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The Campus‘ Score Competition from above to below:
Last year's three finalists in the studio | Michael Nyman working
on an orchestration | German Film Orchestra Babelsberg
Score Competition
underscoring a film
three composers get ready to score
to the moving image.
If music communicates anything at all, it communicates emotions.
Think about your favourite film and it’s a good bet that you’ll find
a powerful score inextricably linked to the experience. Some great
scores have imprinted key cinematic moments in the minds of the
audience; sometimes they assist in raising their status to classic film.
At the nerve centre of theory and practice, the Score Competition
offers composers and sound designers hands­on experience in composition
for film. They have the opportunity to draw on the extensive
skills of established professionals and experiment with the high­end
equipment of the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg and the Film and
Television University (HFF) “Konrad Wolf“.
Composing a new score for selected film material is what it’s all
about. The three finalists of the Score Competition – Ehud Freedman
(Israel), Roger Goula (Spain/UK) and Felix Rösch (Germany) – will each
compose a score for the short film LITTLE REd by Romanian director
Eva Pervolovici. LITTLE REd is one of the five short films pro duced for
the Berlin Today Award 2011 (see page 33).
“ it was amazing to be involved in every
aspect of the composition and production
process from the sketches to the final mix.”
Camilo Sanabria, Score Competition winner 2010
Priceless insights from their mentor, renowned composer
Michael Nyman will guide their nine­day musical journey in Berlin. The
unique chance to record their compositions with the German Film
Orchestra Babelsberg will be followed by the final mixing at the Film
and Television University (HFF) “Konrad Wolf“ and editing at the postproduction
company Wave­line. All three finalists will receive direct
individual feedback not just from their mentor Michael Nyman, but
also from the various experts involved in all stages of post­production
– from preparing scores, using studio resources and re cor d ing with an
orchestra to the final editing and mixing.
Since 2004, the Score Competition has been training composers
in the art of film scoring and many of them have gone on to
score a variety of both short and feature­length films, documentaries,
commercials, television programmes and other productions that require
original music composition. The intense and enriching sound
journey of the three finalists reaches its climax at the Score Competition
Presentation on Feb 17, where the winning contestant will be awarded
a trip to Los Angeles with an exclusive guided tour to the best sound
studios in the city, sponsored by dolby Laboratories.