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Christopher Willis on scoring “The Personal History of David Copperfield”

August 22, 2020September 2, 2020

We have a two-part podcast interview with composer Christopher Willis. We talk with Chris about his score to the movie “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and its fresh take on familiar musical ideas, and break down Chris’s music preparation process on a film from orchestration to copying.

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Notes to Notes, a real-world guide for the professional music creator

May 28, 2020November 21, 2020

Tristan Noon’s e-book Notes to Notes: The Ultimate Guide to Business in Film & TV Music is a comprehensive and approachable guide to the music business, conveyed from the perspective of real-world experience.

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Preparing David Newman’s Matilda score for live orchestra

June 12, 2017July 13, 2018

David Newman’s score to the 1996 Danny DeVito movie Matilda, with its energy, whimsy, and sweetness, is a favorite among film score enthusiasts. Learn what it took to prepare the music for a recent premiere with live orchestra.

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Sheet music: The map to your score

April 11, 2017July 13, 2018

Composer and orchestrator Jeremy Borum shares his tips and tricks about sheet music preparation that may help streamline your process to achieve the fastest and most accurate way to get from raw MIDI to a printed score, regardless of what DAW or notation software you use.

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Exclusive e-book excerpt: From DAW to Score

March 4, 2017May 27, 2020

Composer, orchestrator, and copyist Tristan Noon’s new e-book, From DAW to Score, is now available. We have an exclusive excerpt from the book on our blog — and a special discount code as well.

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Summer reading list from the Sibelius blog

June 25, 2014

Grab a cool drink and your favorite e-reader, and head to the beach with a roundup of some of the most popular blog posts from the past six months.

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Exclusive: Bruce Broughton on his rescinded Oscar nomination for “Alone Yet Not Alone”, songwriting, and Sibelius

January 30, 2014March 30, 2014

We have an exclusive interview with the composer whose song was nominated for an Oscar, only to be withdrawn by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences over allegations of inside baseball.

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Michael Bacon’s “Good Fortune” with Sibelius

December 9, 2013March 30, 2014

Emmy-winning composer Michael Bacon talks to the blog about his film scoring process, technique, aesthetic, and use of Sibelius in his new score to the film profiling the legendary Morgenthau family.

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Joseph Trapanese scores “Oblivion” in Sibelius

April 19, 2013March 30, 2014

I recently caught up with “Oblivion” composer Joseph Trapanese and veteran music preparer Booker White to learn more about what went into making the score to this blockbuster Tom Cruise film.

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Film composer Ryan Leach on Sibelius: “It’s so much easier than Finale”

January 5, 2012January 6, 2012

Film composer Ryan Leach has posted on his blog a list of the software he uses in his studio for his work on commercial films, TV and video game projects. He’s been involved for some time with Remote Control Productions, Hans Zimmer’s music production shop, and was assistant on movies including The Dark Knight and The […]

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