Keynote Conversation - Making Movie Music: The Composer & The Engineer

We are in the middle of a creative Renaissance in music for film and television. Right now. The imaginative use of a single instrument. Rhythmic effects. Ethnic flavors. Bursts of energy. Modern-classical. Neo-synth. Tonal shifts. Integrated sound design. Orchestra moving in and out of pop songs. A healthy dose of traditional Hollywood score. And yet each and every film and television score—or score/soundtrack—begins with an idea in someone’s head and a recording that brings that idea to the audience.