Comments on: Filmmaker Relationships https://blog.soundtrack.academy/filmmaker-relationships/ become a better film composer Mon, 05 Jul 2021 10:34:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 By: Jonny https://blog.soundtrack.academy/filmmaker-relationships/#comments/14 Mon, 05 Jul 2021 10:34:38 +0000 https://blog.soundtrack.academy/?p=286#comment-14 In reply to David Rubenstein.

That can be a really awkward situation, and I’ve been there myself so feel your pain!

I usually say: if you have nothing else on, and nothing to lose, then why not? You could always repurpose whatever music you create for other projects too.

But, you need to be careful that it doesn’t become a routine – that you end up getting ditched with a load of terrible dead-end projects. Don’t forget the “Three M’s” approach too 😉

Oddly, sometimes the people who seem to have no clue what they’re doing also turn out to be the people who are really good at getting projects off the ground. So you never know!

]]> By: David Rubenstein https://blog.soundtrack.academy/filmmaker-relationships/#comments/13 Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:51:35 +0000 https://blog.soundtrack.academy/?p=286#comment-13 Not too long ago, I found a long-lost friend on Facebook. I reached out to him, and we “friended” each other. I read about him, and learned that he is a screen writer and film producer. I thought, “what luck!”. And I proceeded to correspond with him, without mentioning that I am a film composer.

A while later, I did a (non-music) favor for him, and mentioned that I compose music for films. He responded with a small film score job. He sent me a couple of drafts of films that he is working on. Well, it turns out that his films are not very good.

Nevertheless, I composed a few minutes of music for his film, mostly as a favor.

What do you do in such a case? Do you simply go ahead, and hope that it might germinate into a better opportunity someday?

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