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One of the beautiful things about composing film music is that it’s open to musicians from all genres of music. Whether that’s classical or heavy metal. The film, TV, and game music industries have been growing rapidly over the last few years, but many musicians don’t know where to start.
- Frozen – Christophe Beck. In Frozen, Disney animation moves back to its best form. Christophe Beck, composer for the Muppets’ recent big screen outings, wrote touching music that perfectly complemented the songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
- Interstellar – Hans Zimmer. Zimmer delivered magnificently for Interstellar, receiving an Oscar nod for his soundtrack. Painstakingly composed over two years, Zimmer visited London’s Temple Church to record its historic organ.
- Casablanca – Max Steiner. The peak of Max Steiner’s noir years, he apparently begged to drop ‘As Time Goes By’ from featuring in the film’s score, but was overruled.
- James Bond Theme – Monty Norman. The most famous guitar riff in cinema has featured in every official Bond film since Dr. No (1962), when it accompanied the opening title.
- John Williams. Possibly one of the most prolific film composers of all time, John Williams has written music for over one hundred films. He’s particularly known for his huge orchestral pieces, tailored perfectly to the score of a piece — he oftens watches the entire movie without a soundtrack to decide what to write for it.
- Hans Zimmer. Our next composer, Hans Zimmer, might not be as much of a household name as John Williams, but he is equally as prodigious in the film world.
- Max Steiner. Born in Austria in 1888, Max Steiner was a child prodigy and began composing professionally by the age of fifteen. He was one of the earliest film composers, having moved to California when talking pictures first became popular.
- Ennio Morricone. Most famous for his series of “Spaghetti Western” films in the 1970s and 1980s, Ennio Morricone was an incredibly prolific Italian composer who wrote the music for almost 500 movies during his lifetime.
Mar 23, 2023 · Compose a main theme that communicates the film's tone. Reflect on the film's overall feel as you play around with tunes on your instrument or music software. Create a simple, memorable tune that captures the film's mood. Then decide which instruments should present the tune to the audience at various points in the movie.
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The first course in a two-part series, Music Composition for Film and TV 1 teaches you to write music in the style of Hollywood films and TV programs. The course begins with an overview of important considerations for composing music for visual media, including how to balance music and dialogue, how to influence the audience’s emotional ...
Jan 21, 2024 · Hollywood Chords - Moving the harmony by a 3rd (in either direction) is a popular compositional tool in cinematic and video game composition. In this section, we explore a new series of structures that feature chords separated by an interval of a 3rd. transition.
Explore how film music is composed and hear examples from The Avengers, James Bond and Requiem for a Dream. Understand leitmotifs, chromatics and other key terms. Make your own film...
