#music-composition

How a Complete Beginner Started Winning Composition Contests — Meet ChordCanvas

Introduction

Sibelius vs Mahler

and why their debate still matters

The Best Movie Score Soundtracks EVER

The Scores — and the composers — who defined movie soundtrack writing for me.

AI Music Is Okay… But I’m Not Impressed Yet

I have been experimenting with AI music tools recently, including ElevenMusic, and I’ll be honest: I’m not overly impressed.

Why AI Can’t Replace the Game Composer. Yet...

Games Don’t Need Tracks. They Need Systems.

Scoring Atmospheric Tension: Building Suspenseful Soundscapes with Minimalist Prepared Piano

Five Principles of Eerie Music

From a UX designer learning how to score Horror — through analysing what works and pulling out fundamental principles. TLDR: Don’t create…

Why a Personal Song Is the Most Meaningful Gift You Can Give

We’ve all given gifts that were appreciated for a moment, then quietly faded into the background. A nice shirt, a book, a gadget. Useful…

Make your video game soundtrack unforgettable: the case for microtonal tuning

There are parallel sound universes that exist, with notes different from the 12 we know — and you can use them!

Custom Score vs Stock Music for Commercials

When a brand, agency, or filmmaker is choosing music for a commercial, the decision usually comes down to two options: custom score or…

Composing With More Colorful Chord Combinations Part 1

I believe I’m going to start a series on composing music using more advanced and colorful harmonies than the basic, vanilla progressions.

The Restless Ear: Daniel Pemberton and the Art of Scoring from Scratch

Somewhere around the forty-minute mark of Danny Boyle’s “Steve Jobs,” the movie stops being a movie and becomes an opera. This is not a…

Pre-selections and Exams Content of Music Schools

What happened after I applied for undergraduate composition programs

Application Portfolio for Composition Program

My selected works, recordings and the reasoning behind each choice

How I Used Traditional Korean Instruments in a Modern Occult Game BGM

A Case Study from <Ghost Deliverer>

The 8-Bit Music Of Hiroyuki Iwatsuki

An analysis of Hiroyuki Iwatsuki’s 8-Bit Video Game Soundtracks

Crafting Royalty‑Free Game Music: From Dynamic Loops to Adaptive Stems

A practical guide to composing modular, developer‑friendly tracks and licensing them so indie games can sound great without legal…

勾子旋律，創作最有記憶點的音樂 Tips to write a Melody Hook

洗澡的時候會唱歌、走路的時候也會唱歌。我們會不由自主的哼 “歌的旋律(melody)”，但人們卻不會哼“歌的律動(groove)”，雖然律動是一位歌者必備的基礎，但是讓旋律印記在人腦裡，是一件不簡單的事。