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The Score: Interviews with Film Composers
This collection of candid interviews with some of today's finest and hottest film composers presents a broad cross-section of thoughts about the process of film composing, styles of film music, and working within today's entertainment industry. Every fan of the music that often guides our emotions as we sit glued or trembling in our theater seats will find this contemporar...more
400 pages
Published
September 1st 1999
by Silman-James Press
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Some pretty interesting interviews with a variety of film composers, including some of my favorites. You come away with a sense that the Hollywood system is pretty brutal and one has to work fast and flexibly to survive. It was also interesting to read that more traditional composers (concert composers, etc.) hold film composers in very low regard, despite the effort and skill required to pull off a movie score.
My absolute favorite genre of music is film scoring. And this may be my favorite resource on the subject. The author interviews a host of film composers, including the likes of John Barry. And he lets them speak their minds. The primary voice of the book is the collective perspective of the composers. This is like The Actor's Studio on TV: in-depth interviews with people who've succeeded in an excruciatingly competitive field.
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