Film Jobs
This is the person who writes original music for a film. John Williams is a famous one.
What is a composer?
We're not at a ballgame, but this is the name for the original music composed and recorded for a film.
What is the score?
A film scene that is very exciting would probably contain music with these kind of dynamics.
What is loud?
What is a director?
This type of film music is music that already existed that was chosen to be in the film.
What is Soundtrack?
A calm scene in a film would probably have a slow this music term.
What is tempo?
This is the music job for the person who leads the orchestra.
What is the conductor?
This is the term for music the director or editor has added to the film to show the composer what a scene should sound like.
What is a Temp Track?
One complete piece of music is called this.
What is a cue?
This is the person who is in charge of cutting and assembling the footage shot for a film.
What is the film editor?
The process of choosing when in a film there should or shouldn't be music.
What is spotting?
This term, based on elements of early cartoons, is used to describe music that directly matches movement in the film.
What is Mickey Mousing?
This is the person who takes the original music for a film, and writes it out for all the musicians.
What is the orchestrator?
This type of music can be heard by the audience and the characters in a film.
What is Source Music?