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Score Composer - the reality?

Music Making » Score Composer - the reality? (Posts 1 to 16 of 16)

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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007 edited
    I have been considering a career attempt in composing scores... From the
    things I have seen thus far y'all seem very knowing on the subject... any advice?
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      CommentAuthorNautilus
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    Yes, compose in a collaborative way and never use the same 4 notes for a danger motif. beer
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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    Sound reasoning. And good advice.
    However may I be so bold as to ask if anyone on this forum is invovled in the business...
    and has any advice as to the field?
  4. Nautilus wrote
    ...never use the same 4 notes for a danger motif. beer

    Hasn't been too destructive for some composers.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
  5. bartley wrote
    However may I be so bold as to ask if anyone on this forum is invovled in the business...
    and has any advice as to the field?

    There are some posters who are composers and I'm sure that they'll provide some advice when they see your request.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    ...is this a reference to the...'Twilight Zone' theme?
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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    FalkirkBairn wrote
    bartley wrote
    However may I be so bold as to ask if anyone on this forum is invovled in the business...
    and has any advice as to the field?

    There are some posters who are composers and I'm sure that they'll provide some advice when they see your request.

    Thank you, I would appreciate that.
  8. I thought he was talking about James Horner!
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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007 edited
    Ahh... ok. Well, it was a general comment... referring to all who use the 4 note motive.
    Twilight Zone was the first to come to my mind in referance to a 'danger theme.'
  10. bartley wrote
    Ahh... ok. Well, it was a general comment...

    I may be wrong - people have been known to mis-interpret Jordi's posts before.
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    Listen to AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE scores but also other kinds of music as well.
    Watch as mush as possible movies and also pay special attention to the usage of music within the film and also in contrast to the listening experience of the said score on CD alone.
    Analyze music, learn the basics from theory to harmony and basic compositional techniques, a lot of music books out there will teach you a lot!
    Experiment and write as much as possible, share and listen to opinions.

    More:

    1) http://www.petethomas.co.uk/composer-film-music.html

    2)

    3. Q: How can I become a film composer?

    A: This is very hard and we get asked it a lot. Here at FSM please understand we cannot help you place songs in movies or contact production companies. Even if we wanted to, we do not have the connections. What this question is asking is "Can you help me start a career?" and the answer is no, we are not set up to perform this service.

    However, we do have an article on the site that might be of interest to aspiring film composers: www.filmscor emonthly.com/features/beacomposer.asp.

    If you are wondering where to go to school to become a film composer, try the University of Southern California (in Los Angeles) and the Berklee College of Music (in Boston). UCLA (in Los Angeles) and NYU (in New York City) are talked about a lot as well.

    If you want to send CDs or tapes of your music to try to get it placed in a movie... well good luck, but you want to contact Music Supervisors. We sell a $99 directory of music supervisors, agencies, studio music departments and more that you should seriously consider for the contacts you will need: http://www.filmscore monthly.com/books/guide2.asp.

    FROM: http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/FAQ1.asp


    3) EXCELLENT BOOKS: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltgu … entries*=0

    4) http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/feature … mposer.asp

    5) the most excellent guide: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/kb/


    Very useful links
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    Thank you so much! This is already a big step in researching this topic.
    Bartley
    please pardon my inquistivity, but are you a film composer?
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    No, i am primarily a musicologist and musician. I compose yes and you can listen to some stuff over at: http://users.auth.gr/dichrist/samples.html but i am not a film composer. Everything about me it's in my profile http://www.maintitles.net/profile/9/ Thanks for your interest.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorbartley
    • CommentTimeDec 1st 2007
    Thank you for the advice! I actual am located not far from Berklee... and have looked at there program
    before...it nice to hear someone else speaking about them to offer another point of view, other than
    my own.
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      CommentAuthorWilliam
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2008
    I too have thought about scoring films for a living. I have been composing now for about two or three years, and absolutely love it.
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      CommentAuthorDemonStar
    • CommentTimeMay 27th 2008
    Though I don't know much about film scoring, I do like to compose and record my own music on the computer using software like FL Studio. It's a good start to let loose your creativity so you could try it wink beer

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