Composing & Soundtracking

Here, we’ve gathered together the very best, most inspiring advice, guidance and knowledge from pros so you can take their ideas and incorporate them into your own productions.

We gather the best soundtracking tips from Hans Zimmer, Segun Akinola and Neil Davidge.

This makes her the first solo female composer to win Best Original Score

Brian Carr, Keeno, Stephen Edwards, Benji Merrison and Kristen Agee tell us the process of creating the album, produced by 411 Music Group

For his latest record, Portrait, composer Yann Tiersen reclaimed and re-recorded works from his entire career, in his custom-built island studio – we explore his process.

Aside from its flexibility as a production suite, Studio One also proves itself to be an amiable companion when it comes to composition and spurring initial creativity.

5G RuralFirst and composer Erland Cooper spearheaded the project, capturing and arranging remote sounds from the Orkney Isles

MusicTech and Loopmasters partner to give readers a half-price discount on the newest version of Loopcloud

In the pages of MusicTech we tend to focus mainly on the technology, gear and the intricacies of music production. What we spend relatively less time talking about is the fundamental core of everything we do, regardless of genre; and that’s the compositional process itself. In a linked series of features, we explore approaches to making songs and tracks with practical guidance and experienced industry insight, as well as taking a look at the modern world of professional songwriting and the ever-growing interest in songwriting training.

You have a melody, a bassline, a synth lead, or a guitar riff. It’s either spinning around in your head or looping around in your DAW. What to do with it? How to turn it into a song? Follow these nuggets of song-creation wisdom to find out…