How to Get Started in Film Composing

Andrew Gerlicher shares some tips on how to become a great composer.

[SoniqSounds]

This is great - How Does one get jobs as a composer?

[CJProductions]

Where can I go to teach myself how to do this? If I had a full year of intense dedication, where should I look? I have about $1, 300, and I want to know what books and software I can get started on. Because it's only when I listen to Hans Zimmer, Two Steps from Hell, Howard Shore, Steve Jablonsky, Michael Giacchino, or Joe Hisaishi that I feel like I can actually live. I'm a college sophomore right now on a pre-med track, and every day I wake up I feel like I'm about to have a cardiac arrest incident because I hate what I do. I'm really trying to throw myself into this during a gap year to figure out if I could actually do this, and I want to spend hours on hours because I think this is So. Damn. Awesome. I used to be a first chair violinist of an orchestra so in terms of orchestral sounds, I know at least something. I also know basic music theory. But, it's close to nothing, so I need to find resources. Please help me.

[filmscoringplayground]

Very informative video. How to become a working composer, that's a different question.

[ArtOfWorkWebhostingDesign]

You are talking about how to get started in Film Composing but I never heard something about you. So it sounds for me a bit confusing and unbelievable. But thats just my opinion of course :-)

[ethanbrown]

anyone know what monitors hes using? 🤔

[dalmasemmanuel]

Very interesting and instructive
I am beginning to compose and your video helped me

[muzikalmeditations]

man this video was very helpful. thanks a million.!!!

[VAM]

Great video, wish I could find some work.

[diamondstudios]

This is what I want to do!! I'm 17 and as long as I can remember I've always wanted to work in music. One thing I always love were songs or background music in my favorite movies and cartoons. And I'm wanting to work twords turning this into s living!!

[gammaeducational]

How to become a great composer? A great one?!? Is it so simple? Really? So, you are a great composer? And, you can tell us howtodoit? :)))

[antoniapolizou]

Hello and congratulations aboute the video. I want to start a carrer as a Film media compose and arrangeur, and i wanted to ask if i need to go to a university, or a conservatory of Arts, or some courses are enough to come to my target. Im alerady composing through Ableton live 10, usinge smaples and virtual intruments and libraries, but the sound and audio Processing needs imporvement although im am musician, a singer play the piano . I wound be sooo grateful if you could give me some instructions about where to start. Thank you in advance, !

[lemonderangello]

no youtube "composer" ever seems willing to tell anyone exactly how to get jobs because perhaps they'd lose opportunities themselves. these types of videos pique interest and generate minor youtube publicity but ultimately lead nowhere or to some class you gotta take that leads nowhere. damn shame. but like everything, the secrets are guarded because of false/real scarcity.

[robertocarbajal]

OK. For your experincies, what do you thinnk is the best sofware for composing music? Tell me: Kontak or what

[charlesroydubuc]

King Film School: can you tell me what is the name (model) of your Midi keyboard?

[yamnaken]

Hi, nice video. I wanted to ask what the song was in the background?

[Fabi-esxy]

has anyone some an mp4 video I can practice with?

[elenaspano]

I’m a senior in high school (I’m currently 18) and I’ve been playing the piano since I was ten, and the violin since I was 13. A year ago I started playing the guitar, too. In my country (Italy) there’s this “special” kind of high school you can attend: they call it “musical high school”. You have to audition to get in. I auditioned when I was 13 and I got in. It’s just a regular high school, really, but you learn about music theory, harmony, music production and history of music. And, most important thing, you study two instruments that you can choose (well, kinda... ): the first one is the one you auditioned with (it’s the piano for me) and the second one is assigned (violin for me). I’m about to dive into my last high school year and I know that this is what I want to do: film composition. I know about harmony, and music theory, and I play three instruments, and yet sometimes even I get the feeling that I’ll never make it. My question is: how do I make it? What do I study at university? I know that there is a master in “Composition for screen” but I need an undergraduate degree before doing that, and I have no idea what to get it in. I also want to attend university in a country that will give me more opportunities, job-wise. People think that if you want to peruse a music career, Italy is the best country but, trust me, when it comes to composition, it really isn’t. Ennio Morricone is the exception. Nobody makes it here. I’m so lost. I know what I want to do, but I have no idea where to start. If someone has any ideas or any piece of advice, I’m begging you to share. Thanks for reading.

[Gullyfacemafia]

great video !! whats a good BPM to use..?

[josephfresi]

HE USES GARAGEBAND! There is hope for me

[rikardo]

your background music is too damn high. I can barely hear you...