film scoring

Explore the thrilling studio of film composer @charlieclouser as we delve into his 20 year partnership with the SAW horror franchise. From crafting the latest SAW X soundtrack to deconstructing movie cues, experience his unique soundscapes, custom instruments, creative process, and much more...

What is your experience with IMDb Pro regarding networking? Did you get lucky or is it a good and realistic place for those who want to score the first feature film, better than spending this money visiting many other places (like film schools)?

SoS have a couple of new interview videos on YouTube with the great Alan Meyerson. Always good to listen to Alan and hear about his process and projects, and his journey with Hans Zimmer and the team. Enjoy!!! Interview: part 1 Alan Mayerson. Part 1: . Interview: part 2 Alan Mayerson...

Hey, i made a new mockup, The Medallion Calls from Pirates of the Caribbean. Ive ran into some trouble, i cant hear any woodwinds playing, i dont have a note sheet or a midi file, i did everything by ear. Bass and Celli are pretty easy but woodwinds, violas and percussion are very very hard. I...

Hi everyone, Behind the Score is excited to announce our new video release plan! Following the success of our recent video lessons for the course Using Ostinatos to Construct a Piece, we will begin uploading video lessons for our current text-based course Creating Mood Instantly with...

Hello, I am a college student who is applying to graduate schools in the U.S. Last year I applied to several schools, USC, NYU, CCC, Eastman and the like, but without exception they were all rejected. Of course the school won't tell me the reason for my rejection, but I think it might be my...

Another Major International Film Scoring Competition announcement! Registration is open from 3rd April with a submission deadline of 2nd June 2023. The 7 minute film to be scored can be downloaded for free upon request. A competition entry fee is payable, with a cheaper “early-bird” fee up to...

Hi all, Just dropping by to let you all know that we have (finally) uploaded videos for the course – Using Ostinatos to Construct a Piece (a free course in case you wonder.) In the past, we promised that we will add videos to all of our current text-based courses in 2023. After months of hard...

I know that Cubase, DP and Logic are the most popular programs used for scoring and composing here, however... I believe Ableton is underrated for these kinds of work. There are certain features that make it pretty useful for working with video and orchestral music: - warping is extremely...

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Yet another competition...! Sonixinema have just announced a scoring competition based on “Kaleidoscope” running from now to New Year’s Day! See page linked below for information: https://sonixinema.com/pages/kaleidoscope

Behind the Score is delighted to announce the release of two new video courses written by Robert Davis. A Second Look at Melodic Minor (Free Mini-Course) Master Music Modulation About Robert Davis Robert has worked behind the scenes for companies including Garritan Libraries and MakeMusic...

Just received notification of a new (winter 2022) Indie Film Music Contest. No details yet, apart from that there will be a number of clips to choose from. Look out for more information on Friday!

Hello everyone, Our BLACK FRIDAY special is live! For the next 10 days, we are offering up to 52% OFF on all courses. *All offers valid until Nov.30th, 2022 (UTC) Video Courses are on the way! As we discussed in our previous email, we have been working very hard over the past few months...

Hi everyone, BehindtheScore is running a weekend flash sale – a 25% discount on ALL courses for the next 48 hours. We will also share some exciting news regarding video courses and more study resources very soon. Please stay tuned! We look forward to seeing you all there and we thank you again...

Hello Everyone, My name is Phinehas Yin, or you can call me Vagalyde P. Before I ask a formal question, let me introduce myself. (Please excuse any grammar and wording problems that follow) I am a Chinese student who is applying (preparing to apply) to graduate school in film and television...

Hello Everyone, My name is Phinehas Yin, or you can call me Vagalyde P. Before I ask a formal question, let me introduce myself. (Please excuse any grammar and wording problems that follow) I am a Chinese student who is applying (preparing to apply) to graduate school in film and television...

Hi, wonderful people at vi-control.net. Here's a friendly reminder that our intro 50% discount will only be valid for today. This promotion was a special offer to celebrate our course launch, and we will have higher pricing with a lower discount rate starting tomorrow. Our sale includes 68%...

So I found this thing of using negative delay and then quantize all tracks when you do a film score mockup. Many people say that results are good and that most famous composers and assistants do this. (Only tracks played manually without quantization would be piano and solo instruments.)...

Just received notification of the latest Indie Film Music Contest, this time for Summer 2022, and it opens for registration on April 29th. It seems that there will be two films to choose from to score this time, and as before there is a Young IMFC and a Standard IMFC category, both paid entry...

In this episode Nathan & Craig chat with Anne-Kathrin Dern - a German-born composer based in Los Angeles who creates educational resources for musicians. Enjoy this wide-ranging interview on career stepping stones, immigrating to the USA, growing on YouTube, the numbers game of rejection...

Hey friends! I'd love to know: What are your favourite pieces using string ensemble, and specifically featuring the melody in the violas, or in the cellos? Any classic melodic soaring themes come to mind? Thanks so much!

Another Major International Film Scoring Competition announcement! Registration is open from 11th April with a submission deadline of 6th June 2022. The 6 minute film to be scored can be downloaded for free upon request. A competition entry fee is payable. See link below for full details...

In The Studio returns with Serj Tankian, who is best known as the singer for the rock band System Of A Down. Over the years Serj has established himself in the world of film and television scoring and in this video we get an inside look into his studio, composing process & tons of insight into...

Competition just announced: The Heaviest Score Wins, where you are tasked to rescore Heavyocity’s Damage 2 Trailer. Link here to Metapop page with instructions...

Spitfire Audio have just announced another scoring competition. This one asks that you “predominantly” use their Darkstar Haunted House library! The page linked below provides relevant information...

The Specialized Diploma Program in Film Music at the Université du Québec à Montréal, CHOQ.ca and l'UQAT are proud to announce the seventh edition of the Montreal International Film Music Composition Competition. Three short films are proposed to composers of all parts of the world to inspire...

I'm not a huge template guy, but I've just updated mine for general purpose scoring. What are some must-haves in your template?

Received an email earlier from The Cue Tube advising that their new Discord was going to replace the current Forum. Join here: https://discord.gg/WyUTeG8x Also, there is a new “Noir” clip for rescoring, but only for supporters of The Cue Tube’s Patreon. Patreon page here...

Hi Everyone, Yet another scoring competition for your enjoyment! As before, this is a paid entry competition with the film to be scored provided after payment. See link below for early-bird registration details. https://www.scoretheworld.com/product/early-bird-registration/ After last...

Another competition to get our teeth into! Heavyocity have just announced a free to enter competition to rescore their Symphonic Destruction Trailer!

Spitfire Audio have just announced a Scoring Challenge for Hans Zimmer Month. Check out: https://www.spitfireaudio.com/, and scroll down to Dan Keen’s section where there are links to download the video, and for t&cs. #hanszimmermonth Also see Dan’s video on scoring to picture using Hans...

Just received notification of a new (winter 2021) Indie Film Music Contest. See the following linked page for information: https://indiefilmmusiccontest.com/ The animated film to be scored is shown on this page as a YouTube video, but without sound effects...

Hi All, in case you’ve not seen or been notified, registration for the OTICONS FACULTY 2022 Competiton has been announced. Detail of registration and requirements are set out in the link below: https://faculty.oticons.com/how/tasks

Hey friends! In today's video, we'll take a look at a few things I learned over the course of scoring additional music for the Hallmark film 'Her Pen Pal'. It was definitely a great learning experience, so I hope I can share some of what I picked up with you here. Please enjoy! Big thanks to the...

Just received notification this evening of the CAIFF 2021 Scoring Competition. The link below takes you to the Competition page with relevant information, and a further link in that page goes to the entry form. https://www.caiff.org/filmscoring The film will be provided on payment of a $15...

Just received a notification (below) from IFMC of another contest, which will only be open to email subscribers. —————- Hey, To fill the time until the next Indie Film Music Contest we have a new opportunity for you. We created another contest but this one works a little bit differently...

THIS 2021 COMPETITION HAS ENDED, BUT THE CLIP TO BE SCORED IS AVAILABLE. As with the Horror Hotel competition (which is linked to this one), I’ve just noticed this Film Scoring Competition, which also “slipped under the radar” and ended on 1st June 2021. The competition information page is at...

THIS COMPETITION HAS ENDED, BUT THE CLIP TO BE SCORED IS AVAILABLE. I noticed another Film Scoring Competition, which “slipped under the radar” and ended in April 2021. The competition information page is at the link below: http://horrorhotel.net/film-scoring-competition.html Just follow the...

Hi Everyone, I’ve just noticed another Film Scoring Competition, which “slipped under the radar”. Unfortunately, registration has been open from 1st May, and the submission deadline is 30th June 2021! The film to be scored (Merma) can be downloaded for free using a Google Drive link, and on...

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Another Major International Film Scoring Competition announcement! Registration is open from 3rd May, with a submission deadline of 18th June 2021. The 8 minute film to be scored can be downloaded for free upon request, and on acceptance of certain conditions! A competition entry fee is...

While looking around, I just discovered that there was a previous Abbey Road Studios Film Scoring Competition in 2020! To my surprise, the 2020 competition page is still up on Abbey Road Studio’s site, and the 2020 competition video is still available for download. Link to the page follows...

Hello Everyone, I'm a composer who's learning to score for media, and I really don't know tech. - barely at all. I'm new to all of this and keep finding contradicting posts on what I'll need. I'm setting up my DAW/rig from scratch. For my needs and minimum experience, I'm only considering a...

Just seen another Film Scoring Competition announcement, this time by the famous Abbey Road Studios, in London. This one is time limited, with an entry deadline of 24th April. See below for details...

Hi there! I'm Jan Morgenstern (or sin(x) around these parts) and some two weeks ago, I've launched my soundware label Treeswift Audio along with our debut release, Zebra Elementals: ISLA, a fairly unique library that I've worked on for most of 2020. ISLA is a collection of water-inspired...

Hello everyone, I am thinking of taking Berklee's Film Scoring 101 Online Course, and I was wondering if anyone ever took this course or could tell me whether it's worth pursuing? Any insights will be greatly appreciated :)

The following are some moments that immediately came to mind when thinking of occasions that blew me away when I watched them for the first time. They are mostly simple moments that were different than expected and therefore had a great impact and made some impression on me. In no particular...

=> LEARN MORE <= Iron Throne is a very eerie and dark collection of metallic percussion and semi-melodic effects, ideal for use in horror and suspense scoring, sound-design, trailer fx and post-production. We used viola bows on the throne edges to create sinister melodic and dissonant tones...

Short background: I started an intense development of my music skills back in 1996. I was living, eating, dreaming music. Around 10 years later I got my first TV composing jobs (for short forms, like weather and horoscope shows, ads...). That led to a bigger gig for the top organization in my...

Learn more: https://soundiron.com/products/sonespheres-3-current Sonespheres is a series of uniquely sound-designed atmospheric synths, textural pads, evolving soundscapes, nuanced drones and tonal ambiences, built for the full version of Native Instruments Kontakt 5.5+ Sonespheres 3 - Current...

Is it possible to use Cubase for the composition and DP for the video together in the film scoring?

Hey Everyone! We recently posted a NEW Soundiron Session on our YouTube channel. This time composing in the style of a gritty dramatic action cue ala The Punisher and Breaking Bad. This uses predominately Modern Animated Percussion, Tines & Echoes and some real guitars. Enjoy! If you would...

Hey everyone! My comprehensive for-beginners course on film scoring is currently on sale for $240 (used to be $475) and it's called (surprise) Film Scoring for Beginners. This in-depth, 42 lesson/10-hour-long video course course is intended to be a pretty comprehensive introduction to the...

Author of VidPlayVST, multi-format video player plug-in. Lots of useful information here if you are composing to picture.

Sample Logic & Soundiron introduce the world’s most modern drum machine: Modern Animated Percussion. ']Modern Animated Percussion redefines everything you know about percussion and rhythms. Built for the full version of Kontakt, MAP contains over 6,000 sounds and instrument presets. The...

Hi! Where can I find tutorials that explain how to work with videos and other film scoring features in Cubase?

Enchanting sounds with tons of possibilities Welcome to the Zitherette Version 2.0 Upgrade! We are excited to breathe some new life into this classic library with all new features and 20 Custom FX Presets. Zitherette now has a brand new user interface with sound shaping controls that let you...

Hi guys, Here's a video analyzing the cue Jesse's Bridge by Aaron Zigman. Look at harmonic analysis and melody characteristics.

Ashton Gleckman interviews Benjamin Wallfisch:

Hey Guys, I recently started a youtube channel focusing on discussing film music and all things surrounding it and this week we are doing a discussion of the music of the new Star Wars film The Last Jedi. We stream at 4PM PST and this is the streaming link: Thought this would be of interest...

I've been a member for a little while now but haven't actually introduced myself. I'm an amateur musician who really loves soundtracks and film scores. Huge fan of Hans Zimmer, Thomas Newman, James Newton Howard and JunkieXL. I'm very much still learning the ropes of composing and all of the...

Hi everybody, here's a walkthrough video that might be useful to some. It's a detailed description of my film scoring template for Cubase and how I approach mixing and delivering of stems. Use the index number under the description if you need to jump chapters as the video is very long and some...

Shared sessions are coming up with Full orchestra and String orchestra. Half hour portions can be booked on a discounted rate. April 29th 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba 40 strings (12-10-8-6-4) Costs: $937 (per half-hour session) May 15th 3...

Hi guys! Z3bramatic: Horror Reimagined has just been released and is the final chapter to our Zebramatic soundset series. Once again, this soundset aims at dark cinematic scoring for film and video games. However, it contains sounds which are quite different from what you might were...

Has anyone done the online film orchestra mixing masterclass with Jake Jackson at Thinkspace Education? Thanks! Ken

Hi all, I'm a newbie here! I had a few questions on film scoring so figured I'd post here. What is your workflow for when you get revised cuts where the lengths for the cues have changed? I'm a Cubase user and I find changing the tempo (to fit the new cue) a huge mess. I figured there's gotta...

Hi everyone, I just got my first paying job as a film composer. I have worked with the director in the past (for free on small productions) and he always wants to work me with again! Now he's making a 15 minute short film, but this time there is a bigger budget (including a music budget) and...

Hello everyone! :) This is my first live recording with an orchestra :D I have composed this track for the graduation film "Generation Mars" at the Norwegian Film School at Lillehammer, directed by Alexander Armas Kereklidis Turpin. Recorded with the Norwegian Radio Symphony Orchestra (KORK). A...

Hello and greetings! I'm Norman Ludwin, the orchestrator (for Michael Giacchino) and teacher (UCLA Film Scoring Program) from Los Angeles. Anyone interested in film scoring, please check out my page https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodfilmconsulting/for my books, videos, lessons, and...

Hello and greetings! I'm Norman Ludwin, the orchestrator (for Michael Giacchino) and teacher (UCLA Film Scoring Program) from Los Angeles. Anyone interested in film scoring, please check out my page https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodfilmconsulting/for my books, videos, lessons, and...

Hello and greetings! I'm Norman Ludwin, the orchestrator (for Michael Giacchino) and teacher (UCLA Film Scoring Program) from Los Angeles. Anyone interested in film scoring, please check out my page https://www.facebook.com/hollywoodfilmconsulting/for my books, videos, lessons, and...

Hello, I'm going to use some streamers in a cue I'm writing for the orchestra (first time live!), and I'm trying to find out how to add streamers in Cubase. I've heard it should be possible in PT, but as of now I only use Cubase. Does anyone know how to do this in Cubase? 10Dman

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I am looking for high quality samples of strings, choirs, and orchestral percussion designed for film scoring. What are your favorites? This may be a foolish question but, does anyone know of any that aren't $300-$400 a piece? I do want awesome quality, so I may just have to pay a high price...