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Book SynopsisIn Composing for Moving Pictures: The Essential Guide, author Jason Gaines offers practical tools with which to navigate the increasingly complex environment of movie music composition.
Trade ReviewGaines provides a comprehensive, accessible guide to navigating technology that professional film composers utilize on a daily basis, while giving insight into the history and art of music in motion pictures. Composing for Moving Pictures is an excellent tool for amateur or professional film composers alike. * Terence Blanchard, jazz musician and film composer *
[T]he perfect Swiss Army knife for learning the multidisciplinary art of film scoring. This one-of-a-kind text delivers just the sort of comprehensive and practical understanding professionals really need on the job. * Chris Mangum, Emmy Award-Winning Composer *
[O]ffers a wealth of material not offered in the same manner elsewhere. The sections on Delivery, Collaboration and Archiving, Best Practices and Troubleshooting are a must read for any professional user of Logic X, not just film composers. Gaines explains how to create and effective workflow in an easy to understand manner. * Gary Atkins, Technology Coordinator, The Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Part I ; 1. A Brief History of Film ; 2. The Digital Audio Workstation ; 3. Recording and Editing Audio ; 4. Recording and Editing MIDI ; 5. To Loop or Not to Loop - An Exploration of Loops, Beds and Foley ; 6. Working with Videos ; 7. Music Creation on Mobile Devices and an Introduction to Basic Mixing ; 8. Delivery, Collaboration and Archiving ; 9. Best Practices and Troubleshooting ; Part II ; 10. Terence Blanchard ; 11. Marc Shaiman ; 12. Steve Horowitz ; 13. Nathan Barr ; 14. Trevor Morris
