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I don't know of any large-scale films that have used orchestral samples (as a whole) for the film score. There are many films where orchestral samples have been used in conjunction with a live orchestra to really fill the sound out (especially if it's a smaller ensemble that's recorded). Same...

Hey Carter, I don't wanna be "that" guy....but....check it: http://www.indietalk.com/announcement.php?f=139

Maybe this is what you're describing that you've already done, but try doing a publisher search for the song information: https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx Put Las Alazanas in the search box and you'll see the publisher's information on the right hand side (towards the...

I know you can do a music search on ASCAP's website to see what's copyrighted and what's not. Maybe try to search on the SCL (Society of Composer & Lyricists) or shoot them an email. I'm sure they'd be happy to help.

Kickstarter opened today: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1592127308/the-99-orchestra-an-orchestra-for-everyone Non-commercial use only. A separate fee applies for commercial use. Not sure what that is.

Hey Mike, I agree with your summation. I think that if you're pretty confident in your writing/orchestration for a live ensemble like this that you could certainly make it work for projects. The only thing is: I don't know if it's something that will always be offered by the group....or if...

I would agree. I think it pushes the idea of using real musicians, at an affordable rate, that's not too much to handle for someone starting out. With the cost of sample libraries, it removes the excuse of it being too expensive. And if you can manage to write something pretty cool that they...

Hi everyone, Has anybody else heard about this $99 Orchestra? http://www.99dollarorchestra.com/#meltdown-tour Basically, it's a 7 minute recording session aimed at recording 30s to 1:30. 30 musicians. So, I'm assuming you'd get a couple practice runs, record (once or twice), and you're done...

Totally understandable. Definitely some good conversation here.

Hey David, Some great points here! While I will disagree with you on the theory of never working for free is crap....I do agree with your summation points. I think Mike McGuill said it really well on the first page of this discussion: That seems (maybe) more in-line with what your...

Mike, I'm pretty much in agreement with you here. It aligns closer to my personal view of things.

Well, not have any bespoke music in your film. There are still plenty of ways to license music for a film for little to money. Yeah, I think we all know that will never happen. Even at the professional level where composing is the sole income, it still won't happen.......as the sweet sirens...

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I see what you're saying here; perfectly valid. I think that's also an underlying message to composers here. You need to figure out your craft and technicalities so that a) you're good enough to find a project to work on and, b) realistically confident enough (with skills to back it up) to ask...

Yes, they do....but you wouldn't go taking unpaid internship after unpaid internship. I'm not sure I'd agree here. The problem (for composers) is that this is their assumption.....and they never ask for any type of payment, whether it be dollars or bartering for services, etc. It's as if...

@Zansteve: Why is the author a jackass? @sfoster: Website works just fine here.

Hey all, Here's an article recently released from a top-end sample instrument developer regarding the notion of working for free. http://8dio.com/#blog/how-to-ruin-your-career-and-bring-down-the-music-industry/ Thoughts?

I agree with @directorik.

Hi Sean. What DAW and sample libraries are you currently working with? - Mike

A bit of a long read but certainly worth it! http://projectorandorchestra.com/scoring-the-cosmos-a-conversation-with-alan-silvestri-and-seth-macfarlane/ Quote from the article: "It was also an extremely rare scenario where the composer wasn’t asked to spend a lot of time creating elaborate...