Brilliant Paul. I find that re-sampling instruments and sounds works well. Then reversing the sample, adding delay and verb. And drawing pitch changes throughout the sample makes interesting atmospheres and scare hit with them being shortened.This genre is right in my wheelhouse. Thanks.
Thanks for explaining writing for horror. While this showcases Spitfire libraries & made sounds it is applicable to many other libraries and samples. One technique I found in music/atmosphere for a play was to have a section of tension that morphs into two or three bars of lovely harmonic resolution, followed by a few seconds of silence, then a jump scare or instant loud sharp noise (a big bang) then a few seconds of silence. The sharp attack sound can make an audience jump. The following seconds of silence or soothing sound the audience get over the first scare. But then you repeat the scare sound and it sems to have an even greater scare for the audience. OFC in theatre the feedback is immediate and you know at a preview or dress rehearsal if it works and if not hastily rewrite and record the scare. Once again thanks for the video, you always have the best demos and composition advice.
Great video. I went with Scraped percussion and Hg20 from Spitfire and could not be more pleased. Best $100 i've ever spent. I can essentially create my own atmosphere with ARP2600, Scraped, and Hg20 alone. All for under $200
Oh Jesus... I dropped off of Spitfire for a while. I thought Paul had gone on a sabbatical or something. That beautiful man is back. Look at him. He's got the slick shirt, hair looks tremendous, he looks like he's being a lot looser with his hands when talking. So the big takeaway here isn't horror music. But rather: Give us more Paul.
