An impromptu analysis of the comedic melodies John Williams created to underscore the devious, Gilderoy Lockhart, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
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How does John Williams create such compelling melodies? Let’s find out.
https://youtu.be/2Rtlqm0nSU4 If someone were to ask me what my favourite film was, I think I would be hard-pressed to answer with something other than 2010’s How to Train Your Dragon. The reasoning is vast should reason be required for doing something like declaring a favourite film. However, in one sense, my choice boils down to how
A few months ago, I shared an analysis on the Hal Leonard arrangement of John Williams’ Flag Parade cue from the first Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace (1999). With these types of articles and videos, the objective is to unearth structure, concepts and techniques of composition via analysis. Occasionally, as I present today, I like to try and
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In this article/video, I take a look at the composition technique used in Christopher Tin’s composition for Civilisation 6, Sogno di Volare. Unearthing more than I expected to, there is a range of techniques to take from this piece. For example, the interconnection of musical structures and the use of established form.
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In this article I analyse and discuss the music composition techniques that John Williams uses in his film cue The Flag Parade.
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