Basti

Here it is: My first complete film score. As it happens (and I think I should get used to that), it probably will not be used in the final film. Instead they will track it with existing, stupid pop music. Nevertheless, I would like to show you the music I composed. The film lasts about half an hour, and I composed 26 minutes of music for it. What you are hearing is actually a simulation; I would have conducted the recording sessions, but the score was to difficult to play for our school's orchestra. The score contains no less than nine themes, as there are a main theme, a friendship theme, a love theme, a theme for the heroes, one for the villains, a weeping theme, a theme for a dealer, a theme for a case and one for the feeling of seeking a mysterious object. The full orchestral score has 123 pages. It contains (sometimes more, sometimes less obvious) from "Jaws", the "Raiders March", "The Lord of the Rings", "Gone with the Wind" and "Ben-Hur". It also provides many metre changes, with the following measures used: 3/2, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 3/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8,10/8 and 12/8. The tracklist: 1 - Prologue/The Story Begins 2:43 2 - Lamke's Speech 0:44 3 - In The Villain's Lair 1:42 4 - Teacher Assembly And Meet The Heroes 3:24 5 - Let It Bang! 0:47 6 - The Headquarter/He Wants To Watch A Movie/Ringu Mazushi Hitobito No Tame/Ten Things You Shouldn't Do While Driving 2:50 7 - Ultimative Universal Units 1:20 8 - Let It Melt! 0:47 9 - The (Un)Necessary Kitschy Love Theme/The Solving Of The Stripes/The Confrontation 1:24 10 - Indoor Playground Chase/I Could Have Done More/The Trampoline 2:29 11 - Finale And End Credits 7:24 I would like to hear what you say about it. Someone told me that it sounds like ballet music from the second half of the 19th century; I don't know this music well enough to decide whether this opinion is justified. And always remember: This is my first complete score ever . Listen to it here: http://soundcloud.co...s/abicalypse-1/

Hi there, I wonder how you personally compose your music. As for myself, I sometimes make a few sketches by hand in my free time - sometimes even in school - without using and instrument (I could upload some pics if you're interested), and they sound mostly as I intended. The actual complete score I write on the computer, with the keyboard on my side. I actually can write without an instrument, but it's much more safe to really listen to it at once, fully orchestrated. I'm currently composing the score for 'Abicalypse', and I have made the sketches and themes by hand, but the final writing will be on the computer. How do you handle it (whether you're composing for film or not)?

I'd like to introduce you to my input to the German Young Composer's Contest. It's a suite based upon the famous Artemis Fowl novels by Eoin Colfer. I t is performed by MuseScore. The parts are as following: 1 Fowl Manor 2 Holly's Theme 3 Haven 4 Shuttle Chase 5 The Flying Scene 6 Finale Enjoy, rate and comment

Do the titles of film scores (e.g. "In the Jungle", "Short Round Helps" etc. pp.) get their names in advance (while composing) or when their issued on CD/LP?

Thank you - to be honest: I'm using a test version of Sibelius First that expired so it wouldn't let me safe the document I'm working on. Thereby I have to record it with the voice recorder of my mobile, I didn't filter it . If someone could get me a key for Sibelius First, I'd be very happy ... (Just composed 11 more seconds ) Good night, and thanks again!

I'm composing a score for the 1931 classic "Dracula" starring Bela Lugosi. It's going to be my first real composition ever (I have composed a piano concerto, but it didn't grow beyond the first movement <_< ), and I'd be happy if you would give some comments about it. Here is the first part: Main Title As soon as I've finished watching "House", I'll go on composing.