Music Production for Films
Influences
A course by Simon Smith , Musician and Composer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I’d love to share a few influences or moments that inspired me to think differently about music, art, multimedia and creativity. I haven't just listed music that I like, I wanted to share experiences or ideas that shaped how I think. Things that inspired me to grow and mature creatively, especially when it comes to combining different art forms together like sound and visuals.”
In this video lesson Simon Smith addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Music Production for Films. Explore music as a tool for storytelling by conceptualizing, developing, and producing a score for the big screen.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I'd like to share some moments and videos and musics and ideas that have really influenced me along the way as I've developed as a Musicians. From my classical background, my first love was the piano and I spent a lot of time there. If I think of all the things I tried to learn get under my fingers, One of the weirdest and most complex and most interesting was a piece by composer called Leggetti. It's just light in color and texture and rhythm and strange contrapuntal syncopations and stuff. And it was nothing like I'd ever played before. The harmony blew my head. it just bu...”
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Course summary for: Music Production for Films
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Music & Audio -
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Logic Pro X -
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Music, Music Production

Simon Smith
A course by Simon Smith
Simon Smith is a Barcelona-based musician and composer who specializes in music for film and television. As a child, he was always experimenting with playing different instruments and eventually went on to study music in London, where he found himself drawn towards composing and improvising. Simon went on to release music with a label in the city and play in bands at well-known festivals like Glastonbury before moving on to composing for the big screen.
He has worked in countries around the world including the USA, Germany, Mexico, the UK, and Spain, and his work can be heard both in cinemas as well as on platforms like Netflix and Amazon.
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