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- how to make film scores (orchestral and electronic) How do composers compose music to fit the theme and atmosphere of the scenes in the movie. Research into composers such as Hans Zimmer, Charlie Clousser and Junkie Xl for information on this subject. This subject will help me understand how to compose music for cinematic purposes accurately to create an emotional atmosphere through the music.
- Orchestral music composition and arrangement. Research how orchestral music is arranged and composed for cinematic purposes. To do this research films with orchestral scores such as Mad Max Fury Road: Furiosa’s theme. This will help me in the music industry because it will give me a better understanding of orchestral music arrangements, this will be helpful when composing classical music for standalone or cinematic purposes.
- Classical music and how to make it, to understand this topic I will research the structure and arrangement of popular classical hits such as: Fantasia and Moonlight Sonata. This will be helpful in the music industry as it will give me better knowledge when it comes to music theory in composing classical music. This is because I will understand how and why the chords are used in the music as well as why certain notes are picked in the music. This will also help me become a better composer when it comes to making classical music.
- Experimental music, what is it and when is it used in the video game and television industry. Research into games and film music such as: saw and alien isolation that have soundtracks with experimental music. Researching experimental music may give me knowledge on how to become more creative by learning how to combining techniques from multiple music genres together and experimenting with sound design. This can lead to amazing pieces of music which can lead to exposure in the music industry from making unique music.
- Research into techno and EDM music genres, by looking into these questions: what is this music genre? what are some techniques used in this music? Researching this will be relevant because this is the music genre I find most intimidating, this is it uses such advanced techniques in the music to create crazy musical sounds and atmospheres.
- Sound Design techniques and the history of sound design as well as how sound design is used in music to create specific themes in the music. I chose this because in the final project of year 1 I really enjoyed experimenting with sound design and this is a subject I would like to get better at. This is relevant to the music industry because when composing music for film and video games sound design is very commonly used to create intense or spooky sound scapes.
- Saw film franchise music, composed by Charlie Clousser. Research the techniques and though process behind creating the music for the film. I chose to pick this as an idea because the Saw franchise is home to one of my favourite film scores every such as the score ‘Bucket-heads’. Researching this is relevant to the music industry as it gives me lot’s of knowledge on film score composing, experimental music and sound design techniques. This is because of the many uses of musical experimentation in this soundtrack.
- Charlie Clouser the transition from Nine Inch Nail keyboardist to film score composer. Research the history of Clouser’s music career as well as the songs and music he has created. I chose to do this because Clouser is one of my favourite film score composers as he composed the music from saw, which has my favourite film soundtrack of all time. This is relevant to the music industry because it helps me understand how someone adapts from moving to 2 different areas of the music industry. It will also help me understand his creative thought process behind making film scores and sounds.
- Industrial / electro-industrial music genre, I want to explore this genre as it something I have very little knowledge of. However I really like the sounds and music that comes from this aggressive music genre, therefore I would like to learn more about what techniques are used in this genre as well as how the instrumentation and arrangement is composed. This is relevant to the music industry as it will give me more knowledge on these 2 genres which will help me expand my skills in composing music for these 2 areas of music. This is good because the music industry likes musicians that are flexible will composing in different music genres, therefore researching into this will be helpful for me.
- How horror movies create scary atmospheres through the music and sound design, to research this I will look into the techniques of music theory used in the making of this music / sound design and how it works in the movie. This idea is relevant to the music industry because it will teach me techniques which will help me compose music for the horror movie music genre, composing music for the horror movie film genre is a job in the music career. Examples of horror movie composers as: Charlie Clouser, Joseph Bishara and Bernard Hermann.