COMPOSER+(Film)


 * Composer (Film) Tahlia Cooper **

A **Film Composer** is the person who writes the film score and decides how it sounds and if it needs to be changed. A film score is the background music in a film, specially written for the film and used to enhance and intensify the audiences’ emotions provoked by the pictures imagery on the screen or by the dialogue.

A film composer plays no role in production process until post production, in which the composer will write orchestral scores for the different scenes throughout the film. A film composer will write and edit these scores several times for a film until they feel the piece gathers the right emotion needed to make the scene effective.
 * Role in Production process **

[|Paul Haslinger talks about the role of a film composer]

There is not necessarily a need for formal training although a degree in music can help. A film composer is required to have the ability to understand when a producer says "I want a such and such feel" and know what they mean whether it be the beat or the instruments used. A film composer also needs to stay in touch with the latest trends in music, so that when a producer asks for music that will appeal to a certain target audience, you know exactly what type of music, artists and sound to create and use as inspiration. Knowledge on latest recording equipments wont go astray.
 * Training Requirements **

with the advancement of home recording devices and programs such as pro-tools composer's can no create an entire orchestral score on their computers in their home studios with out the need for an actual orchestra. the composer can then email the producer and director the scores and get feedback on what the director would like. there is very little (in most cases none) face to face meetings between the composer and director.
 * Impact on technology and industry developments **


 * Notable examples **

His first greater scoring task was to write the music for a UN broadcast on the founding of Israel state. Columbia Pictures were interested by this broadcast and gave Bernstein his first movie scoring opportunity, for the 1950 college football film ‘Saturday’s Hero’.
 * Elmer Berstein **

After composing the score for "The Nightmare before Christmas" and "Batman" Elfman became a major composer in Hollywood. He has also composed the music for several TV shows. An example here is "The Simpsons".
 * Danny Elfman **

Jerry Goldsmith was one of the great Hollywood film composers. He was composing scores for various movie genres, including war movies, film noir, action movies, erotic thrillers, sports pictures, family comedies, westerns, comic books adaptations and many more.
 * Jerry Goldsmith **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">James Horner is the man behind the best-selling soundtrack of all times, the soundtrack for "Titanic". He is mostly famous for his tunes with a Celtic flavor, but he has proven himself to be an all-round composer. He has received several awards and he's one of the most famous composers in Hollywood.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">James Horner **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Top-Five-Movie-Composers <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.startintv.com/jobs/composer-for-tv-film.php <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/beacomposer.asp <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://musiced.about.com/od/musiccareers/p/composer.htm <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://www.startintv.com/jobs/composer-for-tv-film.php
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