What do you think about group scoring?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Does one have to though?

[Quintus 5,399]

Nah. 

[Simon McBride 113]

This basically sums up my feelings on the argument.

[Quintus 5,399]

It can get a bit coarse though can't it, group scoring I mean. Like it can in that solo material sometimes. 

[Koray Savas 2,251]

10 hours ago, mrbellamy said:

 

I think most people do well enough with italics, quotes, exclamation points, general hyperbole etc. Besides that, tagging a little /s at the end of the post seems to get the job done for those who care about whether or not their post will read to the Thors of the world

 

Anyway, I'm all for "group scoring" in the collaborative sense. A pop/rock band or an established duo like the Danna bros....I think I'm a little confused reading this thread but are there really arguments against that? I don't get it, especially if they're working cue-by-cue together. I'm guessing a singular vision would be harder to maintain and just plain inefficient writing for a 100-piece orchestra, though, as opposed to a 4-piece rock band or an all-electronics piece where the finished product is forming right in front of you. But like, Good Dinosaur was wonderful recently.

 

Ghostwriting obviously is a  and I don't really like the idea of any collaboration that takes the Oprah approach: "You get a cue, you get a cue, everybody gets a cue!!!" You'd be lucky to make it to a cohesive whole that way and it's not really a collaboration at all, unless I suppose you're constantly reconvening and swapping each other's work like some screenwriter partners who might each take a few scenes then regroup. But no idea how well that would work on a modern post-production schedule...definitely not for some kind of intricately leitmotivic and/or fully orchestral piece. I don't have that much insight into how the Dannas do it or like how Zimmer/JNH did the Batmans. Anybody?

I think it wholly depends on the project. Not much is known about the Dark Knight films, I don't think, but I know they worked separately for certain characters and themes. Howard very clearly wrote the Harvey Dent material whilst Hans wrote the Batman material. Some of the family motifs/Wayne manor material from Batman Begins is very much in Howard's style, as well. 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I missed Howard in TDKR, even though i'm not quite sure what it is he brought to the table.