Your Stage : The Music Advantage Filmmaker Seminar by Scott McRae

Calling all Filmmakers! We started The Music Advantage to help filmmakers improve their media by gaining a deeper understanding of getting effective music into their projects. We’re presenting our second TMA seminar on October 5th at the Newman Scoring Stage on the Fox Studio lot in Los Angeles.

It will be a full-day seminar (food and beverage included) packed full of actionable info, compelling panelists and productive networking.

You can register here: https://music-advantage-music-in-film-2019-tickets.eventbrite.com/

Use promo code tma2019 to get a 10% discount!!

Panelists are still being confirmed, but as of now the line-up includes such industry heavyweight as:

• John Debney (composer: The Greatest Showman, Iron Man 2, The Jungle Book, The Passion of the Christ)

• Julianne Jordan (music supervisor: A Star Is Born, Pitch Perfect, Trolls)

• Nathan Barr (composer: True Blood, The Americans, Carnival Row, The House With a Clock In Its Walls)

• Angie Rubin (music editor: Fifty Shades of Grey, Pitch Perfect, Meet Joe Black, Se7en)

• Fil Eisler (composer: Empire, UnREAL, Life of the Party, Shameless)

• Germaine Franco (composer: Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Someone Great, Little)

• Ryan Shore (composer: Star Wars Galaxy of Adventures, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, Buckout Road, Alex and the List)

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Topics that may be addressed include:

• Why is music important to media?

• Various aesthetic functions that music can perform

• How to think about the best style/tone for a given project

• The ideal relationship between the director and composer

• Considerations for hiring a composer

• Function and purpose of the music supervisor

• Function and purposes of the music editor

• Timing of hiring various music personnel

• Temp music and how it should it be handled

• Specifics of music rights: sync vs. master, etc.

• Pros and cons of licensing vs. custom score

• Practicalities of licensing music for a project

• The role of a composer agent

• Source music and its use in film for aesthetic as well as practical purposes

• Range of music budgets and what can be accomplished across that range

• lunch (vegetarian options will be available)

• special additional access and Q&A with keynote speaker

• video/audio of all panels

• music consultation with Scott and Ryan (the hosts) via phone regarding your media project

• downloadable digital content and resources that extends and expands information covered in the seminar