Music for films

[Vlad the Impaler]

If any of you lot have music in your films what type do you use? e.g do u compose it yourself, use copyrighted music or get someone else to make it for you?

[Ralph Snart]

Your funny.

Watch where you plant those fangs!


I have a few so.

From personal experience:
From personal experience:

Learn how to handel sound in the digital domain on your OS.

Then learn how it relates to any other software.

Plan to sing "Born Free" for a while.

once you learn to use the crud you have, to be a music producer, the street fight really starts!!

Your question has all the answers!


Good luck Ralph.

Also keep in mind Musicians make lousy hostages.

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[Vlad the Impaler]

erm... you didn't actually answer my question there..
I'll make it a bit clearer incase it didn't make sense...


I actually meant whose music do u use in your films (if any)?

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[Ralph Snart]

I loaned one individual the equipment and paid him a fee (With a receipt for tax purposes) to play whatever he felt like.


Additionally I am currently working with a cruddy (my fault) set from a band recorded at a party.

The band is great my sound equipment wasn't but it is working through digital modification.

I just have to appologise to their bass player for calling her a ding dong.

I have also had to teach myself the keyboard and am experimenting with a number of sound devices.

Look up Brian Eno on the web and try working from there.

What are you up to ?

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[Vlad the Impaler]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, helvetica, sans serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ralph Snart:
What are you up to ?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

erm.. I think you should save that for a different type of adult forum....


...on the serious side I don't understand what you mean
Do you mean what work I am currently doing or something?

Also when you sed you lent the bloke the equipment what sort did you mean?
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[This message has been edited by Vlad the Impaler (edited November 17, 2001).]

[Ralph Snart]

A $70.00 tape recorder and a really cheap mic.
plus batteries and some cheap tapes.

He plunked away on his guitar for about an hour and I came screaming out of my chair.

Enough so that I had him do more work.

Sure why not. It is just that I have seen few posts about music on this board.

And finding music has been such a nightmare that I had to learn to write it myself.

I now take the same thoery with music as I do with..

And oh christ is this going to get me in trouble.

I am not going to blatently use either a musical score or a computer program without giving credit to and or a portion of the proceeds to the individuals for their effort.


Because in my own limited way, I am a computer programmer and now a musician.

And I treat others as I would want to be treated. Or try to.

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[This message has been edited by Ralph Snart (edited November 17, 2001).]

[Vlad the Impaler]

cool, thanks for answering this aswell.

so you just had him plucking away at his guitar??? what type of film was it?

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[This message has been edited by Vlad the Impaler (edited November 17, 2001).]

[Ralph Snart]

I haven't decided what to do with it yet.

It is such a powerful platform I am actually experimenting with about five different concepts.

But haven't listened to any one of them for long enough to begin to create a mood.



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[Vlad the Impaler]

if you ever want anyone to have a listen to some of your soundtracks or anything just let me know, I've been learning music since about 7 and I am now just getting into film making so I'm interested in composing music for films.
(I'd do this for free or for my name to appear in the credits so I could get some experience so if anyone is reading ! )

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[Ralph Snart]

Oh by the way.

Do not use your favorite song or sounds unless you are real good and can get the whole thing done in 2 hours or so.


You learn to hate it!

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