Richard Davis – Stylistic Adaptations in Film Scoring
One of the important skills for the modern film composer to master is the ability to incorporate music from different cultures and countries into a feature film, television show, or documentary film score. Whether the location of the film or program is a certain country, or the characters are from a particular part of the world, a director may want to reflect the culture being shown to varying degrees. This course will present a framework by which you will learn to perform research and make appropriate choices. During the course, you will employ research techniques to develop a deep understanding of different musical styles, systems, instruments, melodic and harmonic structures, and societal functions. This work will prepare you for professional endeavors and collaborations with directors and producers that require music of a different culture.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Analyze a film for places where music from another country or culture is appropriate
- Determine if this music should be literal, or just referred to
- Use scales, instruments, and rhythmic patterns in various non-Western music systems in a film score
- Develop original themes and musical textures using the results of this research
- Incorporate and fuse this material with Western instruments or ensembles
- Use sample libraries to recreate the sounds of world instruments that are not available as a live recording option
- Work with musicians who come from another system of music
Syllabus
Lesson 1 Composing in a Multicultural Landscape
Lesson 2 Understanding Cultural Respect
Lesson 3 The Music of India
Lesson 4 Rhythm in Indian Music; Music in Bollywood – Part 1
Lesson 5 Indian Film Music in the Twenty-First Century; Bollywood and Hollywood
Lesson 6 The Origins of Americana Music
Lesson 7 Synthesis of Scots-Irish and African Music
Lesson 8 Adapting Jazz to a Film Score
Lesson 9 Native American Music in Hollywood
Lesson 10 Early Western European Music
Lesson 11 Music of the Renaissance
Lesson 12 Wrap Up
Requirements
Proof of a Bachelor’s Degree
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Prerequisites and Course-Specific Requirements
Completion of OCOMP-507: Orchestral Mockups in Film Scoring, OCOMP-525: Film Score Analysis, OCOMP-577: Professional Film Scoring Skills 1: Collaboration and Communication, OCOMP-588: Mixing the Film Score, and OCOMP-690: Compositional Voice Development in Film Scoring or equivalent knowledge and experience is required.
- Additional sample libraries covering a wide range of instruments from around the world beyond those typically found in a standard Western orchestra, such as, but not limited to one of the following:
- East West RA, Silk, and Stormdrum 3 (or 2) – All included in the EW Composer Cloud.
- UVI World Suite – Berklee Online students get a 30% discount on the World Suite.
- Best Service Ethno World 6
Instructors
Author & Instructor
Richard Davis is a performer and composer in classical, jazz, popular, country, and East Indian music. He has performed with greats like Phylicia Rashād, Betty Buckley, John Denver, and Illinois Jacquet. His film and television credits include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Last Boy Scout, The Fall Guy, and others. Davis earned his bachelor of music degree from California State University at Northridge.
What’s Next?
When taken for credit, Stylistic Adaptations in Film Scoring can be applied towards these associated programs:
Associated Certificate Program
- Compositional Approaches to Film Scoring Graduate Certificate
Associated Degree Major
- Master’s Degree in Film Scoring
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