ABSTRACT
"Music is nothing more than organized sound effects, and sound effects are nothing more than disorganized music." The filmography of music composers is truly a bookshelf unto itself. It does not require translation for foreign sales; it does not require subtitles to explain itself or establishing shots to orient the listener. An important lesson a music composer learns is that writing music for the screen is very different from writing music that is a total performance unto itself. The smart producer sets a music composer far in advance of the actual work. Most composers have a music editor with whom they are accustomed to working, and, in turn, the music editor is set for a film project as soon as the music composer is committed. The music editor handles and takes care of the management of the score, freeing the composer to focus on the singular and crucial task of creating the music itself.
