005: The 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Hiring a Film Composer

23/05/2024 7 min

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Welcome to the Filmmaking Through Music Podcast!

Episode 5: The 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Hiring a Film Composer

This podcast helps film directors, producers, and videographers have a more commercially appealing film through the effective use of music. You'll gain insights on elevating your films with emotional and narratively aligned original music.

In this episode:


Talking through some consequences of what happens when you aren't taking the right approach when finding a composer for your film
The 5 key questions to ask yourself or your composer before choosing a one for your project.


Those key questions are:


Do we have a personal fit?
Does the composer understand our story and it's theme
Are we aligned on artistic vision and creative compatibility
Does their approach to communication and collaboration work with our team?
Can we work within this budget and timeline?


Asking yourself these 5 questions will get you started on a much smoother film scoring process and setup for longer term collaboration.

Interested in more?

Grab my free Film Scoring Guide for Directors ⁠here⁠ to go even deeper into the director-composer relationship.

Podcast site: johnwiater.com/podcast

Instagram: ⁠@composerjawn⁠

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