When you reach the end of your university course, it's a time for great celebration. The hard work has paid off, and you can feel the...

Recording your music with an orchestra for the first time is a special experience, and something that you will never forget. However the...

When we think of film music, we usually imagine epic scores performed by an orchestra of an equally epic scale. This doesn’t always have...

In days gone by it was generally accepted that a university degree was a necessary requirement for securing a professional career role. ...

"It’s not what you know, its who you know", is a phrase often heard in creative industries. This is not always true – as composers we...

Collaboration is an inescapable fact of working within the creative industries. No matter what path you take you will have to learn how...

Becoming a composer can be a very daunting task at first glance. There are many different skills to learn such as creating convincing...

Recording with a live orchestra is an experience that all composers dream of. Nothing can beat the experience of hearing 50+ musicians...

A creative or inspirational slump is something that we all go through from time to time. It's an inevitable part of being an artist. This...

Starting the Channel YouTube is a platform where users can share their videos with millions of others, making it the perfect place for...

Fishing is one of the earliest known human activities and can be found across all cultures and climates. This is also true of music, and...

Welcome back to the Northern Film Orchestra blog. Today we are pleased to share with you the latest in our series of guest-written...

Welcome back to the NFO blog. Today we are excited to share with you a guest post penned by Composer and Manchester resident Sam Allen....

You may compose the greatest music of all time, but it doesn’t matter if no one is there to witness it. So many creative,...

If you read our last blog post, you would have seen us refer to the website as the central hub of all of your operations. Everything goes...

We are delighted to share with you a new educational video from composer Zach Heyde discussing the topic of arranging & orchestration for...

The start of a new year is a great time to take stock of where you are at in your career, and set yourself new goals and ambitions for...

Whether it's the infamous shower scene from Psycho, or the two-note terror of John Williams’ Jaws, the Horror genre has produced some of...

First impressions count for a lot, and in the highly competitive space of media composition it could mean the difference between being...

Networking is a key competent of success in any field whether it is business or artistic. Whilst the current situation around social...