
The Hollywood Method
Scoring for Pictures, Television and Video Games.
This course focuses on the harmony of media music (film, games, TV), in addition you will get a lot of tips regarding orchestration, melodies and how to deal with sample libraries.
Here you will find the harmonic concepts you know from many films by composers such as Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman, Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Thomas Newman, Alan Silvestri, and many others. This harmonic language is also found in games, trailers, and other areas of media music such as theater and advertising.
The course assists you in storytelling through music, this means understanding which techniques are necessary for composing each emotion and mood.
In the course, I use the concept of practical harmony, I explain the techniques to improve your musical vocabulary.
Keywords: Hollywood Harmony, Music Theory for Media Composer, Scoring for Films
- 1. Warm Up
- 2. Diatonic Harmony
- 3. Emotional Harmony
- 4. Spice Up Your Harmony
- 4.1. Non-Chord Tones 1
- 4.1. Non-Chord Tones 2
- 4.3. Counterlines
- 5. Magic Modes
- 5.1. The Dorian Mode
- 5.2. The Lydian Mode
- 5.3. The Phrygian Mode
- 5.4. The Phrygian Major Mode
- 5.5. The Mixolydian Mode
- 6. Chromatic Harmony
- 6.1. Chromatic Mediants
- 6.2. Tritone Harmony
- 6.3. Storytelling with Harmony
- 7. Harmonic Directions
- 8. Chords and Colors
- 8.1. Hichtcock Chord
- 8.2. The b13 Sound
- 8.3. Cluster
- 8.4. Polychords
- 8.5. Compound Chords
- 8.6. Add Notes
- 8.7. Augmented Realities
- 9. Film Scales
- 9.1. Hexatonic Wholetone
- 9.2. Hexatonic Augmented
- 9.3 Octatonic
- 10. Romantic Universe
Warm Up
Diatonic Harmony
Emotional Harmony
Spice Up Your Harmony
Non-Chord Tones 1
Non-Chord Tones
Counterlines
Magic Modes
Dorian
The Lydian Mode
Phrygian
The Phrygian Major Mode
Mixolydian
Chromatic Harmony
Chromatic Mediants
Tritone Harmony
Storytelling with Harmony
Harmonic Directions
Chords and Colors
The Hitchcock Chord
The b13 Sound
Cluster
Polychords
Compound Chords
Add Notes
Augmented Realities
Film Scales
Hexatonic Wholetone
Hexatonic Augmented
Octatonic
10. Romantic Universe