First film scoring attempt

Hey everybody. I'm new here and wanted to meet everyone and get some feedback on my first attempt at a film track. Any suggestions for changes/ideas are more than welcome. Glad to have finally found an online community such as this one and I look forward to getting to know all of you. Also, does anyone know where you can get video clips online to practice scoring to?

Daniel Akers

Film Scoring Practice-Daniel Akers.mp3

For a first go, this is brilliant!!! ;)

What I'd be really interested to know what you were thinking of trying to represent when you composed this. It sounds pretty epic. Pretty top notch stuff overall!!

For a first go, this is brilliant!!! ;)

What I'd be really interested to know what you were thinking of trying to represent when you composed this. It sounds pretty epic. Pretty top notch stuff overall!!

What is cool is how you let the music build up after a slow beginning. What samples are you using?

It was very good for a first attempt. I guess that on youtube you can find movie clips but you'd need to supress the audio. You can also try your hand at mute films :cool:

Interesting sound with the bells. And nice transitions of atmosphere!

Also, does anyone know where you can get video clips online to practice scoring to?

See if there is a film-making society or club that make short films near you. That's how I god started. Generally, short films don't need music as dramatic or militaristic as this, but it's still music :phones:

Otherwise, can't you just turn the volume down on a hollywood film? It means you can't take account of the dialogue but it's a start.

This is great! It really sounds like it belongs in a film.

The only thing I would say at a glance is that perhaps you could vary the minor 3rd intervals in the strings that begin at around 1.43, maybe adding some intervals of 4ths and 6ths - a minor point though.

What samples / instruments did you use?

Thanks for all the comments and feedback. For this one I used EWQLSO Gold in Sonar. And I really do appreciate different structural or tonal ideas so thanks TomHan688. I will definitely try what you suggested.

For a first go, this is brilliant!!! ;)

What I'd be really interested to know what you were thinking of trying to represent when you composed this. It sounds pretty epic. Pretty top notch stuff overall!!

Thanks so much! I was just envisioning the calm before the "storm" so to speak. Two massive armies on an ancient battlefield waiting for the call of war...and then an epic battle of course. LOL

Also, does anyone know where you can get video clips online to practice scoring to?

Here's a trick. Find some videos on youtube that you would like to practice scoring (I'm a big fan of Anime). Copy/paste the urls into a text document. Go to www.keepvid.com and enter the url to download each video (note: some videos might not download, so it's good to cast a wide net). Once you have a nice selection of these, you might use Windows Movie Maker or Mac's IMovie to trim the clip down and save it as something short to score, somewhere from 45-90 seconds.

Voila! You can create a full library of clips to your heart's content and score all the clips/cues you want. Put together a portfolio on a website and start promoting your work. Maybe you'll come across a director who might use your talents in his/her next film. Send them to your site to see some samples of your work. Enjoy!

This thread is old. But I'm new to this one.

I need to practice scoring a film.

Anybody know how to get rid of background music in movie clip and left the dialogue only?

Thanks in advance. 

This thread is old. But I'm new to this one.

 

I need to practice scoring a film.

 

Anybody know how to get rid of background music in movie clip and left the dialogue only?

 

Thanks in advance. 

Short answer is no. If the audio track is L:dialogue/R:music, then you can import it and delete the R side, but this is rare. If it's a commercial video they are mixed together on a stereo track and you cannot seperate them. What you can do for practice is choose a film where there is little music on top of dialogue. Then you can delete big hunks of the composite track to get rid of the music.

Hope this helps.