Film Scoring Bundle: Writing Music For Films: Parts 1 And 2

Master the Art of Composing For Film and Learn To Find Gigs Doing It

What you'll learn

Get started building a portfolio of work to show their film composition talents

Score a feature film using a variety of techniques

Understand the process of writing music for film

Write and Compose music using proven techniques and tips

Create their own music using software, or good old pencil and paper.

Generate musical ideas through creativity exercises

Tools of the trade: Software

How do you start?

The process

Program music and metaphors

Character sketches

Writing through canon

Score and Source

Practicing with silent films

Setting up a session

Marking hits

Scoring the opening credits

Working with rhythm in cues

Finding and analyzing POV scenes

Creating atmosphere

Harmonizing string melodies

Polyrhythmic accompaniment

Working with string orchestra

The chase scene

Using the brass section

Building tension

Requirements

Students should be enthusiastic about music, but do not need to be producers or musicians. No prior experience is needed in the music industry, business, financing, or accounting.

Description

** UDEMY BESTSELLER **100% Answer Rate! Every single question posted to this class is answered within 24 hours by the instructor. Welcome to the COMPLETE Music COMPOSITION AND FILM SCORING Guide! The most popular film scoring online course!This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to take their music career (or music interest) and develop it into something more. Whether you are an active musician or an aspiring musician, this class is perfect for you.In this course, we will learn the essential techniques used in writing music for the film. Through a series of analysis' of well-known film scenes from your favorite movies we will learn what makes a great cue, and then apply those techniques by writing our own. I'll be showing you some of my own projects for film and television throughout the class, and walk you through my process when composing music for a film project.By the end of this course, students will understand the tools, lingo, and techniques used in the film composing world and will be ready to dive into their own projects. I'll walk you through how to get started on your first project by using freely available movies that need a score. Throughout my career, I've worked with major American orchestras, film studios, and video game designers. I'm also a Ph.D. in music composition and a university professor (of music composition). Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to Udemy in an online format in order to reach more students and give them the joy of Music Theory.I'm planning on making several "sections" of this class, and this is Part 1. As the class grows, we will go deeper and deeper into my techniques. In this class, we will cover:Tools of the tradeFinding the emotional responseMusic Theory and GenreScoring for filmUsing Modes in Film ScoresFinding the MessageLearning from Temp Cues"Spotting" the filmFilm score composition techniquesWorking with industry budgetsDiegetic music and non-diegetic musicScore and SourceThe OstinatoWorking with silent filmsSetting up a sessionMarking hitsScoring the opening creditsMotive and LeitmotifWorking with LeitmotifsWorking with the rhythm in cuesPOVFinding and analyzing POV scenesComposing using POVAnd much, much, more! And of course, once you sign up for this class, all my other classes are yours at steep discounts! Over half off for all future sections!The course is a roadmap to launching your career as a composer!All the tools you need to prepare, organize and start your career are included in this course and the entire course is based on real-life experiences - not just academic theory.Please click the "Take This Course" button so you can launch your music career today.** I guarantee that this course is the most thorough music business course available ANYWHERE on the market - or your money back (30-day money-back guarantee) **Closed captions have been added to all lessons in this course.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––- Praise for Courses by Jason Allen:⇢  "It seems like every little detail is being covered in an extremely simple fashion. The learning process becomes relaxed and allows complex concepts to get absorbed easily. My only regret is not taking this course earlier." - M. Shah⇢  "Great for everyone without any knowledge so far. I bought all three parts… It's the best investment in leveling up my skills so far.." - Z. Palce⇢  "Excellent explanations! No more or less than what is needed." - A. Tóth⇢  "VERY COOL. I've waited for years to see a good video course, now I don't have to wait anymore. Thank You!" - Jeffrey Koury⇢  "I am learning LOTS! And I really like having the worksheets!" - A. Deichsel⇢  "The basics explained very clearly - loads of really useful tips!" - J. Pook⇢  "Jason is really quick and great with questions, always a great resource for an online class!" M. Smith––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Students who register for this course will receive ongoing exclusive content and discounts for all future classes in the series. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Tools of the Trade, and a Look at One of My Projects

Lecture 3 Update! MuseScore 3.0

Lecture 4 What I've Found in Other Film Scoring Classes

Lecture 5 A Note About Examples in This Class

Section 2: Emotion and Music Theory

Lecture 6 Finding the Right Emotional Response

Lecture 7 Music Theory and Genre

Lecture 8 Using Modes in Film Music

Lecture 9 Finding the Message of the Film

Lecture 10 Threnody for the Care Bears

Section 3: The Process

Lecture 11 Learning From Temp Cues

Lecture 12 Spotting the Film

Lecture 13 Budgets

Section 4: Diegetic Music and Non Diegetic Music

Lecture 14 Diegetic and Non Diegetic Music

Lecture 15 Score and Source Example: JAWS (1975)

Lecture 16 Source Music Elements

Lecture 17 When the Score and Source Collide

Lecture 18 Analysis: Battlestar Galactica

Section 5: The Ostinato

Lecture 19 Analysis: Captain America

Lecture 20 Analysis: Requiem for a Dream

Lecture 21 The Ostinato

Lecture 22 Working with Silent Films

Lecture 23 Setting Up a Session

Lecture 24 Composing with Ostinatos

Lecture 25 Building on Ostinatos with More Elements

Lecture 26 Marking Hits

Lecture 27 Finishing Up Our Intro

Lecture 28 A Quick Analysis So Far

Lecture 29 [DOWNLOAD] MuseScore (Notation) File

Lecture 30 Working with Notation

Section 6: Motive and Leitmotif

Lecture 31 Motive and Lietmotif

Lecture 32 Analysis: Star Wars

Lecture 33 The Opera Connection

Lecture 34 Locating Lietmotifs

Lecture 35 Composing Lietmotifs

Lecture 36 Adding Rhythm

Lecture 37 Our Long Cue So Far

Section 7: Point of View (POV)

Lecture 38 What is POV?

Lecture 39 Finding and Analyzing POV Scenes

Lecture 40 Scoring a POV Scene

Lecture 41 Analysis of our POV Scene

Section 8: Part 1: Wrap Up

Lecture 42 Split in 2

Lecture 43 Coming in Part 2!

Section 9: Part 2: Introduction

Lecture 44 Introduction

Lecture 45 Tools We Will Use

Lecture 46 Update! MuseScore 3.0

Lecture 47 One of My Professional Projects

Lecture 48 A Note About the Examples In This Class

Section 10: Atmosphere

Lecture 49 What is Atmosphere?

Lecture 50 Example: District 9

Lecture 51 Example: Finding Nemo

Lecture 52 The "Pad" Sound and the Orchestra

Lecture 53 Using Modes for Atmosphere

Lecture 54 Finding an Atmospheric Cue in Our Film

Lecture 55 Composing with Atmosphere

Lecture 56 Analysis of Our Cue

Section 11: Working with String Harmonies

Lecture 57 Taking a Lush Melody and Adding Harmonic Motion

Lecture 58 Polyrhythmic, Monorhythmic, and Accompanimental

Lecture 59 Example: The Village

Lecture 60 Example: Monorhythmic

Lecture 61 Example: Polyrhythmic

Lecture 62 A Piece Worth Noting: Barber's Adagio

Lecture 63 Finding a Good Cue for Our Film

Lecture 64 Composing with String Harmonies

Lecture 65 Analysis of This Cue

Section 12: The Chase Scene

Lecture 66 The Chase Scene

Lecture 67 Example: The Matrix

Lecture 68 Example: Jason Borne

Lecture 69 Rhythm in Chase Scenes

Lecture 70 Brass Swells!

Lecture 71 Example: C'était une rendevous

Lecture 72 C'était une rendevous Playthrough

Lecture 73 Scoring C'était une rendevous

Lecture 74 Analysis of This Cue

Section 13: Building Tension (Suspense and Horror Cues)

Lecture 75 Tension Cues

Lecture 76 Example: The Ring

Lecture 77 Dissection of One of My Tension Cues

Lecture 78 Techniques: Ponticello, Tremelo, and Gliss

Lecture 79 Analysis: Dissonance

Lecture 80 Braaams!

Lecture 81 Dissection of Another Tension Cue

Lecture 82 Cue Analysis

Section 14: Mickey Mousing (Comedy and Animation Cues)

Lecture 83 What is Mickey Mousing?

Lecture 84 Examples of Mickey Mousing

Section 15: How To Get Your Career Started

Lecture 85 Getting Gigs

Lecture 86 Building a Portfolio

Lecture 87 Finding Film Makers

Lecture 88 Working for Cheap (or… Free?)

Section 16: Wrap Up

Lecture 89 More You Can Do

Lecture 90 Thanks and Bye!

Lecture 91 Bonus Lecture

Anyone in any country who is ready to start their professional music career by learning everything they need to know about how music composition works and the film scoring industry.