The Process Of Film Scoring

Learning from the professionals in any industry is of utmost value, that is, if you are serious about your craft. This is no different for film composers. While it may be relatively simple to add just any score to a film, the intricacies covered in Richard Davis’ presentation at the New Mexico Filmmakers Conference in 2008 have to be understood, assimilated and utilized in order to take any score to the next level.

Richard Davis teaches at the Berklee College of Music and at this presentation addresses the basic process and timelines, MIDI mockups, temp tracks, and a requirement for the composer not only to be a musician, but step into the mind frame of a filmmaker as well in order to understand the needs and process of telling the story through the score.

 Thanks to composer Jurgen Beck for posting these on his website.

Comments

[Jurgen Beck]

Thanks, JC, for cross-posting those videos, although I can't take any credit for them. :-)

Richard's presentation is indeed a very valuable learning asset.

Jurgen