The 2007 NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop in Memory of Buddy Baker allows participants to work with film music experts
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Pictured (l-r) are: Mark Snow, SCL's Dan Foliart, NYU faculty Michael Patterson, NYU faculty Ron Sadoff, Disney music executive Cheryl Foliart, author Marcy Heisler, composer Maria Schneider, ASCAP's Sue Devine and composer Rob Mounsey |
The 2007 NYU/ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop, under the artistic direction of Steinhardt Associate Professor and composer Ron Sadoff (The Moon and the Son) and in tandem with ASCAP's Senior Director of Film/TV Sue Devine, featured a faculty of world-renowned film composers. Participants, competitively selected, worked closely with Steinhardt Film Scoring faculty members Ira Newborn (Naked Gun), Deniz Hughes (S.W.A.T), and Michael Patterson (Jag) as well as summer faculty Mark Snow (X-Files) and David Spear (Airplane). The intense tenday workshop, held in NYU's Loewe Theatre, also featured ASCAP special presentations by 2002 workshop alum Marcelo Zarvos (The Good Shepherd) and a lively SCL (Society of Composers and Lyricists) panel moderated by Dan Foliart (Picket Fences). Scholarships were provided this year by the board of the LA based Film Music Museum and The Sorel Organization.
Participants underwent intensive daily sessions that detailed the mechanics of film scoring: spotting, timing, composing, MIDI-mockups, orchestration, conducting, and recording. A daylong orchestration seminar featured a celebrated team, including Sonny Kompanek, Patterson, Newborn, Hughes, David Matthews, and Spear. The workshop, in memory of legendary Disney composer Buddy Baker (The Fox and the Hound), trains composers in the mold of classical Hollywood film scoring, yet incorporates current technological trends into the process.
Stephanie Baer, NYU Director of Strings, contracted the recording session that featured top-tier players drawn from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Steinhardt's instrumental faculty. Sennheiser USA provided a Decca tree of Neumann M150s for the recording sessions. A final critique session, moderated by Sadoff, included Newborn, Snow and Spear.
Ron Sadoff commented on the workshop: "The camaraderie among all involved was remarkable. From upcoming young composers to veterans like Ira Newborn, there was a tremendous enthusiasm and everyone simply immersed themselves in the great magical art of composing music for moving pictures." Now in its eighth year, the workshop attracts young composers from around the world. "Sue Devine and ASCAP remain ideal partners in providing this invigorating training environment." This event was carbon neutral with NativeEnergy.
