On one side of a glass partition, the instructor, emmy awardwinning composer hummie mann, leads a room of orchestral artists through pages. Come study the art, craft, and business of music for film and other media in a twoweek seminar with 2 time emmy award winning composerarranger hummie mann, other veterans of the industry, and a group of students from around the world. Twotime emmyaward winning canadian composerarranger hummie mann has. Pacific northwest film scoring program at seattle film institute established by composer hummie mann in seattle in 1997, the program merged with the seattle film institute in 2011 and was. Hummie mann born 29th october 1955 in montreal, quebec, canada is a canadianborn american film score composer who composed the music for thomas and the magic railroad. Mann was awarded an emmy for arranging billy crystals opening number for the 1992 academy awards and another emmy in 1996 for an episode of showtimes miniseries picture windows called language of. In december 2004 joshua ventured out from soundrama and founded selah productions llc. The program allows students to learn about industry standard software, integrating electronic elements with live musicians, and recording techniques for as much as a 50 piece orchestra. Besides his busy composing career, mann is the creator and lead instructor of the pacific northwest film scoring program which 5 years ago became the music department of the seattle film institute.
Susan maughlin wood is an awardwinning independently contracting composer working concert music into film, apps, and other media. Jul 17, 2012 hans zimmer uses cubase my grand musical education is two weeks of piano lessons. She holds a master of music in film composition from the pacific nw film scoring program at sfi, and has served as both past president and vice president on the board of the seattle composers alliance. The program allows students to learn about industry standard software, integrating electronic elements with live musicians, and recording techniques for as. Music composed by hummie mann dracula dead and loving it score 1995 i dont own this track all material in this video.
In the second volume of logic pro x score editor explained, logic guru doug zangar takes you even deeper, covering the score sets window, tools, formatting and layout, guitar chord grids, edit menu items, quantizing and much more. Jacob winkler, artistic director and prime voci conductor, grew up singing in the northwest boychoir under the direction of joseph crnko. After calarts, i studied film scoring with hummie mann, who is the director of the pacific northwest film scoring program in seattle. His credits include scoring shows for mtv, vh1, tlc, discovery channel, and xbox. His credits include the mel brooks films robin hood. Episode 12 part 4 of 4 interview with hollywood film composer hummie mann. Linkedin is the worlds largest business network, helping professionals like hummie mann discover inside connections to recommended job. Apr 04, 2018 we got to record a scene from a film with the full orchestra on the stage and having that opportunity was just incredible, paraskevas said. Recent graduate of the pacific northwest film scoring program with a master of music.
He teaches courses for the pacific northwest film scoring program, discovery tools and also works with private clients. An apple music software specialist, he is a level 2 certified apple trainer for logic pro. Hummie mann is a twotime emmyaward winning composerarranger who has collaborated with some of hollywoods most celebrated directors in both theatrical and television films. Take piano lessons today with pianistcomposer katya soudek. His motion pictures projects have ranged from mel brooks robin hood. Newman score recorded and mixed by joel iwataki frank wolf score recorded and mixed at the newman scoring stage, 20th century fox warner bros. Hummie mann is worldrenown for some of the most beautiful and moving film music ever written. We got to record a scene from a film with the full orchestra on the stage and having that opportunity was just incredible, paraskevas said. She has received specialized training in film scoring and music for video games in pacific northwest film scoring program seattle film institute, washington, having professor hummie mann as a mentor. View hummie mann s professional profile on linkedin. The score forms part of the film s soundtrack, which also usually includes preexisting music, dialogue and sound effects, and comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental. Apr 08, 2010 film scoring program hummie mann head instructor. He has scored over fifty feature films and television films. Men in tights, upcoming capella films after the rain, peter yates year of the comet, dracula dead and loving it, thomas and the magic railroad, cyberworld 3d imax and falltime.
Of course this movie score is heard during the beginning credits and events of the film. After his tu graduation, paraskevas attended the pacific northwest film scoring program and studied under distinguished composer, hummie mann, who is known for robin hood. Hummie is currently collaborating with his songwriting partner, sue ennis, in writing 12 songs for the upcoming animated feature vincent the artist a film about the adventures of a young rat who paints like van gogh whoruns away from home to pursue his dream of being an artist. The principal instructor of this program is hummie mann, an emmyaward film music composer who was named by variety magazine in 2010 as one of the 10 leaders in learning. Faculty at that time included gary peacock, art lande and marius nordal. The main attraction of film scoring to me was the idea that i would get to compose music in many different genres of music. He studied under hummie at the pacific northwest film scoring program.
The grandscale symphonic music for brooks two film parodies contrasts sharply with mann s acoustic guitarbased score for the donald sutherlandamy irving thriller benefit of the doubt, and the soaring, charming music for peter yates year of the comet, which combined orchestral sounds with. This final part of the hummie mann podcast series explores further film scoring work and opportunities including hummie working with jerry goldsmith. When film and tv composer hummie mann relocated to seattle in the mid90s, he sought to become a part of the community. In my teens i was composing music in the film score genre, so the desire has always been there. The program is led by twotime emmy award winning composer hummie mann. Mann was awarded an emmy for arranging billy crystals opening. Studied under twotime emmy award winning composer hummie mann. Welcome to the pacific northwest film scoring program. Something i did a lot in my first year or so of film scoring. Mann is the creator and lead instructor of the pacific northwest film scoring program which in 2011 became the music department of the seattle film institute.
He attended the university of washington, where he studied piano with holly herrmann and marc seales, ultimately earning his master of music in orchestral conducting under maestro peter eros. Pacific northwest film scoring program better business. Developedcoran the jazz uk international summer school, pioneered the european arm of the pacific northwest film scoring program led by double emmy winning composer hummie mann. Top 25 music schools for composing for film and tv. Joshua went on to work for hummie as an arranger on two television projects. That film premiered in competition at the sundance film festival. The music to the film was composed by the young and extremely talented evan wise. Nov 16, 2018 the seattle film institutes master of music in film composition is a oneyear, fourquarter program led by emmywinning composer hummie mann moonlighting, dedicated to preparing students to hit. John williams and howard shore write music with pencil on paper th. An alumni of the university of washington and pacific northwest film scoring program, katya has a masters degree in music and has studied with acclaimed concert pianist mark salman and twotime emmy awardwinning film composer hummie mann. Pacific northwest film scoring program which 5 years ago became the music. Ive always felt that the computer was my instrument hans zimmer was originally a synth player for a band name. When did you decide to focus on film composing as a career.
Film scoring includes the independent films mothers day, tiptoes, a beautiful thing and two seattle fly film festival films. Europe film scoring summer school future producers forums. Find hummie mann discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Mann was awarded an emmy for arranging billy crystals opening number for the 1992 academy awards and another emmy in 1996 for an episode of showtimes miniseries picture windows called language of the heart. Suite from year of the comet by hummie mann published on 20170424t14. Jan 07, 2015 the principal instructor of this program is hummie mann, an emmyaward film music composer who was named by variety magazine in 2010 as one of the 10 leaders in learning. Hummie mann supervising music editor richer harrison music editors james barkley karl bartos wolfgang flur kevin macleod curtis roush assistant music editor jacqui a. He then discusses the creation of pnw and thoughts on music education in general and film scoring in particular. Mann was awarded an emmy for arranging billy crystals opening number for the 1992 academy awards and another emmy in 1996 for an episode of showtimes miniseries picture windows called language of the. Hummie mann s music will enhance the visual and emotional aspects of your film. Most daw softwares digital audio work station available in the market today do almost the same thing. Twotime emmyaward winning composerarranger hummie mann has collaborated with some of hollywoods most celebrated directors in both theatrical and television films.
The process of scoring your own films just became insanely simple. Mann was awarded an emmy for arranging billy crystals opening number for the 1992 academy awards and. Join facebook to connect with hummie mann and others you may know. Im not convinced that this is a burden for the school.
The seattle film institute offers a one year master of music in film scoring program, lead and created by tv composer hummie mann. Additionally, i have become a certified trainer for apples logic pro software on versions 6, 7, and 8. Evan received a bachelor of music degree from midwestern state university, and studied composing for film and television with hummie mann at the pacific northwest film scoring program. Tu alumnus film scoring in hollywood kendall college of. Men in tights to peter yates year of the comet, the childrens film thomas and the magic railroad to. The pacific northwest film scoring program has partnered with the seattle film institute to offer the original oneyear master of music in film composition degree program. Proficient in music production software including sibelius, finale, logic, dp and pro tools. Summer intensive the pacific northwest film scoring program. And having truly beautiful music for your film will elevate your project to the highest level.
Many schools, like berklee, have numerous majors and the truth 20 years ago and today is that making a living with music is tough wether you are a songwriting major, music production major, film score major or any other major that the college may offer. I knew from the time i mastered the riff in master of puppets that i wanted to turn my passion for music into a career, and so i ended up studying music composition and film scoring in school. That belongs to hummie mann of the pacific northwest film scoring program. For composers, it covers all aspects of the art, from writing themes and orchestrating cues to recording, mixing and technology. The premiere program for studying the art of film composition 2018 by proudly created with. In 1997, mann established the pacific northwest film scoring program in seattle, washington to instruct students in film scoring, music technology. The schools scoring for film and multimedia program offers a masters degree in film and media composition, and offers both graduate and undergraduate students training in virtual, traditional and hybrid orchestration, score preparation, music editing, midi and audio cues, and creating sample libraries. Faculty the pacific northwest film scoring program. Hummie has an extraordinary track record as a teacher, frequently producing students who ascend the ranks of the film music industry. He has also taught film composition courses in scotland and denmark. Piano lessons theory, composition, film game scoring, music.
He is best known for his scores to the mel brooks films robin hood. The top 25 music schools for film and tv hollywood reporter. Oscarwinning moviemusic legend jerry goldsmith recommended hummie mann as a composer with a strong sense of melody and a genuine command of the. Jan 25, 2018 music composed by hummie mann dracula dead and loving it score 1995 i dont own this track all material in this video. Mann has also scored films by two wellknown screenwriters making their initial forays into directing. I had grown up playing acoustic guitar and being a folkrock singersongwriter. The process of scoring your own films just became insanely simple shares the internet is full of awesome musiclicensing platforms like marmoset and the music bed that excel at helping filmmakers find the perfect tracks for their work. Over the years i have had the pleasure to meet and work with several graduates of the pacific northwest film scoring program. These are the top 10 schools for film and television scoring. Master of music in film composition seattle film institute. When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
I grew up in chicago and started playing piano and guitar at a young age. Mar 12, 2010 the pacific northwest film scoring program has announced a new one year full time professional certificate in film scoring, the biggest expansion for the program since its inception in 1997. Jacob winkler artistic director, prime voci conductor. In 2008 she moved to seattle to study under twotime emmy award winning composer hummie mann through the pacific northwest film scoring program.
Dead and loving it, and the theatrical walt disney wonder studios film, disney in the house. The schools scoring for film and multimedia program offers a masters degree in film and media composition, and offers both graduate and undergraduate students training in virtual, traditional and hybrid orchestration, score preparation, music. Episode 12 part 4 of 4 interview with hollywood film. The goal of the pacific northwest film scoring program is to produce the most. Twotime emmy award winning composerarranger hummie. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Mann has also scored films by two wellknown screenwriters making their. Program helping seattle become place for film scoring the. Hummie mann is a twotime emmy award winning film and tv composer. The advantages of online film scoring courses over campus courses are many. A film score also known as background score, background music, film soundtrack, film music, screen composition, screen music, or incidental music is original music written specifically to accompany a film for the actors. The following list has everything from video tutorials offering film scoring tips to film scoring programs and courses offered by accredited schools.
284 1314 1115 1170 446 230 1465 90 1291 1415 1442 555 335 553 1129 1490 498 360 354 67 216 958 66 73 759 225 1018 809 1117 279 105 271 1086 861 1053 501 1292