Jeff Rona

The Reel World (eBook, ePUB)

Scoring for Pictures, Television, and Video Games

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This fully updated and complete guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film, television, and-unique to this third edition-video games. Industry expert Jeff Rona addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects. It is packed with interviews with the most influential film, television, and video game composers, along with music editors, music supervisors, agents, contractors and studio executives. Packed with insider's tips, the book also advises on how to nurture positive relationships within your creative team and business contacts. Includes interviews with John Williams, Carter Burwell, James Newton Howard, Hans Zimmer, Mark Isham, Basil Poledouris, Ludwig Göransson, Marc Shaiman, John Powell, Wendy and Lisa, Joseph Trapanese, and Michael Giacchino. The book addresses: The Creative Process Making good musical choicesThe psychology of a good scoreContinuity and contrast, economy and musicalityThe importance of stylesTechnology The best gear for film, TV and video game scoringHome studio designSynchronizationMixing for film, TV and video game scoringCareer Getting startedIndustry politicsDemoing and finances For the aspiring film, TV or video game composer, this book is a veritable cornucopia of useful information for pursuing scoring to picture as a career.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538137765
• Artikelnr.: 65848004

Autorenporträt

Jeff Rona is an accomplished and award-winning contemporary composer for film, TV, and video games, as well as a recording artist and producer. He has scored dozens of film and television projects with legendary filmmakers including Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Wong Kar-wai, Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Mark Pellington, Stephen Hopkins, Jonathan Demme, Frank Darabont, and many others. Rona's music appears in numerous Oscar, Peabody, BAFTA, and Emmy award-winning projects, in addition to countless film festival honors around the world. He is a recipient of several ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media Award.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments and Thank Yous
Foreword by Peter Golub
Introduction to the Third Edition
SECTION ONE . YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS
Chapter One . The Music
Chapter Two . Music For Episodic Television
Chapter Three . Developing A Personal Musical Style
Chapter Four . Music In Play: Scoring Games
SECTION TWO . TECHNOLOGY
Chapter Five . Setting Up A Studio
Chapter Six . The Written Note
Chapter Seven . Score Recording And Mixing
SECTION THREE . CAREER
Chapter Eight .Beginning A Career
Chapter Nine . Challenges
Chapter Ten . Making A Living
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendix
Resources
About the Author