Chapter 10 - Music Editing
The craft of storytelling is changing fast...
Since I am a music composer for media, (you notice that's an odd way of saying that I am a film scorer), I am keenly aware of the huge rise in easy and inexpensive access to pre-recorded digital music libraries online, pre-recorded sound effects and automated sound mixing tools. This has led to a wide illiteracy of this essential field within cinema, as well as divestment in hiring sound and music talent altogether. Progress! I can not change that. Yet, while these libraries are being used, I see that the general trend is to use them in a way requiring the least amount of effort. That would be, laying a piece of library music in your timeline and just leave it there as a rug. It doesn't say anything or evoke any emotion. What music is best at is creating emotion in a way that the images and dialog can not. I know it is possible to use library music is a way that enhances the story, and, if editing creatively, the music can be perceived as being custom made for the images.
Editing music to Picture
Here, I will briefly explain how I edit to dramatic pivot points in the story