52 Cues - A Production Music and Sync Podcast

How to Learn Orchestration Without Feeling Overwhelmed

Dave Kropf Season 2026 Episode 275

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In this episode, Philip Johnston returns to explain how Orchestration Recipes makes complex concepts more practical, what Volume 6 brings to everyday orchestral writing, and where AI may fit into the future of composition and virtual performance.

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