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recordist keeps a detailed log of the recording session and
oversees the recording equipment. Also present are the musician
contractor, who hires and oversees the musicians, and the copyist,
who can generate changes in the sheet music if necessary, as
well as various technical engineers, who set-up and troubleshoot
the scoring session equipment. Add to that various producers
and assistants, and the control room is soon overflowing with
people who are separated from the musicians in the recording
studio by a large glass wall.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s (SPE) scoring stage (originally
MGM’s property) is one of the studio’s "crown
jewels." Known for its excellent acoustic qualities, the
scoring stage is the most sought-after in the world. Built in
1929, the recording studio itself has remained virtually unchanged,
the birthplace of famous, award winning scores that have been
heard in many classic films. THE WIZARD OF OZ, composed by Herbert
Stothart, GONE WITH THE WIND by Max Steiner, and Lennie Hayton’s
score to SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, were all recorded within
these renowned walls, as were many of MGM’s musicals starring
Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. Well-known contemporary composers
such as John Williams (Universal Studios’ E.T. and DreamWorks’
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN), Danny Elfman (SPIDER-MAN) and Hans Zimmer
(BLACK HAWK DOWN) now seek out SPE’s scoring stage to capitalize
on the newly renovated and modernized control room as well as
its timeless original acoustics.
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