A student recently approached me to ask for advice about potential film composition courses. Reviewing the potential list of available options set me thinking about the space between how composition is delivered in the commercial environment and how we go about teaching it. Does the way we deliver composition tuition at secondary and tertiary levels set students up for the realities of working as composers in the 21st century?
I was really excited to see a rescoped and reimagined Dorico 4 hit the shelves at the start of the year and was keen to see how this new version sits with my workflow. Prior to retraining as a teacher, I spent several years working in film and TV production. Having commissioned dozens of scores during this time, the thing that impressed me most was the turnaround time from brief to delivery. Modern commercial composers, whether they work electronically, acoustically, or most frequently, a hybrid of the two, can produce a score in a matter of days.
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