Scoring A Film In One Hour | #SCORERELIEF2021

Scoring a film to a deadline sort of comes with the job, but to do it with cameras, lights and microphones on you makes it all the more terrifying! Today, I'm attempting to write music for a 3.5 minute animation in 1 hour. In aid of the Backup Hardship Fund, this is a free-to-enter scoring competition. I'd humbly recommend you enter if you're interested in this sort of thing.

Disclaimer: please realise that the quality of composition will be lower when done so quickly. This film is aimed to be just a bit of fun, so no haterz please! 😅

I am a composer, producer and musician, based in London.
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[DanKeenMusic]

3.5 minutes of music in 1 hour - how hard can it be?? Thanks for watching. Just a bit of fun, this one, but for a great cause! Donate to the Backup Hardship Fund if you can!

[TheCueTube]

"Sorry if this is boring"...man this is AWESOME! Thanks so much...I'm loving it!

[renvicjack]

I think I know EXACTLY what i wanna do for the rest of my life after watching the first 15 minutes of this video; this is great!!!

[mikeosborn]

"I've only got a few minutes left..." Let me just alter time and compose twice as quickly...Dan's Marty McFly moment!

[Bitimi]

It's always fun to see other people's workflow. Especially because it oftentimes presents an opportunity to see how you can learn/improve! Awesome job!

[PierreVonGuersing]

Man, this is just a 1 hour masterclass! Thank you so much for that! You are very talented.

[samshrimpton]

Great job Dan! Had this on in the background while slogging through creating a big old template. Some really nice moments in there, and the end result is far better than you give yourself credit for! Better than anything I could have done in an hour, thats for sure! Really enjoyed this format of putting yourself against the clock too, I definitely learnt quite a bit 🙂

[maxrice]

Very impressive for that amount of time! The composer I used to assist would set a timer and write professional-sounding queues in 30 minutes when we ran into tight production schedules. The first time I saw him do it blew my mind. When I saw 3.5 minutes of music in an hour on the video description, I assumed you were going to be doing a queue that didn't have much complexity. Expected to see lots of pads, but you scored an animated sequence with all kinds of tempo and emotion changes and a crazy chase scene. Props! Thanks for sharing!

[MrAdisep]

That was really impressive and the final result goes flawlessly with the film. I loved it. I would be very interested if you could explain what's your process to decide where are your hit points for entrance and exits and how you decide what tempo changes are needed. That would be awesome! Thanks a lot and keep doing those great videos :)

[alberthenningsenruberg]

Dan this was absolutely mindblowing to witness!! started my scoring journey half a year ago and this was one of the most informative videos i have ever found in terms of peeking behind the curtain of scoring film. thank you for this! youre so talented.

[DeanBothaMusic]

Man, watching your workflow is amazing. I’m an absolute noob when it comes to compositions. It’s something i always wanted to get into but never die until now. I’ve been playing guitar for 17 years and it’s exiting to start this additional chapter. Channels like yours are invaluable for people like me.💪

[rollinhand]

Awesome job Dan! As a hobbyist composer whose biggest struggle is getting the first note written, I appreciate any insight into someone else's composing process. I'd definitely watch you live stream this sort of stuff!!!

[FalconePhil]

This is a great composition & about what I'd expect from an expert. I was pleased that you attacked the project almost exactly as I did (sync pts, click track, plethora of pads & ensembles, IR/convolution, the IDEAS, etc.), even though I have no score training & can't read music. The engineering is where we differ.

[moresquatsmoretwats]

This was GOOD!!! Definitely one of my favourite videos I’ve ever seen, it was super helpful and inspiring!

[digitale]

Excellent work. Amazing! I've been searching YouTube trying to find someone that doesn't score big-budget films. Yours was so inspiring. I found a new passion.

[joshgiesbrecht]

Incredible video man. Can't believe we're getting this for free. Learned so much, appreciate you time and effort. And what a great piece of music as well! Can't wait to try my hand at this.

[godned]

Not bad . Iv been playing and writing for 33 years now with 14 of those years practicing for film score and im sitting at about an average of 3 min per hour sometimes more sometimes less depending on the complexity of the scene. Finally after 30 years Im now officially scoring for films and working on my 3rd movie now XD.

[princegrwl]

amazing....the idea of sidechaining the score with SFX + Dialogue is genius. very effective tool.

[AVDRE]

Man this was a great watch, didn't want to skip a minute. Nice work

[navidds]

I'm an animator trying to get some insight on this part of production since it feels so alien and this process was amazing to watch. Thanks for sharing.