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  1. Cathbad

    Introducing Sound Network

    To view or apply for jobs on this website, you have to pay £12 per month. An important detail that perhaps should have been mentioned...
  2. Cathbad

    My Favourite female filmmakers

    The Matrix was written and directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski. Brothers. Some people think dressing in women's clothes and having cosmetic surgery makes them sisters instead of brothers now. Many disagree. And the idea that women's clothes and genital surgery retroactively makes them women in...
  3. Cathbad

    How can a teenager get into the film industry?

    Like many, I discovered serious film in early teens. There was some Japanese film on at 3am with a 5 star rating in the TV guide. Just out of curiosity I set the video recorder (shows you how long ago it was) and watched it next day. The film turned out to be Ran, directed by the great Akira...
  4. Cathbad

    Movie Questions!

    The questionnaire seems no longer to be there... My favourite film is The Third Man. I also like the films of Kurozawa, Hitchcock, Leone, Scorsese, Miyazaki, Ford-Coppola, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Fritz Lang, John Ford, Buñuel and many more. The best thing I've seen on television BY FAR was Richard...
  5. Cathbad

    Need help of a guitar composer for a no budget short (URGENT)

    You never know... :unsure:
  6. Cathbad

    Film score identifying instrument

    No it's not. See my post #5 above.
  7. Cathbad

    I will be glad to hear your opinion about my music, thank you!

    It's excellent playing, but the miking and mixing (especially in the first piece) is poor and doesn't do you justice.
  8. Cathbad

    What is your opinion on Netflix's sudden change of policy?

    I'm surprised that Netflix is prioritising this as a strategy, instead of addressing account sharing.
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    Film score identifying instrument

    Excalibur also uses the prelude from Tristan and Isolde and the Funeral March from Götterdämmerung, both by Wagner. And various bits of Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. The music written specifically for the film was by Trevor Jones. It's mainly orchestral but a few cues use historical musical...
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    Film score identifying instrument

    The music in the video is from the prelude to Richard Wagner's opera, Parsifal. It's scored for symphony orchestra, with a couple of additions for onstage dramatic purposes: church bells and thunder machine. But no electric pianos, which were indeed available in 1981 but not in 1882... Parsifal...
  11. Cathbad

    Funny Bloopers in Venom 2

    I liked the first Venom, but the sequel was terrible - mostly the choppy editing. Appreciated Woody Harrelson chewing the furniture though...
  12. Cathbad

    Any students from Metfilm School in London?

    Not I, but bear in mind you have some very nice countryside within easy reach just a bit west of you. Plus some good parks even closer. Good for locations.
  13. Cathbad

    The role of Performance Rights' Organizations

    Just need to add that users must get a licence to use music in any kind of project. This usually involves a fee. It's amazing that film makers are (usually) clueless about music clearance and licensing, let alone dealing with someone writing custom music. Why on Earth don't film schools cover...
  14. Cathbad

    Musical Cleaning

    Very cute! I love the voices.
  15. Cathbad

    A Rendered Fight Scene From My Short Film, Hammer Elf

    Good work! I like the design of the ogres.
  16. Cathbad

    5 Essential Pieces of Advice for Young Composers

    1. “Don’t compose faceless music if you want your music to be memorable to the audience.” Agreed. Vague, meandering music with no connection to the picture will not be effective. 2. “Sometimes we involuntarily get glimpses of a musical vision that pulls you to up to heaven, or drags you down...
  17. Cathbad

    Cathbad Music

    Why, thank you Amy. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any tasty projects planned, where I could usefully contribute.
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    How would you compose the music for a horror scene?

    It always puzzles me how there's little or no link between film schools and university music departments. Surely this is a no-brainer for teaching staff to organise, or even suggest? And students can't think of it themselves? There are many student composers who would like to practise on your...
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    Cathbad Music

    This is my pitch for the main theme of a computer game with a Biblical setting. I was thinking of the great Biblical Epic films of years ago: The Robe, Ben Hur etc. But I didn't get the gig :(
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    Cathbad Music

    This is my main theme pitch for a computer game with a Biblical setting. Obviously, I was thinking of Miklos Rosza (Ben Hur, King of Kings) and Alfred Newman (The Robe). Didn't get the gig though... :(
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