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Music for Movies | Best Way to Score Films | Editing Innovations by Ken Burns
Great interview with famous documentary producer Ken Burns on music for movies. He has been creating films for 30 years and has many on PBS.
He talks about how traditionally the process is to “lock the film” before bringing in composers and musicians. Then scoring is a very mathematical process based on precise timing. Very true and extremely different from songwriting.
Ken instead takes a more innovative and organic approach by recording music he finds moving before editing has even started. He has the musicians record hundreds of music beds. Then he edits the film around the music – which I had never heard of.
He mentions having over 200 versions of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” recorded for his baseball documentary!
Ken Burns on Music for Movies
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