COMPOSING : A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS

Some composers work in isolation, while some lead teams of writers and orchestrators who help complete their vision. Whether they’re scoring huge Hollywood features or smaller indie films, they all have their own methods of working with their production teams. Each has the same goal — to put the final storytelling stamp on a film.

“The musicians are the last actors on a movie,” says Hans Zimmer, veteran composer of such blockbusters as the “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogy and “Batman Begins” as well as the upcoming “Sherlock Holmes.”…

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