Stylistic Adaptation in Film Scoring

Department - FILM
Offered - Spring
Course number - FS-433

This course will address the prevalent and recurrent need in films to emulate a wide variety of stylistic scoring approaches appropriate to the period setting and/or specific ethnic locale of a screenplay. Approaches to research and adaptation of authentic musical styles will be discussed. (Such styles include, for example, 17th-century European, African, 1920s American, etc.). Careful attention to instrumentation, arranging, orchestration, and dramatic theme development will be stressed. Assignments representing realistic situations will be recorded synchronously to the specific needs of film scenes.

Credits: 2
Course Chair: Alison Plante
Prerequisites: CM-311, FS-340, and FS-341
Required of: None
Electable by: FILM majors