Philip Johnston Orchestration Recipes Volume 4 [TUTORiAL]

Includes almost three hours of walkthroughs, illustrations and fresh orchestrated examples to explore, in a brisk, fully narrated format.

Examples of spices
Vol 3,4 & 5 include detailed walkthroughs of all the examples on this page, plus another 30 examples not listed here.

All examples below recorded using readily available orchestral sample libraries, with a minimum of added channel/bus fx - these recipes do not depend on sound engineering smarts for their sound.

Break out of your harmonic comfort zone
You've heard these tricks in countless film and game scores - see the techniques unpacked, with multiple orchestrated examples.

Packed with usage ideas & examples
Smash writer's block and broaden your harmonic vocabulary. Disarmingly clear guides to complex topics, from a music education specialist.

New format: fully narrated videos
8 hours of videos across three volumes, with loads of fresh musical examples to explore, in a brisk, fully narrated format.

All MIDI files included (Vol 4 & 5 only)
For your own sandbox experiments - import straight to your DAW or notation program, and start tinkering. (Volume 4 & 5 only)

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