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advancements in modern technology, many composers now create
full scores on a keyboard with a sequencer. It remains to be
seen whether the complex sound of a live orchestra will ever
be fully recreated digitally, so the scoring session continues
to be an integral part of today’s filmmaking process.
The composer is involved in the very beginning of the post-production
process in order to create the perfect melodic theme for a score.
Some composers get their inspiration by viewing dailies or rough
cuts of the film. A director usually has musical ideas for certain
scenes, so the composer and director watch the film during a
"spotting session" to spot- check the places in the
film where music should be heard. The music editor generally
attends the spotting session and is also responsible for integrating
source music (songs not created for the film) with the score.
In the past, composers would hand-write the music after reviewing
the film with the director. An orchestrator would then write
out a master score containing the parts for every instrument.
This process of assigning musical elements to each instrument
is called "orchestrating." Today there are several
ways to score a film. A composer may still hand-write the entire
score or just a "sketch," a shorthand version of his
musical ideas. A composer may also flesh out parts of the score
with the sequencer, inputting the musical ideas into a sequence,
or computer software program. A sequence enables the composer
to hear the score with samples, or digital sounds. This also
allows the producer, director, film editor and music editor
to easily conceptualize what the live music will sound like.
An orchestrator or "take-down guy" then reads the
digital files generated by the sequencer and creates a master
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