Popular Post Kevin 22 Posted September 11, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2016 Hello everyone, With the last Composers Challenge using an action clip from the award winning game 'Mass Effect 2', I thought that the next Composers Challenge should take us into another realm. The Artist is an Oscar winning silent film which follows the life of an actor in the silent film era. Ludovic Bource wrote an Oscar winning score for the movie. The 3 minute scene is from the dramatic climax of the movie where the actor is down in the dumps because, faced with the ultimate choice in life and his love interest is desperately trying to find him: I thought that this clip would be a good choice because we have not had drama as yet and drama is an important genre to master. You could take any approach to this, don't feel like there is only way to do this; you could make it sound like a musical score from that time period or you could make it more modern sounding (since the emotion is timeless). What is different about this challenge is that there will be professions from the film music industry reviewing the entries in addition to the contestants own: 1) William Stromberg - Composer best known for Trinty & Beyond and Starship Troopers 2 and Master of Re-recordings. 2) Alain Mayrand - Composer best known for The Legend of Silk Boy and Orchestrator/Conductor of Elysium. 3) Vladimir Nikolov - Orchestrator who worked on The Artist. Also a couple International Film Music Critics Association members will also be commenting on the entries. The deadline for this challenge is November 12th. Either the composers can: a) upload their own entries to YouTube (but unlisted) and send me the link so I can make a playlist. b) send me the music file (through a file sharing website), tell me where the music goes, and I can do it myself. The music file should be MP3 or equivalent. It is important that the entries be anonymous. The identity of the composer videos will be announced after the voting has finished. In regards to the voting, the composers, or anyone else who wants, will submit their votes/rankings by rating each entry out of 10. The votes will be averaged out of 10 and the top three will be announced. Everyone will receive reviews on their efforts (either from other composers, members of the community or myself included). The composers of the challenge are requested to give a short review of the other works. If anyone who finishes outside of the top three wants to know how they did, then contact me. If anyone not participating in the challenge wants to be a reviewer, you are more than welcome to. The prize for winning the Composers Challenge would be either one of the following (depending on the winner's preference): a) A CD paid for by me shipped to the winner's address b) A cash equivalent (up to $25-30 Canadian (exchange rates pending). If you have any questions, concerns or comments, please contact me at composerschallenge at hotmail dot com. Best of luck to everyone and have fun! Kevin PS: I forgot to mention that anyone who directly plagiarizes from The Artist score (even if the music was not used in the movie) will be disqualified. Use your own voice, not someone else's. Cerebral Cortex, Will, Jilal and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jilal 569 Posted September 11, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2016 How exciting! I'm not sure if I have the chops, but I'll at least try and participate. In fact ... I've already begun. Kevin, Cerebral Cortex, Will and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 On Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 3:26 PM, Jilal said: How exciting! I'm not sure if I have the chops, but I'll at least try and participate. In fact ... I've already begun. Well someone has to provide competition for Loert ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted September 21, 2016 Author Share Posted September 21, 2016 There's still plenty of time to sign up for the challenge! I know of at least half a dozen composers who will be entering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 Don't be afraid to enter, you're guaranteed to have constructive feedback about your entry. More than a month left to before the deadline, plenty of time to sign up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Another update: Composer James Peterson has agreed to be a part of the professional review team. James is best known for his work on the The Red Canvas (for which the "Ballet for Brawlers cue is magnificent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 's two weeks left until the deadline, plenty of time to sign and write! There's two weeks left until the deadline, plenty of time to sign and write! Remember if you enter, you will receive feedback from professional composers: 1) William Stromberg - Composer best known for Trinty & Beyond and Starship Troopers 2 and Master of Re-recordings. 2) Alain Mayrand - Composer best known for The Legend of Silk Boy and Orchestrator/Conductor of Elysium. 3) James Peterson - Composer best known for The Red Canvas (with its 12 minute Ballet for Brawlers cue). Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Just to remind everyone, the contest ends this Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Hello everyone, In the end, it turned out that we have 12 wonderful entries (which is more than the last two composers challenge). Now that the contest is closed, the voting can begin. Let me be clear, everyone (not just composers) can vote and giving feedback on the entries is highly encouraged. The comments allow each of the composers to learn from this experience. For voting, you rate each entry out of 10 (one being the worst and ten being the best). At the end, the votes will be added up and the top three will be announced. Composers who entered this contest: You cannot vote for your own entry. Here is the playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZTxpL6wfPQrOtsNIN8WMD5zPG0qhHsVy These clips have been labelled for the purposes of anonymity. If you entered the contest or if you know someone who entered the contest, please do not name the entry in question or name the composer in question. The deadline for voting will be November 27th. That gives you two weeks to listen to the clips and vote. I know that there are a lot of entries but if you do one or two a day, then it becomes easier. If you have any questions, please contact me at composerschallenge at hotmail dot com. Kevin Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilal 569 Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 It's a pity I couldn't contribute, but I've been very occupied with school lately and I've replaced more or less everything in my orchestral template with (far superior) Orchestral Tools libraries, as well as extending my setup with a slave computer running VEP, which cost me only €80 but comes in very handy, to say the least. Will and Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 14 hours ago, Jilal said: It's a pity I couldn't contribute, but I've been very occupied with school lately and I've replaced more or less everything in my orchestral template with (far superior) Orchestral Tools libraries, as well as extending my setup with a slave computer running VEP, which cost me only €80 but comes in very handy, to say the least. Next time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin 22 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Just to remind people that they have until the end of Sunday to send their votes and comments you me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kevin 22 Posted December 6, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2016 Hello everyone, First of all, I want to thank everyone would participated in this composers challenge. We actually had more entries than with Dear Esther and Mass Effect 2 which is a very gratifying feeling. I tell you that two of the professional composers (James Peterson and William Stromberg) were unable to review the entries due to professional commitments. However, Alain Mayrand and Vladmir Nikolov. Before I announce the top three, I want to explain the voting process. People voted each entry out of 10 and then I averaged out the votes per entry to determine the winner. I have also complied all of the reviews and comments that people shared out the each entry so each composer will receive those comments from me shortly after this posting. Note: when you read them, each new number is someone else commenting on it. It was very close between first and second place with 0.02 a difference between them. The winner of The Artist Composers Challenge is: Entry 12 - CS_TBL of Filmtracks with an average score of 8.77 out of 10: Second place went to Entry 7 - HowdyDoodle of Reddit with an average score of 8.75 out of 10: Third place went to Entry 4 - Sciscitatio of Reddit with an average score of 7.45 out of 10: If you did not finish in the top three but want to know where you finished, please contact me personally at composerschallenge at hotmail dot com or my personal email (if you already know it). I have a few ideas of clips that I want to do for the next composers challenge. The next challenge will start sometime in the new year. Kevin Cerebral Cortex, Manakin Skywalker and Loert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loert 2,510 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Congratulations to CS_TBL ! Manakin Skywalker and Cerebral Cortex 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,890 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Congrats! Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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