I usually listen to film scores that I really like to help me get an idea of what I want to do for a scene. Once I do that I go my piano and just play with an idea and I've made some awesome and intense themes. What about you? What's your process?
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I used to do this, but over time I started to trust more and more in my instincts, my empathy, and that the productions are hiring me for my particular perspective and interpretations. So, for me nowadays, it’s much less looking for existing inspiration (which there’s nothing wrong with. I have plenty of influences, too) as it is about getting the director to really tell me about their story and characters in their own words.
You get a much better sense for approaching a scene when you really know who the characters are, why they make certain choices and why those choices are important. It’s so much easier for me to connect deeply and empathetically.
Thats what works best for me, anyway. Others likely have myriad ways that work equally well for them.
Cheers!
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Brian Gunter I have a hard time not having an inspiration. Usually I think of how a story makes me feel then I find another film that makes me feel the same way and I listen to the music. Then I go to my piano and play around and get something that feels the same but sounds different. Maybe thats something I need to improve on is just sitting there at my piano or on a DAW just feeling the story.
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Nakoa Cabatbat like I said, I don’t think it’s wrong at all to do it the way you’re doing it. I used to do that a lot too. All I’m saying is that moving away from that helped me find more of my own particular voice. A voice that I’m starting to get more specific requests for. That’s all I mean.
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I typically make a music playlist of cues that fit the vibe of a film I'm working on. I may drive around listening to it in my car and zoning out. By the time I'm ready to start writing, my head is in the space it needs to be, and then I never listen to it again so as to try and find my own path.
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Nakoa Cabatbat - I'm usually sparked by a lyric or title that pops into my head. I rarely hear melodies in advance, though, and usually just sit at my piano, and my fingers find where they want to start and a melody is born.