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Working as a Composer on a Film Production Team
Paul Chihara
Paul Chihara is Professor of Music Theory and Composition and Chair of the Composition Area at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also an accomplished composer for both the concert hall and for films, who studied with Nadia Boulanger, Ernst Pepping, and Gunther Schuller. His compositions have won numerous awards and have been played by notable ensembles around the world, and he has also written several groundbreaking ballets including Shin-ju and The Tempest. In addition, he has composed scores for nearly 100 feature films, including films by Sidney Lumet, Louis Malle, and Hayao Miyazaki.
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Description: film 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.
Shoot Date: November 2007 |
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