Oct 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Starting a Career as Film or Game Composer There is no standard way to find an entrance into the film/game scoring world. The essential thing to understand is that it is a highly individual way for everybody and just because it worked for one person doesn’t mean it...
Oct 1, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Communicating With a Client Don’t expect your director to have enough musical knowledge to be able to communicate in musical terms. Find a way to make communication with him/her clear when presenting your concept or ideas. A good way is to talk in emotions like “It...
May 7, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Satisfying the Customer vs. Satisfying Yourself Quite often clients will be pleased already with quite mediocre products and many composers develop a habit of saying “The customer’s happy, that’s all that counts.” While from a purely business-related viewpoint this...
Mar 26, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, Film Scoring
Vague Client Feedback One of the most annoying things when scoring a film is getting inconclusive and vague feedback from your client. If you are not sure why your customer doesn’t like a particular cue even after he/she has given feedback on it, keep asking...
