Scoring Movies In Pro Tools By Steve Kirk, Part Five

Last installment we fleshed out our arrangement by finishing up our sketch and expanding that sketch into an orchestration. Remember that I began by recording electric guitar to begin creating a harmonic climate for the opening credits scene. Since then I've recorded six tracks of guitar and have finished expanding my midi sketch into a more complete orchestration. We now have:


violin,
trumpet,
alto sax,
trombone,
(6) guitars,
upright bass,
piano and
drums

Some of these instruments sound pretty good the way they are, but some of them could really stand to be interpreted by actual human being musician types. To do this I will export the select midi data from ProTools into Sibelius and print out individual parts from that score. The video below will take us through that process: