Great Composition and Orchestration Resources

Writing successfully for Christian films involves constantly improving your skills. Inspiration is one aspect of what goes into a great composition. The other is the knowledge and expertise we gain when we study works by other successful composers. It is not enough to simply just come up with a nice melody line, but more so than just writing ’songs’, the music has to flow well and complement what is happening on the screen.

One of the premiere suppliers of study materials for composers and orchestrators is Peter Alexander’s TrueSpec Systems. You will find a wealth of resources that are truly helpful and go beyond what one might learn in a college class. I especially highly recommend the Professional Orchestration series that Peter has put together.

Check them out and you will find that he has done major work in classifying and gathering orchestral score examples that let you study musical devices so often found in the great film scores of our time.