You Got The Commission — Now What?

This month, taking over this series from Hilgrove Kenrick, I’ll be exploring how you might go about approaching the task ahead of you when you reach the point to which every budding music-for-picture composer aspires: when you win a commission to score something. As Hilgrove explained last month, when scoring music for film and television, it’s important to understand what’s expected of you, and how you can satisfy those expectations. Writing music for oneself provides endless opportunity for choices and changes, but writing professionally requires that you make quick decisions about the direction you wish to take, and about the fastest and most expedient way of taking it.

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