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Understanding the importance and process of working with a composer

Understanding the importance and process of working with a composer

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Understanding the importance and process of working with a composer

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- I think sometimes first time directors don't realize how huge having a composer is for the movie. There's just such a difference between having you know a piece of music that is what it is under a scene and a piece of music that is actually composed to the beats in that scene to help the emotion move along, like it adds a whole other level on top of what you've already got there. - It's funny as a composer because I think the thing that people discount a lot about us in the process is whether, we're kind of the last or one of the last creatives that can have quite a drastic and dramatic effect on the film. Whenever I meet the director or the producers or whoever you know the powers that be are I just before I commit a note of music to anything I'd like to get to know them because the interpretation of what can be done with what ends up in your lap isn't a definitive thing so it's, what are they shooting for, what are they you know what means emotional to them what means dark to…

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