Dave Warren is a dynamic film and media composer whose recent work includes original music for LEGOLAND California’s Halloween experience and a rescore of DreamWorks Animation’s Curses, recorded with a 19-piece ensemble at Ocean Way Studios. His credits span ABC’s San Diego affiliate, orchestral recordings in Budapest, and assisting Emmy-nominated composer Joey Newman. He brings a rich visual arts and broadcast background to his cinematic musical storytelling.I was so excited to sit down with him to talk about all this music. Let's dive in. NFS: How has being proficient in both guitar and piano shaped your approach to composing for different genres and emotional tones?DW: My experience playing guitar and piano has certainly increased the types of genres in which I can compose. A single melody on a nylon string guitar can be so powerful, and the guitar can evoke or emulate many styles efficiently. I will often go to the guitar when I want to create a strong emotional melody, even if the final instrument will be a horn or piano. The piano, specifically piano rather than another keyboard sound, is what I often use when composing for orchestral instruments, though I have to be careful to stay away from traditional piano voicings and left hand patterns. I also prefer the piano for creating and defining rhythmic parts – I wrote a theme based on a contrabass figure for a piece I scored for Legoland, but I created it first on the piano just to get the timing down....
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