Our next guest on FFM The Soundtrack Podcast EP2, S3 is Robin Hoffmann - a composer, arranger and orchestrator with vast experience. His recent credits include the scores for the award - winning films Hero and the international World War I feature A War Within. In the past years he’s written the music for A Father’s Job, which won several awards, including Best Score at Hollywood Gold Awards and Best Score at Long Story Shorts International Film Festival. Robin has orchestrated the score for an episode of Star Wars Visions and the blockbuster Anime feature Suzume amongst dozens of other projects he has participated in as an orchestrator.

In the beginning of the podcast you’ll learn how Robin found his love for orchestral music and the way he shares the knowledge gained in a series of tips about composition and orchestration (patreon.com/robinHoffmann). 
 

Searching for unique sound, a way to put one's “stamp” on the score in time when sample libraries are dominant - hear what Robin and George have to say on the topic and find out more about their composing process.
 

One of the themes in focus, in the second half of the talk, is challenges during a recording session and the practices and strategies that Robin has developed over the years in order to accelerate the process and achieve better results. Speakers are sharing some interesting observations concerning the recording aspects, the work with the musicians, sight reading, orchestration when combining a band with an orchestra and more. 
 

“Gazing at the Night Sky” by Robin Hoffmann and the answers to our blitz questions - which are his favorite scores, which is his dream project and what would his advice be to a younger version of himself - occupy the last minutes of this episode, so don’t miss to hear them out!