What do you call the music in movies?
Both, but each in different circumstances. If it's music specifically written/orchestrated for JUST that film by the original film's composer, it's a film score. (Such as Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, etc.) If it's a compilation of songs featured in the film (music previously released, separate from the movie), it's a soundtrack.
How much money can one make by composing chamber music, like 2 violins and a cello, for example? Whom does one submit his sheet music to?
As a doctoral composition student, not a lot. First you need to make people want to buy your music and that is damn hard when there is so much great music out there for free. The brass quintet I started whilst an undergrad often played music by student composers who just wanted their pieces played. Why? We wanted to premier new music but we were also too skint to pay for loads of sheet music. It works two ways; the composer wants paying and so do the performers - solution; we play their pieces for no fee and they are provided to us for no fee.The advent of modern compositional technology means that it is much easier for more people to be able to produce high quality scores. You couldn’t just print 100 copies of a score in Bach’s time; it was a real craft. Not to suggest that engraving scores is not a craft, it sure is and I have a lot of respect for the people who are able to do this to a high standard.In terms of submitting sheet music, you need to find a publisher that takes unsolicited material. The first piece I ever had published still has had no sales. However, it was a lot easier to get the second published with one down already. It only got better from there.Now, your money is going to come from recordings. Get your recordings on compilation releases and if you are lucky, it may prove to be a hit. You will receive royalties on the sale and public performances.The biggest factor here though has to be good old luck. I know one of the worlds leading composers of church music personally. How did I meet him? Through contacts at university. You need to brown nose so much to succeed at this.
Composers, do you prefer submitting to music libraries or music sync places like songtradr?
My PhD submission HAD to go in the University music library; it is a requirement. But I have a relative who works in the BBC music library and he told me that they are inundated with scores of aspiring composers.Many composers today have become self-publishing and keep the scores themselves for that purpose or farm copies out to an agent acting on their behalf. To refer again to my relative. He said to me: “I never realised that there were so many composers! They honestly think that if they send us a score, next thing it will be played on the BBC. We never even look at it.”There’s an organisation in the UK called Sound And Music which is dedicated to giving opportunities to young composers but, as I’ve said, there are just so many composers today…so many that it is up to the individual to access contemporary technologies and resources to get their stuff known. Performers such as Valentina Lisitsa have become internationally known through posting on YouTube. Yes, there are still competitions that can be won, but hundreds go in for them and I will let you into a secret! Many of THOSE scores never get looked at either! A friend of mine organised one such competition and received 110 scores through the post which were to be inspected by a panel of four. Some were simply passed by on the most cursory glance. Some were even picked out at random.To summarise: submitting to some music library will probably achieve nothing unless you know someone there with connections who can pull a few strings.
Music from The Spiderwick Chronicles.....?
Thanks! yup that's the song, the one played in the movie Casper is a bit faster but you can hear the similarity. ohh I found the song on youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB0VxPKdk... It's called One Last Wish and the music is done by James Horner who did both movies. Thanks for the help!
What demo song did Christina Aguilera submit as an audition for Disney's Mulan Soundtrack?
It was Whitney Houston's version of "I will always love you" to show her range.
What is the licensing agreement for Epic Score's music?
I love their music, it's some of the most icredible score's that I've ever heard. They have one particular track that I'd like to use for a film but I can't find any support about a license to use their music, not even on their own web site. I'm not going to use music that I haven't been given permission to use so I have to know, is there an agreement or can anyone just use their music?
Is the song "i get knocked down" in a movie?
shrek.
Can composers like Hans Zimmer and John Williams be considered as classical composers?
Let me put it this way. While John Williams has had some formal musical training, both composers started as musicians in nonclassical areas of music--jazz for Williams and Euro-pop for Zimmer. Zimmer still relies heavily on his computers and synthesizers and electronic keyboards to compose his film scores. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002354/bio http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001877/bio I'm not saying this music is bad, but it is what it is. Even a classical composer's score for a movie--say Aaron Copland's soundtrack for "Of Mice and Men" or Dmitri Shostakovich's music for "Shame" is still soundtrack music. Some soundtrack composers are better than others, but just because music might use orchestration or even choruses in them (and are often performed by prestigious symphony orchestras), it still doesn't make it classical. On the other hand, classical music is constantly being used in films, but the music was never originally composed for that purpose. Some famous examples would be the ever-present "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" (usually illustrating some scene that has nothing to do with what the chorus is actually singing about). Another is Richard Strauss' "Also sprach Zarathustra" or "Thus Spoke Zarathustra"--otherwise known as the main theme to the film "2001: A Space Odyssey". And the final movement to the William Tell Overture by Giacomo Rossini (William Tell being an opera of course)--known to many people growing up in the 20th century as the theme from "The Lone Ranger" television program. Of course, there are many more examples I could give as well as a nod to the good taste of early Warner Brother cartoons that incorporated so many classical themes to punctuate the antics of their characters like Bugs Bunny. Of course, Walt Disney studios purposely used classical music in their 1940 film "Fantasia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasia_(f... I'll leave you with this. Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hMjxnwig0o&feature=related