Composing : Advice on how to find and attach a composer to a feature film that is all about music. by Daniel Broderick

My feature film, Silent Music, is unlikely to get through a producer's door without a composer.

Logline:

Oops! Two teen siblings didn't mean to erase all music from our world; they were tricked by a

musical misanthrope from another world. Now they must travel to his world to get it back.

The film is more akin to Wizard of Oz than Yesterday, as it tracks the two teens on their journey through a place where all the components of music (voice, wind instruments, percussion, and strings) are still present, but separated, banished, and forbidden. As they and the film's audience grow to appreciate all that's been lost, the teens' resolve to bring it all back together in his world and in ours only grows. You simply can't live without music -- in all its forms.

The teens' task pales by comparison, however, to the composer's, who must score a voice concert (a cappella plain chant, Renaissance polyphony, solo opera arias, and choir), a wind concerto, a Stomp-like percussion performance, and a string concert, as well as a full orchestral finale. But if it is done well, I have no doubt Silent Music will attract a sizable audience from the half a billion music students (and their parents and teachers) across the globe.

So any advice on how to approach and attract a multi-talented film composer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help.