Ryan Gosling faces the music
Good morning: In today's edition of The Industry, we look at:
Adam Driver on the edge, Hugh Jackman in tights, Elizabeth Debicki is an alien, Titane to Alpha, and a lot of tomorrows.
Let’s go!
THE ART OF THE FILM SCORE
Film music is a foundational cinematic art form.
It has to support the narrative, and it has to enhance the movie. It's really not about the notes; it's about the emotion.
One person who has understood this fundamentally is Sean McMahon, who worked as an orchestrator for:
The Grudge (2004)
Ghost Rider (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
McMahon is the chair of the Film Scoring department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He also teaches courses with Berklee Online, the extension school.
He wrote a Composing the Orchestral Film Score course that emulates a real-world scoring experience.
Halfway through the course—just one of many film scoring options available through Berklee Online—students work remotely with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra, who, for 15 minutes, will play your original piece.
Students get to watch and listen to more than 60 musicians performing and recording multiple takes of their composition, and give them direction in between takes.
McMahon stated:
“The first goal was to give the students a flagship piece for their demo, like a calling card. Secondly, I wanted them to have a great experience, where they’d say, ‘that was awesome, and I’m going to tell my friends about this, and I’m going to post it on SoundCloud and tell the whole world that I did this."
He continued: