User:Nerdman4244/Film score

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The article i plan to edit is Film Score. I will be focusing predominantly on the "Writing" section, I will be adding more on the influence and writing process among different composers.

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Once the spotting session has been completed and the precise timings of each cue determined, the composer will then work on writing the score. The methods of writing the score vary from composer to composer; some composers prefer to work with a traditional pencil and paper, writing notes by hand on a staff and performing works-in-progress for the director on a piano, while other composers write on computers using sophisticated music composition software such as Digital Performer, Logic Pro, Finale, Cubase, or Pro Tools. Working with software allows composers to create MIDI-based demos of cues, called MIDI mockups, for review by the filmmaker prior to the final orchestral recording.

The length of time a composer has to write the score varies from project to project; depending on the post-production schedule, a composer may have as little as two weeks or as much as three months to write the score. In normal circumstances, the actual writing process usually lasts around six weeks from beginning to end.

'''The actual material of the score depends on several different variables that factor into how a composer may write. Things like; the emotion the composer is trying to convey, the character on screen, the scenery and geography of the set, and multiple more. A composition could consist of different instrumentation, varying genres, and different influential styles. this matrix of possibilities has made it possible for hundreds of scores to stand out.'''

'''Each composer has there own Inspirations and there own pragmatic impressions that create a unique and grabbing sound that create a memorable scene. One example of this is in the " The Lord of The Rings" score where Howard Shore used specific melodic idea to refer to The Shire using a tin flute to evoke a Celtic feel. He does this many times through all three films in the trilogy to refer back when a character is feeling nostalgic or reminiscent ( Lawson, Macdonald ,2018).'''

'''In other scores you'll find not only original orchestration but also an incorporation of popular music, that represents the era and or the character being potrayed. Many films do this like " Guardians of the galaxy", or the " Back to the Future". In the Robert Zemeckis, Alan Silvestri orchestrates a composion that is accompanied by tracks suck as; "The power of love", and "Back in Time" both by Huey Lewis and The News. This creates a sense of lightness that deviates from the fanfare-like main theme.( Lawson, Macdonald ,2018).'''

'''Many scores often try to draw from worldly influncence to create sound that cements itself into popular culture. An example of this would be the score from " The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". In this score by Ennio Morricone he uses a culmination of post-tonal music theory, celtic song, gregorian chant, and mariachi trumpets to create the sound of the spaghetti western, that is often associated with the wild west ( Kalinak 2010 ).'''

References:
MATT LAWSON; LAURENCE MACDONALD. 100 Greatest Film Scores. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018

KATHRYN KALINAK. Film Music: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010