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Call me old fashioned, but can't you (or the director) simply ask the composer to re-write it as something else? I listened to it, and you're right, it's the wrong kind of music for the genre you're talking about (unless you're going for a juxtaposition of ideas, which it sounds like you're...

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A little while ago Stephen Kaminski made up a thread for film composers in this forum. The thread is 8 pages long, and I've lost count of how many views it's had. This got me thinking - there are obviously composers (and people vaguely interested in this side of film development) that like...

Here's a question for you: I'm nearly finished working on the music for a film. Now most of it's fine - but for one cue, they wanted me to use a Classical piece of music. I've orchestrated and arranged it, so I think I get around needing a sync licence from anyone. But - as the piece is...

LOL! I know exactly what you mean! Though for me, the most exciting rip-off of Mars was on an old computer game of mine, which had it playing during a fight.....ooh, the excitement!

I can say with hand on heart that I have never heard of Respighi. Holst, on the other hand, is a big fav of mine. I played Viola for Jupiter once - that was damn good fun - and needless to say I love Mars. Though, I'm really not a fan of his Military Band stuff, though the folk tune stuff is...

Well, how about this for a weird compromise, with the worst of both worlds. I'm currently working on the score for a film from the States - but it's in Hindu! Talk about writing blind. Never mind about subtleties - I needed the scene description sheet to realise that two characters were telling...

@Hutch - thanks for the offer - I think the flight might be a bit pricey, though :cry: And what a great response! I'm really glad my comments opened up the box for discussion. @Shot Renegade - you guys probably never heard of it, but I had to teach some 'A' level stduents (17-18yr olds)...

Hmm, it's interesting how the big names get mentioned as being good, while the not-so-well known ones aren't. I would love someone to hear some Horner, say, and be told it was Shore or some random person, and see how that affects their judgement of the piece. I'm not saying this to be...

John Cleese does seem to be an amazing guy - I've seen a few interviews of him. Slightly envious now, Stephen! :mrgreen: I've been looking at some of the 60's film scores lately - a section from the original Planet of the Apes is part of the 'A' level syllabus over here for some boards - the...

Hmm, talking of location - are there any other British composers reading these threads??

There are all sorts of sound effects cds out there - I've managed to come across some copyright-free ones for about 3 quid. Sure they're not great, but for a tight budget, and with a bit of tampering with, they're fine. Then of course there's the hollywood ones, which are around $1,000 per cd...

Hutch, I couldn't put it any better. Every gig has to be looked at on their own merit - personally, I'm very happy to work for a lo/no/deferred payment, as a means to build up relationships and experience. In fact, I'm currently working on 2 on that basis, with a third coming up next month...

Sounds promising Stephen - I'd ask him to put that in writing! :P (Oh, but he just has....) I have to agree with Clive about the professionalism thing. I know that before I started out professionally, I didn't act professionally - hell, I was just starting to get into making music, and the...

Thanks for the info, Stephen - I appreciate it. I've only been in the composition business professionally for less than a year, and have only started seriously looking into film since December, so I've got quite a bit of catching up to do with the technical know-how...:) Thanks again! :D

(at the risk of sounding stupid....) mini dv - is that as in a hand-help, digital video camera? Which presumably links (what, via usb?) to your computer? I'm really trying to get used to the different film formats, and ways of converting them onto computer, what gear you'd need etc. Now, the...

stephen - what do you use to convert the films to Quicktime? Do you tend to get them on dvd anyway, or on tape/film? Cubase SX can load digital film formats (avi/mpg etc) but at the mo, the best thing I have for conversion is a digital camera which can make short (4min) movies. It's OK...

(nice subject change :D ) I use a PC for all my work. I've got a nice sound card which has great synth sounds (yamaha sw1000xg) and I use Cubase SX with Konpakt for samples. I'm just in the process of ordering Garritan Personal Orchestra. If you've never heard of it, it looks great! Check out...