Composing for Moving Pictures
Subtitle: The Essential Guide
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780199754779
Subjects: Motion picture music, instruction and study; Composition (music); Composers
Description: Gaines offers practical tools with which to navigate the increasingly complex environment of movie music composition. He addresses both the principles of composition for moving pictures and the technologies which drive music composition, performance, and recording in an integrated and comprehensive fashion. The guide takes readers from square one - how technology can facilitate, rather than hinder, creativity in scoring - and then moves into the basics of working with MIDI files and on to more advanced concepts such as arranging and mixing. Gaines illustrates each step of the process with screen shots and explanations in the form of program tutorials.