ABSTRACT

On the Track offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from the nuts-and-bolts of timing, cuing, and recording through balancing the composer's aesthetic vision with the needs of the film itself. Unlike other books that are aimed at the person "dreaming" of a career, this is truly a guide that can be used by everyone from students to technically sophisticated professionals. It contains over 100 interviews with noted composers, illustrating the many technical points made through the text.

part I|60 pages

Preliminaries

chapter 1|11 pages

The Filmmaking Team

chapter |18 pages

4 Spotting the Film

chapter |10 pages

5 Budgets and Schedules

part II|47 pages

Conceptualizing

part III|17 pages

Timings

chapter |10 pages

8 Timings and Clicks I

chapter |5 pages

9 Timings and Clicks II

part IV|212 pages

Composing

chapter |50 pages

10 Playing the Drama

chapter |10 pages

11 Genres and Source Music

chapter |8 pages

12 Composing

chapter |26 pages

13 Using Melody

chapter |56 pages

14 Using Harmony

chapter |17 pages

15 Using Rhythm

chapter |36 pages

16 Using Orchestration

part V|28 pages

Recording

part VI|70 pages

Electronic and Contemporary Scoring

chapter |12 pages

20 Using Electronic Music

chapter |44 pages

21 Using Contemporary Music

chapter |12 pages

22 Scoring for Television

part VII|20 pages

Songs

chapter |14 pages

24 Songs

part VIII|13 pages

The Business

chapter |11 pages

25 The Business

chapter |2 pages

Esilogue On The Track