Composing for moving pictures : the essential guide / Jason M. Gaines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaines, Jason M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture music--Instruction and study.

Motion picture music.

Composition (Music).

Film composers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Summary:

In 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. The guide takes readers from square one - how technology can facilitate, rather than hinder, creativity in scoring - and then moves into the basics of working with MIDI files and on to more advanced concepts such as arranging, mixing, and integrating surround sound.

Contents:

Intro

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication page

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Companion Website

Part I History, Theory, and Practice

Chapter 1 A Brief History of Film

The Importance of Film Music

Music and Silent Film

Music and Early Sound with Film

The Advent of Recorded Music and Talkies

Classic Hollywood

Postclassic Film

Chapter 2 The Digital Audio Workstation

Introduction to Logic Pro X

Project Templates

Exploring Logic Pro X's User Interface

Customizing the Control Bar

Control Bar Components

Editing Tools

Tracks and Track Components

Adding Additional Tracks

Reordering Tracks

Renaming Tracks

Changing Track Size

Deleting Tracks

The Browsers Area

The Project Area

Apple Loops Area

The Library

All Files Section of the Browsers Area

Adding Files to the Project Section of the Browsers Area

Adding Files to the Tracks Area

Zooming Individual Regions

Zooming Project View

Chapter 3 Recording and Editing Audio

Sample Rates

Changing Sample Rates in Logic Pro X

Resampling Audio Files

Recording File Types

Recording Settings

Frame Rate Settings

Utilizing Secondary Drives for Recording

Recording Single Tracks

Recording Multiple Tracks

Recording in Groups

Cycle Recording

Dynamically Editing Audio

Time Stretching and Digital Audio Manipulation

Quantizing Audio Regions

Exporting to AAF Formats

AAF Export

Chapter 4 Recording and Editing MIDI

MIDI Controllers

Recording MIDI

Copying MIDI Data to Create Layered Instruments

Recording Multiple Layered Instruments

Programming MIDI Regions

Creating Drum Sets in Cycle Record Mode

Separating MIDI Regions by Note Pitch

Humanizing MIDI Playback.

Chapter 5 To Loop or Not to Loop-An Exploration of Loops, Beds, and Foley

The Loop Browser Revisited

Creating Audio Apple Loops

Creating MIDI Apple Loops

Backing Up and Restoring Loops Libraries

Chapter 6 Working with Videos

Proxy Video Files

Video Frame Rates

Frame Rate Synchronization Settings

Changing Project Sample Rates

Opening Video Files in Logic Pro X

SMPTE Timecode

Adding Musical Tracks to Video Projects

Using Foley in Musical Projects

Spotting Foley

Scene Cuts and Scene Markers

Renaming and Coloring Markers

Exporting Musical Projects to Video

Chapter 7 Music Creation on Mobile Devices and an Introduction to Basic Mixing

Creating Music and Mixing with Mobile Devices

Exporting and Importing GarageBand for iOS Projects

Buses and Auxiliary Tracks

Creating Stem Tracks to Transport Audio

Automating Tracks

Automating Groups

Chapter 8 Delivery, Collaboration, and Archiving

Bouncing Audio

Creating Archives

File Transfer Protocol

FTP Client Installation

FTP Client Configuration

Placing Files on FTP Servers

Creating Directories on FTP Servers

Local Area Network (LAN) Sharing

Mounting SMB and AFP Sharing Points in the Finder

Create Network Shares for Collaborative Use

Enable the SMB Protocol on Share Points

Collaborative Cloud Storage

Dropbox as a Syncing Solution

Off-site Project Archiving

File Versioning and Restoration

Collaborative Folder Sharing

Share Large Files via Public Links

Automated Archiving and Backup of Local Files and Folders

Introduction to Automator

Creation of a File Backup Workflow

Scheduling Automator Workflows

Chapter 9 Best Practices and Troubleshooting

Hard Drive Configuration and Setup

Writing Zeroes to Hard Drives to Remap Bad Sectors

Repairing Disk Permissions via Disk Utility.

Resetting Parameter Random Access Memory

Troubleshooting via System Profiler

Troubleshooting via Audio MIDI Setup

Creation of an Aggregate Audio Interface

Utilizing Aggregate Devices in the Digital Audio Workstation

Troubleshooting Audio Interfaces via the Digital Audio Workstation

Troubleshooting Audio Interfaces via System Sound

Troubleshooting MIDI Controllers in Logic Pro X

Archive and Restoration of Preference and Property List Files

Archive and Restoration of Key Commands

Reset the Audio Units Cache

Rebuilding Corrupt Project Files

Understanding Random Access Memory

Evaluating RAM Usage and Need

Identifying Unsaved Changes Made in RAM

Hardware Drivers

Part II Discussion of Professional Practice

Chapter 10 Terence Blanchard

Chapter 11 Marc Shaiman

Chapter 12 Steve Horowitz

Chapter 13 Nathan Barr

Chapter 14 Trevor Morris

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-19-991175-4

OCLC:

1109831217