Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

How Does Melody Work 1

A course by Jonah Schwartz , Musician and Composer

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Audio: English

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About the video: How Does Melody Work 1

Overview

“In this lesson, you will see the way music interacts with images in a variety of shows and films, and you will be asked to think about what sensations these pieces generate in you. ”

In this video lesson Jonah Schwartz addresses the topic: How Does Melody Work 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live. Learn how to create an original score by exploring the process of recording, editing, and syncing your music to a film.

Partial transcription of the video

“How Does Melody Work Now, we'll get down to work. First, we'll look at different TV shows and films from a variety of sources and we'll examine what qualities are inherent in a melody and how we perceive these qualities and what we feel about them. Let's go. As a musician, what I'm most interested in in what that music makes you feel. For me, that's the real truth of the thing. Ultimately, the goal of any kind of art is to produce a feeling, a sensation in the spectator, so it's an interesting study to look at pieces of music that accompany visual works and think about how they make you fee...”

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Course summary for: Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (87)
3556 students
4 units
20 lessons (4h 8m)
2 downloads

Category
Music & Audio
Software
Ableton Live
Areas
Music, Music Production

Jonah Schwartz

A course by Jonah Schwartz

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Musician and Composer

Jonah Schwartz is an American musician and composer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He taught himself how to play the guitar, mandolin, and banjo when he was a teenager, and after studying film studies in university, he discovered his passion for film scoring. In 2004, he moved to Argentina and soon became part of the music community in Buenos Aires. The following year, his band was named “Best New Band” by Rolling Stone Argentina.

With his band Los Alamos, Jonah toured through Latin America and Europe, sharing a stage with names like Lee Perry, Calexico, Devendra Banhart and The Evens. After the split of his band in 2009, he started working in film scoring, and has worked on numerous productions, from films to commercials. Jonah wrote the musical score for the Hollywood film Hide (2008), Noche sin fortuna (2011), and others. He has also worked with well-known Argentinian production companies such as Tronco, Bamba, Can Can, and Plently.