Paul Gilreath is an award-winning composer who creates original music in a variety of styles for video games, film, television, trailers, and broadcast advertising. Gilreath has written theme, underscore and broadcast advertising music for a wide range of clients that include NBC, CBS, Cartoon Network, ESPN, American Airlines and many others. His music has been used multiple times for the Olympic Games broadcasts on NBC and several PGA tournaments on NBC. He scored the feature film No Retreat No Surrender starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Knights of the City starring Curtis Mayfield, and Making Contact directed by Roland Emmerich (Independence Day).
The String Section
The Woodwind Section
The Brass Section
The Percussion Section
The Harp and Piano
Orchestration Basics
How to Begin
Introduction to Sequencing
Sequencing Techniques for Strings
Sequencing Techniques for Woodwinds
Sequencing Techniques for Brass
Sequencing Techniques for Percussion
Sequencing Techniques for Harp and Piano
Creating Tempo Changes
In Search of a Hall
Effects Plug-Ins
Software Samplers
Types of synthesis
Using Sampled Voices
The Mix Process
Sync techniques
Commercial Instrumentation
Broken Pony Studios
Interviews
Achieving Specific Moods
Introduction to Orchestral Libraries
Piano Libraries
Appendix A: Instrument Ranges
Appendix B: EQ Graphic
Appendix C: Resources
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