From the course: Creating a Short Film: 12 Audio

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Is having an orchestral score worth the effort?

Is having an orchestral score worth the effort?

From the course: Creating a Short Film: 12 Audio

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Is having an orchestral score worth the effort?

- [Instructor] Recording the score with an orchestra was such an incredibly memorable experience. And I'm so, so, so glad I did that, but was it worth it? I can't even begin to tell you how long it took to put this together, from all the emails and Googling and searching to find musicians and coordinating the recording, to the trips out to Bastyr University to check out the space and book it, to trying to find a baton (chuckles) on Amazon, to the hours I spent at the local office supply store making copies of all the scores for each musician, to making food and snacks for all the musicians during breaks. And that's not to mention all the set up time, break down time, travel time, and all the time it took to edit and polish the recordings as we'll look at in the next chapter. So was all of this worth it, or more importantly, would all of this be worth it for you if you recorded an orchestra for your film score? Look…

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