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Giovanni RotondoEditor in Chief of Film Scoring Tips.
Giovanni Rotondo is an experienced London-based film and television composer whose music has been showcased on top-tier platforms like Netflix, BBC 1 and Rai 1. Known for his versatility, Giovanni has contributed to feature films, TV series, TV movies, and documentaries. He's also the creative force behind the popular game music album series "The 8-bit Time Adventures." A BAFTA Connect member, Giovanni is renowned for blending technical skill with creative flair. For more information, visit: giovannirotondo.com
Mychael DannaMYCHAEL DANNA is an Academy Award-winning film composer recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. His body of work includes his Oscar-winning score for Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” following his collaborations with Lee on “The Ice Storm” (1997) and “Ride with the Devil” (1999). Danna also received the 2013 Golden Globe Award for “Life of Pi.”
His other celebrated collaborations include those with Bennett Miller on his multiple Oscar-nominee “Moneyball,” in 2011 and his Oscar-winning drama “Capote,” in 2005; with Terry Gilliam on his Oscar-nominated “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” in 2009 and “Tideland,” in 2005; with Mira Nair on “Vanity Fair,” in 2004, “Monsoon Wedding,” in 2001 and “Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love,” in 1996; and with Billy Ray on “Breach,” in 2007 and “Shattered Glass,” in 2003. Danna’s credits also include the 2006 Oscar-winning “Little Miss Sunshine,” for which he shared a Grammy Award nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album; Marc Webb’s acclaimed romantic comedy “(500) Days of Summer” in 2009; and James Mangold’s 1999 Oscar-winning film “Girl, Interrupted.”
John OttmanJohn Ottman is one of the most unique creatives in the film industry, holding dual distinctions as both a leading film and Emmy nominated composer and a BAFTA and Oscar winning film editor. Ottman has often completed both monumental tasks on the same films. Such remarkable double duties have included The Usual Suspects, X-Men 2, Superman Returns, Valkyrie, Jack the Giant Slayer, Days ofs Future Past and Xmen Apocalypse. He has also held producer roles on several of these films, as well as directing, editing and scoring Urban Legends 2.
Dario MarianelliDario Marianelli was born in Pisa, Italy. He composed the soundtracks for Bumblebee (2018), Paddington 2 (2017) Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), Anna Karenina (2012), Atonement (2007), V for Vendetta (2005), The Brothers Grimm (2005) and Pride & Prejudice (2005). He received three Oscar nominations for Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score. In 2008, Marianelli won both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the score of Atonement. He has collaborated with the director Joe Wright five times, on Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, The Soloist, Anna Karenina and Darkest Hour.
Garry ShymanComposer Garry Schyman’s award-winning music can be heard in nearly every audio-visual media, including feature films, prime-time television, and video games. His haunting orchestral scores for the globally acclaimed video games BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite have earned him multiple awards, including top honors for Best Original Score from the British Academy of Film & Television (BAFTA) and the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences.
As one of the world’s most celebrated composers of video game music, Schyman is notable for his versatility of style and unique ability to fluidly draw from multiple eclectic sources of inspiration. Always experimenting, his recent music for the game Metamorphosis, based on Kafka’s groundbreaking novel, incorporates a unique expressionist score featuring techniques such as Sprechgessang (half sung half spoken) and 12-tone music.
He captured the fantasy world of Tolkien for the adventure game Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (nominated for a BAFTA award) and Middle-Earth: Shadow of War and paid playful homage to ’50s sci-fi with his score for the game Destroy All Humans! (followed by two sequels). He accelerated heartbeats with his thunderous orchestral score for EA’s Dante’s Inferno and gave a nod to the hypnotic style of Bernard Herrmann in the mystery game Voyeur, as well as his beautiful and haunting music for the VR game Torn soundtrack release on Varèse Sarabande Records.
When he’s not composing, Schyman teaches part-time at his alma mater the University of Southern California in their world-famous Screen Scoring program. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Lisa and son Ethan.
Anne-Kathrin Elisabeth DernAnne-Kathrin Elisabeth Dern (*July 30, 1987) is a German film composer and CEO of e-Quality Music Productions LLC, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. She is mostly known for her scores to the animated Netflix Original Fearless (2020), the Netflix Christmas movie The Claus Family (2020), Disney's Four Enchanted Sisters (2020), and SONY's Help I Shrunk My Parents (2018), as well as her collaborations with Klaus Badelt, most notably on the animated movie Leap! (2016) and the iGG video games Castle Clash (2019), Lords Mobile (2018), and Galaxy Mobile (2020). Dern also contributed music to both seasons of ABC's musical comedy series Galavant (2015-2016), as well as Microsoft's HALO V: Guardians (2015), and wrote additional arrangements for Warner Bros. Ocean's 8 (2018). She has collaborated with and assisted composers such as Christopher Lennertz, Alan Menken, Steve Jablonsky, Ryan Shore, William Ross, and Pinar Toprak. Additionally, she has interned at Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions and was a selected participant of the 2016 ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop with Richard Bellis. Dern just completed her work on the comedy-adventure sequel Help I Shrunk My Friends (2021), and has been signed to write the score for the WWI drama The Last Front (2021), starring Iain Glen and Sasha Luss.
Conrad PopeConrad Pope is an American film composer and orchestrator. He is a frequent collaborator with critically acclaimed composers, such as John Williams, James Newton Howard, Danny Elfman and Alexandre Desplat. Pope is recently orchestrated the score to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, composed by Alexandre Desplat, and did the same job for John Williams' first scores.Conrad Pope is making waves in Hollywood. "Fresh and top flight," raves Variety about his music. Pope's scores range over the entire cinematic spectrum. "Emotionally evocative", his music expertly creates for each film what The Hollywood Reporter called "sub-textural punch".
Nainita DesaiRoyal Television Society award winning composer Nainita Desai is a BIFA and Ivor Novello 2020 nominee, a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit and the IFMCA Breakthrough Composer of 2020.
Amongst various BAFTA, Oscar, Emmy acclaimed productions, Nainita's recent projects include critically acclaimed Oscar 2020 nominated film "Form Sama", Sundance 2020 winning feature "The Reason I Jump", "America Murder" Netflix's most watched documentary feature to date, Annapurna Interactive Film-Game "Telling Lies" and BBC drama series "Unprecedented".
Film4 labelled her as one of the top 5 Film Scores and Video Games score lists of 2019 by Scala Radio.
Michael PriceMichael Price's critically acclaimed debut album on Erased Tapes Records, Entanglement, released in April 2015, was described as ‘gorgeous’ by Rolling Stone, as ‘a neo-classical treat’ by Uncut, and Clash remarked that ‘the emotional clout of this music is quite staggering’. A new album, Tender Symmetry, was released on August 31st 2018.
Michael’s work for film and television has been also widely recognised, winning an EMMY award in 2014, and Royal Television Society, Music&Sound, and Televisual Bulldog awards as well as a BAFTA nomination and 2 further EMMY nominations for the critically acclaimed BBC series Sherlock, which he scores with David Arnold. Other upcoming TV projects include the 4th season of BAFTA-winning crime drama Unforgotten and the BBC’s new Dracula adaptation, created by Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
Steve LewisSteve was hired by Richard Branson in 1969, while still at school. Virgin was simply a mail order retailer of albums and the total headcount was about eight. There were no shops and the label didn't release its first album, Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, for another four years.
He worked during school holidays and after school doing whatever he could to make himself useful. It was priceless training and he gained experience in all areas of the music industry as Virgin entered each new sector.
From 1974 to 1978 Steve ran Virgin's artist management company, after which he joined the board of Virgin Records as Deputy Managing Director (1978 to 1983). Richard next asked him to run Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd which he did until 1992 when EMI bought the Virgin Music Group.
In 1993 Steve was appointed CEO of the Music Division of Chrysalis Group PLC, responsible for establishing a new front line label, The Echo Label and supervising the Group's other labels, publishing companies and studios.
Steve left Chrysalis in 2001 to write a novel (which remains unfinished) and established Stage Three Music, a publishing company, in 2003. Steve and his investors sold the company to BMG in 2010.
Steve continues to work as a music publisher and sits on the boards of several music tech companies as a non executive director. Find more info on Linkedin or on
Steve Lewis' website.
Pia Di Ciaula ACE, CCEPia Di Ciaula is a Canadian film and TV editor based in the UK. Di Ciaula's credits include Tyrannosaur, directed by Paddy Considine, winning 40 awards worldwide; A Very English Scandal directed by two time Oscar nominee Stephen Frears, starring Hugh Grant; and Netflix's multi-BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe winning series The Crown, directed by Emmy winner and three time Oscar nominee Stephen Daldry. Di Ciaula has won a BAFTA award for Best Editing and received nominations for a Gemini, two Genie's, BAFTA and RTS nominations for Best Editing.
Shie RozowShie Rozow (pronounced shy ro-zov) is a composer and music editor who's credits include blockbuster films like AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, HUSTLE & FLOW, TRAINING DAY, TV shows like ARROW and KRYPTON and indie films like JASMINE, and CAPTAIN HAGEN’S BED & BREAKFAST. For more visit his website at www.shierozow.com
Adonis AletrasAdonis Aletras is a working film/TV/media composer with 100’s of credits on US network/cable Television, games and apps. His music can be heard in Emmy award winning Television shows and he is a voting member of the Television Academy (Emmys) and the Recording Academy (Grammys). A prolific composer, his catalogue currently exceeds 2000 signed tracks. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music.
Mark DoggettMark Doggett is an award winning British composer and music producer who began making musical noise from a primitive home studio in the early nineties.
Fast forward three decades and Mark is now widely considered as an early electronic music innovator after making his name as record producer and DJ, K90.
Much of Mark's most recognisable film & TV work can be heard across multiple Broadcast, Streaming and Network Television shows predominantly on the BBC, Sky, C4, C5 and Apple+.
Recent scoring credits include Roland Manookian (The Football Factory, Rockarolla) directed short film 'Castle in the Sky' starring Jaime Winstone and Commonwealth Games basketball inspired documentary 'Home Court - Going for Gold' produced and directed by Amelia Hayward. Mark has recently completed work on a collaboration of new orchestral material with legendary, Ivor Novello winning composer Simon May.
Included in the final BAFTA CREW cohort of 2020, Mark continued his connection with the British Film & TV institution after being selected to join the inaugural BAFTA CONNECT programme in 2022. Nominated for the PRS Foundation ‘Best Newcomer’ at the Production Music Awards 2021, Mark's work has continued to be recognised by winning 'Best Score Production Music Track' at the The Production Music Awards in 2022, and nominated for Best Sound Design / Score of the Year at the coveted Production Music Association (PMA) - Mark Awards in 2023.
For more information, visit: markdoggett.com
Alessandro MastroianniAlessandro Mastroianni is an Italian composer and sound designer based in Edinburgh.
His credits include several feature films (Prodigal, Red Winter, A Nashville Christmas Carol), advertising campaigns (Interac, Quantcast) and TV shows and major networks (RAI3, BBC, ABC, Netflix).
As a sound designer and synth programmer he has helped several composers and music houses to create custom sonic palettes to score AAA video games franchises, advertising campaigns for premium brands, feature films and TV shows.
He makes commercially available cinematic virtual instruments under the brand Sonora Cinematic.
Pano FountasPano Fountas is a film composer and orchestrator currently residing in Westchester County, New York. His recent projects include the short historical drama 1805 (2022), and the award-winning animated short film NoWhereMan (2020). Between September and December 2021, he worked as a synthestrator for the Off-Broadway show “The Alchemist” and contributed orchestrations to the Ability Beyond Disabilities Concert (Pasadena, CA). He has written music for Found Objects, a music production company based in New York, and Fight or Flight, a trailer music production company based in LA. Among his accolades are the prestigious Alan Menken Scholarship (2020) and the Theodore Antoniou Award (2019). His upcoming projects include an independent feature film and a recording of orchestral works by Chris Hajian.
Rochelle SharpeRochelle has worked on various Films and TV shows including “Traffic”, “Ocean’s 11”, “Ocean’s 12”, “Joe Somebody”, “Bruce Almighty”, “Crossroads”, “Queer Eye For The Straight Girl (TV series)”, “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius”, and “Dr. Dolittle 3”.
In January 2006, she decided to transition into management when Marsh, Best & Associates appointed her as Head Of Music to run their new music department and represent talent for Film, Television & Visual media. This tenure lead her to the Cutting Edge & Air-Edel management team where she ran the Air-Edel US office. Afterwards, she launched her own agency, Incite Management, in 2011.
Thomas BowesThomas Bowes is one of the UK’s most versatile and accomplished violinists – as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster and artistic director. Tom is in great demand as soloist and concertmaster and works closely with many of today’s most eminent film composers. Amongst numerous film credits are such hit-movies as the Bond films “Spectre” and “Skyfall”, The Hunger Games trilogy, “The King’s Speech” and “The Da Vinci Code”. Tom is privileged to own and play a violin by one of the great Cremonese makers - a splendid 1659 Nicolo Amati.
Jill StreaterJill Streater discovered the world of copying through hand-copied parts miraculously reappearing in super quick time when all the band parts were stolen for a Carnegie Hall concert. She started with hand-copying work back in the early ’80s and then made the transition to our current computerized world where familiarity is expected on Finale, Sibelius and Dorico. Although starting with large amounts of theatre work, the last 20 years have been primarily studio-based with an emphasis on big film projects. Highlights include Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies and being head of UK music preparation on all the Bond films since ‘Casino Royale’, including ‘No Time To Die’.
Jo RangerJo Ranger is a classically-trained musician and composer living in London. She is a member of the BFI Network x BAFTA film crew and currently on the Ivor’s Academy Youth Council and Media Committee. She's has worked on a variety of projects such as short and feature films, production music, and artist albums.
In 2020 she founded Audio Artemis - the collective for women and gender minorities in sampling. The aim of the collective is to support and further the voices of women and gender minorities in the audio sampling world.
Nan SchwartzNan Schwartz is a Grammy winning (Natalie Cole) and five-time nominated Grammy arranger, as well as a seven-time Emmy nominee for her musical compositions for television and film (In The Heat of the Night). In 2018, a symphonic album of her orchestral compositions was released on Divine Art Records; additionally, Nan has a new commission, Tone Poem of Triumph, set to debut in 2021. As a conductor and orchestrator, Nan has worked on such major Hollywood films as Mank, Harry Potter, Argo, Benjamin Button, Julie & Julia, and Secret Life of Pets 2. She produces and writes songs for the Latin market and has conducted her music with an all-star cast and a 17-piece orchestra in three sold-out concerts at Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Jazz Grill. Nan is currently at work on two separate musicals, Le Lavoir Au CanCan and The Grammarians.
Andrew DudmanAndrew Dudman is a Abbey Road Studios senior recording engineer with an incredible 21 years of experience at the facility, he’s earned awards for his work on Disney’s Brave and The Fellowship Of The Ring. He’s also recorded scores for huge films such as Hacksaw Ridge and Baby Driver and games including Killzone 3 and Uncharted 3. His extraordinary résumé goes on to include tracks recorded with Underworld and Elbow and many more classical recordings.
Adriano AponteAdriano Aponte is an Italian - UK based - award-winning composer for film and TV. His recent projects include the "Nuovi Eroi" TV docu-series broadcast in Prime Time nationwide on Rai3, the feature film "The Truth" - starring Francesco Montanari (Medici: The Magnificent) - available on Amazon Prime Video, and the "Vimto's" quirky multi-channel advertising broadcast nationwide on UK TV and theatres. Lately, his music is featured in the official trailer of the Paramount Pictures' horror feature film "Spell", the Sky History TV Promo for "Mystery Winter" TV show, the TV Promo for the TV Series "The Bridge" (BBC 2), and the 93rd Oscars Live Ceremony's TV Promo for Sky TV. Aponte is a two-time winner of the Los Angeles Music Awards and his works have been screened at several international film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Giffoni, Clermont-Ferrand and many others. More info here: adrianoaponte.com
Joanna KarselisJoanna Karselis is a composer and multi-instrumentalist. She has scored feature films Reunification, The Bellwether and 5 South, puzzle game Tower Of Fate and twenty three shorts including worldwide festival favourites 51 States and Ground Rush.
Wojciech UsarzewiczWojciech Usarzewicz is a music composer from Poland. He enjoys studying cinematic scores. He composed music for TailQuest: Defense, an indie tower defense game coming soon on Steam.
He published a completely free course, Interactive Game Music for Beginners in which he teaches how to work with FMOD and adaptive game music.
Nick EvansNick is a guitarist, producer, songwriter and DJ who runs Chøppersaurus , a multi award winning independent music and production company based in the heart of Brighton. They write music for TV, film and adverts, and their works have been used extensively on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky on shows such as Homeland, Eastenders, The Grand Tour and Big Brother. Recently, the company composed the score for slasher-horror movie “Blood Fest”, produced by Rooster Teeth.
Kyle HunterKyle Hunter is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner of Rhythm Couture.
He is an experienced television and film composer that has scored music placements for the STARZ television series Power, The New York Times, Calvin Klein, Forever 21, Monster Energy, Powerade, Les Mills, VANS, Wix, Stetsom, and countless others. More info https://www.rhythmcouture.com
Robert DraneCombining marketing and music, Robert Drane is a writer and composer based in North Yorkshire, England.
Mathieu KarsentiMathieu Karsenti is a multi award-winning music composer, musical director and music producer.
He has composed and produced music for prime-time TV shows for BBC, CBBC, Cbeebies, BBC3, ITV1-2, Channel 4, SYFY, Bravo, Sky1, for top production companies as well as for UK celebrities.
He has also scored original music for festival nominated and prized independent short films, feature films, corporate videos and documentaries. His production music is currently represented by EMI, Universal, Warner/Chappell and BBC Worldwide with placements on top TV shows across the globe.
He has studied music production and engineering at Pointblank college, Composing for Film and TV and theory at Berklee College of Music online and orchestration at the Hollywood Music Orchestration Workshop with Conrad Pope in Vienna, Austria.
Since 2017, he has successfully released his cinematic/Neo-Classical music independently to showcase his distinctive voice on personal creative projects.
More info here: www.mathieukarsenti.com
Silvio RelandiniI'm a professor of musical technology in S.Cecilia Music Academy (Rome), S.Louis College of Music (Rome). I teach: Applied Music, Music Composition for images Sound Designing, Sound Engineering, Sampling, Sound's Science, Musimathics since 1993 in Musical Accademies, Conservatives, Universities, Training Centers, Private Institutions. I create professional music technology courses (Master) for Italian academic institutions (Conservatory, University). I have worked as an expert of music technologies (music editor, sound designer, virtual orchestration) in film and television production, video game industry, music and record production. I have founded the IITM (Italian Institute of Music Technologies) with the aim of giving students the skills and knowledge to find work in the music industry. My students work and are good professionist in different countries around the world (USA, UK, Germain, France, Spain, Swedish, Holland, Singapore). I was responsible for educating Italy for major musical production houses (Steinberg, Sibelius) and I certificated professors hat working in various Italian schools.
Michael KrukMichael Kruk has written and produced the music for many major documentary series which have been seen by millions of viewers worldwide. These include award winning David Attenborough documentaries through to series for the BBC Natural History Unit. His music has been performed by a 75 piece orchestra, but he has also delivered entire soundtracks crafted solely in his home studio.
Michael’s first book, “An Introduction To Writing Music For Television” became an Amazon #1 bestseller in the categories of “Music Composition" and “Music Recording and Sound” within it’s first week.
He is also the founder of www.musicforincome.com.
Roman KovalikRoman Kovalik is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist and a composer for film and television. He is best known for his sleek and stylish scores for "Butterfly Caught", "Please Come With Me" and "Beyond The Trek".
Still a teenager, he began his career as a composer for local theater productions in his native Switzerland. Discovering his passion for music in the visual arts early on, he moved to Boston and earned his B.A. in Film Scoring and a Certificate of Excellence in Composition from the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Since 2006, he has lived in Los Angeles and worked on multiple award winning movies and TV shows.
Kenny WoodKenny Wood is media composer from Los Angeles, whose experience in the field aided him in writing the Assisting the Composer guidebook with the help of an exceptionally talented and diverse team of contributors. He has composed scores on a number of feature films, video games, and the Oscar nominated short film, Oktapodi. He worked as an assistant to Mychael Danna, Heitor Pereira, and has provided additional music for Brian Tyler and Keith Power among others.
Rotem MoavRotem Moav is an Israeli composer mostly known for his continuous work on the Destiny video game. Before joining the AAA franchise he had quite a success composing for television with his music being broadcasted in most US networks. Find more info on rotemmoav.com
Patrick CassidyA renowned Irish born composer of great distinction and reputation. Distinguished by his emergence as Ireland’s most prominent composer with the release of the Children of Lir, the BBC subsequently produced a documentary reflecting this seminal work.
After graduating from The University of Limerick with a degree in Applied Mathematics, Patrick released his debut album, “Cruit” in 1988 which featured music by 17th an 18th century Irish Harpists adeptly arranged for both the Irish harp and a baroque ensemble. From this foundation, emerged his epochal work, “The Children of Lir,”. Other major “Works” include “Deirdre of the Sorrows”, “Immortal Memory”, “Famine Remembrance”, which had it's premiere at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
Currently, Patrick Cassidy resides in Los Angeles where in addition to his concert work and compositions, he scores and collaborates on film and documentary projects. Notable credits include; Hannibal, Veronica Guerin, Confessions of a Burning Man, Salem’s Lot, King Arthur, Layer Cake, Che Guevara, Ashes and Snow, Kingdom of Heaven, The Front Line, L'Aviatore, Kill The Irishman, Calvary, 1916 The Irish Rebellion.
Patrick’s sublime aria,“Vide cor Meum” was composed as a “mini” Opera for the Ridley Scott film, “Hannibal”.This aria has been presented at both the Oscar and Emmy Awards and “Vide cor Meum” has appeared in multiple top-ten lists and essential collections throughout the world including the Warner Classics CD, the “40 Most Beautiful Arias.” Significantly, Patrick Cassidy is noted in this distinctive collection as the only living composer.
Patrick’s new opera “Dante” will premiere in 2021 as part of the Dante Anniversary Commemoration in Italy.
Iria PizaniaIria is an award-winning Film Producer and Director with work screened across the world and receiving a string of nominations and awards at international film festivals. She has produced shorts and feature films as well as worked in different production capacities. Her credits include the award winning shorts China Doll, Tutu & Pointes and the feature The Journey starring Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock & two smoking barrels) and Lindsay Coulson (Eastenders). Iria is currently working on producing a slate of films as well as being a vocal advocate and activist for promoting equal opportunities and wider access into the screen industries. More info on www.iriapizania.com
Ross ShotlandFounder & President of Enjoy The Ride & Enjoy The Toons Records. Coordinator of licensing agreements with strategic partners
in regards to vinyl reissues & digital hosting. Has worked direct with companies such as Sony Music, UMG, WMG, Rhino
Entertainment, The Jim Henson Company, WaterTower Music, Equal Vision
Records, among many other indie labels. He also often works direct with
the artists when licensing out of print releases for vinyl and/or
digital reissue.
Tristan NoonTristan is a British TV composer based just outside of London. He studied briefly at the University of Surrey and has gone on to orchestrate music for high budget productions such as the AAA rated video game 'LEGO: The Incredibles' and ITV 1's flagship drama 'Endeavour'. He also orchestrated, music prepped and music copied the music for synth-pop/electronic legend Gary Numan’s UK tour with the Skaparis Orchestra in November 2018. As well as his work as an orchestrator, Tristan has had music published by prominent production music companies such as Audio Network, EMI and Universal leading to a large variety of prime time syncs. In 2017 he wrote and launched an eBook called From DAW to Score - if you like the content above, you can visit his blog or purchase his book at a discounted price by entering the code FILMSCORINGTIPS during checkout (valid until the end of January).
Chris SmithChris Smith is a British composer and producer whose work spans song writing, TV commercials, corporate films, sound branding, television, film, theatre, animation and library music.
For more than twenty years, as founder of one of the UK’s most successful music production companies, he was involved in the production of critically acclaimed and award-winning music for hundreds of TV commercials, television programmes, films and theatrical productions.
Chris is a passionate defender of creators’ rights and has served on the boards of PRS/MCPS, BASCA and ECSA. He is a director of PCAM, the Society of Composers & Producers of Applied Music.
Gabriele ContiGabriele Conti is a professional audio engineer with many years of experience in the film scoring industry.
He has worked with many great composers both for Cinema and TV.
You can find more info about his credits on his IMDB page.
Andrea TonoliBorn in 1991 Andrea Tonoli is a composer, pianist and multi-instrumentalist located in Milan, Italy.
Andrea has written, released and performed worldwide 6 albums in the last 5 years, with some of his works being used as soundtracks for movies, commercials and documentaries by important companies such as National Geographic. More info: www.andreatonoli.com
Simone CorelliBorn in Milano in 1969 Simone Corelli is an experienced rerecording sound mixer for movies and teacher located in Roma, Italia.
He wrote two books, “Elementi di Cinematografia Sonora” and “Pro Tools in One Hour (coffee break included)”.
He loves photography, hifi, baroque musique and plays harpsichord.
Shanay WeberShanay Weber had always been interested in how music could shape the way we feel, and found it most compelling how it's used in movies and video games to create a strong atmosphere. She is currently learning to compose music for video games, but also enjoys listening to movie soundtracks. Her current inspiration is Yasunori Nishiki's work on the original soundtrack of Octopath Traveler.
Simon WhiteheadSimon is an electronic musician and founder of Shibui Music and Sparks.fm. Since beginning his music for advertising career just 3 years ago, he has worked on campaigns for Google, Toyota, Adidas and Sure For Men to name a few. Simon is now exploring new and innovative ways to incorporate technology into the bespoke process with Sparks.fm. You can reach simon at simon@sparks.fm.
Dan GrahamDan Graham was the songwriter in a UK indie band Ooberman (“Times Single Of The Year” 1999). From 2004 he composed premium library music and from 2010 invested rising royalties in his trailer music labels Gothic Storm, 7 other catalogues and Gothic Instruments which makes DRONAR for Kontakt. Gothic Storm music is regularly used in Hollywood movie trailers.
After writing a 10-part in-depth series of articles about library music for Sound On Sound Magazine he wrote the 2018 e-book “A Composer’s Guide To Library Music”: www.librarymusicbook.com
Dietz TinhofDietz Tinhof is one of the most frequently booked mixing engineers in Austria, and is highly esteemed for his expertise that encompasses much more than just audio engineering, his calm and solution-oriented way of working, his experience in vocal recording, and his unconditional dedication to music of all types and genres. As co-initiator and -developer of the Vienna Symphonic Library (VSL), he also is shaping the everyday life of composers, arrangers and audio engineers around the world.
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