Scoring Movies In Pro Tools By Steve Kirk, Part Four

In this installment we'll get into some of the more creative elements of the scoring process; completing the musical themes and ideas underscoring the action and fleshing out those ideas. We'll use Reason as a musical instrument insert and use the MIDI editing features to expand a sketch into more elaborate, multi-instrument orchestration.

This session will prepare us for the next installment in this series where we'll export our midi information to a notation software program. This is where a score and parts will be generated for musicians, who will in turn replace key MIDI parts that need that human touch.

Composer, guitarist and arranger Steve Kirk's music has been featured in film, video games and TV. This includes music for the Disney game version of "The Princess And The Frog", Microsoft Games "Voodoo Vince" , the FarmVille Theme for Zynga Games, and to be released in Spring 2011, Cantina music composed for the Star Wars MMOL game The Other Republic.

Steve teaches guitar, music theory and composition privately in Oakland, California, as well as Blue Bear School Of Music and Community Music Center- both located in San Francisco, California. He is also the guitarist for Club Foot Orchestra and Orchestra Nostalgico.