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Editorial Reviews
Scoring for film hsa changed dramatically over the past 20 years. With the advent of MIDI sequencers and low-cost recording gear, just about any composer anywhere can score a film. Well-known composer Sonny Kompanek teaches this new film scoring process at the prestigious New York University and now he shares his secrets with the pages of From Score to Screen. Learn about the cast of professionals you'll work with as a film composer. Find out how to meet people in the business, network, and create a promotional demo. Learn how to compose themes and battle writers' block. And know how to make a director happy with your work. With this book, you'll gain practical knowledge that you can put into action immediately. This is the only book that discusses the new film scoring process which utilises the latest technology.
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Informative, practical, and thoughtful.
Having just started in the business of writing music for film and television, I needed a new book to walk me through the practical aspects of film scoring. This book accomplishes that, and more. It goes through the step by step process by which a contemporary film composer can get work, interact with a director, creatively write a score, edit and tweak it, and record it in a studio environment. It's well written, very communicative, and has already helped me figure out where to go to drum up business, and how to write music for film quickly and confidently. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to write music for film and T.V.
Rock-solid advice from someone whose been there
An excellent book that takes it's title quite literally - From Score to Screen. This book DOES NOT teach you how to write a score, rather it assumes that you have a computer-sequenced score written and are now converting that midi mockup into a full orchestral recording in a professional recording studio with a large orchestra and several helper professionals to assist you. As such, this book does a wonderful job in covering, very specifically, the nuts and bolts of part extraction, conducting ,and just what all those helper professionals at the session (copyist, orchestrator, mixer) do. Although, obviously, I have never gone through this process, this certainly seems like rock-solid advice from someone whose been there (repeatedly).
Extremely useful real world advice.
This is a wonderful book for anyone who is interested in the art of film scoring. "From Score to Screen" contains an abundance of great advice for beginning film scorers as well as composers who are more established. Topics include: score preparation and how to make the live orchestra session run smoothly, as well as advice and tips on converting a midi mockup to a full orchestra recording. Great insight from an expert.
Informative, but quite repetitive
I learned a couple of things from this book that I didn't already know from reading other books about the film scoring industry. However, I can't agree with the endorsements chosen by the publisher that imply this book breaks new ground, etc.
It was very basic, very simple reading, and I got frustrated at how often the author repeated himself. Sometimes, it felt like the same content was actually copied and pasted from one section to another.
If this is one of the first books you read on the subject, it might prove to be quite helpful to you. But it's by no means a major work. Some of the anecdotes included are humorous, and I enjoyed the "insider" feel when reading it. But overall, I came away wishing I had gotten a lot more depth and not so much repetitive fluff.
It was very basic, very simple reading, and I got frustrated at how often the author repeated himself. Sometimes, it felt like the same content was actually copied and pasted from one section to another.
If this is one of the first books you read on the subject, it might prove to be quite helpful to you. But it's by no means a major work. Some of the anecdotes included are humorous, and I enjoyed the "insider" feel when reading it. But overall, I came away wishing I had gotten a lot more depth and not so much repetitive fluff.
EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE & A CONFIDENCE BUILDER
This book offers a great start to anyone who has questions about film scoring - whether you're just curious or taking things quite seriously this book provides some very good insight. I currently don;t have the luxury of taking classes for Film Scoring and it is clear that Sonny Kompanek is a great teacher. Realistic, straightforward yet positive & hopeful - he provides some words of encouragement to those aspiring to break into this field as well as "cold hard facts."
Great Book!
Great Book!
A very practical and easy to follow book. I appreciate how this one spells it out for us. Get it now!
This book is the real deal. I have talked with film composers and music supervisors and everything they have told me is in this book. This book covers all sections of music in film from composer to orchestrator, conductor..... it covers it all. Great reference section in back of book. Has websites, schools, books, all kinds of useful references for film scoring. He also gives you examples of how to fix problems and what to try. great book! I am keeping this one for a long time to help me through my film scoring times.
This is a good overview book of film music. I own and have read a variety of these types of books, and this holds pretty well. However, i would suggest the Berklee Press book by Richard Davis as well.
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