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Originally Posted by studiogear  Hi guys, I 'd like to know if there are any interesting companies who look for composers to compose music for films and maybe get to a point to make a living out of it in the future if they like the work....anyone knows something about this? |
It doesn't quite work like that unfortunately. In a perfect world it would. But there are way too many people looking to get in and not enough spots/work for everyone.
There are different ways you can go depending on what your end goal is. If you want to write original score TO picture (meaning you are hired to write music specifically for an individual film), your best bet is to try and get an entry level gig with a well-known (or at least known within the industry) composer. Be his assistant, studio manager, secretary, orchestrator, copyist, etc for long enough and you'll start writing for him.
A composer I know started as an assistant at Mike Post's studio. After a couple years, mike promoted him to studio manager, a few years after that mike started letting him compose a few small pieces for TV shows Mike was working on... eventually after about a decade, mike started giving him whole shows to write (but mike was still putting his name on them). After a while, mike decided to move out of the studio he was in, and the composer I know "quit" and took over the studio space and has been writing on his own now for a while.
Another example of that are some of the guys that have come up through Hans Zimmer's ranks. Harrison Gregson-Williams is one that comes to mind, but there are a bunch of other guys that have worked at Hans' studio and over time were given writing duties and eventually were able to branch off on their own. I also heard that Danny Pelfrey started out writing/subbing for Snuffy Walden for a while before he started on his own...and so on...
It's not easy, it takes A VERY LONG TIME (decades), and you have to put up with a lot of crap from a lot of people for a very long time. I know someone who worked over at Zimmer's studio for about a year before he quit. He just couldn't take the hours, the attitudes, and to some degree the verbal abuse.
If you are just looking to write music at home and give it to someone and let them try to place it in TV and films, then you are looking for either an agent or a publishing company/library. you can go to
Production Music Association and see a very large list of companies that do this sort of thing. I've made a few other posts on GS about these companies, what they look for (I work for one of them), the best ways to submit music, etc. Just be aware, these companies get bombarded by people wanted to get their music placed in TV shows/commercials/etc. You HAVE to do your homework and research each company you are going to be submitting to. If your music doesn't "match" the way they format their music, your CD will get tossed out before it ever reaches the CD player. If your music doesn't really match what they are doing (fidelity, format, target market, etc), don't bother wasting their time. If you notice you do a particular style of music that they don't have any/a lot of, and you think you can take your exisiting music and edit it to match their format, then you might have a good chance of getting music into their library.