Music for Theatre – Composing for All Eventualities
The music themes are all pretty much composed for The Count of Monte Cristo, a new, irreverent theatre adaptation of the book by Alexandre Dumas. Rehearsals start next week at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, where it will play from mid-April to mid-May.
These are some of the challenges which have become clear through the writing process.
Ten Tips for Getting Into the Composing Game
No clue on how to get into this crazy composing game?
Here’s an article on Ten Tips for Getting Into the Composing Game I wrote for the fabulous Scorecast Online site.
I talk about finding your niche, networking and relationships, pitching and persistence, things that I’ve experienced and learned from ‘Getting the Gig’ – January’s topic on [...]
Composing Film Music Tips: The Pedal Note
Due to popular demand (aka the poll in the right sidebar), my next few posts will be tips on composing music, with an emphasis on writing music for film in particular.
Today’s tip is all about the ‘pedal note’ or ‘drone’. It’s really a very simple concept: a single, sustained note or tone.
Pedal notes [...]
Inspiration
inspiration n
stimulation or arousal of the mind, feelings, etc., to special or unusual activity or creativity
the state or quality of being so stimulated or aroused
someone or something that causes this state
an idea or action resulting from such a state
the act or process of inhaling; breathing in
From English Collins Dictionary – English Definition & Thesaurus
Inspiration is [...]
10 Top Tips – Writing Film Music
So you’ve got a great commission, composing music for feature film.
Congratulations!
But now what? Here are a few ideas that I’ve learned (often from some pretty tough lessons) make the process go a little more smoothly…
Get involved as early on as possible
Communicate with your director
Communicate with the editor
Be really clear about tone/mood/emotion
Be really clear about [...]
