Film Scoring – Part 2 – Techniques For The Modern Composer

Film Scoring – Part 2 – Techniques For The Modern Composer

What you’ll learn

• Get started building a portfolio of work to show their film composition talents
• Score a feature film using a variety of techniques
• Understand the process of writing music for film
• Creating atmosphere
• Using “Pad” sounds with orchestra
• Finding Atmopshere in film
• Harmonizing string melodies
• Polyrhythmic accompaniment
• Working with string orchestra
• The chase scene
• Working with drum loops in chase scenes
• Using the brass section
• Building tension
• Writing tension cues
• Ponticello
• Tremelo
• Glissando
• Writing comedy and animation cues
• “Mickey Mousing”
• Getting gigs as a film composer
• Techniques for building a portfolio
• Finding film makers

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Requirements

• Students should be enthusiastic about music, but do not need to be producers or musicians. No prior experience is needed in the music industry, business, financing, or accounting.