Composing in the studio

THE MUSIC STARTS WITH THE STORY.

THE CRAFT

We listen before we compose.

Most scores get written and rewritten until something sticks. We start differently.

Before a single note is placed we sit with the story, the brief, the feeling the director is chasing. We ask what the music needs to do emotionally, not technically.

Then we compose. That preparation is why the first version is usually the right one.

THE BRIEF.

The brief is where the music begins.

Every project starts with a conversation, not a template. We sit with the director, the brand, the story and we listen for what the music needs to carry.

The emotion that isn't in the script. The feeling the picture is reaching for but can't quite get to on its own. That conversation is the first note of the score.

Composing session
Composing session
Composing session
Composing session
Composing session
Composing session
Composing session

EVERY FORMAT.

From a single beat to a full orchestral score.

We compose across every format. Intimate piano sketches, electronic landscapes, hybrid orchestral scores, beatmaking for commercials.

The style follows the story. We don't have a default sound. We find the sound that belongs to this project.

Detail of a guitar mid-session

MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU FEEL BEFORE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY.

We build scores around emotion first. The feeling a scene is chasing, the thing the visuals can't say on their own. Every composition starts there and works backward to the notes.

THE DETAIL.

The notes no one notices are doing the most work.

The best film music disappears. It carries the scene without announcing itself. Getting there means hundreds of small decisions.

A tempo that matches a breath, a chord that lands on the right frame, a texture that makes a character feel heavier than the picture alone could. Those decisions are where the work actually lives.

Composing session
Playing a MIDI keyboard
Producing at the desk
Editing a MIDI performance
Reviewing a written score

Music for brands.