One of the earliest film composers (and one of the most famous ones) went by the name Maxilium Raoul Steiner (or Max Steiner for short). He was well known for his effect on the film and music industry. He composed music, themes and motives/ leitmotivs for various successful films such as “King Kong” in 1933, “Gone with the Wind” in 1939, “Casablanca” in 1942 and many more. Because of this rise in technology and film production credits, the payment of the composer raised about 67% which attracted other film and music composers to get out of their comfort zones and try composing music for films instead.
Due to our leap in technology, film production has hanged forever. In the early 1920 people used to be recorded in groups (or an entire band with a choir) and if one person makes a mistake, they recording must be repeated from the beginning. This process can reach to up to 3-4 hours depending on the number of mistakes or even people. …show more content…
With that, they can edit the sound of the instrument/singer by changing its volume, tempo, pitch, tone, speed and even cut the entire instrument. Also, with a new “instrument” called the
Some of the most popular film composer’s were/ are Aaron Copland and John Williams. Aaron Copland was the first in a generation of amazing Hollywood US Film Composers. After him, there weren’t any more orchestras in the cinema! He wasn’t the first film composer… but he was one of the best!
John Williams is also a film composer that changed the name of film music. He wrote many successful film pieces and because of many o them, he received many awards. Some of his pieces are: the “Jaws” theme song, “Princess leiya’s theme” from Star Wars, and the “Jurassic Park” theme
Due to our leap in technology, film production has hanged forever. In the early 1920 people used to be recorded in groups (or an entire band with a choir) and if one person makes a mistake, they recording must be repeated from the beginning. This process can reach to up to 3-4 hours depending on the number of mistakes or even people. …show more content…
With that, they can edit the sound of the instrument/singer by changing its volume, tempo, pitch, tone, speed and even cut the entire instrument. Also, with a new “instrument” called the
Some of the most popular film composer’s were/ are Aaron Copland and John Williams. Aaron Copland was the first in a generation of amazing Hollywood US Film Composers. After him, there weren’t any more orchestras in the cinema! He wasn’t the first film composer… but he was one of the best!
John Williams is also a film composer that changed the name of film music. He wrote many successful film pieces and because of many o them, he received many awards. Some of his pieces are: the “Jaws” theme song, “Princess leiya’s theme” from Star Wars, and the “Jurassic Park” theme