Philip Johnston Orchestration Recipes Volume 5 TUTORIAL
Includes over 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)
