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My film scoring rules

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • Oct 2
  • 1 min read

Don't give me a temp track unless you're one of those brilliant needle-drop directors. I don't want a music supervisor telling me to match the temp. People falling in love with the temp track is why I don't have a job. Most directors have terrible taste in music. Jim Cameron says its like being analysed by a therapist, but presume that I'm aware of how Hollywood scores are produced and all the tropes.

 
 
 

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