Adding music to films - erutufon|nofuture

**grobelaar** · 16th June 2006

Does anyone know of any good theory articles or books on this subject. Nothing too heavy or technical - just some rough info on dos and donts and techniques for matching particular scenes with particular emotive music or something like that.

Any tips much appreciated.

ckpqerjwrpwp · 16th June 2006

The guy who taught the composers on my MA always said that in terms of scoring you would learn more from just watching/listening to films like 2001 and Chinatown closely than reading books. Saying that they did have some kind of reading list.. I'll try and find it.

Davenport · 16th June 2006

probably the bentest question i have read yet..

do u have a mind sir? Sorry, im being serious. Do you have in built judgement plugin? you make a scene and then u put whatever music u reckon should go under it. You dont read how to do it in a book ya weasal

**grobelaar** · 16th June 2006

Yeah cheers phil, i didn't say I was scoring a film. I didn't say what I was doing.

I'm designing how music and sound will be added to a videogame, which isn't exactly the same as adding music to a film, in fact it's nothing like it - thus I have to spec out the systems that will trigger the music and how those triggers will be placed in the game, whether by level designers or by code.

However, there is some relevance as to how films are scored, and as I'm not actually scoring the film or even this game, I need the theory, rather than pissing around until I get something I think is right practical approach - which is completely useless to me...

Davenport · 16th June 2006

just put on any old sounds

ckpqerjwrpwp · 16th June 2006

This one is supposed to be good:

Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music
~Royal S. Brown
University of California Press
Paperback - February 1995

For sound in general this book is the motherfucker:

Michel Chion : Audio-Vision

Yer_Maw · 16th June 2006

im sure theres a really good documentry on one of the league of gentlemen dvds about the guy that does the music. Lots of good stuff on it i think.

dirtyho · 19th June 2006

I second the Chion book. That is a good book

**grobelaar** · 19th June 2006

thanks for the tips.

16th June 2006	#1
grobelaar The Thread King Join Date: May 2002 Location: In Exile! Posts: 5,480	Adding music to films Does anyone know of any good theory articles or books on this subject. Nothing too heavy or technical - just some rough info on dos and donts and techniques for matching particular scenes with particular emotive music or something like that. Any tips much appreciated. ........................... http://www.no-future.com/vbulletin/r...user=grobelaar
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ckpqerjwrpwp SELL OUT Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,416	The guy who taught the composers on my MA always said that in terms of scoring you would learn more from just watching/listening to films like 2001 and Chinatown closely than reading books. Saying that they did have some kind of reading list.. I'll try and find it.
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16th June 2006	#3
Davenport Everybody knows your name Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 593	probably the bentest question i have read yet.. do u have a mind sir? Sorry, im being serious. Do you have in built judgement plugin? you make a scene and then u put whatever music u reckon should go under it. You dont read how to do it in a book ya weasal
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16th June 2006	#4
grobelaar The Thread King Join Date: May 2002 Location: In Exile! Posts: 5,480	Yeah cheers phil, i didn't say I was scoring a film. I didn't say what I was doing. I'm designing how music and sound will be added to a videogame, which isn't exactly the same as adding music to a film, in fact it's nothing like it - thus I have to spec out the systems that will trigger the music and how those triggers will be placed in the game, whether by level designers or by code. However, there is some relevance as to how films are scored, and as I'm not actually scoring the film or even this game, I need the theory, rather than pissing around until I get something I think is right practical approach - which is completely useless to me... ........................... http://www.no-future.com/vbulletin/r...user=grobelaar
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16th June 2006	#5
Davenport Everybody knows your name Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 593	just put on any old sounds
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Yer_Maw cos we dont fuck about Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: chansville Posts: 5,901	im sure theres a really good documentry on one of the league of gentlemen dvds about the guy that does the music. Lots of good stuff on it i think.
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19th June 2006	#8
dirtyho dirty member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: london Posts: 1,199	I second the Chion book. That is a good book
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19th June 2006	#9
grobelaar The Thread King Join Date: May 2002 Location: In Exile! Posts: 5,480	thanks for the tips. ........................... http://www.no-future.com/vbulletin/r...user=grobelaar
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