Orchestrating Your Career
Orchestrating Your Career
Rebekah
Making a Career in Media Music: Composing for TV, Film and Music Libraries with Dylan Price | Ep15
1 hour 34 minutes Posted Aug 2, 2024 at 9:53 pm.
Start of Episode
Intro to Podcast
Intro to Episode
Start of Episode
Dylan’s Musical Background
Starting to Write Music
Majoring in Music Theory at ESM
Applying for Composition and Music Theory
Experience at ESM
Writing a Musical Tune
Career Aspirations at ESM
Shifting to Composition
Why Film Music?
Balancing Film Music during Classical Studies
Starting Empire Film Music Ensemble
Copyright and Performing Movie Scores
Internships
Behind the scenes of scoring a movie
Working for Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control
Transitioning Into Career
Working as Christian’s Assistant
Dylan’s Current Career
Remote Writing for Bleeding Fingers
Looking to the Future
“Bleeding Fingers” Vibe Check
My Rapid Fire Q&A
Final Piece of Advice
Connect with Dylan
Episode Outro
Clips of Dylan's Compositions
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Dylan Price is a composer and pianist in Los Angeles who works as a freelance writer for Bleeding Fingers Music, a collective, co-founded by Hans Zimmer, of composers creating scores for film and television. Dylan has written music for shows including MasterChef on Fox and Foodtastic on Disney+, and regularly contributes to Sony Music Publishing’s Extreme Music library. He also serves as Piano Accompanist and Vocal Coach at the performing arts college AMDA.
Dylan got his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Theory from the Eastman School of Music, but was always interested in the world of film and media. In our interview, Dylan breaks down numerous different aspects of composing music for tv, film and music libraries, and what his current role looks like as a remote writer for Bleeding Fingers.
DYLAN’S EPISODE RESOURCES:
Fav Composer: Hans Zimmer
Fav Piece of Classical Music: Chopin Piano Etudes, with pianist Andrei Gavrilov
Fav Movie Soundtrack: Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lion King
Book Recs: 1989 by George Orwell; Sapiens and Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari
Admired Musicians: Hans Zimmer, Jacob Collier and Jeff Beal
Recommended Resource: YouTube Premium
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Amazon Music Free Trial: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3W1Ttsr⁠
CONNECT WITH DYLAN:
Dylan’s Website: ⁠https://www.dylanpricemusic.com⁠
Dylan’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/dprice112/⁠
Extreme Music Library (Dylan's Music): ⁠https://www.extrememusic.com/search?isLyricsSearch=false&query=Dylan%20Price⁠
ORCHESTRATING YOUR CAREER
YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaCPf5xynqMHcFuQhCWrNCQ
⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/orchestratingyourcareer
Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/orchestratingyourcareer
ABOUT THE HOST
Rebekah Carpio received her BMus in clarinet performance from the Eastman School of Music. She was awarded a Fulbright grant to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in their Orchestral Artistry program, which was in collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra. She then went on to receive her PhD, also from the Guildhall School, researching the impact of education and community work in conservatoire training.
CONNECT WITH REBEKAH
Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/bitesbybekah⁠
Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.bitesbybekah.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
TIMECODES
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
Theme Music composed by Ben Roundtree: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0z6dZJL6GM⁠ ⁠
Compositions from Dylan Price (check out more on his website)
PHOTO CREDIT
⁠Masterchef⁠
⁠Foodtastic⁠
⁠ADMA⁠
⁠ESM⁠
⁠Hans Zimmer⁠
⁠Jeff Beal⁠
⁠Tom Salta⁠
⁠Mark Snow⁠
⁠Mike Patterson⁠
⁠John Williams⁠
⁠Henry Jackman⁠
⁠Jacob Collier⁠
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