Do you compose inside the box or deliberately outside it?
Rules, structure, theory... or pure instinct and feeling?
Composing : Are you a rebel? by Kat Spencer
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Pure instinct and feeling. But when I'm blocked and don't know where to go, that's where falling back on theory can help .But I learned a mantra when I was in college: "If it sounds good, it IS good." There are no rules. Just what sounds good.
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I'm pure instinct but only after my rituals
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I most certainly Agree with the others. We doneedno stinking rules!
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Love that Dylan Lee!
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Haha Mike Hall - you know I never follow them!
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With a Rebel yell. :~). ha ha . It's my R&R coming out.
More of an Pop Rock / Jazz and RnB guy now.
I usually go with what's on screen - writing to what's there.
Though, this last Gravity scene from this class, I decided to use a lot of Minor chords, and near the end, - used a real tense chord - actually Poly chord - and it did work well for extra tense scene. M. Whittaker's class, he says - anything goes, ... and he said ...
keep same tempo throughout; you can always double time and use 1/2 time.
Learning lots.
The music examples given for the H. Potter short scene helped at the end.
It's up on my website and YouTube page - under Film Music examples.