Composing Music for Film

SUMARIO. Elements. The underscore -- Elements of music -- A peek at the past -- The rules of music -- Seven basic plots / Composing the cue. Spotting the film -- Getting organized -- Constructing a theme -- Harmony/Table 1, Chords/ scales -- Functional harmony -- Voicing : planning -- Modal harmony /Writing a cue. Laying out a cue -- Blocking out the themes -- Adding the counter subject -- Finishing the cue / Consonance and dissonance. Consonant scales -- Altered scales/Tables of diatonic voicings / The 20th century. Bi-tonality -- Serial composition -- Minimalism.