I remember seeing the same on a Columbo episode, and always wondered: Is that how they score tv shows? Having the video on a huge screen, in a dark room and then just improvise or record the music while watching the video playback?
shareI'd like to know this, too! It would explain why many network shows have such awful elevator music most of the time.
shareI've seen that's how they do sound effects quite often. I can imagine cheezy tv show music could easily be done the same way. But I wonder also.
shareThey might look at the product and find THAT sound and other times they'll just know it from the premise. They might also compose libraries of 'tracks' then sell them as packages so the post production guys can pick and choose. Watch shows like Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier... Hell, any Sitcom for that matter, whenever a scene transition takes place there's a five second little jingle that plays. Just sort of generic grocery store/elevator music. Jonathan Wolff is probably the most famous composer when it comes to the craft.
*We* are the music makers... and *we* are the dreamers of dreams. -Willy Wonka
I think most of us are aware of how shows are scored. It's not a trade secret.
The questions is why do shows like Columbo and this movie portray the process as a musician sitting in a big room with a huge projection and scoring the video in real time? Just to make it visually interesting? More interesting that seein a musician just play around on a piano with the footage running in his head?
If so, why not show the main character seeing the video on his laptop and scoring it that way?
Or do/did they REALLY ever score it like that?
The questions is why do shows like Columbo and this movie portray the process as a musician sitting in a big room with a huge projection and scoring the video in real time? Just to make it visually interesting? More interesting that seein a musician just play around on a piano with the footage running in his head?
If so, why not show the main character seeing the video on his laptop and scoring it that way?
Or do/did they REALLY ever score it like that?