This feature-length documentary explores the emotive power of big-budget musical masterpieces crafted to build tension, imprint sorrow, or even trigger euphoria in worldwide audiences, delivering a privileged look into accomplished film composers’ visionary techniques and unforgettable harmonies.
Taking a peek at how composers developed some of the most iconic film and television scores in history, Score follows the creative struggles of designing a modern soundtrack from scratch, interviewing some of cinema’s most recognized names in film music as they work.
Press
"It's a well researched, solidly constructed, star-studded look into a film community that has been vital since the days of silent pictures. Highly recommended." - Star Tribune
"Score: A Film Music Documentary spotlights such a rich and fascinating topic - the craft of motion picture scoring - that its mere presence proves a feast for the eyes and ears." - Los Angeles Times
"I would recommend Score: A Film Music Documentary to any and every film buff." - LeonardMaltin.com
Director Biography
Matt Schrader is a three-time Emmy Award-winning news producer and filmmaker and a graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. As a special projects producer for news agencies including CBS and NBC, his stories have changed lives, laws and resulted in millions of dollars returned to consumers and communities. In 2014, he left a job with CBS to pursue Score: A Film Music Documentary full time — a gamble that resulted in the film becoming one of the most popular crowdfunded documentary projects of the year. Matt also attended the USC Annenberg School for Communication and helped found and grow the Southern California Business Film Festival in 2008. Score: A Film Music Documentary is Matt’s first feature-length documentary.
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