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Title: The Reel World
Condition: New
Subtitle: Scoring for Pictures, Television, and Video Games
Author: Jeff Rona
Contributor: Peter Golub (Foreword by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1538150492
EAN: 9781538150498
ISBN: 9781538150498
Edition: Third Edition
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Genre: Business & Finance
Topic: Films & TV, Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 22/09/2022
Description:

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. It addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects of the industry.

The Reel World is packed with insider’s tips and interviews with some of the most influential film, TV, and video game composers, along with music editors, music supervisors, agents, contractors and studio executives. Rona also advises how to nurture positive relationships with your creative team and professionals in the industry. 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.

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.

This book explores...

The Creative Process:

• Making good musical choices
• The psychology of a good score
• Continuity and contrast, economy and musicality
• The importance of styles

Technology:

• The best gear for film, TV and video game scoring
• Home studio design
• Synchronization
• Mixing for film, TV and video game scoring

Career:

• Getting started
• Industry politics
• Demoing and finances

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