Film Music Aesthetics

This panel will explore current issues associated with film music in the nineties. Is contemporary film music in a slump, or is it more creative than it's ever been? Has the current mania for temp-tracking pictures with previous, popular film scores and songs contributed to a decline in originality? Has the widespread availability of high-tech toys, from synthesizers to samplers, been a boon to composers or simply provided less-talented writers with more scoring opportunities? What about the use of songs, often to replace conventional film-scoring techniques? Do they best serve the film or the marketing department? Confirmed panelists include composer Stewart Copeland, film-music agent Richard Kraft, and Miramax executive Jeff Kimball. BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross will moderate. This panel is sponsored by BMI.

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Stewart Copeland
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Richard Kraft
Panelist
Jeff Kimball
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Doreen Ringer Ross
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