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Neil Brand Film Music History Program

GEMS Neil Brand

Season '22 Program Information

First Day: July 1st 2022 

Last Day: July 11th 2022 

Location: Madrid, Spain
Attendance Options: Online, In Person, both

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Film Scoring Summer Program Tuition Fee:  2895€

March Discount Summer Program Tuition Fee: 2500€

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Neil Brand Program Tuition Fee: 600

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Overview

Neil Brand is a broadcaster for BBC Radio 4 Film Program and a Silent Movie Composer. Neil taught his absolutely wonderful 4 day Masterclass covering Noir soundtracks, Sound design, minimalist scores, the click track origin, synth sounds and so much for us last summer and will be returning with his AMAZING program.

 

Masterclass 1
Film score history overview, from Sound Cinema (1931) to Film Noir (50s). Includes Click Track, King Kong, Noir soundtracks and Bernard Herrman. Demonstrating my own scoring of Hitchcock's silent Blackmail using those techniques.

Masterclass 2
Film score history from 50s-70s - rock, jazz, popular music, films about music. Demonstrating scoring comedy and my music for Chaplin.

Masterclass 3
Electronics, Sound design, how synth sounds can help and hinder. Demonstrating 'updating' a silent film by giving it a 'Hans Zimmer' score.

Masterclass 4
The effect of music, how it works on an audience, how less can be more, drawing on modern approaches to affecting what we watch. Demonstrating minimalist sounds.



 

Program Location

CEV
Calle Gaztambide 65
Madrid
28015 España

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Recording Location

RTVE

Teatro Monumental
Calle de Atocha,
65 Madrid 28012
España

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Videos 

Program Recordings

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Videos 

Program

Interviews

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Reviews 

Program Reviews

Irish Film Composer Clare Martyn putting

Highlights

Past Programs

Program Highlights

Interview with Jon Wygens

Film Music History Tuition Fee

Film Scoring Summer Program

Standard Tuition Fee

2895€

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Film Scoring Summer Program

MARCH 395€ Discount

2500€

Film Music History Program Tuition Fee

600€

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see tuition fees

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