http://www.artistshousemusic.org/people/Paul+Chihara The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/music+educator+profile+film+composer+and+professor+of+composition+paul+chihara+of+ucla Music Educator Profile: Film Composer and Professor of Composition Paul Chihara of UCLAPaul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses his career and the world of film composing from the point of view of someone with a stake in both the academic and professional worlds. He addresses the film composing process - like how a composer works with a director, how to integrate existing songs into a score, how technology is changing how film composers work, and how to get into the field – as well as the history of film composition and why young composes should know it, where he gets his creative energy, and how film music has influenced the growing world of music for video games. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/music+educator+profile+film+composer+and+professor+of+composition+paul+chihara+of+ucla#comment Process Teaching Songwriting Advice Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Schools Paul Chihara Songs in Films UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:49:15 -0800 Luke 9679 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/film+composer+paul+chihara+on+building+his+career Film Composer Paul Chihara on Building His CareerPaul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, introduces himself and his career in composing music for films (including for films by Roger Corman), and discusses his initiative to build a graduate program in Film Music at the school. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/film+composer+paul+chihara+on+building+his+career#comment Process Teaching Songwriting Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Education Music Schools Paul Chihara Songs in Films UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:55:24 -0800 Luke 9680 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/working+as+a+composer+on+a+film+production+team Working as a Composer on a Film Production Teamfilm production team, and why the great Japanese film composer Toro Takemitsu preferred the title “sound designer.”He also speaks about the need for a film composer to be willing to collaborate with the director and producers to bring the right sound to a film, whether by writing music or by using pre-existing songs, and discusses the original purpose of music in film – to drown out the sound of the projector. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/working+as+a+composer+on+a+film+production+team#comment Songwriting Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Schools Paul Chihara Songs in Films UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:56:52 -0800 Luke 9681 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/composer+paul+chihara+on+the+source+of+his+creative+energies Composer Paul Chihara on the Source of his Creative EnergiesPaul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses the roots of his creativity in the sensibilities of the 1960s – both that of rock music and of composers like John Cage – and the influence that people like him have had on popular culture. He also discusses the ways in which technology makes it more convenient for composers to draw inspiration and creative content from varied sources. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/composer+paul+chihara+on+the+source+of+his+creative+energies#comment Teaching Creativity Music Schools Paul Chihara Teaching Technology UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:58:50 -0800 Luke 9682 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/using+technology+to+facilitate+the+composing+process Using Technology to Facilitate the Composing ProcessPaul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses the ways in which technology has made the composer’s (especially the film composer’s) job easier, by taking the drudgery out of the process and opening up new avenues for creativity, communication and collaboration. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/using+technology+to+facilitate+the+composing+process#comment Arranging Songwriting Composing Music Schools Paul Chihara Songs in Films Technology UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:59:43 -0800 Luke 9683 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/using+folk+and+other+music+as+material+for+composing Using Folk and Other Music as Material for ComposingPaul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses his time working with the Ellington brothers and with Nadia Boulanger, and what he learned from them as to how one uses the music of their culture – whether folk, pop or jazz – as raw material for new compositions. He also discusses the near-universal appeal of big band music in every country he studied in, in the 1950s and 1960s, and draws from that some conclusions about what makes good material for composers. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/using+folk+and+other+music+as+material+for+composing#comment Songwriting Composing Folk Music Music Schools Paul Chihara UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:00:40 -0800 Luke 9684 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/is+score+study+important+in+today+s+composing+environment Is Score Study Important in Today’s Composing Environment?Paul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses the waning importance of score study to the work of a composer, due to new technologies that privilege listening over visual means of assessing the structure of a work. He also speaks about the use of minimalist music in television scoring, and what aspects of this music are most important to setting an appropriate mood through intelligent use of sounds. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/is+score+study+important+in+today+s+composing+environment#comment Songwriting Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Schools Paul Chihara UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:01:46 -0800 Luke 9685 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/music+for+video+games+the+japan+connection Music for Video Games – The Japan Connection Paul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses the new respect for video game composers that has arisen in the past few years, and the roots of video game music in the music written for Japanese animated features such as the films of Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away). http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/music+for+video+games+the+japan+connection#comment Songwriting Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Schools Paul Chihara UCLA Video Games Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:03:03 -0800 Luke 9686 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/why+film+composers+should+understand+the+history+of+film+composing Why Film Composers Should Understand the History of Film ComposingPaul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, shares his thoughts on the need for film composers to know the history and vocabulary of film music. He discusses some specific high points of film scoring from the past, ties them into both the film music and other traditions, and examines what made them so powerful. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/why+film+composers+should+understand+the+history+of+film+composing#comment Songwriting Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Schools Paul Chihara UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:04:35 -0800 Luke 9687 at http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/when+is+the+composer+brought+into+the+filmmaking+process When is the Composer Brought Into the Filmmaking Process?Paul Chihara, Professor of Composition at UCLA, discusses when in a film’s production cycle the composer is generally brought on. http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/when+is+the+composer+brought+into+the+filmmaking+process#comment Songwriting Composing Film/TV Scoring Music Schools Paul Chihara UCLA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:05:25 -0800 Luke 9688 at