Scoring a Wedding Video

The job is not to write a love song; it is to leave room for the vows

In a wedding film, a score that steals the scene ruins half the edit. This path goes picture first, music second, voices last.

What you are delivering

Three to six minutes of music that fits the cut exactly: entrance, ceremony, vows and toasts each have a different emotional landing point. It is not a complete song; it is music that will be interrupted by voices.

Three steps

1. Mark the places that must go quiet (vows, an elder speaking) and the places that must lift (ring exchange, exit). 2. Pick one ensemble and write one recurring theme instead of new material for every section. 3. Duck for the voices: if a section needs to sit very low, let it. Silence is also a scoring choice.

Pages and tools to use

• Introduction to film scoring — establish "music serves picture" before writing a melody.
• Music and picture sync — how vows and musical landings line up; half a second off is audible.
• Emotional arc — the usual wedding-video fault is one long crescendo; tension and release are here.
• Ceremony and music — what music does in a ritual, which sets how full your writing should be.
• AI sync and cue editing — when drafting with AI, cut at the end of a phrase, not on an accent.

Acceptance checks

• Every cut lands within ±0.5 s of the intended frame; music under the vows sits below −18 LUFS or is muted.
• The theme appears at least twice and the second appearance is recognisably the same theme.
• Deliver 48 kHz / 24-bit WAV plus a −14 LUFS reference for phone preview.

Sources

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