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Originally Posted by Greg Curtis  why not hire some talented musicans to sit down for 3 hours and just play the damm parts? |
Gotta agree with
pramrod.
Film makers have gotten used to the endlessly tweakable, low cost score.
By the way, if the first run through of your rough mixes doesn't sound like the end result, directors seem to panic, lose confidence. I believe years ago composers presented their work in progress in piano form only.
Even if you are lucky to use several 'real' players, or an ensemble, directors will require many and large scale re-edits, or rewrites, right up to the final mix.
This has happened to me so many times, I just found it easier (if less enjoyable) to use midi instruments.
The top echelon of film composers are still able to work with real musicians......and they rough out their ideas using midi instruments and orchestral libraries.
However, due to low budgets and logistics, many tv composers in particular end up in the midi/sample realm only.
Budgets are tiny. I've regularly worked on projects that have been edited to music off CD. Then the composer is asked to match the quality.
Try scoring a film with a few 'talented musicians' that's been edited to Radiohead, Wagner, Steve Reich and Tom Waits. You'd need a massive budget.