How to Manage an Epic Intergalactic Music Project Remotely (in a global pandemic)
summary
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy score uses a distributed workflow: 11-person composition team cleaned MIDI and Sibelius engraving, remote layered string passes culminating in a 16-player session doubled for 32 voices, brass tracked at Abbey Road with two‑metre spacing, choir double‑takes to meet union rules. Tooling includes Logic, Pro Tools, a Dante network and Audio Movers for high‑quality remote review. Outcome: ~4.3 million notes, ~4,000 printed pages, ~8 hours of music, mixed at Molinare and delivered under pandemic constraints.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intergalactic music project intro
- 16:52Choosing Guardians composer
- 22:26Early collaboration in game audio
- 27:58Rigid shopping lists fail
- 28:21Huddle: licensed vs original
- 31:09Huddle in-game demo
- 32:18Pandemic delays adaptation
- 35:32Remote score recording
- 37:14Layered strings remotely
- 38:37Strings for orchestral sound
- 40:16Abbey Road brass distancing
- 40:58Double-tracked choir recording
- 42:05Final choir mix showcase
- 44:35Pandemic challenges overcome
- 48:04Post-quarantine mixing
- 49:30Mixing time value
- 50:13Project stats and closing
