Reel World

This fully updated and complete guide takes you inside the world of creating music for film, television, and—unique to this edition—video games. It addresses a wide range of topics including musical aesthetics, cutting-edge technology and techniques, and current business aspects. Also included are interviews with leading industry professionals.

Jeff Rona is an accomplished and award-winning contemporary composer for film, TV, and video games, as well as a recording artist and producer. He has scored dozens of film and television projects with legendary filmmakers including Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Wong Kar-wai, Robert Altman, Steven Soderbergh, Mark Pellington, Stephen Hopkins, Jonathan Demme, Frank Darabont, and many others. Rona's music appears in numerous Oscar, Peabody, BAFTA, and Emmy award-winning projects, in addition to countless film festival honors around the world. He is a recipient of several ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media Award.

Acknowledgments and Thank Yous Foreword by Peter Golub Introduction to the Third Edition SECTION ONE . YOUR CREATIVE PROCESS Chapter One . The Music Chapter Two . Music For Episodic Television Chapter Three . Developing A Personal Musical Style Chapter Four . Music In Play: Scoring Games SECTION TWO . TECHNOLOGY Chapter Five . Setting Up A Studio Chapter Six . The Written Note Chapter Seven . Score Recording And Mixing SECTION THREE . CAREER Chapter Eight .Beginning A Career Chapter Nine . Challenges Chapter Ten . Making A Living Epilogue Glossary Appendix Resources About the Author