How do you create an original soundtrack that keeps the audience on edge? And how do you keep innovating that original soundtrack when the series goes on for more than four seasons? Composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein answer these and more during their keynote speech.
How do you create an original soundtrack that keeps the audience on edge? And how do you keep innovating that original soundtrack when the series goes on for more than four seasons? Composers Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein answer these and more during their keynote speech.
Every year with the Buma Music in Media Awards we celebrate the very best music in film, television, radio, podcast, documentary and advertising. Because we believe that music has a critical role in media and is a highly valuable part of all media. The Buma Music in Media Awards emphasize the importance of music use in media.
Music Rights on Tour makes a stop at Buma Music in Motion. Dutch Copyright organization Buma/Stemra and related rights organization Sena and NORMA answer all questions about music law.
We partnered up with Dutch Media Week – an event that celebrates all facets of media from sound to design, film, video and music. All these disciplines will come together during their week-long event.
90’s Kids! Get ready for a nostalgic musical trip down memory lane. Composer and Emmy winner, Lolita Ritmanis, joined us during BMIM x NFF Prof Talk. Lolita orchestrated more than 100 movies, miniseries and and television shows, such as Lethal Weapon 4, X-Files Movie and Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves. In this talk she’ll discuss her work and life as a composer.
We are proud to introduce Annelotte Coster, Matthijs Kieboom, Fons Merkies, Merlijn Snitker, Bart Westerlaken and Bob Zimmerman as our guests during our first Roundtable: the Film Composers.
Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit was one of 2020’s Hit Series. Not only was the show showered with awards, it was also responsible for a worldwide revival of the game of chess. When composer Carlos Rafael Rivera was asked to compose the soundtrack, the first two things he did was read the book and learn how to play chess. The result is a soundtrack with 38 classical music scores, played by both an electronic orchestra, a classical orchestra and Carlos himself, that capture Beth, her drug and alcohol addiction, her emotions and the timeframe.
While several media composers might think: ‘But, I’m not Hans Zimmer’, it’s true that Mr. Zimmer himself more than once doubted his own work and/or expertise. During this session we’ll dive into dealing with the imposter syndrome.
With Kyle Dixon (composer, SURVIVE, US) and Tessa Rose Jackson (composer, artist: Someone, NL)
With Nis Bøgvad (DK), Silje Katralen (NO), Corka Scheeringa (NL), Christian Fløe Svenningsen (DK) and Laura Bell (NL)
With Eelko van Kooten (Ledo, NL), Serena Liu (NewStyle Media Group, US), Jarome Matthew (Pro Soul Studios, CN), Diederik van Middelkoop (Amp.Amsterdam, NL) & Martin van de Velde (House of China, NL)
Fortnite, Ubisoft and EA Games - music remains a huge and critical part of their video game experiences.
With Eric Kalver (Activision, US), Ted Kocher (Playstation, US) Raphaella Lima (EA Games, US), Jake Versluis (Position Music, US) and Emily Weber (Position Music, US)
In collaboration with IFFR we talk film music with Howard Shore, known for his music for Lord of The Rings, The Silence of the Lams and many more.