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Composing a Film Score (Part 1): an in-depth look (Logic Pro X)

This is an in-depth view of what goes in to writing music for film! If you missed the annotations, here are the sections! Part 1 @  1:58 Part 2 @  7:49 Part 3 @  24:45 Part 4 @  36:01 Special thanks to Sam Wickert from sokrispymedia!  Check out his work here:  http://www.youtube.com/user/SoKrispyM... Wolverine Fan Film :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCyHmx... Special thanks to Mark Sommerville from The Wave Shop! Check him out here:  http://www.youtube.com/user/waveshopa... Also:  http://www.waveshopaudio.com ScoreScene is no longer available, SORRY! Libraries featured in score: CinePerc Epic CineBrass Core/Pro Spitfire Albion I, II Orchestral String Runs 2 Requiem Lite Epic Taiko Ensemble EWQLSO Platinum Plus http://andrewgerlicher.com Related articles Fans still prefer music live to digital, Nielsen Music 360 report finds Pandora is almost ready to launch its music subscription service Lady Gaga S...

Trent Reznor, Hans Zimmer, Danny Elfman and more Composers

Marco Beltrami ( The Homesman ), Danny Elfman ( Big Eyes ), John Powell (How To Train Your Dragon 2), Trent Reznor (Gone Girl) and Hans Zimmer ( Interstellar ) join THR's Kevin Cassidy to discuss the process behind scoring the top films of the year.  "Because everyone in the film grew up, I thought maybe the music should," John Powell said of his experience during his creation of the score of " How to Train Your Dragon 2 ." "Films are like icebergs, you have them at a certain point where they all look like they're all in a row but then they all start to move and they start to flow," Danny Elfman, composer of "Big Eyes" shares about his experience creating the score for the motion picture. "There wasn't a lot of room for misdirection and it just added a level of tension that I can hear in the music, which may be a good thing," Trent Reznor, the "Gone Girl" composer, dishes about the music that surrounde...

Trent Reznor, Danny Elfman and Top Composers Reveal Insecurities and Dis...

Film composers love to talk about insomnia. Prior to The Hollywood Reporter roundtable with five of the industry's most sought-after film scorers, the group -- Marco Beltrami , Danny Elfman , John Powell , Trent Reznor and Hans Zimmer , chatted at length about their preferred sleep aids . Most favor Ambien , but at least one opted for a method that might or might not be entirely legal. The discussion that followed touched on the technical, like less-than-ideal sound mixes, and the personal, including the admission that their lives are so hectic, they rarely get time to relax with family and listen to music for pleasure. Throughout the discussion, the music creators appeared to relish the opportunity to actually talk shop ; after all, the composer's life is largely an isolated one, and the chance to trade war stories with other composers is rare. Want to write music? Want to teach your students how to write music? AVAILABLE NOW: https://www.createspace.com/61249...