After mentioning Daniel Pemberton in a comment earlier I realised I hadn't listened to an interview with him for a while, so dug this out in between mixing session today. Some stunning insights here as Daniel talks over his score to explain his creative process during each cue. I especially learnt from his comments on collaborating with a DJ, and the time consuming nature of scoring a big budget animation like this.
This insight really grabbed me too, particularly as it's pertinent to some conversations we've been having in here: "I have a long process in my films of doing things that don't work and make it work before the film runs out of time".
The recording was made as part of a podcast series, so if you're interested in composers talking through their process and music in real time, check out the interviews they have up here https://theannotator.net/
The interview with Daniel is here https://theannotator.net/post/181208351331/daniel-pemberton-spider-man-i...
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I can only imagine how time-consuming big projects are!
Awesome. Joanna, thanks for sharing!
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Thank you for sharing Joanna! That was absolutley fascinating.
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Karen "Kay" Ross I've done a couple of action films (low budget) and they are soooo much work! You are literally writing more notes per minute because of the speed and as Daniel Pemberton says, you need to keep changing the ideas to keep up the pace.
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Thanks for sharing, Joanna.
Arhynn Descy I have yet to score an action film, but I've written original action music. I can imagine how much of a challenge it is to get all of the beats right but not too overwhelming for the listener/watcher.
Shanika Freeman it's great fun and totally worth the effort. I hope you get to write some for a film soon.