| Students Create the Sounds of Maine for Chronicle
By Danielle Dreilinger
Berklee.edu Correspondent
October 10, 2007
What does Maine sound like? Ask Berklee. In late August, the WCVB-TV newsmagazine Chronicle aired a documentary on Damariscotta, Maine with a score created by Berklee students.
The idea grew out of the show's feature on the college, said interim film scoring chair Eric Reasoner. Focusing on Berklee's lesser-known programs, the segment ran in March and re-aired the night before the Maine piece.
This summer, film scoring majors Naoto Kubo, Stephanie Olmanni, and Freddie Smith got the chance to create the aural landscape of Maine. In only two weeks, each student composed and recorded roughly five minutes of original music—ranging from peaceful lulls for ocean breezes to a hornpipe for a crusty old salt.
They also got a VIP tour of the Chronicle studios, and arrived just in time to help fix synchronization problems with the soundtrack.
"It was really cool to be in a real-world, real-life experience," Reasoner said, who shepherded the project.
The real world reacted. Viewers immediately emailed praising the music, according to anchor/reporter Anthony Everett. Some even wanted to buy the soundtrack.
Raves came from within Chronicle as well. "I was blown away," managing editor Susan Sloane said. "Every single note, to these ears, was both lovely to hear and perfectly suited to the material."
The experience might not fade with summer breezes: Everett wants to meet with new film scoring chair Dan Carlin to discuss future collaborations.
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Film scoring students Naoto Kubo, Stephanie Olmanni, and Freddie Smith
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Photo by Brit Woollard
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Danielle Dreilinger is a writer/editor in Berklee's Office of Communications.
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