Join us on ZOOM on September 17th at 10am PT as for part two of our score study of James Horner's Aliens! No worries if you missed our first session - we invite everyone to jump right in! Our mockup teams will once again prepare excerpts from the score, so we can play back isolated […]
On November 5, we return to the music of John Williams with our first-ever look at one of his most memorable and enduring scores, Superman (1978). We’ll take apart the symphonic suite and take a close look at the villain theme, the love theme, and of course the main hero theme. John Williams has proved […]
Join us on Saturday, December 3rd for our first Score Prep Workflow Workshop, where we'll take a look at the techniques and processes our ASA volunteers use to prep the scores we study at our events. We'll dive in-depth into Steinberg's Dorico music notation software and discuss our approach to tempo mapping, note inputting, formatting, […]
We had a blast dissecting the villain theme at our first Superman score study event, so much so that we ran out of time! It was an invigorating discussion, focusing on Williams’ clever use of dissonance and scales to represent the characters of Lex Luthor and Otis. On Saturday, December 10th, we'll continue our exploration […]
After our first Workflow Workshop (available at scoringarts.com) which focused on our score prep, we’re offering a second installment of the Workflow Workshop, this time discussing the ASA's approach to creating mockups for our score study events. We will revisit the use of tempo maps, learn how to handle imported MIDI, and explore various tools and […]
Our original Superman event back in November has spawned a trilogy of studies! The symphonic suite from John Williams’s Superman started with the villain theme (Lex Luthor and Otis), which consumed our first study, then the love theme (“Can You Read My Mind”) which occupied our second study, and now we’re on to the third […]
Join us on Saturday, March 18 as we examine Jerry Goldsmith’s seven-minute overture to Mulan. Veteran ASA members know that we love taking apart a Goldsmith score, and this Academy Award nominated score offers a rich treasure trove into the fantasy writing that perfectly marries Disney with Jerry. We’ll play back the score and talk […]
The Academy of Scoring Arts is ready to kick off a new long-form study, looking at one of the greatest musical innovators of the 20th century, Igor Stravinsky, and the suite from his 1910 ballet, The Firebird. Written for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company, it was the first of several momentous collaborations between the two […]
On Saturday, July 29, we’ll be continuing our journey into one of the 20th century’s greatest works, Igor Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. Written for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes company in 1910, it was the first of several momentous collaborations between the two men, and interestingly, was before Stravinsky rose to fame. In May, we started our […]
Join us for a detailed exploration of John Williams' action music with film music scholar and educator, Mark Richards. Through several decades of study and published research Dr. Richards has uncovered an array of harmonic techniques Williams utilizes for his action writing, including the employment of more exotic scales such octatonic, hexatonic, an Hungarian minor […]