Jan 6, 2020 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Package Deals There are basically two different ways of how the music budget of a production is being coordinated. 1.) The composer gets a fee for writing the music and any additional expenses for the production of the music (including orchestra recordings,...
Dec 17, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Season Greetings to Stay in Touch with Clients At least in the western world, Christmas time is the one annual chance to get back in touch or to revive the contact with clients that you maybe haven’t heard of or worked with for a while. Use this opportunity to...
Dec 2, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Film Premiere Nights Premiere nights are not everybody’s cup of tea. It’s usually a loud, crowded night with lots of meaningless small talk. However, as a composer you should try to be present on such occasions. Even though, the film composer is one of the key members...
Nov 5, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
(Over)Stretching Your Comfort Zone Be sure BEFORE you sign for a project whether you can deliver or not. It is probably the worst nightmare and questioning your professionalism if you cancel the work on a project in the middle because you realize that you cannot...
Oct 28, 2019 | Daily Film Scoring Bits, General
Starting a Career as Film or Game Composer There is no standard way to find an entrance into the film/game scoring world. The essential thing to understand is that it is a highly individual way for everybody and just because it worked for one person doesn’t mean it...
