When composing music, how to be influenced by a soundtrack (of films, video games…) without copying?

  • @ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    13 months ago

    You just copy, but don’t from a lot of places. If you only copy from a single thing your work is a simple derivative of that one thing. If you steal from 20 sources, that work is a masterful blend of multiple influences.