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Going to go against the grain on this one.
Depending on what the director's vision is, this can be an absolutely fantastic way to work. It requires a good relationship between the two of you, and a lot of trust. It also requires good discussion bet…
That's exactly the way I feel.
I'm going to school to be a music teacher. Composing is more of a hobby for me. Therefore, it won't be a such a bad thing because I don't think composing will EVER be a source of income for me. Plus, this movie is such a small project, I don't think…
the main thing about free work, especially when beginning the very long and difficult journey, is that you will set yourself up to be the 'free' guy, and it will be VERY difficult, if not impossible, to work your way out of the 'he does work for fre…
If experience is the main goal rather than money... I say why not?
Hindsight is indeed 20/20 isn't it? You will then learn forst-hand what you do and do not like about the experience. And that can serve you well in the future.
This is my opinion o…
I'm not so sure - I think this organic process can be quite useful to both parties. That way you can score out a couple of ideas in different directions and during the filming process use editing software to take a look and see how some of your idea…
Yeah. Either way, I still get experience making and recording some cool music, which I believe is a reward within itself.
And sadly, this will mean rewrite after rewrite, much of the music you compose will not even get used, and a lot of work wasted when the film never even gets produced!
I would rather he used a temp track for now, and then score it after the final e…
Bang on the money there Chris ... in fact it is an overuse of music libraries that is starting to push this mindset now.
I agree that working on themes or even a suitable pallet would be cool ... in fact I had a lot of these discussions with the di…
While I agree with James that this is possible on certain cases, I would have to say that you are no longer 'scoring the film' but rather your music is the inspiration for the film. I personally find this concept to be a slap in the face to the comp…
Thanks so much! I figured I would need to do something like this. I will be working for free. I'm going off to college next year to study music (music education) and score writing is something that fascinates me, and is something I would love to do…
Hi Josh,
Not only is this possible but I've heard that this is becoming something of a trend in certain areas, allowing directors and editors to cut pictures to the actual final music rather than temp tracks.
Yes it is definitely possible but pers…
Sometimes I'll get a great musical idea in my head and just write it down, but usually I tinker around on the piano until I'm inspired. I use Sibelius to organize all my ideas once I have them figured out.
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- At 2:38pm on July 12, 2009,
Deborah Young said… - Hi Josh! Would love to hear some of your music.
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- What have you composed for? Or what medium do you work around?
- film, Choir, Orchestra
- What is your favorite genre or style of music?
- Orchestral
- Is music your main income source?
- No - Not Yet
- Where do you live?
- Kean U
- About Me:
- I'm new to the composing scene. I'm about to start my first film score and I'd like some advice.
- Website:
- http://minzner.org/josh
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