Film Scoring For Beginners E01 - Spotting, Tempo & Arranging

[@CameronGentryMusic]

Awesome! I really struggle with going over the top when I score short films. I tend to want to make the music at the forefront but you showed me how to keep it simply driving the emotion

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Cameron, yeah it's definitely a good idea to kill your darlings and keep the music as a support to the story rather than trying to be "infront" and over the top. It's a common mistake when starting to compose for picture. I did it too. ;) But it's better both for your sanity, the producer and the audience if you think about what is best for the film. Rather than what is best for your personal musical satisfaction. It's so easy to go on your own personal crusade. I always think about the work of James Horner etc. and then realise less is more. With that in mind, there is still tons of ways we can have creative freedom, but within a more narrow space. It's better for everyone! With too much possibilities (and track count) we will go insane anyway. ;) Focus! Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for joining in on my channel Cameron!

[@chrisnella7169]

Just scored my FIRST feature film 🎉…this video was GOLD!!! I subscribed😊

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Wonderful, congrats Chris! 🎉👌🥁😄

[@WilliamFord-vq1tk]

Congrats bro.

[@OmgItzKals]

What film? I wanna watch it bruv

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Even if you are not scoring traditional films and shows, these tricks is kinda universal and can be applied to your You Tube videos, Instagram posts / stories, TikTok, indie games etc. So I think it's important topic for anyone creating content. But what do YOU think? * What do you think about this first pilot episode? * Is film / game scoring something that resonates with you? * Was the length of the film ok? * Is the specific DAW important to you in the video? * Is a release schedule important for you to be able to watch the series? * What kind of content would you like me to do next?

[@mrpuppette7055]

Came to learn what "spotting is", most informative, thank Mattias

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Happy to hear my video inspired you! Hope u enjoy the other film scoring episodes too! I’ve got a playlist with a whole bunch! Happy friday! ☀️🍿

[@MattiasHolmgren]

TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 Welcome 00:53 WHAT DAW? 01:28 Importing Film 01:36 Introduction - First Timer 01:52 SPOTTING 02:20 Spotting Point - Dark & Brooding music 04:32 TEMPO & PACE 06:40 Changing film clip preview-size 07:10 TEMPLATE & SOUNDS (Selecting Instruments) 07:52 Uniqueness - Add your own personal character (audio) to the film music cues. 08:42 Less is more, leave space in your arrangements. 09:26 Melancholic / Sad / Nostalgic / Reflecting atmosphere. 11:46 Talking about Spectrasonic libraries, yes they are invaluable for a film composer. 14:56 Recording specific cues outside the main project to save up CPU. It helps to keep your main project clean. 16:08 Mysterious cue 16:16 Ending cue, wrapping it up. 17:15 Why it's important to add your own audio recordings to a project with sampled instruments! 17:38 Ask me questions! Thanks!

[@aMessvv]

I've been composing films for a couple of years now. This is fantastic! Thank you.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Nadav, appreciate the feedback. Congrats on the scoring jobs. I know how hard it is to get in and get those gigs. Keep it up! Happy to hear you like this pilot episode!

[@thegreat1548]

​@@MattiasHolmgren what kind of piano do you recommend?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

@thegreat1548 piano plugin, or real piano? 😃

[@thegreat1548]

@@MattiasHolmgren A real piano of course 😆 I want to get into creating music for films. I currently make beats on a mpc live 2 which im still learning on. but I was told to get a laptop download a software/cubebase and buy a keyboard to start out with. I've got no experience playing keyboards but a film composer told me to learn chords.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

@thegreat1548 i would suggest grabbing something like Pianoverse or Keyscape if u are into scoring.

[@Shadowz227]

That scene with the guy prepping food is perfect. So hilarious.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Indeed. 😂

[@Shadowz227]

@@MattiasHolmgren Where can I watch the film

[@MattiasHolmgren]

I don’t know, I think this was only screened at film festivals. I seldom research what the clients do with their product… if its not some major cool project. I just continue to the next. 🥳🍿I’ll let u know if I can get a link.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

In this video, Film scoring for Beginners E01, you learn the basics of film scoring. We walk through the steps of film composing. The film featured in the video is "First Timer" produced by Aurelien Laine / directed by Daeryun Chang). It was a film I scored in 2017. It's a 10 min short film with some nice variation in the cues, so it's a perfect match for this film scoring beginners episode. Common Film Scoring process: 1. Spotting - Where and what music to place. 2. Tempo & Pace - Outlining the tempo for the music cue spots. 3. Template & Sounds - Selecting sounds for your score. Personalizing the template with your own unique audio recordings. 4. Composing 5. Orchestrating and arranging the music With this film scoring video I wanted to introduce you to the process of film scoring and how you can get started. Part 4 & 5 (scoring) will be discussed in upcoming videos. Hope you enjoy this film scoring episode! Please subscribe, hit the bell notification button and write your questions on feedback in the comments field. Thanks, Mattias / Morningdew Media

[@averylegendre8709]

I am obsessed with the Errand Boy song. Thank you for sharing this video - wow

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks haf a blast writing these small cues. 😄🥳👌

[@nortonwedge]

Ive been writing for years, just getting into AI video creation. But, to make any film, be it short or feature length, you need to shift from visual and audio story telling. I can see this playlist becoming a lot more popular in the coming months and years! Thank you. Subbed and following along. :)

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Wonderful, happy to have you aboard my channel! I have plenty of videos on film scoring, cinematic music making and music theory tips n tricks! Indeed film is all about combining visual and audio storytelling in sweet harmony.

[@PERF0RMANCEMUSIC]

Thanks for this Mattias. I'm a veteran composer with more than 60 years of experience, now getting up-to-date with 'modern' methods (7 years on Logic, plus MuseScore, Finale and Encore notation software 30 years). You make no mention of your decision not to use scene markers? You might also comment on the fact that your music doesn't line up with the bars which I've been struggling to achieve in my practice sessions. But, thanks again.

[@joemi8084]

Thanks for your video! Very well done! Detailed, straight to the point and so usefull! Grt from Barcelona!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Joe, happy to share some film scoring tips. Glad u enjoyed my clip. ☀️🍀🥳

[@TREAL406]

@Mattias Holmgren I have a couple questions the first question is do you does a person really have to go to school for film scoring question number two that I have is the second question that I have is how would a person separate the actual sounds that they want in a scene in the in the film from another basically if you want a certain sound and a scene of a film how would you separate all the sounds from the scenes that you want them in?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, I always encourage studying some sort of music school at least. I studied 2 years of music theory, harmony, arranging, classical composition, orchestration, improvisation, reading notesheets and ear traning. And while I had already released 3 albums before that with some bands (Embracing, Naglfar and Azure) I still had great use of the studies. Especially the classical composition and ear training. Learning to read and understand music opens up new levels. But I know people who didn't study and music that have done fine. But studies does help tremendously! Even if you study by yourself, via online courses, KZbin or regular school. It all helps! Regarding your film scoring sound question. I'm not sure I fully understand your question. "...How to separate the actual sounds that they want in a scene..." You learn it by studying the trade and composing for media (games, images, animations, film etc.). When you've done it for a while and get used to the process you learn to hear what kind of sounds you might be looking for for a particular scene. And the scenes often give birth to ideas regarding instrumentation, arranging etc. I hope to cover sound selection more in a future Film Scoring for beginners video if there is enough interest in the series. THe first episode has got superb feedback with tons of plays so I'm very happy! Thanks for writing, and hope I understood your questions correctly. If not, let me know and elaborate! ;)

[@TREAL406]

@@MattiasHolmgren what I meant in my second question was how could you make up your own sound so you don't have to always use the templates?

[@CompleteShambles]

Great job! Loved the New Yankee workshop btw

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks, New Yankee? 😂💎

[@fabiovsroque]

Hi, I was told once that It would be better, for a scene where there is a lot of talking, to put soft music in order to not interfere with the speech. What do you think about this? Since you put a lot of percussions in this excerpt.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

This is of course depending on the film, genre and scenary, very very individual. But generally of course keep soft sounds overall for dialogue scenes. I kept percussion because it flowed with the intro and worked nice in this case. You do hear that in all scenes when dialogue enters I usually drop out some instruments. As long as it doesn't protrude too much, or fights with the dialogue its all fine. This is also a comedy so more hilarious music is allowed to make it a joyful film. As always, taste and flavour. 😉

[@fabiovsroque]

@@MattiasHolmgren Thank you for your answer, I will now watch the 7 vídeos séries!

[@jordanrazowskymusician8178]

Thanks for the vid!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You are welcome Jordan! Starting out with film scoring? Don’t miss the extra episodes I got on film scoring and composition tips!☀️🥁🔥

[@jordanrazowskymusician8178]

@@MattiasHolmgren 😀

[@iamshunaji]

First soundtrack here, 45+ minutes. I thought this video was very accessible. Subscribed. I'm going to look at more in depth workflows eventually, but as a producer I found this introduction relatable and straightforward. Definitely less intimidated by the process. Thanks!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Welcome aboard Shunaji! Glad you enjoyed this first episode. Hope you will like the following episodes in the series too. Merry x-mas and happy scoring! 🌞⛄ //Mattias

[@JasonFerguson1283]

I love this! The 3/4 time is my favorite! Great guitar sound there! Thanks very much for this video!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad you like my little film scoring tutorial Jason! Thanks, I had a blast producing the themes. Happy Easter! ⛄🌞

[@luvlids7322]

Looove your accent! Great video, Thank You Mattias.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Lids! 🥳🍿☀️

[@robinshepherd7260]

Thanks! This was really helpful!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Wonderful Robin, you are so welcome. 🙏Starting out with film scoring? 💎Looking forward to hear what you think of the other episodes!🍀☕️

[@robinshepherd7260]

@@MattiasHolmgren Yes, I planned on doing it for years but only recently gathered the needed gear and courage to get started. I'm curious about your other videos. Just soaking up lots of learning material right now and playing around with ideas

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Music is a lifetime adventure for us all. 💎👌🪴

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Film Scoring for beginners episode #4 is out 🔥 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6fQd3dtrapojJo

[@ThomC]

Thanks a lot for doing this Mattias, great tips and explanation of your workflow for composers! All the best :)

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks, appreciate the kind feedback Thom! ☀️🎻

[@DickGraysonRebirth]

Thank you. Very informative. 👋👍

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Episode two in the Film Scoring series is out today: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqHaaKWZg82Mb6M

[@eturnxl837]

Hello, I was wondering what your computer specs are? Thanks!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, I am using three OSX setups at the moment; MacBook Pro M1 13" 8Gb. MacBook Pro M1 Max 14" 32 GB. Hackintosh i7 9700 Coffee Lake with 64GB RAM. ...oh, and a MacBook Pro 15" from 2016 with i7 intel CPU just because Remote Desktop still is buggy on M1. Love the M1 tech though! ;)

[@ElizaNight1]

You are a god send!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Eliza, happy to inspire. 🌞

[@djddjejjshdhdndd1396]

Thanks for this learned alot.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Neagnosis]

Excellent series Matthias, thank you for walking us through this process!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Nic. I'm happy its a very liked series. Film Scoring For Beginners is really reaching more People than I could have hoped for. Very glad! Keep writing any questions in the episodes. It will help me make more episodes for you all! Thanks for the support! 🦊🌞🥳

[@TheJTK123]

I just want to know where there are short films or anything really that I can download to practice scoring. I prefer darker, more dramatic types of emotions but I am completely new to this. I do compose music in a few bands though and am an experienced musician but film scoring is new to me. I love it though

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hey great to hear about your interest in film scoring I highly recommend you check out a video I did on how to find videos to score How to find Videos to Practise Scoring - Film Scoring For Beginners E06 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5K9daRvo5yVedU

[@mnieuwhof]

I'm a great fan of the filmscoring/trailerscoring genre... really educational to view this.... thank you!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Excellent Marc! Yeah it’s really all fun setting some moody music to film. Painting atmospheres with sound. I am glad you enjoyed the episode. Thanks for the feedback!

[@wakegary]

love this series. thanks for doing this.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Ryan, great! Scoring to picture and animation is close to heart. Thanks for writing.👌💎

[@Dbtz]

When we are using cubase 10 ....its very tough to play

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hey, what is tough to play? 🤷‍♂️I used Cubase in the past and its very similar to Logic and Studio One. But I prefer Logic and S1 before Cubase. Thanks 🌞🧙‍♂️

[@Dbtz]

@@MattiasHolmgren yeah cubase is easy but the tough part is when i start doing background score .....when i import video it get slow in processing ......

[@MattiasHolmgren]

I know what you mean. Be aware of what video format you use when working with film Scoring. Importing a. H264 clip is encoded and thus is will require Processing during playback as the computer is dechiffering the. H264. Try using a less compress ed movie format and it should play Lighter. Although it will be a bigger file. I Will make a video about this issue not everyone know about. Thanks for bringing the topic to the table.

[@Dbtz]

@@MattiasHolmgren i got it ...... thank you

[@Dbtz]

@@MattiasHolmgren i will be in touch with you sir many more i have to learn on it

[@TechPithan]

Very informative.. thanks. 🙏🏻

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Great happy to inspire! Hope you like the rest of the episodes!

[@heymusiclovers8361]

Thank you very much, Mattias! I am a beginner in film scoring, and your explanation in the video is very clear and inspired me to become a great film composer like you!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, I appreciate your kind words. I love to share some tips on film scoring and creativity because I know of the frustration it can cause, and the obstacles I personally bumped into while discovering this profession. Happy film scoring my friend. Stay safe!

[@ccuny1]

Only a hobbyist but I love the subject. Great vid.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Cricri, I think every producer (hobbyist included) can benefit from this series. This is not DAW or plugin specific material, but rather more about actual composition, arrangement, sounds and how to build emotional themes and worlds. Epic! Thanks for writing my friend!

[@kaandgdgoglu6401]

Tack så mycket för din hjälp Mattias, jag började lära mig filmmusik, så det känns lite svårt. Hälsningar från Istanbul :))

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Kaan, thanks for writing in swedish. 😋 Happy to hear you are learning some film composing Basics. Hope to see you around my Channel. Don't forget to sign up at www.morningdewmedia.com so you dont miss any episodes, articles or updates. Thanks! 🌞🌟

[@EcComicFan]

Really appreciate this series. It's helping out a lot. Thank you :)

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Casey I am working on the next episode in the filmscoring for beginners series. Glad you like the content. Much appreciated feedback! 🌞

[@swapnil988]

Can the scoring be done in soundbridge ? What are the free DAWs which support videos for beginners?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, I will do a video talking about free DAW alternatives.

[@ashirahsounds3903]

Incredibly helpful, thank you!!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Ashirah, thank for watching. Happy to help out! Welcome onboard my Channel! Hope you will like the other content too! 🌞

[@guitaranswerguy]

Great stuff--just what I was looking for. Looking forward to E02

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to do episode 2 also. A lot in the cooking pot now! 😋

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Episode two in the film scoring series is out today: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqHaaKWZg82Mb6M

[@vivektyagi6848]

Thanks for EP01. Waiting for the next episode now.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Working on it. Many exciting upcoming videos, reviews and tutorials in the pipeline! Working day and night!!! 🔥 Thanks for watching and supporting!

[@vivektyagi6848]

@@MattiasHolmgren Looking forward to it.

[@jaganjazz]

How do you handle situations like when music needs to starts off the grid in logic pro.... whole arrangement would be out of tempo right?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You adjust Logic so you can start on a beat 1 in a bar of the grid. Did you complete watching all my episodes in the film scoring series? I did a video on the syncing and timing cues here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmXJlGylf5afi9U

[@jaganjazz]

I just started learning how to write music for a videos although I have already composed few audio songs ....your videos are helpful.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

That’s great! Thanks a ton, a new Film Scoring episode E10 is launching today - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pamThXR4ncyXp8Usi=1-GiQaFa3ttUzpLg join in and watch / ask questions. See u there 👌☕️🥳

[@jaganjazz]

Sure...I will join...my question was like when we need start rhythm/drums/arpeggios for a video in between 1st and 2nd beats then how do we handle it ....I faced a challenge ...I ended up starting arpeggios at beat 1 instead in-between beat 1 & 2....it can be in the middle of video also ...if music needs to start in the middle of beat 20th and beat 21st. I.e 20.5 ...then i am stuck....l am very new to film scoring ...so all these questions are arising when I am practicing to score for sample videos ...

[@MattiasHolmgren]

@jaganjazz zoom out and look at it objectively. Do the hit really need to start on that exact bar beat? Is the emotion destroyed if you start early/late? If so, proceed and adjust the prior cues timing / tempo so the beat hits at the right time. This is extremely hard to describe in text. Also because what music you have going effects how to approach it.

[@Nieves1313]

Thank you Mattias, a ppreciated!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

U art welcome Kenny! 🦊🥳

[@Michael-Brings]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You're welcome Michael! Thanks! 🌞⛄

[@pigpog2307]

Maybe show how you inserted the tempo changes? Would have been helpful. And did you lock to SMPTE code ? Just my feed back

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks for the feedback! We will look at locking SMTP and tempo/signature changes in another episode.

[@Tom-Studios]

Sound quality is great

[@MattiasHolmgren]

THanks! 🙏

[@catsyellow503]

Hi! 🙂 I'm Shiyan. I love film scoring SO MUCH!! I love film scores with orchestral instruments, especially violins, viola, cello, double bass, trombone, trumpet, clarinet, flute, etc.) I am hoping to learn film scoring soon. I want to do film scoring as a hobby for now. But I don't know where to start. I play the guitar, but honestly, I am not an expert who can play fingerstyle. I am 23 years old. Am I too late to learn music theory and film scoring? I am an absolute beginner!!! So please, give me some essential tips as points (1,2,3..) on how to start my film scoring journey. As I mentioned above, I want to do film scoring as a hobby for now. I want to save orchestral film scores in my PC so that I can listen to them anytime, any day. I have a few questions... 1. Should I learn to play the piano, at least the keyboard for film scoring? 2. Should I learn music theory? 3. When I look at a DAW like Logic Pro X, it looks CRAZY to me. Do you think using a DAW after learning will be very easy to me? 4. Do you think I will be able to learn film scoring? I am afraid whether it's going to be impossible or not. 😕

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi one is never too old to learn film scoring, or music theory. You can get away without learning to actually play the keyboard physically, but it helps the composition and dynamics of the music tremendously. I recommend you begin watching some of my starter episodes like: * Music theory in 5 minutes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJLPo5Zsjbqcd8k * Music theory in 10 minutes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5XLoJR-l5qdr80 The you watch all episodes in my film scoring series - kzbin.info/aero/PLPJ-00ycrK4DbzFwNddWVJELe4_8se5Ce

[@MattiasHolmgren]

DAWs that I recommend for film scoring…If you are working on a PC learn Ableton Live or Cubase. If you are on MAC learn Logic Pro. I have a course in Logic Pro for beginners here - store.morningdewmedia.com/products/logic-pro-for-beginners-course

[@catsyellow503]

Thank you so much! You really inspired me to learn film scoring. 😊😊😊

[@mithunkalamegam6753]

Great Video.❤

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad you enjoyed my Film Scoring episode Mithun! Make sure to watch the whole series, I have a playlist on my KZbin channel! 🔥🌞 Thanks!

[@carsten7058]

Can I use Presonus Studio One 6 for for Film Scoring?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Absolutely. I scored some projects with Studio One in the past. Nowdays I mostly use Logic Pro.

[@aclexvideo]

Thank you for this course, Mattias! So interesting process of choosing the music, the genre, for particular scene or mood in the film described. Pretty much adding a little of new sense to it. It's obviously not of my professional interest, never even tried to create film scoring, it looks like very complex process for me, but very interesting to see it outside and notice useful ideas for creativity in other genres. Now it looks for me as very imagination-demanding process, as you're creating a kind of soundtrack for the life as a musician (if we can said it this way :)), and here you need to imagine the whole picture in the film to create proper music for it. And, I think, it's very well done here - when you let us see some snippets of the film with the music, I found myself watching it with interest, rather than concentrating on certain parts, this means for me that the music is very naturally in the consistent setting of the film. So yes, thanks again for sharing it, to part two now :) I have another day off for music today (well, evening :)), so will try to work on my new track a little. Have a nice rest of the weekend, too! I hope all your plans go right, and the weather is fine) Luckily it's still winter here :)

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Lucky you Alexey, I wish we get our winter snow back. Now its just mostly Very icy roads. So no skiing this week. Hehe. Yeah Film Scoring and media composing is something Ive been doing for quite some time and really enjoy. Indeed it can be extremely demanding creatively. Especially when there is very specific requests. Sometimes a nich and specifikation can be really helpful too. But when its a project where the client needs "region / century specific" music it can be very challenging since Im from the West and scandinavia. That said I did score many region / genre specific styles and you learn a ton in each project. You are never fully a master in the genre. Happy to hear you think the music mood suits the picture. Hope your music composition weekend went well. 🌞

[@aclexvideo]

@@MattiasHolmgren Very true, Mattias, indeed it's probably a kind of worldwide and cross-genre story, when you start working on the scoring. Nice chance to know all these distinct styles and instruments! But probably very difficult as well, I can imagine. I've read, many classical composers, at least Russian, used to consider the opera as the queen of the compositions. Quite similar to modern cinematic scores, in my opinion. And to gather enough material, they usually go travelling before starting it. France sea shore, Italy, you know =) That's probably very creative process in itself. Oh yes, the weather is changing rapidly. We have kind of spring influence, too, already. Hope it either finally come soon or render it back to winter, haha) No transitions!)

[@PeterSchmidt-uw4uy]

Hi there - love your channel. In this, or a similar video, you make reference to another video you intended to make which demonstrated your process of free association keyboard playing (my words, I can't remember the exact turn of phrase you used) until you came up with a musical idea you liked. Can you point me to that video?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Oh hi Peter, i guess you mean ”improvisation” the part where you come up with the melodic ideas, motifs, themes and rhythms from a blank page!?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

I havent done a proper talk on improvisation but I did quite a few videos on the composition process like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpnLh6iGmp6riZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5WpZ4iVapeKjK8

[@PeterSchmidt-uw4uy]

@@MattiasHolmgren Exactly that. Thanks I'll check it out. :) Peter

[@bannanasqueektoy]

Thank you for the video, but I still didn’t get what I was hoping from it... HOW do you decide specific tempos in order to hit certain edit points? Is it just a guess/ trial and error, or is there some element of spotting that informs the tempo?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Johnny, sorry for late reply. I am swamped with comments. Hitting specific key points with a cue is practise. Tempo is something you feel when you watch a scene. All this is practise, personal preference and learning by watching other films. But generally for normal movies (except animations, cartoons) you seldom follow exactly what's on screen with your music hits because it will sound cartoonish (thus the name, Mickey Mousing). But yes, you do occasionally need to hit certain key points with a specific crescendo etc. We will adress this and tempo more in a coming video. THanks for writing! 🌞

[@aleksandrakruz7227]

Hi Mattias, I would like to start composing for movies or series, where can I find some free samples of videos to practice illustrating music? Thanks a lot! :)

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hmm, maybe download some video clips from pexels.com they are free to use. You can probably download some youtube videos and re-score scenes as it's in an educational purpose. I see re-scored trailers all the time from new aspiring composers.

[@aleksandrakruz7227]

@@MattiasHolmgren Thank you very much! :)

[@Rosomyat]

My Question .. Do we have always to fill up Dialogue or scenes with Music. When should we make it silent or with less instrument

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, no you don't always want to fill every space with music. It all depends on the story and the vision of the film director. Let the story and visuals breath. We should talk more about this in an upcoming episode. Thanks!

[@Rosomyat]

@@MattiasHolmgren Thanks. Totally Agree. Really we wish to hear more about it in your upcoming videos.

[@oumkaarrs5433]

I am glad to know that you are going to make a tutorial video about it. I kindly request you to include tricks / hacks or proper way to manage project Regarding music production for subsequent Reels. As some Music in Early Reels needs to be repeated in next ones. Some times we need to tweak it / adjust it to suit duration of next scene. How do u do it in a proper way ? Do u bounce it ? and then use it ? ? Or make instruments clusters ( templates ) and reopen same VSTs and copy midi data in next reels ? Or Make a copy of project Rename it into next reel and use the readymade canvas for the next reel ? ( If possible )How to copy midi data from one project to another for selected instruments ? ( one thing i noticed, When i increase project tempo Some sounds get affected but some doesn't. I think the sounds in jingles section has no effect of Project tempo change or Key change on it. ) Sorry too many questions in an unorganised way. but i am glad you are making video for it.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks for writing Oumkaar, there will be more episodes in the Film Scoring for beginners series very soon. I am currently working hard on a brand new Logic Pro Essentials course. ;)

[@ivansabata4378]

Great vídeo thankyou!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad u like the film scoring video Ivan. Hope you like the other episodes in the series too! 💎🎉😄

[@ivansabata4378]

@@MattiasHolmgren the little problema is some other episodes i can't put de translater doasen't work subtitles and don't understand inglish well but i try...to see something i get i Hope XD thankyou

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Ill check if I can make the subtitles on those videos soon! No worries! ☀️👌

[@juanmiramontes6014]

Do you work for scene o you compose all de músic in one proyect? imagine a film 90 min long. Thanks

[@MattiasHolmgren]

For short films I mostly work in one project. For larger projects I have a master project with the imported cues and break it out for separate cue projects.

[@LEYRTP]

Thank you!!! Very insightful.🔥🔥🔥

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad it was helpful!

[@rossycomposing4098]

I was wondering if you do this but in Cubase

[@MattiasHolmgren]

I used Cubase in the past. It’s also great for film scoring. 😄

[@lenagolgol]

Anyone knows of a book on where to start and stop scores, music, drones, etc? Thanks

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Do you mean, how to decide where to place music? Or just how to start / end / transitikn music cues in a film score? You can use fades? Or lead in / out of the music with a single instrument. You often want to build…. Crescendo / diminuendo. ☀️

[@lenagolgol]

@@MattiasHolmgren very very helpful answer. Thanks. Can you also tell me where you decide to place the score? What scenes or sequences, for how Many seconds or minutes? I realize sometimes it's a matter of style, but how do the best selling movies do it? I appreciate your time and knowledge

[@j.v.d.3467]

Great Video! I have a problem though which I do not know how to fix. Recently I have recorded a little piece on the piano using a RODE NTG 2 (shotgun mic), the mic was very close to the grand piano which was used for the recording. The problem is that it sounds like someone recorded a song in a big room which means that when I put it under the video footage it sounds off. Do you have any idea why that is the case? Is it because I am not using a stereo mic? Any help greatly appreciated! Thank you!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Before you do any recording, make sure you are satisfied with the sound that will be recorded. I always make draft test recordings to see how the sound will be. If you use a mono microphone on piano. Try the draft recording with some reverb. How does it sound? A stereo mic is always good practise when recording piano for film. As it might be the key player (key sound) in your mix. You might be recording in a very hard cold room with not lots of furniture or book shelves. Is the room treated in some way? Always look at the source first. Post-processing can never really save a lossy recording. So firstly, fix the room, mic placement etc. Now when you are satisified with the sound you can go ahead and record the piano piece. But if you can't go back and adjust the sound and re-record... I guess you can try with some reverb and see if that solves the problem. If you are in a hurry (tight deadline) I would record with Logic piano or something instead. I know the real piano can be 1000% times more expressive, but if you can't get the sound right in your room it's impossible to get it to sound good. Hope you sort the issues out.

[@EvanToutz]

Wells! This is amazing. Thank you for ! Will you have a masterclass available in the future?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Evan, I am working on course material for cinematic music composition.

[@moseman447]

Thank you for the wisdom!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Happy to hear you are inspired by my film scoring series! Thanks!

[@dhudson0001]

Thanks for this Mattias! I thought you had said you used markers, but I didn't see them in the marker lane. Am I missing something?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, it depends on how big a project is. This was quite a small project and I could clearly see where each cue was/began. So I think I only added one cue-marker around 268 (named: Laugh) you can see it at 08:80 in this video. I am preparing the next film scoring for beginners episode which will deal with tempo changes in cues while retaining other/later cues in place. Thanks.

[@leonardosales526]

what do you think of being a blind composer for films or games? i want to work as a composer and im a blind person..

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Leonardo, if you are good at your craft (making songs with different emotions to reflect various scenarios for a game/film) you could very well compose for film and media. As long as you hear the dialog you can probably very well match the music to the story. Follow you dreams. Maybe ask a fellow student / collegue if you can write for their short films / animations / games. I wish you the best of luck. There are more opportunities than ever although the price has dropped dramatically since everyone is writing music on their laptops these days. But not everyone can write delicate emotional music. With practise comes knowledge. 🌞

[@leonardosales526]

@@MattiasHolmgren thanks for your answer Mattias!! i' ve just discovered your channel great work!! greetings from Argentina!!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks, hope you will find my content and tutorials inspiring in your own musical journey Leonard. I'm from Sweden by the way. 🌞🥳

[@bradoreman2510]

I love the Minecraft in the bottom bar

[@MattiasHolmgren]

😉 avid gamer…when time is given. 🌱🎉🍿

[@oumkaarrs5433]

Hello Sir, Nice informative video very helpful indeed. will you please show us how to manage the project when we are require to redo some scenes changing music for cues ( that includes changing tempo as well ) after our 1st submission to the director. The project becomes a mess and everything ahead in time line gets misplaced.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, you use the ”lock to smtp” position on all events you want to remain in time. I will show this in an upcoming episode. 🎉😄

[@oumkaarrs5433]

@@MattiasHolmgren That's Gr8 to know !! I kindly request you to include tricks / hacks or proper way to manage project Regarding music production for subsequent Reels. As some Music in Early Reels needs to be repeated in next ones. Some times need to tweak it / adjust it to suit duration of next scene. How do u do it ? Do u bounce it ? and then use it ? Or make instruments clusters ( templates ) and reopen same VSTs and copy midi data in next reels ? Or Make a copy of project Rename it into next reel and use the readymade canvas for the next reel ? ( one thing i noticed, When i increase project tempo Some sounds get affected but some doesn't. I think the sounds in jingles section has no effect of Project tempo change or Key change on it. ) Sorry too many questions in an unorganised way. but i am glad you are making video for it.

[@Dpower]

Hi Mattias, i have a question, in one of your video about game/cinema music production u used Bitwig, now i see u use LogicPro, what you can advice for beginner, which daw "better" for score/ost making, i know it's sounds maybe funny. As i sow before, many artists used Cubase as standard of industry, i'm actually pretty beginner, somewhile i opened Ableton, Logic pro, Bitwig, Studio One, just for feeling UI, comfortably or not. So what you can say about that? Thank you, and thx for your nice youtube channel.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Benz, sorry for late reply but it's holidays and I'm taking some time off. If you are working on film scoring to picture Logic Pro X is the way to go in my opinion. Since you have so much great support for video, score / note sheet if you need to print notes to fellow musicians etc. You can of course basically work in any DAW, they are just tools. But somehow you need a way to sync your music to picture. And it's much easier to work if you have it synced inside the DAW. And that you are able to export to video directly from the DAW. FL Studio also has some good video support, but it's a bit messier to organize IMO. I still use them all for scoring to picture. But most often reach for Logic Pro X as it's so mature working with video. I'm glad you have been giving each of the DAW demos a spin, it's always best to make up your own opinion what clicks with your workflow and ideas. Ableton Live also handles video well. But overall you get more suitable and typical tools for film scoring with Logic. Studio One also supports video, but it's not as mature as Logic. Logic also includes a vast collection of sounds suitable for film scoring and game OSTs. And I've never heard of the same library quality in a native DAW compared to Logic. It sounds amazing! I was a Cubase user for many years (Cakewalk before that) also Pro Tools from time to time. I've been using them all. But to me Cubase didn't have as nice sounding tools out of the box as Logic. And Logic is much smoother on the eyes. Yes, we eat with our eyes too. I'm a sucker for sweet design and that really clicks with me in Logic. Bitwig Studio is an excellent quick DAW to make songs in, but with no video support it's not really a good solution yet for film scoring. That said, I still jump to Bitwig to make some songs for the projects as it's such a nice quick workflow in Bitwig. But the DAWs are just tools in the end, if you have third party libraries you can basically work in anything. As long as you learn the basic scoring tools (read: piano roll and mixer) My recommendation is Logic Pro X. Hope any of this helps. In the end I hope you select the one that clicks with your creativity. Some DAWs are less inspiring. I will make a video on selecting a suitable DAW soon!!! It's a requested topic, you are not alone in this jungle. ;) Happy Holidays Benz!

[@Dpower]

@@MattiasHolmgren Thank you, Mathias, for the detailed answer. At the moment, I don't have an extra MBP, there was a one broken 2011 MBP lying around, I think it's too old for Logic Pro. And that's why I decided to choose Bitwig, because besides film scoring, I also really want to create ambient music, time and universe space, and Bitwig seemed like a great solution with its built-in modulators. And in the future I plan to buy a new MBP or Imac and go back to Logic. Thank you for your help mate. Wish you creativeness and finished tracks maestro.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

@Dennar if you have an old MBP from 2011 you can probably run Logic 9 on it. It's also a VERY good DAW. Although it doesn't look as clean as the more recent Logic Pro X versions. I was running Logic 9 on a MBP laptop for many years as my main composing machine. ;D Wish you a creative weekend Dennar!

[@Xserey]

Thank you!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad u like the film scoring episode Ryan. Hope you like the other episodes too! ☀️🦊

[@JohnBartmannMusic]

When changing tempo, how do you prevent the timeline from affecting later events? Eg if you have written a cue at 02:00 and now need to change the tempo at 01:00, the cue at 02:00 will go out of sync with the picture. Thanks!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi John, yes if you start to fiddle with tempo AFTER you set initial tempos in the same project things will go out of sync. If this is the case you move all your cues to a separate master project. With an intact tempo (ie you don't fiddle with tempo changes in the master project). You just import your cues to that project and place them where they need to be. If you then want to changes tempos etc you do that in the internal separate cue 1, 2, 3, 4 projects. If you suddenly need to change tempos completely there is a way to work in the same project but I think it's a bit annoying. I can show this in an upcoming video in the film scoring series. See below: RETAIN CUE AV-SYNC WHEN CHANGING SCORE CUE TEMPOS: 1. If you have two cues. Say the first one has 110 bpm and the second one has 140bpm. 2. Add one tempo marker at the beginning of your first cue. You also need to have two tempo markers for before the second cue starts. = 1tm (tempo marker) at the initial cue, and 1tm one bar "before" that. 3. Write down the SMTP code of the final tempo marker. 4. Now if you make changes to the first tempo marker, say set it to 120bpm. 5. THe only thing you have to do now is go to the second cue marker for cue2 and write in the same SMTP code you wrote down earlier, 6. Now the little tempo marker previous the one you just changed will get it's tempo adjusted to map up your second cue start point. 7. Done Like I said, it's fiddly but it work. I'll explain it more clearly in a video soon. Thanks John.

[@JohnBartmannMusic]

@@MattiasHolmgren awesomely detailed reply thanks mattias

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You are welcome John. 🌞

[@calgraham553]

Hey Mattias, Great video and informative but I have a question. I completed a course in regards to sound design/music composition, the tutor recomended Pro tools for sound design/music composition due to it having many features other DAWS dont have however I find that Pro tools really stunts my Composition flow and Hence returning back to Logic where I find it more fluent. One thing I miss from Pro tools and unsure if you have a solution for in Logic (ill try to make it clear as poss lol) is that in Pro tools if a spot occurs out of a time signature or deviates lets say from a 4/4 timing and you want to create a musical flow from this spot but now your out of a linear 4/4 timing but want to remain within it, Pro tools allows you to change the timeline to start a new 4/4 at that point of that spot so that it makes writing music easier and keeps the 4/4 timing in situ. Its just when im writing music My audio might not be on any beat whether it be 1/4 to 16ths and its then hard to write MIDI in as the timing will be out. Hope this makes sense? Hope you can Help. Thanks

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Cal, yeah I also dropped Pro Tools because it was too bulky and many tasks takes forever to perform compared to these more lightweight DAWs like Bitwig / Logic / Studio One / FL....whenever I run into parts where I need to dismiss metronome and freestyle tempo in rubato and then get back into a certain tempo signature and rigid beat, I tend to adjust the tempo curve at the end of the phrase so that my new part lands on a 1 of a beat. I sometimes insert a 1/4 signature change to make it fit and start fresh on a 1. I never ran into a situation where this doesn't work or feel odd. The tools are definitely there to make tempo changes, signatures and rubato (free tempo for a while) happen. Hope the info helps and good luck Cal. I love Logic too! ;D

[@calgraham553]

@@MattiasHolmgren Brill, that makes sense, Ill go back to the drawing board and start implementing this straight away, Thanks so much!!!!

[@leonardosales526]

thanks! excellent!!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You are welcome Leonard. Happy to hear you enjoyed my video. 🌞

[@alfianwinata8888]

how can i get the material movie for scoring by the way ?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You can mean finding demo clips to practise filmscoring on? try finding clips at pexels.com or just download trailers, clips from KZbin and use as educational material. Just dont post it online again if its some one elses property. Pexels material is mostly free to use wherever. 🌞

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

Do you make the music as well?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Yes I make the music. ☕️

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

Pretty cool. I just saw the part where you said you’re barely playing the snare. Sounds good.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks ;) yes I do indeed compose all music in all these videos I do on KZbin, and all filmscore walkthroughs etc.

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

Cool. I saw a guy who showed his studio, doing a job similar to you, but he didn’t show much with the computer. It’s amazing that this job can be done by one person. Nice work, thanks for sharing.

[@filippotramontana4779]

Do you think there is the possibility to work as a composer together an activity as performer? Or a full immersion on it is needed?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

I don't fully understand the question. Do you mean work part time as a film composer. And part time live performing?

[@happysinha]

Thanku so much sir...........

[@MattiasHolmgren]

U are welcome! ☕️🥁

[@inarell84]

QUESTION: I'm trying to adjust my beat map for a certain section. The midi events are all changing when I adjust the tempo. They aren't SMTPE locked so I don't know how to fix it. I'm using a Marker that is SMPTE locked and dragging the beat map bar over to change the tempo to match the marker, then all the midi events in that section are shifting over instead of staying on the beat. Any ideas?

[@DatGuy]

Awesome video my plan is to incorporate this style of film editing into my youtube videos and I'll be watching your series carefully and taking notes. Hopefully, this makes me stand out. Quick question! do you have to have background music in every part of the film or you are allowed moments of 'silence'?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi DatGuy, happy to hear you enjoy my film scoring content. In the films I've worked with, yes, we do have silent parts in some scenes. It all depends on what happens in the scenes and the vibe you are after.

[@DatGuy]

@@MattiasHolmgren makes sense! I look forward to watching the next video on this tomorrow

[@SpecNoteMusicproduction]

Hej Mattias, kan man få en genomgång av dig på zoom eller liknande? Mvh Robin

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hejsan Robin, vad vill du lära dig? Skriv till mig på Instagram @gelhin och utveckla vad du är ute efter att lära dig. Du kan även maila mig på [e-mail].

[@kiranmanoj1537]

Can i do scoring in ableton live as well ?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Kiran, oh yes. Any DAW which supports video playback basically works for Scoring to picture. Ableton Live has good video support and even supports multiple video clips. 😋 If you ever watched a music video by Melodysheep u know what I mean. 😉

[@kylelyon5553]

Great video, super insightful! Would love to know a little more on how you decide which tempo & time signatures you use??

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Great suggestion Kyle! Thanks, I'll add it to my topic-list for future videos.

[@michaelShawky]

That's a great video thank you so much Mattias please, how can I set pricing to me scoring work?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

You can check out my article here. www.morningdewmedia.com/how-much-should-you-charge-to-compose-original-music/ I'll make a video about this soon to. Thanks Michael. 🌞

[@geragutierrez3403]

Thank you for the video, it helps me in my school projects! Pd. Wich keybord do you use?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, you can see most of my gear with links at my website: www.morningdewmedia.com/resources-for-music-production-and-video/ I am happy to hear my filmscoring videos is helpful in your project! Cheers, Mattias

[@timothykimari8154]

Hi sir was wondering how film scoring for animation projects work?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

For many animation projects you begin with the voice over and then build the images and animation to follow the voice over. The filmscoring works just like any other film. One might get hired early or late in the game depending on the client budget, and producers ability to plan the project.

[@lexxxiiiangel]

Do you know where i can get films just to score for a portfolio without running into copyright problems?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Alexis, sure check out Pexels.com they have small video clips you can use. While Pexels is free you might also want to check out Storyblocks. Dunno if its free though but they have like million clips. Also, check for scoring competitions from 8dio, Spitfire audio etc they might have competitions sometimes where you get to rescore some clips. 🌞

[@NUCLEARDASH]

I am producing 2, if you want to, we can work on them

[@faizalgs435]

sir ,could u pls suggest me the best guitar library for creating hero introduction music

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi, what kind of guitars are you Looking for? Distorted? Clean? Acoustic? Ethnical (mandolin, etc)? 🦊🌞

[@faizalgs435]

@@MattiasHolmgren distorted

[@Gnade]

Man, this is very important to me. Thanks and I'll be in your patreon soon. You really make good content. Can I ask you something? Could you make an episode of this in BWS?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Awesome Gabriel, yes of course we can do some Bitwig Studio too. Though I think this series is more out of a general perspective. You can do this in any DAW (except for the film rendering which BWS does not have yet). But the actual writing, arranging process is general topic. Logic is excellent for film scoring due to the good film support. Maybe we can explore setting up an external software to show the film. But I think if you are going to score films you really need good solid native support for film playback / rendering. I’ve written some cues for film in BWS but they have all been ”non synced”. When you have spotted a film and know where and what to write you can write the cues in any DAW and then compile them in a video editing aoftware (or Logic, FL studio, Studio One etc.) but it helps to see the film while writing. It’s inspiring and feeds music to you. ;) Thanks for the support Gabriel.

[@alanhuelar1641]

great composer.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

thanks

[@Babaquice]

Can you talk a little about how you choose the soundtrack for the scenes?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Absolutely, did you watch the other episodes in my Film Scoring series? There are like +10 episodes dealing with motifs and emotions etc.

[@fauzanrahman3149]

Well scored maan!!!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Thanks Fauzan!

[@fivstaa]

really helpful! thank you 🙏

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Glad my Film Scoring series is helpful Sahil! 😀

[@BarbaraKrolOfficial]

Can do same with Cubase ?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Well, I dunno what function you are referring to in your question. But Cubase is very good for Scoring to picture too. Thanks!

[@altheaattard9773]

How do you get into film scoring? Is it like sync ?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Sync? There are several ways, but its a tough industry to get into. • You can network and get contacts and leads, linkedin, festivals etc. • Start scoring for student projects and hopefully get on good with future film producers. • Reach out to agencies, film companies, directors / producers in your local area. Thats a few suggestions. •

[@ByCoreyLaury]

This is interesting, I usually have a project for each individual track for each scene I compose to Is this the way you usually compose? Compose each track to each scene all in one session? Thanks!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Corey, it depends on the size and scope of the scoring project. I mostly scored short films and thus it made sense to keep it tight within a single project. Keeping things in the same project also makes you "reuse" key sounds in your score to make it cohesive. Yes, some use templates (I used to load large templates too), but I realized things sounded too "stale" from project to project if I used the same template all over. So now I always do a custom setup of instruments for a particular project. I might use a base template of orchestral sounds and build on that. But I don't use the mega templates anymore (bye, Vienna Ensamble Pro). Computers are way more powerful these days. I don't even use multis in Kontakt anymore, but rather load up one instance of Kontakt on each track. It's easier to adjust the sounds that way too. I guess it all comes down to personal preferences and how you like to work. As I mentioned, I'm all in for tight and clean setups which are easy to "read", and get work done with. 🌞

[@ByCoreyLaury]

@@MattiasHolmgren thank you friend that makes a lot of sense i appreciate this!

[@bkflo6234]

Where to get sounds and template ?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

What kind of sounds are you Looking for? I highly advice you to create your own custom templates. That way you get your own original sound. 🌞

[@bkflo6234]

@@MattiasHolmgren Forest, house, in these locations movie is been shot. Give me ur insta I'd I'll ask u there

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Please ask questions here at KZbin instead and our discussion can help other users too. 🌞 Are you working with a film Director. If so you can get instructions and directions on how to score the scene. Directors often have temporary tracks which can give you inspiration on what instruments to use for the scene, if you dont get inspiration or your own ideas.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Next up in the filmscoring for beginners we will talk about how to score an action scene.

[@bkflo6234]

@@MattiasHolmgren sure waiting!!

[@AshishJadhav]

Could you please share the template on your site

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Ashish, sorry I’ll see what kind of template I can share. Dunno if I have this project still. Been switching many computers.

[@evanchook]

How much should you charge to score a film?

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Hi Evan, pricing your work is very individual. If you are new in the game with little experience you are obviously going to have to go with less rate. But never work for free, it might (will) stab you in the back for a long time. Of course you can exchange services etc. but don't work for free. I get this question a lot and it's hard to give a solid answer since everyones road and background looks different. Tech has changed drastically how films / media is made the last 15 years. Everyone can make film (almost) these days. And everyone is making video. Insta, TikTok, Snap, KZbin etc. There are more game companies than you can count. Personally my background is writing music in bands and releasing albums. Then I studied music theory /composition / arranging, and decided to start to produce music and sound for media (read games & film, commercials etc). In the beginning I did all kinds of wicked projects to build my brand. I was doing radio commercials, recording bands, jingles, writing for flash games / branding sites etc. All to build my brand and name and get to know the companies. Building a brand and your name is probably the most important aspect and should be taken very seriously. For me it was a long and winding path. And it's still on-going. 2 years back I decided to stop scoring so many projects and build more on my brand, my own music, and do educational projects instead...like building this KZbin channel which is turning out to be a successful and fun journey. But back to the pricing. Talk with the directors and ask what kind of budget they are working with. Calculate the time it will take you to write the music. Does it take 4-6 weeks to finish the score? Set your hourly rate and calculate. Be sure to include clauses for maximum revisions etc. Or if the client wants to do changes they need to pay for the extra production time, or else you will probably go minus on your first few projects. Sometimes you can do work as (work for hire) which means your client will own the rights to the content you produce for them. This means you can only sell the produced content to one client, and not use the music outside of that agreement. It's all up to you and what you want to allow. ;) These days many film companies (series) work with music licensing companies. And thus they buy music from a large library. You can always start working for a licensing library to begin your career. But the sad part of licensing companies is that your personal brand will not grow that much since they use the licensing companies name (...Epidxxxx ) in the film / game credits. You probably want YOUR name to be in the credits if you want to grow your brandname. Hope the info helps Evan!

[@evanchook]

Thanks so much for this info it’s really helpful! I too got started (and am still) writing music for my band, but I’m looking into dipping my toes in the scoring world and broadening my horizons a bit. Thanks again

[@eliasengstrom8363]

Tack så mycket!!!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Du är välkommen! ;9

[@micwarren21]

I would have thought you mentioned marker tracks in the spotting. Also importing a basic template. I assumed this video was for beginners.

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Watch the following episodes. Its a series 😄🥁

[@micwarren21]

@@MattiasHolmgren thanks for the response. I certainly will take your advice.

[@lemonderangello]

bra att du håller på

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Ja det är riktigt kul. Ha en fin sommar Lemon.