Complete Guide to Film Scoring – 3rd Edition

Master the art and business of composing music for film and TV with the Complete Guide to Film Scoring - 3rd Edition. Written by industry experts, this comprehensive guide provides valuable insights and techniques for successfully writing music for visual media. From composition to navigating the business side, this guide will give you the expertise needed to excel in this competitive field.

Berklee Guide Softcover

Series: Berklee Guide

Publisher: Berklee Press

Format: Softcover

Authors: Richard Davis, Alison Plante

Learn the business, process, and procedures of writing music for film, television, and other forms of media. This book goes step-by-step through the Berklee approach to the art of film scoring. In tracing the evolution of film music from its early silent film origins to today's contemporary practices, you will understand the conventions of the medium and gain a solid grounding for how to approach creating your own evocative scores. Read insights from many of today's film music professionals: composers, orchestrators, music editors, and others – providing an up-to-date account of the art and business of including music in film. Now in its third edition, this comprehensive guide has long been core to Berklee's world-renowned Screen Scoring Department curriculum, whose graduates are scoring films in Hollywood and for film studios worldwide.

You will learn to:

• Understand the processes and practices of how music fits into the post-production stage of a film's development.

• Trace the history of film music, with its evolving technology and conventions, and see how age-old practices continue to influence today's scores.

• Identify the major roles in the filmmaking process: the director, producer, music supervisor, music editor, and others.

• See how music can serve diverse dramatic functions through the use of instrumental underscore and songs.

• Recognize the similarities and differences in scoring for diverse genres such as animation and documentary films.

• Navigate the business side of film scoring, understanding its most common compensation models and how they can play out in the long term.

Product Details

Inventory: #HL 01450038

ISBN: 9780876392317

UPC: 196288213598

Width: 6.0"

Length: 9.0"

Page Count: 288 Pages