Services
Services
Six ways to work with the studio, from the first theme to the last page turn. Projects often combine several.
01
Original Composition & Film Scoring
Original score for film, series, theatre, dance and media, written to picture and shaped around the story. Delivered as mixed stems or as a recording-ready score.
Includes
- Spotting and thematic development
- Mock-ups for director review
- Cue revisions synced to locked picture
- Stems and session files for the dub stage
Deliverables
- Mixed cues and stems (WAV)
- Cue sheet
- Recording-ready score and parts when live players are involved
02
Orchestration & Arrangement
Orchestration from sketches, MIDI mock-ups or piano scores, and arrangements for ensembles from rhythm section to full orchestra. Voicings and doublings are written for the players in the room, not just the sample library.
Includes
- MIDI-to-score orchestration
- Ensemble and band arrangements
- Re-orchestration for different line-ups
- Range, transposition and playability checks
Deliverables
- Conductor score
- Individual parts
- MIDI or audio reference where useful
03
Music Production
Production for artists, theatre and media, covering programming, recording coordination and editing through to delivery for mix and master.
Includes
- Pre-production and demos
- Programming and sound design
- Session coordination
- Editing and mix preparation
Deliverables
- Session files (Logic, Pro Tools, Cubase or Ableton)
- Stems and print-ready mixes
04
Music Direction
Music direction and music director's assistance for concerts, musicals and live shows: preparing materials, coordinating rehearsals and keeping the band, singers and production on the same page.
Includes
- Rehearsal schedules and band coordination
- Vocal and harmony parts
- Charts and click or track preparation
- Show-day support
Deliverables
- Rehearsal plan
- Show book and parts
- Running order and cue notes
05
Professional Score Preparation
Engraving and copywork for recording sessions, concerts and publication. Scores and parts are proofed for page turns, cues, transpositions and layout before they reach the players.
Includes
- Engraving from manuscript, PDF or MIDI
- Part extraction with cues and page turns
- Session-ready score layouts
- Proofreading and notation QA
Deliverables
- PDF score and parts
- Sibelius files
- MusicXML
06Studio specialism
Sibelius Chart & Music Library Services
For bands, theatres, churches, schools and productions with years of charts in mixed formats. Charts are rebuilt in Sibelius to one house style, versioned, and organised into show books and parts that stay consistent from one season to the next.
Includes
- Chart rescue from scans, handwritten parts and damaged files
- Sibelius standardisation to one house style
- Finale and MusicXML migration into Sibelius
- Show books and set-list books
- Part extraction for every chair
- Version management and change logs
- House style templates
- Library modernisation and cataloguing
- Notation QA before rehearsal
Deliverables
- Sibelius (.sib) files on a shared house style
- MusicXML for portability
- Print-ready PDF score, parts and show books
- Library index and version log
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