Tips for creating suspense from a professional composer

Paul Thomson gives examples and techniques on how to create suspense and tension in your scores using percussion and microphone positions. Like and subscribe if you would like to see more videos like this one. This demo was created using Abbey Road Orchestra: High Percussion, a meticulously curated selection of 62 high percussive instruments performed by internationally renowned percussionist Joby Burgess and expertly captured in the legendary acoustic space that is Abbey Road Studio One. For more information on Spitfire Audio - For more information on the library used in this demo - For more information on the Abbey Road range of libraries - More tips from Paul Thomson - @PaulThomsonMusic Looking for new sounds for your scores? Explore our Percussion - Explore our Strings - Explore our Brass - Explore our Woodwind - Explore our most recent releases - Free samples - Video Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:23 Tip 1 Contextualise your sound 02:47 Tip 2 Metre and Tempo Transitions 10:35 Tip 3 Layering to building suspense 12:49 Conclusion, final comments