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Hey everyone,
I wanted to share this competition with you. As a lover and creator of film and video game music I entered this amazing competition. A diverse selection of 15 entries won and I wanted to share both my entry and the wining entries with you all. Please see the links below:
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Karen "Kay" Ross has asked me to repost one of my questions from "ASCAP-BMI" as an independent post:
Has anyone lurking here been paid royalties for music in a film that has had say under 1,000 showings on ANY cable channel, satellite channel, Amazon, Apple TV or Netflix?
ASCAP informed me that they don't have a contract with the cable channel 'shorts.tv' and using another collection entity which 'samples' film showings, there were no showings of the film I scored. My...
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Hey composers! Do you all have any samples you don't mind sharing or want to post in this thread?
While I wait for more films to score (two are either pre- or post-production), I am continuing to take jazz improvisation classes at Houston Community College. Classes are still in zoom so performance...
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Hi there! This is my SoundCloud reel: https://soundcloud.com/amybalcombcomposer Let me know if there’s anything I might be able to help you with.
Thank you Mike!
Hey. I just joined this site and I'm getting to grips with some of the new features. I'm always looking for new places to share my work so I shall take a leaf out of Amy's book and too share my soundc...
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I want to share with you this brilliant video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7BkmF8CJpQ&feature=share
This is awesome!
This is a great video. Thanks for sharing this. I love to see how the various themes are weaved into the film in different variations through the film. It illustrates how important the score is in helping to support the story line.
Heard the music before seeing the film. It immediately felt right. Love the music. Great analysis! Thanks for sharing.
Nice job!!! This video perfectly explains and demonstrates leitmotifs. I'll be showing this in my Intro to Film Music class!
What a great video! Loved the images of the text and solo instruments :)
I just caught this video from the LA Philharmonic and there is so much to unpack here!
What did y'all learn? Anything about recording on stage during COVID? Anything about composers? SHARE BELOW!
I wonder what challenges, if any, were presented when mixing the sound given that some of the musicians were isolated behind plexiglass while others were out in the open. Also, that was a very inspiring interview with Jose Andres. Thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, David Biagini! I would agree - I really enjoyed the reflection on when Copeland was doing X, this guy was doing Y in Columbia. And I had the same thought about the plexigla...
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I started back in the music biz in 2003 - 10 years before my first film score. Since 2013, I have scored 31 films but only two of them have made it online - one spent two years on Amazon and one made it about a year or so back to shorts.tv - a channel carried by directtv and perhaps other providers....
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That is an awful attitude from Shorts.TV, sorry you've encountered that. I've had the same difficulties here in the UK with PRS, submitting cue sheets for multiple films on Amazon Prime and still not...
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Got a call from ASCAP today. First about my Amazon film (spent three years on Amazon Prime), they said they don't pay royalties on any film with less than 100,000 showings. And about my film on the sh...
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Oh I'm sorry Joel, that's so frustrating. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that PROs aren't bothered about supporting the incomes of smaller composers.
Has anyone lurking here been paid royalties for music in a film that has had say under 1,000 showings on ANY cable channel, satellite channel, Amazon, Apple TV or Netflix?
Joel - Your last question is a FANTASTIC question, but I don't want it to get buried in this thread. Would you start a new post with this question?
Hi everyone,
I posted an intro on the 'introduce weekend' recently and Karen Ross suggested I share what I posted here in the composing lounge. So I thought I'd introduce myself properly.
I've been a composer for 30 yrs, first 20 in games and last 10 in film, tv too. Games were all encompassing, pro...
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Welcome, Barn! Thanks so much for this introduction! Most people know me as Kay, btw ;-) I include my legal name for transparency. Honestly, I'm surprised that video games wasn't the end all be all -...
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Hi Barn! So good to meet you, love your game scores. Big fan of sci-fi over here too. Haven't had a chance to catch up with S2 of Dead Pixels yet but looking forward to it, S1 was great fun!
Hi Creative Army (I just made that up ;) ... Who else is here with a strong love and focus to create music for film/TV that is reminiscent of pop and rock circa 1955-1980? We like interesting chord progressions, innovative melodies, and diverse beats, especially when skilled to blend these classic elements with modern production techniques.
My interpretation of "somewhere over rainbow
https://johntinger.bandcamp.com/track/somewhere-over-the-rainbow-my-impr......
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Andy Norell has a Pan version of Over the Rainbow - heard EKU percussion ensemble do it one year. Interested in writing - have Dorico now - it’s quite a nice music notation program to use. Have a great weekend. K. Kennard
It's great to see that songs from time pas is still relevant. This is the staying power of music. We songwriters are creating new original music today too! www. rachelwalkertrio.com
pardon... past are...
Brilliant! Loved it!❤️
In a few places here I mentioned what my current composition teacher keeps telling me - write not for the instrumentation you want to, write for the performers that are available. I know many here will not compose at no charge - well perhaps I have taken that one step further. It is nearly impossibl...
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"Write for the performers that are available" is a great piece of advice. Along film and game work, I have started writing jazz pieces for the sextet I am working with (I am keyboardist with them). An...
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Guys, I can only speak for myself, but as a big a 'high' I get from hearing my music on the silver screen, I get a bigger high from listening to it performed live.
That's an artistic experience not to ignore: live sound waves...
I know what you mean Joel, although I didn't compose it, it was a great buzz hearing a song I recorded open Guardians of the Galaxy.
Hi everybody! This is my '12 showreel with music i've done for various film related projects. Give it a look! https://vimeo.com/60169324
Hiya Ilias, you are very welcome: credit where credit is due! I have also looked at your website and bookmarked it. If you ever want or need to collaborate on a project I'd be interested....take care and keep up that writing! Dale.
Oh and I agree about your comments regards dirt cheap music libraries - although like the saying goes - 'you only get what you pay for' and I have yet to hear a dirt cheap library track that was any good for anything (watch out - I might have started a fight with that comment!)
I love your style. The first couple pieces are just priceless. So charming, adorable and inviting. Also love the Flight at the Museum. :)
many thanks, Erick!
Wow, just wow!
Hello Everyone, Just thought I would post here and let you know who I am. I'm a music composer who has worked with Studio 51 for a few years. Maybe you know the name Dave Trotter. He runs Studio 51. Well I feel I have put in some hard yards there and learned the tools of the trade by writing lots of...
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Hi Joel, Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my question. I will certainly look into all those connections. I just woke up and played your string and orchestral versions of Mosaic, so...
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Hi Alistair, My first advice would to be put some music up on your Stage32 page. In the 1-2 minutes I had to look at your profile (which is what a Director/Producer would do), I could find no useful t...
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Hey Samuel thank you for the great advice. Very much appreciated. I've started to post quite a few of my latest compositions feel free to check out my work. Best wishes
Sorry not to have responded sooner - damn 'day job' keeps getting in the way :) (I'm a wedding videographer). Alistair - I'm still on the gigastudio plaform though I anticipate moving more towards Kon...
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you know the path to getting notice is to be focused about your message and how you present it. Personal branding and online presence management is essential in today's world. I'm releasing a free ebo...
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Films often need songs as source music (background bar music, passing cars, etc). Is there anyone here that also writes songs in addition to scoring, or who solely writes songs and not score?
I just write songs at this point.
Yup! I'm from India and like you may already know most of the indian films does consist of a list of songs, i have done for one movie a couple of yrs back when the director requested for some songs to move some stories and montages. i have also produced some songs aswell..
I write mostly Country to Pop Music. Most of my songs are available at: http://reverbnation.com/BrianLeeRobinson I have a lot of Instrumental versions of my songs, as well....
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Hi, Greetings from Warsaw! I write songs and instrumentals. You can find them on my profile. Would be happy to cooperate with you. Have a great day! Bart
I do both - songwriting is very gratifying since songs can go places scoring can't and live on beyond one scene ... My latest song from "The Odds" a multi award winning indie movie: https://soundcloud...
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Ooo, "The Sounds of Space" - what a great topic! How did you approach the design for it? What kind of things did you research?
Great question Kay. I have a very lengthy answer so apologies in advance. XD
So the first thing I did was research the game itself because I still haven't played Space Engineers (sorry guys XD). I did...
Expand commentGreat question Kay. I have a very lengthy answer so apologies in advance. XD
So the first thing I did was research the game itself because I still haven't played Space Engineers (sorry guys XD). I did this to get an idea of the sorts of things people do in the game and what it meant to me. This is what gave me the title because I've always thought of space as "A Hostile Environment", and the idea of the game is to build and repair ships etc to navigate or "Conquer" it.
The next thing I did was have a look at the music of Space Engineers. I discovered some great music here. It was a really diverse mix of orchestral and electronic sounds which is a sound combination I've worked very well with on other projects. I also had a look at other music science fiction works, from John Williams score for Star Wars which uses a very traditional orchestral score to Hanz Zimmers score for Interstellar which was a beautiful mix of surreal electronic sounds and some orchestral instruments with an intense church organ thrown into the mix. I discovered lots of very different approaches to create emotional pieces of music, all of which were very effective.
Then it was time for me to create something. I started experimenting with a vast range of electronic sounds first of all. The key was to find a sound, manipulate it in all sorts of different ways to see if I can get the right sound for the project, before layering these sounds together. This developed an initial section (which I eventually cut because it didn't fit with the rest of my ideas).
I wasn't sure where to take it next so I had a listen through some of my less successful projects (basically music I haven't finished or published because it was awful) and found a piece with the perfect melody. The piece itself didn't work well so I decided to take this melody and include it and started orchestrating it. I kept the orchestral theme because I felt this was the right way to get the intensity in the piece. The melody was perfect because it allowed me to incorporate a variety of major and minor chords to give it the "hostile" feel, but also the triumphant "conquering" feel. The piece grew from there and I managed to create one of my best pieces of music with a mix of highs and lows, calm and fast-paced action, and orchestral and electronic sounds.
As I mentioned in my post, I didn't, but this is still one of the best pieces of music I have created and I am extremely proud of it. :)