IMRO is delighted to welcome award-winning film and game composer Craig Stuart Garfinkle for a three-hour, in-depth masterclass on scoring for film and games. Gain hands-on insight into the methods, workflows, and creative decisions behind award-winning scores for film and games.
Topics Covered Include:
- Film scoring and point of view
- The craft of scoring animation and tempo mapping to picture
- Mixing strategies and techniques using routing folders and stems
- Producing complex film scores with a combination of: Logic Pro, ProTools, Sibelius, and the NotePerformer playback engine
- Beating the capital C out of Composer
- Tools for communicating with producers and directors
- Tricks for creating quick cue sheets
- Quick dialogue track treatment techniques to enhance music presentations
- Deep dives into scores and session files for major games: World of WarCraft, Bloodlines 2: Vampire the Masquerade, Baldur’s Gate: The Dark Alliance 2
- Deep dives into animated film scores: The Canterville Ghost, Niko, Beyond the Northern Lights, Two By Two Overboard
- Analysis of Stewart Copland’s Police Deranged for Orchestra 200+ track session files
About Craig Stuart Garfinkle:
Craig is an award-winning and Emmy, Ivor Novello, Animation Ireland, IFTA Award, ASCAP Composer’s Choice Award, and Mark Award-nominated composer. Renowned for orchestral scores and integrating electronics with live orchestra, Craig’s work spans games like Bloodlines 2: Vampire the Masquerade, Baldur’s Gate DA II, World of WarCraft, and Dungeons and Dragons, as well as animation features including The Canterville Ghost, Niko, Beyond the Northern Lights, and Two By Two Overboard. Many scores were co-composed alongside his wife and creative partner, Eimear Noone.
Craig also taught film scoring at UCLA Continuing Studies for 12 years, earning the 2011 Arts Instructor of the Year Award.
Booking Information:
Attendance is free, but places are limited. Please register for the event at the link below: https://forms.office.com/e/YukbUG0RJh
