Composer for DramaFest '07..

Not too add to your already increasing hat size, but, I too, often loop your tracks when I'm writing. I tend to listen to movie soundtracks when I write, so I've added all the tracks I have of yours into the mix :thumbsup:
 
ha! When i'm hitting the big blockbusters perhaps then I'll start to grow an ego. Till then, i'm still a farm boy.

Hopefully you guys are coming up with some fantastcial stories with my tunes. I'd like to read them one of these days. then again, my attention span is not that g
 
5 as of now. 3 solids. possibility of 6. and/or give or take a few stragglers that come pleading for last minute help. :)

good thing i'm not submitting my own film. (which, I have a stellar idea, but budget and location are killing me since it's a sci fi drama.)

/j
 
Gotcha! Sucks you can't submit your own man! I will be looking forward to hearing your work on the dramafest flicks!
 
the key is to make all of them sound different. Holy Smokes here comes the reverbage!!! For this fest, I'm going to try out a few variations of my strings and horns and see if that does some justice. Panning the instruments will possibly help too.

/j
 
Hopefully your comp. will not have problems too ;)

Actually, I meant to ask, what do you use for your scoring, MAC, PC, what programs?

Hope some of these Q's are helpful to everyone else here as well.
 
well, the problem with the crash with your score was that I had soooooo much going on at once and it couldn't handle the load. I highly doubt we'll have an Epic Drama of epic proportions on this round. I'd imagine everything to be pretty minimal. Easy for my computer to pump out.

software.. I use Gigastudio3 (Orchestra) as my sampler house. Then, I use Cakewalk's Sonar to activate all the lil' on/offs of the MIDI notes to play the instrument libraries that are loaded within gigastudio. Currently, i'm running a 1.8 mhz winXP PC machine with 2 gigs of RAM. Audiophile 24/96 and sheer luck.
I can't afford a new machine at the moment, so you guys hurry up and get some decent budgets for your films!!! heheheheh :)

/j
 
Got it. Yeah, an upgrade is definitely in order for you! I'm working on getting a DECENT budget my friend :) working on it ;)

Thanks for the info on your software. Seems gigastudio is a standard for film scores these days.
 
Justin, I just watched Norm's bts video... Wow! Your music is so lovely. Amazing. I hope that I can aquire your services in the future! Just beautiful.

Great job!

-Ted
 
Thank you so much Ted and Rebecca. :)

The world isn't going anywhere in anytime soon, and as you know, the internet works in slow motion. So I'll be ready whenever you guys are. Cheers!

/j
 
So Justin, do I understand that you won't be entering this time for Dramafest?

Didn't you have two for horrorfest? I guess if you did, then that gives you a pass, in addition to all of the scores you're composing for everybody else! Ha!

Love your stuff. Keep up the great work!
 
Robert,

Ha! yUp. I had two films in the horror fest. But.. you never know. I've still got two weeks to go and I've got access to a DVX. You never know what I'll pull out of the wood work on this one. It all Depends if my friend comes up from Sand Diego to LA to visit. I told her if she did, I would put her in a short film. More Specifically... "A DramaFest Short Film" :)

I'm ready to start watching these things.

Thanks for the kind words!

/j
 
Yeah, Justin's got raw emotion to his music. Some of it I can listen to & nearly brings tears in some spots ... then again, I'm just a big 'ol pansie anyway, lol.

For those who don't know it, the first two cues in the BTS video for our short (which Justin will be scoring) are from his submission when I asked composers to basically audition for our SPARROW short. I know it's almost pretentious to ask folks to audition for something they wouldn't get paid for, but we knew we were going to do more than just a 6 minute HeroFest entry.

Anywaaaaay.... we ended up going with another composer for that one, because Justin was looking to be BUSY with that festival, and I was concerned about availability, etc. blah, blah, blah.

BUT ... I LOVED his submissions, and especially the longer one was one that just stuck in my head ... it had a theme, and a BEAUTIFUL one at that. So I was extremely pleased to test those cues out for the BTS and they worked wonderfully for it.

And above all, thanks Justin for letting me use those three songs/cues for the BTS video ... without it, it would just be a stupid talking head video with some random clips thrown in. :grin:
 
thank you norm! Ya, I gave it my valiant effort I suppose for sparrow. The current score for that film is amazing so you definitely won in those regards.

I've still got a LOT to learn in scoring films but I know i'm learning something new with each and every one of them. Hopefully after these next set of films I'll venture off into the ska world. uuuhhe. no.


for you newcomers to the thread or curious about norms bts, you can find it here:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=752616&postcount=2


Cheers!
/j
 
Alrighty!!! Just posted all my scores for the dramafest on the first page.

And.. I'm available for "DVXuser.com SPYFEST!"



- Word Is Bond. James Bond.


/j
 
HA!!! Justin, I LOVE the new banner of yours ... VERY cool! You & your graphics, music, etc. U just rock, dude. Thanks for the phenomenal score for WHERE SILENCE FALLS.

Oh, and I'm at PDX airport right now, but I'm going to QUICKLY download these scores. I'll tell you a little secret; I leave my laptop on all night long in the hotel & let your music loop over & over. I'll stop at that & not go into how it's like you're right there in the room with me, cuz that would sound uber gay, lol!!! :grin:

Anyway, looking forward to listening to all these scores throughout the week!!
 
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