Help in Research

[Mariusz Jasionowicz]

Hi Guys :)
I do a huge essay for the uni. Its about music scoring for film and games. Live orchestras vs computer composers etc.
Could you be so kind and help me answering some questions, and tell me what is your opinion?

For everyone who answer any of the questions Big Thanks :))))

1. do you think that live orchestra piece is better than the computer one?
2. If yes on the above, why?

3. which kind of music express humans emotions better, electronic or classical?

4. Is it a profanation to music that the computer scoring becomes more popular?

5. Where do you think the music scoring will go in the future?

6. What you think of composers with no music education, that makes good compositions? Is it just a luck, a copying, or a real sense of music? Or maybe a good score cannot be made without proper education.

7.What does "professional" score means?

Once again Thanks to everyone who answered :)

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[Fredrick zinos]

1) Probably not, but its easier to imagine that the music is more emotionally intense if we see human musicians making the sounds.
2) N/A
3) The music doesn't express emotions. The listener brings as his/her experiences and emotions to the sonic event where the music packages them for convenient transport and storage.
4) No. The advance, or onslaught of technology is inevitable. Like death, it is neither good nor bad, just a fact of our existence.
5) Automation will continue until at some point in the distant future audiences will program their own scores utilizing push button devices with buttons marked, "romantic" "fear" "anxiety" "vertigo" etc.
6) A good composition by a composer with no education is as good as a good composition by a composer with much education. The only thing, in the end, that counts, is whether and to what extent the music "works".
7) A professional score, in my view, is one that takes into account the performers, the audience and the idiosyncracies of the instruments or gadgets upon which the sounds are to be executed.

[Andrew Wonders]

Hi Mariusz,

in response to your questions...

1. I think that live performance has a quality that cannot be replicated by machine, and that is the human quality. No two players will perform the same note the same way, or even the exact same way themselves each time. There *may* come a time where machines can inflect this kind of "randomness", but it still won't be a "human" performance.

2.See above.

3. I agree with Fredrick on this. Music itself does not create emotional response, it is the listener's own connection and emotional associations that shape their response to the piece. Many times, a lot of people will agree on what sounds "sad" or "happy" or "suspenseful", etc. but this does not mean that someone else won't have an entirely different experience of the music.

4. Absolutely not. Music is not just live instruments anymore. The advent of techno and other forms of electronic music prove that. Also, technology has allowed many people to express themselves musically, without having to keep an orchestra/ensemble/other type of musician(s) on paid retainer... or chained up in their basement.

5. Music scoring will continue to push the boundaries of technology, though I think there will still be the appreciation and keeping alive the traditional forms, and of course blending the two.

6. As a composer who has no formal music education, and who makes music that I think is good, I think it's simply a matter of "if it sounds good, it is good." Theory and training simply give us a more complete set of skills with which to execute the music we hear in our heads.

7. A professional score is one that is a) to be used in a professional arena (performance, media, etc.), and b) is properly formatted and written to fit the style needed, and the ease of reading by any performers.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your paper!

-Andrew

[Mariusz Jasionowicz]

Thank you for your Reply :)