Showing posts with label Post Production. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Post Production. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 August 2022

How to Compose Music for Film and TV

1. Music Composition Basics

Music composition is the process of composing original pieces of music for use in films, TV shows, video games and commercials etc. There are many different ways to go about composing music for these types of projects. One way is to start with a theme and then write variations on that theme. Another method is to start with a mood and chord progressions and then write melodies that fit that mood. A third option is to start with a scene and then write a melody that fits that scene.

2. Film Scoring Basics

Film scoring is the process of writing original music for use in movies. In order to do this properly, you need to understand how sound works in film. Sound in film is created using two primary methods: recording and editing. Recording refers to capturing sounds directly onto tape or digital audio files. Editing refers to manipulating those recordings to create the final product.

3. Writing for Film

Writing for film involves taking a script, or working with the visuals and breaking down each scene with the film director to discuss his or her musical vision. This is known as the 'spotting session'. Each character 'could' have their own unique musical motif. What's important is that the music supports or accentuates any dialogue or emotional context.

4. Orchestration

Orchestrating means arranging various instruments together to make a complete piece of music. When orchestrating, keep in mind that each instrument has its own range of pitch and volume. You'll want to find a balance between the instruments' ranges and volumes and balance them harmonically and tonally.

5. Mixing

Mixing is the process of combining several tracks of recorded music into one cohesive track. You'll want to listen to the finished mix and make any necessary adjustments before sending it off.

6. Recording Studio Basics

The recording studio is where the actual recording takes place. Studios vary in size, equipment, and cost. However, no matter what type of studio you choose, you'll need to know how to operate it or have an engineer on hand.

7. Post-Production Basics

Post-production is the process of making changes to a completed project after it has been mixed and mastered. This includes things like adding special effects, changing the length of a song, or adding additional vocals.


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Monday, 17 June 2019

♫ Production Music Library, Vol. 4 - Tracksonix



Track Listing:

1. "A Mystery Unfolds"
Mysterious, suspenseful and dark eerie dramatic music tension unfolds featuring dark synthesizers, piano, harp, strings, bending trombones, percussion, Indian drones and scraping metallic sounds. Ideal for edge of the seat underscore drama, nighttime scenes, horror, psychological thrillers and film scores. Cinematic, ominous driving instrumental background music with a thrilling sense of urgency and building tension that resolves to a calmer outro.

2. "Corporate Technology"

3. "Let’s Talk"
Beautiful, pensive and emotional tinkling piano and strings background instrumental film music ideal for underscoring a romantic or heartfelt narrative.

4. "Backyard Buddies (Instrumental)"

5. "Evil Darkness"
Suspenseful evil darkness builds in this intense and dark ambient cinematic instrumental. Orchestral strings, synthesizers, brass clusters, dramatic percussion and metallic scraping sounds resonate within a haunting, terrifying and menacing tension bed. Mysterious, ominous and foreboding background film score music with a disturbing edge of seat mood.

6. "Funky CPR"
Upbeat, quirky and funky groove with a retro and vintage funk pop positive mood. Featuring groovy bass guitar, wah wah guitar, percussion and heart monitor beeps. Cool, energetic, fun and happy optimistic music. Ideal for advertising, corporate videos, transitions, summer or a generic background music bed.

7. "A Sad Story"
Sad, emotional and touching piano and orchestral film music. Romantic, sentimental and pensive with a yearning for acceptance, validation and love. Music expresses what cannot be said. Ideal for scenes related to romance, death, lovers, a funeral, illness, sickness and sorrow.

8. "Goodnight Bollywood"
Ethnic Indian tabla, strings and optimistic piano music gradually transitioning into the peaceful night. Luminescent, flowing, tender and heartwarming. Ideal for a transition from day to night time or for a travel documentary. Percussive intro leading to a calm, relaxed and serene end of day sun down resolution.

9. "Retribution"
Classical, minimalistic and progressive instrumental music bed with an inquisitive and mysterious yet emotional mood. Ideal for a documentary or background music for a drama series or film. Other uses may include crime, nature, travel and thoughtful scenes. A modern chamber ensemble featuring neo classical piano, pizzicato strings, glockenspiel and upright bass.

10. "Aftermath"
Ominous, dark and foreboding strings accompanied by an Indian Esraj and low piano notes portraying a doomed, cinematic and grave aftermath. Sinister, evil, gloomy and eerie orchestral instrumental with a flavour of India. Disturbing, bleak and dreary underscore.

11. "Who Cares"
Quirky and playful instrumental background music.

12. "Dreaming of Home"
Sentimental, relaxed and emotional orchestral underscore music. Instilling hope, beauty and a touching heartfelt emotive mood along with sadness and nostalgic thoughts. Music builds to a brighter resolution. Ideal for romantic, thoughtful and pensive scenes with a passionate and bittersweet undercurrent. Instrumentation features piano, strings, synth, harp, oboe and french horn.

13. "Blood of the Dead"
Suspenseful, dark and foreboding cinematic orchestral film music. Ominous, menacing and chilling instrumental music ideal for a tense thriller, horror suspense scene or Halloween with a dramatic, sinister, gloomy and eerie undercurrent. Watch out, evil tension is looming!

14. "Forgive Me"
Emotional, touching and heartfelt film music expressing a yearning for pity, mercy and absolution. Sparse sentimental piano, strings and bassoon beg for forgiveness in this poignant romantic and emotive heart-rending score. Expressing disappointed anguish, despair and grieving for a loved one.

15. "Frisky Kids"
Bouncy, happy and energetic fun kids instrumental music rising harmonically to create a feeling of progression. Playful, upbeat and cheerful background music ideal for any jovial cartoon, comedic or perky video production accompaniment. Excited children’s music with a range of moods covered from uplifting, playful, whimsical, bright, cheerful, inspiring, optimistic, cheeky, comical, quirky, cartoon, cheery to amusing. Lighthearted underscore with a merry, jolly, wacky, goofy, crazy, amusing, comedy, gag, hilarious feel. Ideal as a joke theme with a silly, lively, joyful, perky, smiley, chirpy, carefree, happy go lucky, sprightly, vivacious and sunny disposition. Instrumentation features piano, flute, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, orchestral percussion, drums, harp, piccolo, clarinet, tambourine and bassoon.

16. "Haunted Halloween"
Haunted and spooky theremin instrumental Halloween music with a dark, creepy and scary suspenseful mood. Ideal for Halloween horror, trick or treat and frightening productions drawing on influences from John Carpenter and Danny Elfman. Loopable instrumental in C Minor. Mysterious, evil, ghastly and spine-chilling music expressing suspense, tension and a foreboding demonic presence.

17. "Indian Adventure"
Indian orchestral film music underscore with ethnic instruments ideal for an emotional and beautiful adventure in India with western orchestra influences. Instruments featured include tabla, sitar, strings, flute, oboe and harp. Asian fusion ethnic instrumental music.

18. "Raindrops"
Relaxing, ambient and peaceful new age instrumental music for healing, chronic fatigue, anxiety, yoga, mindfulness, reiki, massage, stress, reflexology, sleep disorders and other relaxation techniques. The tempo and emotional mood of this background instrumental is designed to encourage breathing and heart rate to slow down. Raindrops beautiful instrumental music to boost physical and emotional health whilst promoting inner peace and healing the soul. Ideal for nature, sleep, night time, calmness, massage, spa music, slow and sentimental tranquil productions.

19. "Looming Evil"
Dark ambient suspenseful cinematic music bed building to an intense, disturbing and scary climax. Instrumentation features orchestral strings swells, synthesisers, evil wailing metallic scraping, ambient synth pads, percussive hits, bending trombones and tubular bells. This chilling and mysterious soundscape is easy to loop, edit or extend to a tension build if required. Ideal for a psychological thriller TV drama, horror film score or twisted video game soundtrack. Creepy, tense and gory nightmare instrumental music with a distressing, looming and harrowing undercurrent.

20. "Sentimental Romance"
Romantic, sentimental and emotional piano classical film music. Touching, light and heartfelt emotive instrumental ideal for slow background music during intimate, thoughtful and melancholy scenes. Beautiful, gentle and slow sorrowful music ideal for heartbreak or loss of a loved one.

21. "Indian Mystery"
Mysterious, apprehensive and foreboding background instrumental film music with ethnic Indian instruments and ominous western orchestral elements. Sinister, evil and cinematic orchestra with a dark uneasy and edge of the seat mood. Instrumentation features tabla from India, strings, tambura, sitar, harp, brass and piano.

22. "They're All Gone"
Emotional, touching and heartfelt orchestral film music with a sense of calm yet inquisitive sad loneliness. Sad emotive instrumental background music expressing a thoughtful mind with sorrow and a pensive sentimental yearning. Instrumentation features strings, french horn, harp, piano, clarinet and flute.

23. "Uncle Bill (Instrumental)"
Fun, playful and upbeat children’s music instrumental background music bed.

24. "Deeper Dreams"
Relaxing, dreamy and hypnotic music with a fusion of electronic and acoustic instruments for a totally ambient chill out. Relaxation music to calm the body and mind and promote healing. This music is very popular with those suffering with anxiety and stress. Calming new age music that allows time to slow down; reduce stress and anxiety with this soothing, relaxing music. "Deeper Dreams" is ideal for healing (both physical and emotional), meditation, yoga, mindfulness, reiki healing, massage, reflexology, and other relaxation techniques. It is highly effective at inducing sleep and can be used as a way to help your brain get into a meditative state. The slow tempo and musical structure encourages the heart rate and breathing to slow down. This calming music is even more effective if you can listen with headphones on. Use 'Deeper Dreams' to help you combat negativity and a wide range of uncomfortable symptoms and sensations. Allow yourself some time to slow down; relieve stress and anxiety with this calming, relaxing music. Sit down (or lie down), close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and concentrate on the music to clear your mind. Be kind to yourself.

25. "Pensive Theory"
Pensive, sentimental and sorrowful piano and flute classical romantic music with a lonely, forlorn and sincere mood. Heartbroken, isolated and unhappy with a hopeless outlook. Depressed, compassionate and alone.

26. "Jana Gana Mana National Anthem India"
Indian national anthem Jana Gana Mana. Stirring traditional orchestral patriotic, gentle and anthemic royalty free music building and rising to a resolution. Originally composed and produced by Ram Singh Thakuri and Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal, India. Arranged by Jon Brooks. Ideal for royalty and regal background music and underscore use. 

27. "Please Stay"
Sentimental, emotional and heartfelt classical instrumental film music with an underlying sense of sorrow leading to a bright and happier resolution. Featuring piano, strings, synth, french horn and clarinet. Romantic, delicate and thoughtful background music bed.

28. "Silver Lining"
Calming new age music that allows time to slow down; reduce stress and anxiety with this soothing, relaxing music. Relaxing, dreamy and hypnotic music with a fusion of electronic and acoustic instruments for a totally ambient chill out. Relaxation music to calm the body and mind and promote healing. This music is very popular with those suffering with anxiety and stress. "Deeper Dreams" is ideal for healing (both physical and emotional), meditation, yoga, mindfulness, reiki healing, massage, reflexology, and other relaxation techniques. It is highly effective at inducing sleep and can be used as a way to help your brain get into a meditative state. The slow tempo and musical structure encourages the heart rate and breathing to slow down. This calming music is even more effective if you can listen with headphones on. Use 'Deeper Dreams' to help you combat negativity and a wide range of uncomfortable symptoms and sensations. Allow yourself some time to slow down; relieve stress and anxiety with this calming, relaxing music. Sit down (or lie down), close your eyes, take a few deep breaths and concentrate on the music to clear your mind. Be kind to yourself.

29. "Horn Sound"
Every sound in this composition, from the melodic to the percussive, the atmospheric effects to the bass originates from a Paxman French Horn. 

30. "Thoughtful"
Emotional and sentimental instrumental music with echoes of the past. Dreamy, thoughtful, pensive and slow. Reflecting the goodness of the innate kindness of human nature. Instrumentation features piano, harp, woodwind, vocal ahhs, percussion, french horn and strings. Starting with a sad and reflective theme, it builds to an airy and positive solution. Ideal for depicting dreams, nostalgia, Valentine’s Day lovers and memories of the past.


Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Film and TV Composer - Showreel

JON BROOKS - Film and TV Music Composer - Showreel

Click on the links below to watch and listen to the demos, thank you!

ADVERTS (TV / CINEMA)
BOUNTY “Massage” BBDO Moscow (Dir. Henry Ooi)
MALAYSIA AIRLINES “Independence” Leo Burnett (Dir. Al Isaac)
PROTON Satria Neo “Desire” TBWA Malaysia (Dir. Brad Hogarth)
PETRONAS “Racer” M&C Saatchi (Reservoir Productions)
UAE “Raise the Flag” (Dir. Anwar Al Amin)
SILVERSTONE “The Science of Full Contact” Euro RSCG (Dir. Brian Lucknasuwan)
UAE “Hot Air Balloon” (Dir. Anwar Al Amin)

ANIMATION:

SONGS:
Ghost (Ben Gerrard) (Private link)

INSTRUMENTALS:
Stone Cold (Electronic Acoustic Instrumental)
Cosmic Butterflies (Electronic Music)
Seventh Heaven (Relaxing Music)
Believe In Me (Violin and Orchestra)
James Bond (Pastiche) (007 Style Music)
Malaysia Truly Asia (Suruling and Orchestra)

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC (Dramatic/Epic):
Army of Doom (Epic Orchestral Music)
Beyond (Dramatic Orchestral Music)
The Confrontation (Trailer Music)
Once Upon A Time (Disney Style Music)
Metamorphosis (Orchestral Instrumental)
New World (Dramatic Orchestral Music)

CORPORATE VIDEOS:

Thursday, 9 January 2014

Jon Brooks - Recording Studio - Music and Audio Production


Music and Audio Production for Film, Television, Artists & Advertising
Jon Brooks - Recording Studio
(Stockport - Manchester - United Kingdom)

Jon Brooks - Music Production for Film, Television, Artists and Advertising.

Control Room
Fully isolated, floating floor, air conditioned and acoustically treated.

Recording Studio - Control Room - Jon Brooks

Vocal Booth
Fully isolated, floating floor, air conditioned and acoustically treated.

Vocal / Instrumental Booth - Recording Studio - Jon Brooks
Kitchen, Toilet, Store Room, Video and Green Screen Facilities are also available.


Studio Gear: (Hardware / Software)

Computers:

Apple Mac Pro (8 Core Intel Xeon, 12GB Ram, Mac OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard)
Apple Mac Book Pro (2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram)

Display Monitoring:

BenQ 24" LED Monitor (x2)

Protection Keys /  Dongles

Syncrosoft Vienna Key
iLok Key

Audio Interface: 

RME Fireface 800

Audio Monitoring:

Genelec 8040a (Pair)
PreSonus Central Station
PreSonus CSR-1 Central Station Remote Control
PreSonus HP60 Heaphone Amp
Technics RP-F880 Headphones
SM Pro Audio Q-Series Headphone Amp
Sony MDR7506 Headphones
Condenser/Dynamic
Microphones:

Shure SM57 (x2)
Audio Technica AT4050SM
Zoom H2n Handy Recorder (inc. H2n Accessory Pack)

Midi Keyboard/
Controller & Pedal:

Akai Professional MPK88
Korg DS-1H Pedal

Instruments:

French Horn (Paxman 25m - Full Double - Gold Brass)
Trumpet (Boosey & Co. A/Bb)
Saxophone
Electric Guitar
Acoustic Guitar
Penny Whistle
Recorder
Jews Harp
Stylophone™
Coconut Shaker (My brother made it for me!)

Miscellaneous
Hardware:

LaCie External Firewire Drive 40GB
Creative MuVo Tx FM
Seagate GoFlex 1TB External Hard Drive
Samsung S2 500GB Portable Hard Drive
Software Samples and Plugins:

Abbey Road 60s Drums
Absynth 5
Acoustic Reflections
Action Drums
Action Drums: Cinematic Edition
Action Drums: One Hundred
Action Drums: Taiko Edition
Action Toms V1
Action Toms V2
Antares Auto-Tune Evo AU
Arturia Minimoog V Original
Battery 3
Beat Bandit
Berlin Concert Grand
Big Bad Bass Guitar
Big Bad Bass Guitar V2
Big Bad Bass Guitar V2 Direct
Big Bad Guitars
Big Bad Guitars Direct
Big Bad Guitars V2
Big Bad Guitars V2 Direct
Chroma Rex
Chroma Rex Textured Guitars
Cinesamples: Drums Of War
Controller Editor
Duo - Mbira
Duo - Steel Tongue
Duo - Tingklik
East West: Fab Four
East West: Ministry of Rock
East West: Ra
East West: Silk
East West: Stormdrum 2 Bundle
East West: Symphonic Choirs Bundle
East West: Symphonic Orchestra Platinum
Electronic Guitars - Best of
Ethno World 2
EXS Factory Samples
Final Cut Express
FM8
Fireface Mixer
Funky Rex Guitars
Global Hand - West Africa
G-Town Church Samples
Guitaret - Nine Volt Audio
Guitar Rig 4 Pro
Komplete 7
Kontakt 4
Kontakt Player 2
Kore Player
Latin Groove Factory V.1 Afro-Cuban
Logic Pro 9
Logic Pro X
Mainstage 2
Massive
Melodic Rex
Metal Guitar Amped
Metal Guitar Direct
Modern Songwriter
New York Concert Grand
Nine Volt Audio Bonus
Organ Explosion
Philharmonia Orchestra
Pop Rock Guitars
Pop Rock Guitars Direct
Project Sam: Symphobia
Project Sam: Symphobia 2
Project Sam: Trombones
Project Sam: True Strike (Cinematic Orchestral Percussion)
Project Sam: True Strike 2 (Cinematic World & Effects Perc)
Project Sam: Trumpets
Project Sam: Tuba Lite
Rammfire
Reaktor 5
Reaktor Prism
Reaktor Spark R2
Reflector
Rig Kontrol 3
Sabroso
Salsa All Stars
Scarbee A-200
Scarbee Clavinet Pianet
Scarbee MM-Bass
Scarbee Mark I
Serato Pitch 'n Time LE
Shimmer and Shake
Soundtrack Pro 3
Spectrasonics: Omnisphere
Spectrasonics: Stylus RMX Xpanded
Stickbreakers Vol. 1 Tom Edition
Stickbreakers Vol. 2 Ten Man Taiko
Stickbreakers Vol. 3 Sync'd Cymbals Plus
Stylin Basslines Electric
Stylin Basslines Synth
Synthogy Ivory II American Concert D
Textural Rex
Textured Guitars
The Beat Aesthetic
The Beat Aesthetic: Taiko Edition
The Finger R2
Toontrack Superior Drummer 2.0
Traktors 12
Upright Piano
Vienna Concert Grand
Vienna Symphonic Library Standard Edition +
Vienna Symphonic Library Extended Edition +
Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Imperial Piano
Vienna Symphonic Library Vienna Suite
Vintage Organs
Wizoo Strings
Wordbuilder (Play)
Zero-G Garageband Collection

Sunday, 6 November 2011

Bounty Massage - The Taste of Paradise




I composed and produced this music for a Russian Bounty chocolate commercial in 2006.   It was broadcast on T.V. and in the cinema.  Mars Bounty Trio "Massage".  The TVC was shot Malaysia.

Please comment, like, share and subscribe.  Thanks for your support.

Advertising Agency: BBDO Moscow
Director: Henry Ooi
Guitar: Adam Ismail
Vocals: Michelle Lee
Music Composer: Jon Brooks

This music is subject to copyright and is provided for demonstration purposes only. © 2009 Jon Brooks.

For additional information or more music, please visit my website: http://www.jonbrooks.co.uk

Feel free to check out my YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jonbrookscomposer
Thanks for watching!
Hope you like it.

Friday, 22 October 2010

"Sphere" - Experimental Music




I programmed this in Logic Pro.  It's not written in my usual style.  It's more contemporary and experimental combined with a little sound design.

"Sphere" Experimental Contemporary Avant Garde Music

For additional information or more music, please visit my website: http://www.jonbrooks.co.uk

YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jonbrookscomposer

This music is subject to copyright and is provided for demonstration purposes only.  © 2009 Jon Brooks.

Some of my musical influences include: Jerry Goldsmith, Gustav Mahler, Danny Elfman, R. Strauss, John Williams, James Newton-Howard, Wagner, Debussy, Patrick Doyle, Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams, Bill Conti, Sibelius, Elgar, Klaus Badelt, Michael Giacchino, Aerosmith, Elliot Goldenthal, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Horner, Def Leppard, Michael Kamen, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Christopher Young, Gabriel Yared, Bon Jovi, Debbie Wiseman, Shirley Walker, Brian Tyler, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore, The Beach Boys, Marc Shaiman, Wishbone Ash, Graeme Revell, John Powell, Mozart, Rachel Portman, Michael Nyman...... and many more!!!

Thank you for listening!
Hope you like it.