An arranger is primarily a musician with the skills of a composer who transforms a song from a musical idea into a complete composition. Today, the decisive factor whether a song will become popular and recognizable is influenced by the arranger due to the selection of modern sound and the uniqueness of the timbres of musical instruments. Therefore, the choice of an arranger should be treated very carefully, because it is the arranger who determines the style and genre of the future composition.
Occupation arranger
An arranger is, first of all, a creative profession. Therefore, it can be compared, for example, with a designer, artist, chef and any other profession where there is a creative component.
Arrangers are now in-demand specialists, recording studios and companies that are engaged in production need their services:
advertising
movies and cartoons
computer games
and other companies looking for a unique soundtrackArranger Tasks
The task of the arranger is to write the parts for all instruments and combine them into a single composition. An arranger must be proficient in basic musical instruments, in particular piano and guitar, in order to make arrangements in various styles of music. The arranger essentially writes the musical parts separately for each instrument, combining the work of a composer and a musician.
A brief stage of the arranger’s work on a musical composition:
Translation of a musical idea into a finished song (creating instrument parts, choosing timbres and their combination)
Composing new elements (composing)
Sound-design composition
Balancing instruments (mixing) to convey a musical idea to a sound engineerAn example of the arranger’s work
(before and after)
| For clarity, we will give an example.
The author, a performer of his own songs, turned to our recording studio for a high-quality arrangement for his new composition.
Customer wishes:
Make an arrangement according to a specific reference
Use guitar accompaniment and accompaniment
Compose a memorable guitar solo
Harmonious filling of gaps between lines in a song