Comments on: The Process of Score Composition, Pt 3

By: West

West — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:28:20 +0000

Thanks for the feedback and comments, mrG! The search was relatively simple – I specifically sought out open-source movies that were free to use in a commercial setting. Finding Valkaama was just good luck, I suppose! After scrubbing through the film -which had a number of scenes that could have worked well – I landed on this one (pretty much the final scene in the current version of the film) because it seemed the most pensive, had the least amount of dialogue (which was somewhat disconcerting due to the heavy accents) and required little knowledge of what else was going on. It simply had emotion, and told its own story from start to finish.

By: mrG

mrG — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:15:39 +0000

using Valkaama as the figure for these scoring grounds is a brilliant idea, but can I ask a purely technical question? How did you find this CC-licensed film and what led you to select this particular clip?

By: Björgvin

Björgvin — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:34:22 +0000

I’ ve been loving these tutorial. Thanks a lot for them, they’ve been insightful.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:06:35 +0000

Perfect, really helpful.
Many thanks