To say that I’m a fan of film music is a bit of an understatement. I wouldn’t be surprised if 1/4 to 1/3 of my record collection is film scores. Hell, film music is what started me on my path of loving and studying music. I remember watching Legend and then sitting in front of a keyboard trying to figure out the melody from Tangerine Dream.
That’s why I’m here to inform all of you about Score: A Film Music Documentary, which will “…take viewers inside the world’s most-recognized music genre: the film score.”
The documentary aims to interview such composers as Danny Elfman, Marco Beltrami, Hans Zimmer, Tyler Bates, Howard Shore, and many more, as well as a slew of journalists, agents, and other industry officials. You can help fund the documentary right here.
I’m a firm believer that the music in a film is an often underappreciated character, one that defines the mood of the film and is yet rarely recognized. This project aims to cast light on precisely those characters, the men behind the curtains.